Here’s a simple card I made for yet another swap!  Last week I was in Orlando, Florida meeting with Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the world.  It was a wonderful time to meet, share and reconnect with everyone.

This swap was for a gathering of my group from Florida and my adopted group from my new home in St Louis Missouri! We call ourselves the Flo-Mo group and its wonderful to get everyone together for each Stampin’ Up! event.

I wanted to use the Making Christmas Bright Stamp set.  But I had a hard time coming up with a “contemporary look” I liked.  I decided this stamp set looked pretty vintage and tried putting it with papers and elements from the Farmhouse Christmas Suite and I think it worked!

Color Story For This Card

Mossy Meadow

Cherry Cobbler

Crushed Curry

For added interest, I used the Subtle Texture Dynamic Embossing Folder. I think this added to the “vintage look”. It is hard to see it in the image, but “texturizing” you card stock with this Embossing Folder really gives it a “stepped up” look.

You will also notice from the Products list below that while my color scheme uses darker colors, I used lighter colors of Stampin’ Blends to color in the string of lights. I do this often because the actual color is often too dark. So, I try out a few lighter colors to see what works best.

Products Used In This Card

The card using a sentiment from Painted Harvest was for a recent swap I did with a theme of “Manly Man”. It is CASED from a card by Jackie Bolhuis, who is an amazing stamper you can find at KlompenStampers.com.

For my version, I decided to add a button. And the button seemed plain for a swap, so I layered it with a Corrugated Element and the Nature’s Twine in Crumb Cake.  And I still wasn’t happy with the amount of “stuff” I had on the card, so I punched out a couple of sprigs and added them to set off the sentiment.  Hopefully, that still qualifies this card as “manly man”!

Products Used For This Card

Here’s a simple little card using a very sweet set from the Holiday Occasions catalog, Many Blessings.  The artwork is simple with a variety of designs you can use for Thanksgiving, Christmas and into spring.  The card set was inspired by one of Stampin’ Up’s! Million Dollar Achievers, Ruth Snyder.

I wanted a rustic look, so I choose a Wood Textures DSP as the background.  And I wanted a color scheme of Cajun Craze and Mossy Meadow for my colors. I found the perfect DSP for the background strip in the Nature’s Poem DSP.  Click on the color names to see the inks, paper and color tools available in that color.

Color Story For This Card

Mossy Meadow

Cajun Craze

The Burlap trim is just a length of Striped Burlap Trim cut in half and used along the edges of the layered strip. A bow of Braided Linen accented the sentiment. I still wanted something else, so I colored pearls using Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends. Because the stamp set is so darling, I just tried to kee it sweet!

Products Used For This Card

Don’t Forget To Order You Special Holiday Box Paper Pumpkin By November 10th!

This is a special edition box you can really cozy up with for some creative “me time” during the holidays!  Enjoy! This is one I think you are going to love!!!!