more color mondays – pretty peacock, shaded spruce and azure afternoon

more color mondays – pretty peacock, shaded spruce and azure afternoon

Today’s More Color Monday is a SNEAK PEAK of the upcoming holiday catalog starting September 1st – the September through December 2026 catalog – it is packed full of Fall and Holiday sets as well as other fun sets and items – I cannot wait for you to get your hands on it! They will be available at my Open House next month and also to pick or mail!

This Dreamy Snowflakes bundle is delightful with a hybrid embossing folder and delicate snowflake dies the possibilities are endless.

Today’s More Color Monday color challenge features a set of two cool tone cards using Pretty peacock, Shaded Spruce and Azure Afternoon! I also used the upcoming Designer Series Paper Whispering Woods which is our annual GIVE BACK promotion – Small choices can make a BIG difference. With every purchase of Our Whispering Woods DSP Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 to organizations that help spread Holiday cheer! An extra reason to feel great about your crafting!

Measurements:
BASE: Azure Afternoon CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 1 1/4″ and 5 1/2″ then flip it 180
degrees so the small tab is on the right-hand
side
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″, 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″
and a scrap piece
DSP: 1″ x 5 1/4″

Blend the three colors with blending brushes on one of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ pieces of Basic White CS. Then splatter by flicking the ink from the brush tip side of the Dark Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends marker onto the blended paper.
For the first card I cut out all of the delicate snowflake dies and for the second card I stamped the trio of snowflakes in Pretty Peacock ink over the blended background and cut them out.
Score the base card at 1 1/4″ and 5 1/2″ and then turn 180 degrees so that the smaller tab is on the right-hand side.

Using the other 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White layer stamp the snowflake border at the bottom of the layer in Pretty Peacock ink.

Stamp the six sided border in Azure Afternoon ink and then stamp the sentiment inside that.
Blend the surface with the three inks and die cut.
Emboss the surface with the hybrid embossing folder. Adhere to the center of the border stamped layer.
Cut one of the extra snowflakes and adhere to the lower edge.

Adhere to the inside center panel of the card base.

Adhere the Whispering Woods watercolor wash pattern to the outside of the smaller panel.
emboss the 2 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White CS layer in the hybrid Dreamy Snowflakes embossing folder and adhere to the outside left-hand side panel.
Adhere the snowflake die border to the left-hand side of the embossed layer.
Did you know that if you take a small dab of our “green glue” (Multi-Purpose glue) and allow it to dry it will become tacky to the touch and be a semi permanent glue that you can use as a fastening tool!

Here I added it to the tip of the sentiment banner to allow it to be the fastener to close the card!

Adhere and pop up the rest of the delicate snowflake dies on over the embossed layer.

Stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment in the banner die and adhere over the gate fold edge.

The second card used the stamped and die cut snowflakes for a totally different look!
This is one of my favorite bundles in the new catalog – let me know if you would like a catalog!

Now it’s your turn to start thinking about what you will be making for Christmas for your friends, neighbors and family! Go and create – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin”
Natalie

Remember these are SNEAK PEAK Products and will not be available in the photo links below until they are available to the public!

I realized that I did not add bling – that’s a sin in this studio LOL so I added Basic Rhinestone Jewels to both cards and rephotographed them!
garden silhouette blended hot foil card

garden silhouette blended hot foil card

So the other week when I was playing with my new Stampin’ Hot Foil System I ended up with a sheet of Garden Silhouette regular hot foil and played with the blending brushes to color in this gorgeous silver edged floral design!

Measurements:
BASE: Berry Burst CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″, 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ strip,
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″, 4″ x 5 1/4″scraps for
the reverse foiling and sentiment piece

I grabbed Berry Burst, Crushed Curry and Granny Apple Green ink pads and three corresponding blending brushes and colored in the large blooms with Berry Burst, smaller blooms in Crushed Curry and the leaves in Granny Apple Green. I cut the layer down to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and save on of the longer strips to decorate the inside.
I adhered the blended layer to the Berry Burst card base.
I adhered the 1/4″ strip across the card.
I blended the three ink colors over the sentiment piece – the sentiment comes from the Scalloped blooms stamp set.

I popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered it over the 1/4″ strip.

I tucked two of the extra reverse Garden Silhouette Hot foil cut outs from Fridays card under the sentiment for some added depth and dimension.
Here is the inside of the card.
I added three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to coordinate with the silver foiling to finish off the card with a matching sparkle!

Try a blended background on one of your creations soon – now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

card sketch #130 – moonlit flora

card sketch #130 – moonlit flora

Today’s More Color Monday features Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive and Secret Sea and the beautiful Designer Series Paper Moonlit Flora.

Measurements:
BASE: Secret Sea CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Old Olive CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″
Soft Sea Foam CS: 3 3/4″ x 5″
DSP: 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ cut into 1″ strips
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″

Cut the DSP into 1″ strips and adhere them onto the Soft Sea Foam CS layer.
Turn the fourth one to the B side and stamp the moth and sentiment in Secret Sea ink.
Adhere three Shimmering Dots to finish the card.

I added a Soft Sea Foam die cut to the sentiment strip.

Now it’s your turn – try Card Sketch #130 and see what you can create – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – misty moonlight, night of navy and cloud cover

more color mondays – misty moonlight, night of navy and cloud cover

Today’s More Color Monday color challenge features a monochromatic palette of pretty blues: Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy and Cloud Cover.

This card has lots of pretty details but is easy to put together.

Measurements:
BASE: Misty Moonlight CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Night of Navy CS: scraps for the word dies
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″, 1/2″ x 5 1/2″,
scrap for butterfly stamp/die
Cloud Cover CS: 1/2″ x 5 1/2″

Using a Blending brush and the Water & Dotted Lines Decorative Masks – brush the surface of the card base with Night of Navy ink in desired areas.

Die cut one of the Basic White layers with an Everyday Arches die.

Die cut the Cloud Cover and Basic White strips with one of the border dies from the Bordered in Beauty dies.

Die cut “just because” from the Words of Beauty dies in Night of Navy CS scraps.

Stamp the butterfly border from the Bordered in Beauty stamp set in Night of Navy ink, blend and die cut.

Stamp “it’s your birthday” on the lower edge of the Everyday Arches die in Night of Navy ink.

Blend the edges of the Everyday Arches die with Night of Navy ink and a blending brush.
Adhere the “Just Because” words above the stamped sentiment on the Everyday Arches die.
Stamp the butterfly from the Extraordinary Life stamp set in Night of Navy ink above the word dies.
Adhere the Everyday Arches die to the center of the card front.
Adhere the border dies to the bottom edge of the card and the Butterfly border die in between the Everyday Arches die and the bordered edge.
Add some Rhinestone embellishments to finish off this sweet monochromatic card!

Try these fun stamp sets to make a card of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – crisp cantaloupe, petal pink and timid tiger

more color mondays – crisp cantaloupe, petal pink and timid tiger

Today’s More Color Monday color challenge is a great new monochromatic trio and looks so great together: Petal Pink, Timid Tiger and Crisp Cantaloupe!

Today’s card also uses our new impressions plate to make your die cuts pop!

Join me for all the details of this fun card.

Measurements:
BASE: Crisp Cantaloupe CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
DSP: 2″ x 5 1/4″
Petal Pink CS: 2″ x 3 1/2″

Adhere the DSP to the center of the card base.
Stamp the sentiment from the Fern & Flora stamp set in Crisp Cantaloupe ink to the center of the Petal Pink CS layer.
Place the small frame around the stamped words and run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine using the #1 BASE plate, #2 Thin Die Adapter plate, and sandwiched in between the (2) #3 cutting plates.

Leave the frame inside the die and flip cut side up and run through the machine again with a new Impressions sandwich #1 BASE plate, #2 Adapter plate, then the NEW Impressions plate and #4 embossing plate.

Place Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of the frame.
Adhere the frame to the center of the DSP.
Adhere the sentiment oval in the middle o f he frame.
Wrap the ribbon around the top of the card and tie in a knot.

Add three Timid Tiger 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls around the frame and this sweet monochromatic card is complete!

Try a monochromatic trio today and let me know what you create! Now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie