Feels like Fall

Happy Labour Day Monday! I hope you are enjoying the long weekend. I, on the other hand, have been busy at school preparing for the arrival of my students tomorrow. It is hard to believe that the summer is over and another school year is upon us. I'm not sure I'm ready to go back to the insanity that is my life during the school year, but it is coming, whether I'm ready or not!

Today want to share a project that I designed for my upcoming At Home With You Bundle of the Month class next week. I saw Amanda Bates' project on Pinterest I knew that I had to CASE it for this class.

I opted for a fall theme...I love that the At Home With You stamp set offers images and greetings for so many different occasions!  This is a centre-step easel card, which is the perfect way to showcase the door image from this bundle. I even used the window from the door to create the windows on either side of the door. Gotta love versatility :) Can you guess how I created the window boxes? They are from the base of the Muskoka chair die-cut from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits! I used Cajun Craze card stock.

I used a piece of 12" x 12" Kraft card stock from the Merry Little Christmas pack as the base. Amanda's original design was for a card that was 6" wide, but I wanted mine to fold flat and fit into a standard envelope, so I altered her design to fit. The door and windows are stamped in Early Espresso ink on a piece of Wood Textures DSP...is there anything you can't do with that stuff?? All of the coloured images are stamped in Basic Black ink on Very Vanilla card stock and then coloured using a blender pen and ink pads. Colours I used were Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie.

I can't wait to try another one of these cards in a Christmas theme...stay tuned for that and a video tutorial coming soon!

 I am very excited to announce my new ribbon share. Every ribbon in the Annual and Holiday Catalogues are now available to order by the yard, either as a single length or the equivalent in pre-tied bows. I have had so many people ask for this, I finally decided to make it happen. If you live in Canada you can order your ribbon by click the image above.

Have a wonderful week!!


Product List

At Home With You Photopolymer Stamp Set [143681] $32.00	Merry Little Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock Pack [144622] $13.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684] $10.00
Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $12.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.50
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $8.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.50	Blender Pens [102845] $16.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
At Home Framelits Dies [143727] $40.00	Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies [143751] $44.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708] $13.50	Stampin' Trimmer [126889] $40.00
Linen Thread [104199] $6.25

12 Days of Christmas in July Day 9

Happy Friday!! Wahoo...the long weekend is here! Before I get to today's project, just a little PSA:

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Ok...now on to some stamping. Today's project is one I designed as one of the Make-n-takes for my last team meeting...

I love the way this double-pleated drapery fold showcases the beauty of the This Christmas Specialty DSP. The lighter weight of the paper makes doing all of those folds a breeze. I layered the folded DSP on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock which I embossed using the Holly TIEF. I added some 5/8" Gold Satin ribbon and adhered it to a Cherry Cobbler card stock base.

The sentiment, from the new Peace This Christmas stamp set, is heat embossed in gold and die-cut using the Layering Ovals framelits. I layered that on a scalloped oval cut from Cherry Cobbler card stock and then adhered it to a gold metallic doily before adhering it to the card.

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla panel on which I stamped the sentiment, from the Peace this Christmas set, in Cherry Cobbler ink and some pine branches in Garden Green.

Despite all the scoring and folding, this is a reallly quick and easy card to make. So much so that I made 30 of them for a swap I recently participated in!

Have a fabulous weekend!


Product List

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141570] $24.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $10.00	This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper [141628] $17.00
Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $5.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Simply Scored [122334] $40.00
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141634] $10.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00	Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547] $9.25

Whew!

What a busy weekend this has been!  I don't know how it could possibly be Sunday evening already, but here we are on the brink of yet another work week!  The good news is that I only have three more until school is done for the year...yay summer!!  I am SOOO ready for a break from disrespectful, unmotivated teenagers!!  I get to spend all summer home with my boy...so looking forward to it! 
As you may recall, yesterday I took part in a demo-only event here in Cambridge. I did a demo-theatre bit featuring the Faux Patina technique, which everyone loved.  I am amazed that more people aren't' familiar with that fabulous technique!  We also had opportunity to make several great projects and today I want to show you one I especially loved.  It was designed by Denise Donald...have a look:

Birthday card featuring the Advanced Faux Quilting technique and using a fun fancy fold.

Side view to show the cool fold.

Isn't that fun??  I really love this faux quilting technique...so much so that I used it on another project I created today that you'll see later this week.  I also really like this fold...it is so unusual and a great change from standard-sized cards.  In case you're wondering, the DSP is from the Patio Party pack and the sentiment is from the new Memorable Moments set.  I also added a bit of the gorgeous stitched satin ribbon in Midnight Muse...so rich-looking and easy to work with!  Thanks for sharing this fabulous card with us Denise!!