September Stamping Project - Grateful Heart Autumn Greeting Card

As a fall baby, I eagerly collect anything fall. It’s easy to have fall overlooked with Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas. It doesn’t help that fall is so short where I live - all it takes is a week of strong winds and all those lovely coloured leaves are gone. This year, September has been particularly rainy, so I enjoyed working with these colours - ones that I don’t typically use.

Thinking of You with a Grateful Heart

Supply list

• Very Vanilla 8.5x11" cardstock
• Whisper White 8.5x11" cardstock or large scraps
• Crushed Curry 8.5x11" cardstock or large scraps
• Blackberry Bliss 8.5x11" cardstock
• Cajun Craze 8.5x11" cardstock or large scraps
• Mint Macaron 8.5x11" cardstock or small scraps
• Falling for Leaves stamp and die bundle
• Layering Squares Framelits
• Crushed Curry ink
• Blackberry Bliss ink
• Cajun Craze ink
• Mint Macaron ink
• Big Shot, adhesive and Stampin' Sponges

1. Score a sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock, but don’t cut in half.
2. Stamp all over the right side of the sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock with stamps from blah blah. Try stamping in Mint Macaron and Crushed Curry first, then stamp again in Blackberry Bliss but offset.
3. When you are satisfied with your stamping, sponge around the edges with a little Cajun Craze. Cut the sheet in half and continue sponging.
4. Cut a 2” strip from a sheet of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. Cut in half so that you have 2 2x5.5” panels.
5. Die cut small leaf and flower shapes from Mint Macaron cardstock.
6. Die cut a square from Whisper White using the ~2.5" (inside) square framelit. Stamp sentiment in Blackberry Bliss ink.
7. Die cut a scalloped square from Crushed Curry cardstock using the ~3.5" (inside) scalloped framelit.
8. Die cut maple leaves from Cajun Craze cardstock. You can also just stamp the interior shape instead of die cutting it. Try mixing and matching colours too.
9. Time to assemble!

Now, if you are a keen SU fan, you might go, “Whoa? Mint Macaron? Blackberry Bliss? Are those current colours?” Yes, yes they are! I am especially thrilled that Mint Macaron returned along with a few other colours in the 2018 colour refresh. You can buy a sampler pack of paper, all the new inks or markers and try them out for yourself.

Sunday Sketch - September Stamping Project

Since I always post my projects at the end of the month, I decided to share the sketch for them at the beginning of the month. Check back in a couple of weeks to see how the sketch becomes reality. I already gave a hint about the colours :-) A sketch doesn't have to be very detailed - just enough to capture all the information necessary.

Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday Catalogue Favourites

If it's one thing that you can count on, it's Stampin' Up! to release three catalogues a year - holiday, occasions and the annual catalogue. As a demo, I get sneak peeks of all of them and sometimes it's so hard to wait to show off the new products.

I think this year's holiday catalogue is stellar and better than last year's. There's a huge variety of stamps and greetings and paper, oh my! I'm not a Halloween person, so I steer right to the Christmas stuff. It may be too early to think about Christmas, but when you're a crafter, it's never too early! Sometimes I start my Christmas cards in August :)

Anyway, here are three of my favourite items so far - stay tuned for more! All are photographed on Joyous Noel Special DSP.

Merry Christmas to All

I bought just the stamps and not the bundled dies - I thought the stamps were more worth it. Sometimes you just want a single word to build your greeting or fit your space, so I felt this was a must have.

Feathers & Frost

Hehe, of course I had to get this cute little set because of the birds! The swashy leaves and berries was also inspiring along with the sentiments. I really liked the "hand stamped by" set - I can see using it a lot!

Buffalo Check

This hefty background stamp reminds me of some DSP from last year or maybe it was the year before - but it came in green. Now you can have the same pattern in any colour. So looking forward to using this. I think it will go well with the Hardwood background stamp or embossing folder.

Well, there you have it! Stay tuned for more favourites and my monthly stamping project.