Hello Fall Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I added a couple additional products found in the 2022-2023 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spotlight Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM....

The first upgrade I made to my card for today was changing the orientation from a Portrait style card to a Landscape style card.

I created a triple laying frame for the center of my card.  Two of the layers were created with the help of the 'Rectangle Stitched Dies'.

My center layer piece was created with a square of Granny Apple Green cardstock and I topped it off with a square of the 'Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper'.  

I added a 3/4" Granny Apple Green cardstock piece across the center of my card ..... And topped that piece off with a 1/2" piece of Crushed Curry cardstock.  I also upgraded the leaves for this card ..... I cropped out 2-Cherry Cobbler and 1-Shaded Spruce (from the 'Aspen Tree Dies') and added those to the center of my card.

I used the same 'Artistically Inked' set to stamp my sentiment in the lower right-hand corner of the White cardstock panel.

All that was left to do was add some of the 'Amber Gems' around the front of my card ..... And this card was called DONE!

So, what do you think my friends.....

Do you have a FAVORITE???

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Hello Fall

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2022 Stampin' UP! Annual and Mini Catalog.  This card was inspired by Wanda at 'My Creative Corner'.  She created a DARLING snowman card and I FELL IN LOVE with the layout..... And knew I had to give it a try.  Here is the link to Wanda's card:  My Creative Corner!: Snowman Magic, Penguin Place, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up! (starlightstamper.com)  I'm thrilled with the way my card turned out ...... And want to share that card with you now........

I started this card off with a White base.  To the top of that I added a panel of Granny Apple Green cardstock and topped it off with a White cardstock panel.

Next, I added my sentiment in the lower right-hand corner.  I used the 'Artistically Inked' set for my sentiment ...... And I used Black ink to stamp that.

Then I added a 3" x 3" square of Granny Apple Green cardstock and topped it off with a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" square of 'Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper'.  After I had those two pieces adhered together ..... I crop it in half and put one section in the center of my card.

I added a 3/4" x 4-1/4" panel of Crushed Curry cardstock to the left hand-side of my card front.....

And then topped my center panel off with a Cherry Cobbler die-cut leaf.  That was cropped out with the help of the 'Aspen Tree Dies'.

The finishing touch was adding some Black stitching lines around the front of my card ..... And dropping three little 'Amber Gems' around the White space of my card.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Nugget Holder

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

I'm starting something NEW for my Saturday share and will continue sharing my Saturday Sweet Treat packaging idea with you until the end of the year.  These Saturday projects will be some form of a YUMMY sweet treat packaging.  Here is what I created to kick this new blog posting off.

How ADORABLE are these little Nugget Holders.

I used the 'Aspen Tree Dies' to crop out two leaves for my holder.  This is the Cajun Craze one....

And this is the Crushed Curry one.

Besides the two die-cut leaves ..... You will need to create the box.  That is created with a 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" piece of cardstock and it is scored on all four sides at 1-1/4".

I assembled my box and then adhere one leaf to each side.

Here's a layout of how the Tear n' Tape would look.

I wrapped two nuggets with the 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series paper......

And wrapped both of those nuggets together with some 'Linen Thread' before adding them into my holder.

Here's my sweet nugget holders all tucked in.

The finishing touch was adding a little sentiment to each holder.  I used the 'All That Dies' to crop out my banner flag and stamped the sentiment from the 'Hello Ladybug' set onto the front.

Couldn't be HAPPIER with the way this turned out.

Will probably make a few more of these to hand-out

during the week of Thanksgiving.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spotlight Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Flip-Up Fun Fold

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Fun Fold Friday and that means I have a special little Fun Fold card to share with you. Let's kick off this Fun Fold Friday share right now.........

This fun fold is an OLDIE ..... But a GOODIE.  It is created with a Black base that measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/2".  I added a panel of White cardstock to the inside that measures 4" x 5-1/4".

To create the flip-up portion of this card ..... You will need another piece of Black cardstock that measures 3-1/4" x 8-1/2".  Score that piece at 4-1/4.  I added two White cardstock panels to the top and inside of this piece ..... Those two panels measure 3" x 4".

Here is what your flip-up panel will look like.

I added some 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper' to the inside of my flip-up section....

And also decorated the front flip-up section with more of the 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper'.

My sentiment was created with the 'Layering Circle Dies' and I used the 'Ringed With Nature' set for my sentiment.

The finishing touch for this card was adding some 'Silver 3/8" Metallic Edge Cotton Ribbon' around the bottom section of my sentiment.  And I used my Black Stampin' Blends to change the color of that ribbon.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to begin sharing a special new Sweet Treat Saturday release with you ........Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

So Grateful Set of Tags

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

Today, I have a double feature for you.  I created a negative and positive tag creation for you.

When I was cropping out my original tag (the white one) ..... I realized that I had all the left over pieces from the Soft Suede leaf ..... Why wasn't I using that to create a second tag.

I started off with a White base tag and ran that through my 'Cut and Emboss Machine using the 'Tree Rings Hybrid Folder'.  That gave SO MUCH texture to my tag!!!  (I also did this with my Soft Suede base tag.)

I cropped out a Soft Suede and also a White 'Stylish Shapes Dies' circle for the front of both tags.

My leaf was cropped out using the 'Chic Dies' with both Soft Suede and White.

Each of my sentiment tags were cropped out with the 'Tailor Made Tags' and my sentiment is from the 'Soft Seedlings' set.  Each tag was topped off with three 'Brushed Metallic Dots'.

The finishing touch for my tag was adding some 'Natural Finish Ribbon' to the top and wrapping some 'Linen Thread around that and finishing it off with a pretty 'Linen Thrad' bow.

There you have it my friends......

Two tags for the price of one.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share Fun Fold Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Thanks

Happy Wednesday Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

This card was SO MUCH FUN to create ..... And the BEST part ..... It uses up LOTS of scrap DSP you might have on hand.  SERIOUSLY.....can I get an AMEN on our DSP stash (or am I in this alone???).

This card starts off with a Crumb Cake base.  And then you add a panel of Soft Suede cardstock to the top.

I added a 3-3/4" x 5" panel of Very Vanilla cardstock to the top of my card ....

And cut three panel of the 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper' that were 2-1/2" x 1-1/4".  Those three panels got attached to the bottom of my card.  (These panels are adhered right over the Very Vanilla panel)

I added a cropped out scallop piece from the 'Scallop Countours Dies' and before I adhered that piece down ...... I wrapped some 'Linen Thread' around it and tied it up with a pretty bow.  The finishing touch for this center piece was adding two leaves from the 'Aspen Trees Dies' and hanging those off my Linen Thread bow. 

To finish this card off ..... I used the 'Amazing Thanks Dies' and adhered that directly onto the Very Vanilla panel ..... And the sentiment was stamped from the 'Season of Chic' set.

The finishing touch was adding a couple 'Classic Matte Dots' that were colored with my 'Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends'.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream! 

Sunflower Just For You Box

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is '3D TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I created and want to share with you.  This project was SO FUN to create and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

This DARLING box is from the 'Kraft Gift Boxes' in the 2022-2023 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog.  All I did to decorate it was use the 'Sunflowers Dies' to feature a larger sunflower in the upper left-hand corner of my gift box......

And then grab my 'Natural Prints Dies' and 'All That Dies' to create my sentiment label for the front.  

On the inside .... I added four cards with coordinating envelopes.

Each card uses the 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper'....

Along with a large Sunflower....

And are stamped with the 'Ringed With Nature' stamp set.

I even used the same 'Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper' to decorate the front of each envelope.

The cards are a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" base and scored at 2" and 6".  The top DSP is 5-1/4" x 2-1/4" and the bottom DSP is 5-1/4" x 1-3/4".

SO THRILLED with the way this project turned out....

What do you think my friends????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!