10.20.2024…..Happy Sunday, my stampin’ friends! For our Stamping Sunday Blog Hop this month, it is all about rich comforts and rustic elegance. Think rich autumnal colours and warm winter comforts (food, clothing and hot drinks) or something rustic and elegant that fits the season of where you live. This theme was such a great source of inspiration for me, and I hope it is for you, too!

I choose to go with rustic elegance vibe for my card, and I instantly knew I wanted to use the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. I also decided to use one of the Painted Lavender Dies to create the wreath, and of course I had to create a bow with the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon.

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10.14.2024…..Happy Friday, my stampin’ friends! It’s already time for another TGIF Challenge! We are so glad you are joining us this week’s Halloween Inspiration challenge! Inspiration challenges are one of my faves, and are always a great way to get that creativity flowing.

We have some great Halloween inspiration for you this week – from both our challenge graphic and our designers, and we can’t wait for you to play along. Hope this card inspires you to create a colorful Halloween card, using this week’s challenge!

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10.14.2024…..Happy Monday, my stampin’ friends! I love using products in unexpected ways, and…..I love to create birthday cards! So…..I paired the Autumn Leaves Dies with this Sweetly Scripted Stamp Set to create this birthday card. Hope this card inspires you to create something unexpected with your stamps and dies!

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10.03.2024…..Happy Thursday, my stampin’ friends! The More Than Autumn Bundle and the Attention Shoppers Bundle are two of my faves! So…..I decided to pair them together to create this pumpkin spice card. Hope this card inspires you to create a cozy, fall-themed card as well!

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09.21.2024…..Happy Saturday, my stampin’ friends! Today, I’m sharing a card that I created for this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday challenge! It’s an “Earthy Tones” challenge! Our team members each created a fancy card or project using earthy colors! It could be an Autumn inspired, new twist on Christmas, masculine themed, etc.

I love everything about Autumn, so I was super excited about this Earth Tones Challenge. To create the leaves, I used Blending Brushes to add Copper Clay and Wild Wheat to Basic White Thick Cardstock. I then splattered water droplets with a Water Painter, added some speckling, and cut them out with one of the Autumn Leaves Dies. For the eucalyptus, I used the same technique, along with Pecan Pie, Pebbled Path, and one of the Textured Florals Dies. I also used the Citrus Blooms Dies, Timber 3D Embossing Folder, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems, and Country Woods DSP.

Be sure to join us to see what our Stampin’ Fancy Friday team created. We have a total of 24 amazing projects to share this month, and each using their own unique interpretation of the challenge!

Then…..when you CASE one of our SFF teammates, share your project on IG or FB and tag us by using #stampinfancyfriday or #fancyfridaychallenges in your post. We will share in our stories to inspire others as well!

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09.20.2024…..Happy Friday, my stampin’ friends! It’s already time for another TGIF Challenge! We are so glad you are joining us this week’s theme challenge…..Sweater Weather! Theme challenges are one of my faves, and are always a great way to get that creativity flowing.

Our “Sweater Weather” theme inspired me to create this cozy card, using the More Than Autumn Bundle. Apple cider and apple picking always reminds me of fall, so this bundle was just perfect to use for this card.

Hope this card inspires you to create a colorful, cozy card using this week’s challenge!

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09.15.2024…..Happy Monday, my stampin’ friends! For our Stamping Sunday Blog Hop this month, it is all about fun folds…..be it simple or avid card. This theme was such a great source of inspiration for me, and I hope it is for all of you, too!

For my card, I decided to create a diagonal Z-fold card (with a pocket for a gift card and/or note) using Basic White Thick Cardstock base. The background for each of the panels was created with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. I also used the Flowers of Beauty Dies, Unbounded Love Dies, Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Tinsel Gems Three-Pack, and Tinsel Gems Four-Pack.

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09.09.2024…..Happy Monday, my stampin’ friends! Today, I’m sharing a few more autumn-themed projects, using the Autumn Leaves Dies, along with an unexpected color combo. I used Blending Brushes to add Pretty in Pink and Petal Pink to Basic White Thick Cardstock, added some speckling with an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker, then cut out the leaves. Hope these projects you to create some autumn-themed projects using one of your favorite color combos, too.

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09.07.2024…..Happy Saturday, my stampin’ friends! Today, I’m sharing an autumn-themed card, using the Spotlight on Nature Stamp Set. I stamped the leaves with Early Espresso, and colored the leaves with the following Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Packs…..Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, and Petal Pink. Hope this card inspires you to create a colorful, autumn card or project as well.

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08.29.2024…..Happy Friday, my stampin’ friends! It’s already time for another TGIF Challenge! We are so glad you are joining us this week for our first challenge of September! Being as it’s the first of the month, it’s time for a Color Challenge! Color Challenges areone of my faves, and are always a great way to get that creativity flowing. Hope this card inspires you to create a colorful, unique card using this week’s challenge!

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