SUper Friends September Swap Cards

Happy Monday!  I have some beautiful cards to share with you from our September SUper Friends card swap!  Our September theme was Fall-o-ween (fall or Halloween) themed cards.  I think you'll agree with me that everyone did an excellent job on these!

Kallien's card beautifully shows off fall colors, the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder on her bold color blocks, and the Spotlight on Nature dies around her greeting!  I love the Polka Dot Trim on her card, too!  

Margery's wonderful fall fun fold combines the frame from the Autumn Expressions Dies, around words from the More Than Autumn set (also used on the inside!), with images from the Coffee with Friends Stamp Set:

Judy created a fabulous easel Halloween card using the Potions and Spells Bundle!  There are some really fun details on her card, like the shine on the cauldron, the ink blending on the potions and bubbles flowing out of the cauldron, and the spell books in the background and for the easel stand, just to name a few!  

Sheila also created an amazing fun fold card, using the Splendid Autumn Suite Collection!  She used the beautiful designer series paper on the front of her card, along with some brass bird accents.  Then, her card opens to reveal a pop up easel panel with some stamped images and the beautiful gold leaves from the Suite Collection:

Jean created her gorgeous card with the Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper, and die cuts from the Simply Zinnia Bundle:

I decided to create a fun fold Halloween card, specifically another of the Hidden Message Cards.  I used a number of stamp and die sets on it -- Potions and Spells, Humble Home, Under the Moon, Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Fragrant Forest, In the Grove, and Grassy Grove!  And, I used the Poppin' Pastel technique as well as some dyed enamel effects.  I also colored images with Watercolor Pencils.  

Hope you enjoyed and are inspired by these!  

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another wonderful swap!  And, thank you so much for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

Happy World Card Making Day 2024!

 Happy World Card Making Day (post 2 for this day)!  I really enjoyed the Stampin' Up! WCMD video!  I crafted along with Sara, and then put my own spin on the ephemera designer's projects from the second presentation.  I don't have the Simply Said Stamp Set (yet?), so used the Saying Hey stamp set for the cards instead!   I made a couple more cards of my own with the materials while I had them out, too!  I am still thinking about adding some embellishments to all of these as well.  We'll see how long I can resist doing that.  ;)  

How about you?  Did you watch the Stampin' Up! presentations?  If so, which was your favorite?  

Did you get to make any cards today?  Would love to hear and see what you did! 

Thanks so much for visiting!

- Michelle

Cheerful Daisies for GDP#465

 Happy World Card Making Day!!!  Thought I'd kick things off by sharing a couple of cards I made for this week's Global Design Project Challenge #465, which is a color challenge to use Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wheat and Night of Navy.  

I had the Cheerful Daisies Bundle out after making Connie's Open House card, and that seemed like the perfect stamp set for this challenge!  For one card, I had the flower leaves stamped full strength with Wild Wheat, and for the other card, I stamped off once for a softer look.  Which do you like better?  

I had fun blending the Wild Wheat and Night of Navy to get a prettty green on the leaves.  The background is embossed with the Thoughtful Leaves Embossing Folder.  I also added a Wild Wheat circle behind the flowers cut out with one of the Spotlight on Nature Dies.  The ribbon is the beautiful Wild Wheat Rustic Striped Ribbon from the Splendid Autumn Collection.

Hope you are having a wonderful World Card Making Day!  I'm looking forward to watching Stampin' Up!'s Class in a couple hours!!!  How about you?

- Michelle

Humble Home Fall and Halloween Treat Boxes

 These are the little treat boxes I made for last Saturday's open house with the Humble Home Bundle.  They were so fun to make!  The fall boxes are made with Basic Beige, with the bricks stamped in Cajun Craze, and windows and doors stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.   The Halloween boxes are made with Smoky Slate, with the windows and doors stamped in Tuxedo Black on Daffodil Delight Card stock, and spiders and bats from a past Paper Pumpkin kit also stamped in Tuxedo Black.

I filled them with chocolates, then wrapped it up in a cello bag and tied it all up with a bit of linen thread! 

Here's the link to the Facebook Live if you'd like to see how I made these!

Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle