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Happy Wednesday My Blogger 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........

Who wouldn't LOVE receiving this card!

I started out by stamping the front of my Early Espresso card with the 'Stacked Stone' background stamp.

Next, I added a card stock and 'Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper' panel to the front of my card.

I used a Very Vanilla card stock panel for the top layer .... And I used the speckle stamp image from the 'Gather Together' set to soften down that Very Vanilla panel.

My sentiment piece is from the 'Loyal Leaves' set.  It is stamped onto a 'Stitched So Sweetly Die' layering piece with Early Espresso ink.

I grabbed the 'Metallic-Edge Ribbon' and my 'Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends' to create the perfect ribbon piece for the front of this card.

And the finishing touch was adding some 'Playing with Patterns Dots' to the front of my card.  I used my 'Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends' to change the color of those dots to coordinate with my card.

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!

3 Fall Stack Boxes

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is 'CASE IT TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I found on the internet ....... And I created a CASE of that project to share with you today.  This project was SUPER FUN to create and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

How FABULOUS are these three stacking boxes!!!

This is a fun little CASE from the very talented Sam Donalds at www.Pootles.co.uk

She posted this project on September 14th and here is the link for the video Sam shared for this project.  

https://pootles.co.uk/2020/09/14/pootles-advent-countdown-2020-how-to-make-a-stack-of-snowflake-boxes/

I used the 'Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper' to create the lids for each of my fall stacking boxes ...... And each box is created with Early Espresso card stock.

I secured my 3-Fall Boxes with the GORGEOUS 'Basket Weave Ribbon' ..... And topped it off with a CHARMING little tag made from the 'Essential Tag Punch'.

Here's a picture of the largest box......

The middle size box......

And the smallest box.

Just ADORE how these stacking boxes turned out.....

Can't wait to stuff them full of some yummy fall candy.

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!

Just Say Hello 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 made a few adjustments to my upgraded card and that helped to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spot Light Sunday card from yesterday on the LEFT....

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

The first upgrade I made to my card today was change the orientation from Portrait style to Landscape style.  I also upgraded the design on the front of my card.

I cut the front of my card down to 2" and used 1" of the left over piece to bridge the sentiment to the front of my card.

My sentiment is from the 'Tasteful Touches' set and I added the three Blackberry Bliss flowers (punched from the 'Small Bloom Punch') around the outer edges of my sentiment square.

Here's a closer look at how I joined my square sentiment piece to the front of my card.

The finishing touch was adding the 'Metallic 1-1/2" Mesh Ribbon' to the top of my card ........ And calling this upgrade 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!

Just Saying Hello

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Catalog.  This card uses several products from that new catalog ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

The Halloween 'Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper' can be used for so much more than Halloween.  Check out this fun "Just Saying Hello" card I created using that DSP.

I started out with a Whisper White base card ....... And then added a panel of the 'Magic In This Night DSP' to the front.  My sentiment is from the 'Tasteful Touches' set and that is stamped onto a 'Tasteful Labels Dies' piece.

I used Blackberry Bliss ink and arranged three little 'Small Bloom Punch' flowers around the outer edges of that sentiment piece.

My favorite part of this card is (HANDS DOWN) the pretty 'Metallic 1-1/2" Mesh Ribbon' that I added to the top of my card.  I was worried that it might be too big for this card ...... But it worked out PERFECTLY ...... And the bow just put this card over-the-top in my book.

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

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!

Hello Pumpkin Cracker Boxes

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday ........... And I would like to share with you the project I created using the September  'Hello Pumpkin Kit'.   Here's that project.......

The September Paper Pumpkin kit makes 20 of these DARLING little Cracker Boxes.  They are simply ADORABLE.

The Cracker Boxes are double sided ....... So you can make 10 of each pattern.  It also comes with cat and witches hat die-cut pieces.......

And the colors and artwork on the die-cut pieces is AMAZING!!!

The stamp set that comes with the Hello Pumpkin kit is pretty darn AWESOME.

And don't even get me started on that PRECIOUS kitty.

So what do you think my friends????

I made a dozen of these up for my Twoie Boy.......He's going to take them in on Halloween for his home-school friends.  I'm sure he will LOVE handing them out.

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

Friends Friend Leadership Swap Day 4

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Friends Friday.  On Friday's, I have the honor of spot-lighting some of the fabulous cards and projects that I received from Friends ....... Fellow Demonstrators ........ and Family.  Each of these creations are works of art........and it is with great pleasure that I share with you today some AMAZING projects that five very special demonstrators made for me.

First up.....this HEART WARMING card by Melissa Faust.

Check out this BEAUTIFUL card by Kim Nolan.

How FUN is this card made by Dawn Schliep.

This BEAUTY was made by Rhonda Syverson.

And this LOVELY card was made by Laura Paulsen.

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

Always Grateful

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........

I started my tag off with a Very Vanilla base.  I ran that tag through my Die-Cut Machine and used the Subtles Embossing Folder to give it some fun texture.

Next, I used the 'Celebration Tidings' set and stamp my pumpkin swag along the bottom of my Very Vanilla tag.  To color that image in ....... I used my Stampin' Blends.

After that ...... I stamped my sentiment towards the top of my tag (also using the 'Celebration Tidings' set).

I grabbed my 'Gathered Leaves Dies' and cropped out three pretty maple leaves.  I added them to the center of my tag ...... And used Stampin' Dimensionals to lift each one off my tag.

I used a small piece of the 'Bumblebee 1/4" Ribbon' to top off my tag ....... And tied it off with a pretty bow using some 'Linen Thread'.

The finishing touch was adding a few 'Cinnamon Cider Enamel Dots' ........ And this tag was done pretty darn quick.

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