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October 01, 2015

Thankful Table Favor

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This week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge provides us with big rich colors.  I made a card for this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge however I really wanted to be more creative.  (Stop back on Saturday to see the card I made.)

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So I created a table favor for Thanksgiving. Wouldn't these be pretty on your Thanksgiving table?

I started with the Fry Box Bigz die and cut it out in Sahara Sand card stock. Then I  took a 1 1/2" piece of Bohemian DSP to wrap around the Fry Box. I realized that Always Artichoke is the only color card stock I don't have. I did find a small scrap piece of Always Artichoke card stock and stamped one of the Vintage Leaves. I sprinkled it with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder and heated it to add a little glossy shine to the image. I then stamped two more leaves onto Sahara Sand card stock and followed with clear embossing of the images as well. 

The bottom leaf is adhered with Fast Fuse and the other two leaves are popped up on dimensionals. 

The finishing touch is a piece of Sahara Sand 7/8" Lace Trim.

I love this sentiment from the hostess set Six Sayings. It is the reason I purchased the stamp set. I hand cut out the sentiment and added it to the back of the fry box.

I cut up some retired Always Artichoke DSP using my Fringe Scissors as "stuffing" for the bottom of the fry box. This gave the perfect support for my Hershey Nuggets.

I hope you enjoyed the departure from a traditional card this week. Please visit www.PalsPaperArts.com to see what the other designers have created and play along yourself!

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

PPA 270

Products used for this project:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog
 
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Oct 1, 2015 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Gift Ideas, PPA Color Challenges, Thanksgiving

August 20, 2015

Vintage Leaves

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Oh, I so love Fall.  This is the time of year that I get so homesick for Chicago. While it remains very warm and muggy here in Southwest Florida I can use my stamps and ink to dream of cooler temperatures and days when I would kick through the leaves.

This week we have a fun sketch over at the Pals Paper Arts Challenge:

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I chose to interpret this sketch rather than follow it straight up. The leaves were stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. I was inspired by my friend and fellow pal Deb Simonis to use the gold embossing powder. I love the result. 

Gleeson PPA264 flat

I did not add a sentiment to the card front as I thought it could become whatever I need it for on the fly in the future. A small banner across one of the top corners will do the trick.

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I did embellish the inside of the card. The sentiment is from Lighthearted Leaves stamp set available on September 1st from the Holiday Catalog. The leaves in this set also coordinate with the Leaflets Framelits Dies used here with the Vintage Leaves stamp set. I LOVE when more than one stamp set goes with a set of dies or punches!

I hope you will play with the Pals this week. Check out what the other talented design team members have created here.

Michelle

Products used to create my project:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog
 

 

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Aug 20, 2015 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Friendship, Masculine, PPA Sketch Challenges, Thanksgiving, Thinking of You

November 06, 2014

Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #226

 It is Thursday and time for a Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  The colors this week are warm and earthy. 

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And here is my card...

Gleeson PPA 226

The colors are dark so I decided that more white space or in this case Very Vanilla space was needed.  The stamp from the Making Spirits Bright stamp set is the star of the card.  I just adore all the images in this set.

I used the new Crumb Cake Note Card and Envelope set as the base of the card.  Then I added a layer of Soft Suede.  The Very Vanilla base has a piece of Color me Autumn Designer Washi Tape and a piece of Mossy Meadow 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.  A small gold button with Linen Thread finishes the card.

Clean and simple.

I do hope you will play along with the Pals this week.  Be sure to check out what the other design team members created here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

PPA 226 with env

Stampin' Up Supplies Used:  Please click on images below for more details or easy, on-line shopping 24/7!  And Don't forget to check out the Weekly Deals.  

Nov 6, 2014 5:00:00 AM | Card making, PPA Color Challenges, Thank you, Thanksgiving

October 08, 2014

Halloween and Harvest Blog Hop

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Welcome to the October Pals Blog Hop where we are celebrating an early Halloween and Harvest season. This month we are sharing Halloween and fall projects using our wonderful Stampin’ Up! supplies.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from #7 Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

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My project is clean and simple.  The base is Soft Suede. I cut 3/4" of an inch off the front of the card and then placed another strip of DSP from the Color Me Autumn DSP collection on the inside of the card so it shows through to the front.  A fun and different twist.

Flat blog hop pic

The acorns were created by cutting out four acorns from the Autumn Accents Bigz die (2 in Early Espresso and two in Soft Suede) and then cutting the top of the Early Espresso acorns and adhering to the Soft Suede.  The Mossy Meadow ribbon is the finishing touch.  

I love the simple classic result.  

The next stop is #9 Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month.

Michelle

( You can see all the supplies used below the hop lineup. )

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  1. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
  2. Becky Gifford at The Social Stamper
  3. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
  4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  5. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
  6. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
  7. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
  8. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
  9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  10. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
  11. Amanda Merrill at Inkflair
  12. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
  13. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
  14. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
  15. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  16. Liz Gautreaux at Kind Deeds Stampin
  17. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
  18. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
  19. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
  20. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
  21. Amy Whelan at Amys Inklings
  22. Jane Knudsen at www.seejanestamp.com
  23. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
  24. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
  25. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti
  26. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
  27. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
  28. September Gray at septembergray.com
  29. Sherrie Gross at Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sherrie
  30. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
  31. Angie Valle-Peters at Paperluxuries
  32. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com

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October 04, 2014

Happy World Card Making Day

You may not know but today is World Card Making Day.  I am celebrating this event with other Stampin' Up demonstrators in Atlanta GA.  

When demonstrators gather we often have card swaps.  This is where we make multiple copies of the same card to exchange with the other demonstrators.  I did this for the first time when I attended my first Stampin' Up convention in July 2013.  I fretted over the design of my card knowing I was swapping with some of my favorite demonstrators whose blogs I follow every day.  It was so gratifying as I handed each demonstrator my card and they woo'd and ahh'd.  And of course I was over the top impressed with all the cards I received as well.

So today at our gathering in Atlanta we will begin with a card swap.  I want to share that card with you.

Card swap

While this card looks simple it was a lot of work to make 45 of them!  The card base is cut from the Label Thinlit die however I extended the right side of the paper so that it was 8 1/2" long and allowed for an extra 2 1/2" to fold back and provide space to write.  You can see this demonstrated on my blog post here.

The wood look was created by stamping the Hardwood Background stamp in Early Espresso on the Early Espresso base that had already been cut.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure the wood-grain was straight and provided a consistent look.  This was a two-step process to stamp the left side then the right side.  I folded a post it note and covered the "label" cut out area so it would not get stamped.

Then I created the labels by stamping the leaf from the For All Things stamp set in Crushed Curry followed by stamping the sentiment from Mingle All the Way in Cajun Craze. I love how this turned out.  Then another run through the Big Shot to get the label cut perfectly to fit the cut out frame of the card.

The embellishment in the lower right corner is a piece from Autumn Wooden Elements and tied with Metallic Gold Baker's Twine.  These were anchored with Glue Dots.

I did add a Very Vanilla panel on the inside far right panel to write a note to the recipient.  

So I hope you find time to create a card for someone special today.  

Card swap II

And Happy World Card Making Day!

Michelle

 

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Oct 4, 2014 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Celebrations, Masculine, Thanksgiving

October 02, 2014

Super Simple Card for Pals Paper Arts

PPA 222 - StampinMojo

It is the start of the month so the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week is a color challenge.  And the colors are beautiful together.

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Last month we were in Chicago to take our youngest to college and the leaves were just starting to change.  These colors reminded me of the tips of many of the leaves.

While this card design is super simple I really think it is very pretty.  The Magnificent Maple stamp (retired) has so much texture to it that it steals the show.  The oak leaf and the sentiment are from the For All Things stamp set in the Holiday Catalog.

The rounded corners flow nicely with the sentiment punched out with the Extra-Large Oval punch and layered over the Decorative Label Punch.

PPA Close up 

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope I inspired you to create today and join the fun over at the Pals Paper Arts Challenge.

Michelle

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September 21, 2014

Four Feathers Birthday

I am definitely in a time of transition.  So much excitement for our two sons, as one returns to his familiar university campus and the other begins his journey on a campus in a whole new climate.  And while I have always worked and thought this would make our sons leaving for school easier for me, I find myself very reflective as I consider this new chapter in our lives.  So it was wonderful to get into my craft room this morning after almost two weeks and lose myself in creating something for you.

  Four Feathers Birthday

This card was inspired by Michele Reynolds over at Inspiration Ink.  She did her card in Cherry Cobbler and I really wanted to see it in Fall colors.  So I used Cajun Craze card stock as my base and my Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities to color the feather print from the Back to Black DSP collection.  I am really pleased with the result.  

While I am still experimenting with the Blendabilities markers I must tell you that each time I use them I love them more.  They are so versatile and easy to use.

I know many of you like to know the dimensions used on my cards.  Here you go:

Standard A2 Base  5 1/2 x 4 1/4

Back to Black DSP  1 1/4, then I added the Cajun Craze scallop border

Black card stock (base of focal point) 5 1/8 x 4

Cajun Craze on top of that is 5 x 3 7/8

Black Base for the center square 3" square

Whisper White is then 1/8" smaller

The Four Feathers were stamped on crepe filter paper cut out with the coordinating framelits and adhered at the base only with glue dots.  This gives the feathers a light airy look.

Four Feathers inside view

This is the inside of the card.  You can see in the background I decorated the flap of the envelope by stamping one of the feathers a few times.  I liked the result.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

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November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

From our home to yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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Where did my Mojo come from?

This card is totally CASE'd from Melissa Davies.  I have seen this card before yet I loved her use of Stampin' Up's Champagne Glimmer Paper. 

Here is the inside of the card

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I hope you enjoy time with family and friends today.  For the first time in twenty some years we are not hosting Thanksgiving.  We are going to a friends home and the menu is out of this world. We are all a bunch of foodies so the menu is like something out of Food and Wine. It will certainly be a merry time!

This weekend I will be sharing more Stampin' Up special promotions- don't miss a single post.  Stampin' Up! has another doorbuster sales event to add to the Holiday Sale for Cyber Monday - as demonstrators we don't even know what it is yet!  

Until tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving!

Michelle

Supplies Used:

Paper:  Early Espresso, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry

Stamp Set:  Truly Grateful

Tools:  Big Shot, Square Framelits, Sizzix Clear Square Scallop Die, Paper Snips

Finishing touches:  Chocolate Chip Chevron Ribbon

Adhesives:  Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Glue, Snail Adhesive

Nov 28, 2013 10:13:05 AM | Card making, Celebrations, Holiday, Thanksgiving

October 15, 2013

A "Wonderfall" Truly Grateful card

I LOVE the Fall.  This time of year I yearn to be up north with cool temps and beautiful fall foliage. Last year I purchased the Wonderfall stamp set and it has seen limited use.  And I kept looking at the coordinating Autumn Accents Bigz die each time I placed an order yet I never added it to my order until last month.

Oh, I am so glad that I did.  Look at the amazing results this combination allowed me to create...

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I had hesitated purchasing the die because I wasn't sure how to effectively line up the die with my stamped image.  I had watched many YouTube videos and thought ... that seems like a lot of work.  In the end with my Stamp-a-ma-jig and Scotch Brand removable tape I simply precut the shapes, used the tape to secure the shape to my mat and then lined up the stamped image with the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  It was super easy and within my skill set! 

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Supplies used:

Stamp Sets:    Wonderfall and Truly Grateful

Paper:  Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla card stock

Ink:  Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Tools:  Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Stamp-a-ma-ig, Modern Label Punch

Accessories:  Brights Candy Dots (Old Olive), 1/8" Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon

What stamp set have you not used that I inpsired you to look at again?

Cheers,

Michelle

Oct 15, 2013 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Friendship, Masculine, Thank you, Thanksgiving

September 27, 2013

Million & One Thanks...that it's Friday!

My upline came up with a fun game for our team to play this week.  We need to create something with stamps, colors, or tools that begin with the same letter as our first name.  So I went to work to see what I could create.  The result?  I used the Million & One  and Magnificent Maple stamp sets.

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With the use of the Stamp-a-ma-jig I carefully lined up and stamped my maple leaves.  The sentiment is embossed with a non- Stampin' Up embossing powder in Mahogany.  

Ink colors used:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze, and Crushed Curry

Card stock:  Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Very Vanilla

We have had nothing but rain and very humid weather in Southwest Florida for weeks.  I am ready for some cool weather and fall colors!  

Happy Friday to you and enjoy your weekend!

Michelle

Sep 27, 2013 5:00:00 AM | Card making, Thank you, Thanksgiving

September 05, 2013

Pals Paper Art Color Challenge #170

This week the Pals Paper Art Challenge is a Color Challenge #170.  This was a tough challenge. While I love each of these colors individually, I struggled putting them together.  Here are the colors:

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The Midnight Muse and Crushed curry are striking together especially against Whisper White or Very Vanillla.  But adding Early Espresso did muddy things up (pun intended).  So here is what I did...

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As I the card unfolded I was not certain I liked it, then I added the Magnificent Maple in Crushed Curry and the sentiment and it all seemed to come together. As I look at the card now, I should have added three crushed curry candy dots on the right side to balance the weight of the card. That is the wonderful part of creating, you can always add a little something and enhance the project further.

The inside of the card I used a stamp from the Really Good Greetings and masked off the the words I did not want.

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I sent this off to our son who is at the University of Florida.  He will like the masculine colors and of course the little bit of cash contained in the card.

I hope you enjoyed this challenge adventure with me.  Until tomorrow...

Cheers!

Michelle

Sep 5, 2013 6:00:35 AM | Card making, Friendship, Masculine, Thank you, Thanksgiving

September 01, 2013

New Envelope Punch board available TODAY!

At the Stampin' Up! Convention in July attendees were introduced to the new Envelope Punch Board. It was one of those items everyone wanted to get their hands on.  Here is the teaser board at convention:

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Finally the announcement came in August, demonstrators were able to order the punch board prior to it going on sale to customers.  I ordered it the first day it became available.  It is AWESOME!  I know that word is overused today yet it is the perfect word to describe this tool.  First it is cost effective, only $19.95.  Second, it allows you to use DSP and standard card stock you already have and we all have a "stash" of paper.  So here it is:

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As you can see above, the instructions are imprinted directly on the base of the board.  It comes with the scoring tool that stores nicely in the side of the board and it has an integrated corner punch at the top for that finished look on all your envelopes.

I made an odd sized card (4" x 4") and then made a coordinating envelope with my new Envelope Punch Board.

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I used the Truly Grateful Stamp Set from the Holiday Mini catalog.  The wheat is embossed using gold embossing powder and I tied Linen Thread around the image to add the 3-D dimension to the wheat stalk image.  A few Stampin' Dimensionals make the wheat stalk center stage.

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The Envelope Punch Board will open our creativity for all sizes of cards. Shop Now and order yours today, use product #133774.

I want to know, does the Envelope Punch Board get your Mojo going?  

Michelle

Sep 1, 2013 7:59:32 AM | Card making, Friendship, Masculine, New Arrivals, Thank you, Thanksgiving

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