Pretty Pumpkins Fun Fold and a Blog Hop

 It's the middle of the month...September is just FLYING by! That means it is time for another Stamping Symphony Blog Hop! 

This month we are all about autumn...my VERY FAVOURITE kind of cards to make! There are so many beautiful fall-themed products in our catalogues this year...I have have a BLAST playing with them all! This week I am all about the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle from the August-December Mini and I thought I would share a fun fold card I demonstrated in my Facebook Live last night...

I love this pop-up fun fold because it is an easy wow. No tricky measurements or scoring and quick and easy to put together. I used the Beauty of the Earth DSP pack from the Annual Catalogue on this project...it is PERFECT for fall and I love the way it coordinates with so many of the products in the Mini. 

My larger die-cut pumpkin is cut from gold foil card stock and then layered on a scrap of Early Espresso. I love the way the dark colour makes the gold pop and highlights the beautiful detail on the die-cut. The smaller pumpkin is heat embossed in gold on Cinnamon Cider card stock...such a great combination for fall. I used the Beautiful Leaves dies to cut the greenery behind my pumpkins...more on that set next week ;) The sentiment is also heat embossed in gold and die-cut using the Stitched Rectangles dies. 

On the back of the card is a Basic White panel with room to write a message. The extra layer is an important one because it adds just enough counterweight to make this fun pop-up card stand securely. 

As I mentioned earlier, I demonstrated this card in this week's Facebook Live @ Five. You can catch the replay below:

Be sure to hop on over to the other blogs in our hop for more autumn inspiration!

Leena – A La Cards  (you are here!)

Sandy – Lolly & Sand

Barb - JustBStamping

Jen – Stamping with Jen

Leigh – SimpLeigh Stamping

Laurel – Laurel Davis Crafted

Thanks so much for stopping by today...have a spectacular week!

Countdown to Sale-a-bration - Approaching Perfection

 Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a good week. Just a couple more days left in 2020, and if you're like me, you will be MORE than happy to say goodbye to this crazy year. I am continuing my countdown to Sale-a-bration today with projects that featuring the Approaching Perfection stamp set...

This set is SO much fun...with cheeky sentiments and images to make birthday cards for almost anyone. Check out this pretty birthday card I made using this set and the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper...

I love the bold font of this Happy Birthday sentiment. I works perfectly on just about any card design. Here I stamped it in Night of Navy ink and die-cut  Whisper White and Blushing Bride labels using the Tasteful Labels dies. I embossed the Blushing Bride label using the Greenery Embossing folders...I love the subtle hint of texture it adds behind the sentiment. The flowers were punched from the Paper Blooms DSP using the Small Bloom punch and the new Strawberry Builder punch from the upcoming January-June Mini. The leaves were also punched using the Strawberry Builder punch...I can see myself using that punch A LOT...and for much more than just strawberries! Here is a closer look...

I love the added texture of the wooden leaves from the In Good Taste Elements...I brushed them with some Frost White Shimmer paint so the sparkle and shine. 

On the inside of the card I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped another sentiment from the Approaching Perfection set, as well as some more punched flowers. I used some silver metallic pearls for the centres on all of my flowers. 

I demonstrated this card in the video below:

 

Measurements: 

5-1/2" x 8-1/2" Night of Navy card stock, scored at 4-1/4" 

4-1/8" x 5-3/8" Rococo Rose card stock 

4" x 5-1/4" Paper Blooms Designer Paper

 4" x 5-1/4" Whisper White card stock (for inside panel) 

Scrap Paper Blooms Designer Paper for punching flowers 

Scrap Whisper White and Rococo Rose card stock for die-cutting 

18" Playing with Patterns Night of Navy Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by today. See you again tomorrow for day 3 of my countdown!

Product List

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $10.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198] $12.00
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Greenery Embossing Folders [152716] $11.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Small Bloom Punch [152316] $18.00
Playing With Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack [152468] $14.25	Metallic Pearls [146282] $9.50	In Good Taste Elements [152476] $8.75	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $11.00