Thankful for You!

 Happy Thanksgiving!  So very thankful for so many things, including my stamping friends and family!  To celebrate here on my blog, it seemed like the perfect day to share some wonderful fall and Thanksgiving theme cards from our SUper Friends October swap.

Agnes created this lovely card with elements from the September 2017 Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin kit:

Cathy created her  festive card with the Cheerful Basket stamp set:

Jaya's clever card features the Pretty Pumpkins stamp set:

Margery used the Ringed with Nature Bundle and some wonderful watercoloring of the die cut pieces to create her fabulous fall card:

Judy-Ann's lovely creation features the Hello Harvest Bundle, Rustic Harvest Designer Paper, and For Everything Fancy Sequins:

Judy-Ann also sent me a gorgeous bonus mini slimline card made with the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper and greeting from the Hello Harvest Bundle:

I decided to use the Soft Seedlings stamp set, inked with the baby wipe technique in a fun fold card which I found instructions for in this video by Jackie Bolhuis:

 

Thank you so much to the SUper Friends for another amazing swap! 

And, thank you so much for visiting my blog!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween!  I have some spooky fun cards to share with you today from our September Halloween SUper Friends swap!

Judy created a fabulous slimline easel card using the Bewitching Bundle (don't miss her fabulous splatter background either!):

Margery's spirited pop up easel card is full of fun details and surprises, including the clever use of the Layering Diorama dies to create the background behind her ghoulish gourds (made with the Vintage Bottle Punch):

My flip flap fun fold card is made with the Spooky Cute Bundle, and was inspired by this card by kitchentablestamper:

Agnes transformed elements from a Paper Pumpkin kit into her delightfully spooky card:

Jaya's magnificently haunting card features some excellent fussy cut main images and a wonderful splattered background:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for these wonderful cards!  

And, thanks so much to you for visiting!  Hope you are having a fun Halloween!

- Michelle

Warm Welcome for a StoryBook Gnome!

 Happy Wednesday!  Today I have a card that I prepared as an alternative sample for the Warm Welcome Bundle for World Card Making Day.   This was fun to make!  In addition to the Warm Welcome bundle, I used the Storybook Gnome designer series paper, fussy cutting the gnome from one of the sheets and using a snowy background paper for the other side of the door:

I colored the door with Stampin' Blends and added one of the Brushed Metallic Adhesive Dots for the door knob.

Lots of creative combinations and possibilities with the Warm Welcome set!  

Thanks for visiting!  Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Free Shipping Today!

 Just a reminder that Stampin' Up! is continuing the World Card Making Day celebrations with free shipping today!  I did a bit of shopping myself, and if you would like to as well, be sure to head over to the online store!

Two Stamp Sets Instead of One?

 While preparing for our World Card Making Day party, I wanted to try my hand at creating a version of the Cottage Rose card without using the Cottage Rose bundle.  Here is the card we created with the Cottage Rose set during the World Card Making Day event:

I perused my sets and thought the two that looked like they might work best to create a close alternative version would be the Hand Penned Petals and Shaded Summer sets and the Penned Flowers Dies.  Here is how my card turned out:

It was a fun experiment, though I think I still like the Cottage Rose design better.  How about you -- which card do you like better?

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

Happy World Card Making Day 2022!

 Hi!  Happy World Card Making Day!  I enjoyed being able to celebrate with friends yesterday.  My friend Connie and I hosted a gathering on my back patio, and it was so fun to visit with friends, stamp together, and watch the Stampin' Up! presentations (including a sneak peek of the Fitting Florets Suite from the January-June catalog, which will be available to order as part of a customer special in November, and which demonstrators will be able to pre order this month!)  Here are some photos from our gathering:

If you would like to see the video presentation we watched and check out the three projects Stampin' Up! designed for us to create together, you can do that here:  https://events.stampinup.com/worldcardmakingday/video  (The video and resources will be available through October 18th).

Here are the three cards we created:

This card uses the Warm Welcome Bundle, which is a set pre-released from the upcoming January-June Catalog.  I love the shading technique we did with Mint Macaron and Fresh Freesia inks and Blending Brushes.

I think this card with the Cottage Rose Bundle may be my favorite of the three cards.  It is just so soft and pretty, and I really love the different layers of stamping and die cuts!  

  

For the third card, I didn't have the Cottage Wreaths bundle (yet), so had to substitute a retired die set and used the Forever Fern stamp set with it.  The watercolor wash technique we used to create the wreath was great fun -- and everyone's came out so different and so beautiful!  For example, Margery and Connie mixed in some Flirty Flamingo with the Old Olive washes on their wreath pieces with some really beautiful results!

Stay tuned this week as I'll be sharing some alternate ideas made with these products and card layouts!  

Thanks so much for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

Michelle

P.S.  Some fun news from the event -- on October 4th, Stampin' Up! will have free shipping on orders of $75 or more.  And, from October 4th-31st, there will be a "boosted" and discounted starter kit for those who join as demonstrators -- please let me know if you'd like more information about that!

SUper Friends May CASE the Catalog Cards

 Happy Wednesday!   Today I have another fabulous set of cards for you from my SUper Friends group.  These are the cards created for our May CASE (Copy and Share Everything) the Catalog swap to celebrate the release of the new 2022-2023 Annual Catalog in May.  For this swap, each person chose a favorite sample in the catalog to recreate either as shown or with their own personal creative touches added.  (It also turns out that now is a great time to share these because Stampin' Up! is having a special sale on the sets in the Annual Catalog for one day only tomorrow, September 15th -- more info on that at the end of this post!)  

Margery drew inspiration for her beautiful Daffodil Daydream card from a sample on page 20 of the Annual Catalog.   The card showcases the Daffodil Dies with an assist from one of the Fabulous Frames dies.  A couple creative changes Margery made to her version include making her card a birthday card with a white-embossed sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set, and instead of designer paper, stamping the background using the stone wall stamp from the Peekaboo Farm set -- very clever, right?!

Kallien's gorgeous card comes from a sample for the Pansy Patch Bundle on page 165 of the Annual Catalog.  Kallien changed the colors a bit to shades of Calypso Coral and Old Olive, used a die from Painted Labels for the greeting, and I believe used Stampin' Blends to add just the right shade of yellow to some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels:

Connie S. created her wonderful card with the Let's Set Sail Bundle and Diorama Dies.   I like how she changed the placement of the greeting banner and created a perfectly matching piece for the inside:

 

Judy-Ann's stunning card is inspired by a Wisteria Wishes sample on page 92 of the Annual Catalog.  Judy-Ann used the Wisteria Wishes stamp set and dies (available as a bundle and save here), but rather than using the Balmy Blue shown in the sample, used a two-step stamping technique to color her wisteria with Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape: 

Kate drew inspiration for her lovely card from sample made with the Happiness Abounds stamp set and dies on the Annual Catalog cover.   Kate eliminated the white layer and changed the greeting to a vellum piece to show off more of the gorgeous Hues of Happiness designer paper:   

Connie M. chose a sample on page 14 of the Annual Catalog with the Sending Smiles stamp set to inspire her marvelous creation.  She stepped up her version of the card by adding a piece cut with the Sending Dies for the "a card to say hello" part of her greeting:

Cathy's sweet and delightful card is inspired by the Hello Ladybug sample on page 30 of the Annual Catalog.  Cathy kept the layout with two daisies made with the Medium Daisy Punch in the sample, and used the Ladybug Builder Punch to give the ladybug a friend on the second daisy:

Cathy finished the inside of her card with some stamped flowers from the Hello Ladybug set:

 

The Tea Boutique suite is one of my favorite in the Annual Catalog, so I chose a sample made with it on page 12 to CASE.  I did step-up my card with a die cut piece of vellum behind the tea cup, a stamped image from the Stitchery stamp set along the bottom, and Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some sparkle on the die cut hearts.  

I used the new Limited Edition stamp set on the back of my card:

And, stamps from Stitchery and Cup of Tea for a dressed up inside:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for these excellent cards!!! 

I hope you have enjoyed and been inspired by them as well!  In fact, if you are in the U.S. and would like to purchase any of the stamp sets used in these cards, you will be able to get them 15% off only on September 15th (tomorrow, at least at the time I'm writing this -- might be today when you are reading this!)  

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Stamping (and sale-shopping)!

Michelle