Stitched Leaves

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Susan Horr

Hello everyone! Today we are having another Stamp Off Challenge with Buffy, Jackie and me. This time our challenge was to make a Fall card. As a side note, our challenge was originally to make a Halloween card but after going through all my current stamp sets, I realized I don’t have any new Halloween cards! How can that be?

In any case, here is my Fall card.

I decided to make another slimline card for this challenge. I just love these cards and they are not hard to make at all. My card is 3.5″ x 8.5″. You can make them any size you want. I have seen some that are 3.25″ x 8″ and others that are 3″ x 8″. It doesn’t really matter. Really it comes down to how much room you need for your design. I also found a tutorial on YouTube on how to make an envelope for a 3.5″ x 8.5″ card so I went with that.

This card was fairly simple to make. I first cut out the leaves in Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler (all “C” colors!) using the new Stitched Leaves dies. Then I cut out three squares using the Stitched Shapes dies in Garden Green cardstock. I layered these all together and then added the sentiment.

I do have a small disclaimer. As you know, I recently moved to Tennessee and I am not totally unpacked yet. My craft room is a disaster. In my old house, my craft room was in the basement so it did not really matter what it looked like. I bought a couple of plastic fold up tables from Sam’s Club and used them. I had a mish mash of ink pad holders, marker holders, etc. In my new house, my craft room is in the family room (yay for having windows!!). The fold up, stained and chipped tables looked horrible up there so I decided to buy new furniture for my new craft room. Well, the new furniture arrived on Monday and I have been frantically trying to put things in place. I am probably 75% done. Why am I telling you this? Because I can not find whatever stamp set I used for the sentiment on this card. I am pretty sure it is current (although not positive but I don’t usually use retired stamps on my blog) but right now it is no where to be found. So I apologize that I can not tell you its name. PS: Thanks to a friend, the stamp is from a stamp set called Quite Curvy that will be available for customers to purchase beginning on November 3rd. Check back here for details on November 2nd).

Now, let’s go see what Buffy and Jackie made with a Fall (or Halloween) theme. I am sure they will be gorgeous!

Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of 15% off Designer Series Paper! Don’t miss out on this fantastic deal!

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Stitched Leaves Dies

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Stitched Shapes Dies

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$30.00

Stitched Leaves

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Susan Horr

Stampin Up Stitched Leaves

Stitched Leaves is a Stampin’ Up!® die set that is in the 2020 August – December Catalog (also known as the Holiday Catalog). I would label this set a two-step die set (even though there is officially no such thing). I would call it this because it takes two dies to make one die cut. One die cuts the outside of the leaves and another cuts the stitches on the inside. You can even do this at the same time so you don’t have to run the cardstock through your Cut & Emboss machine twice. This set also includes a die that cuts those stitches along the bottom of my card. I love it when Stampin’ Up!® includes extra dies in their sets.

To make this card I first cut out all the leaves using two dies in Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Real Red, Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie. Then I cut out the vertical stitches in a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and layered everything together.

The sentiment is from the stamp set called Beautiful Autumn. I just used a left over piece of cardstock I had after cutting the piece of Very Vanilla cardstock I used.

On a side note, we made it to Tennessee just fine. I had to drive one car and Rob drove his truck. The most I have ever driven alone is 6 hours so this 14 hour trip was a little difficult. Thankfully we did 10 hours the first day and 4 the next. I have to say there is a lot more traffic here in Nashville than there was in Northern New York. That will take a little getting used to.

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Beautiful Autumn Photopolymer Stamp Set

[153450]

#simplestamping Card Class

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Susan Horr

Yesterday I had my first in-person mini card class since the COVID mess started with a neighbor of mine. She has a cottage a couple of doors down from us and we have been spending the summer together so we both thought it was safe to do a class. I had forgotten how much fun it is to teach someone new to stamping. They always think they aren’t creative and can’t do it and it is fun to watch them realize that they can and that they love it!

We made three simple cards. Two of them just involved stamping and the third one we did some die cutting with the new Stampin’ Up!® Cut & Emboss Machine. These are the two stamping cards.

The first one we used the stamp set called Cute Fruit. This set is in the Stampin’ Up!® Beginners Brochure. I first stamped the background pineapples in BumbleBee Ink on BumbleBee cardstock. Then we stamped the pineapple in BumbleBee and Granny Apple Green ink.

The second card I used some World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper and the stamp set called Sailing Home. Both of these cards just involved stamps, paper and ink.

She loved making those cards so I decided to step it up a bit to show her how to die cut an image. I actually posted this card a few weeks ago on my blog but I will show it to you again. It used the dies called Stitched Leaves. She loved the way the dies cut the leaf and added the stitching to it. The sentiment is from the stamp set called Lovely You. It has a coordinating punch called Banners Pick a Punch.

I will always remember my first time stamping. I was invited to a workshop. I didn’t want to go but it was being held by a friend of mine so I felt obligated to go. I am so glad I did! I loved it from that minute on! Everyone can stamp. Even people who are as un-artisitic as me! Stampin’ Up!® makes it so easy. Remember that commercial where it said “Try it. You’ll like it”? I can’t remember what it was for, but it certainly pertains to stamping. I haven’t met a single person who didn’t enjoy making a card or two.

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Cute Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set

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Lovely You Bundle (English)

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Stitched Leaves Dies

[153567]

World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper

[152491]

Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper

[153492]

Stitched Leaves & Lovely You

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Susan Horr

This is a fairly quick and easy card using some new products from the 2020 Stampin’ Up!® Holiday Catalog (otherwise known as the August – December 2020 Mini Catalog). Although this catalog has more than just holiday themes in it, I still call it the Holiday Catalog. Old habits are hard to break.

One of the products I used for this card is the Stitched Leaves Dies. These dies are just awesome. There are six different leaf dies in the set that cut the outside of the leaf as well as the stitched details on the inside of the leaf. They coordinate with the Love Of Leaves stamp set (and yes, you can save 10% by purchasing them in a bundle) although I did not use it on this set.

I chose the largest leaf from the Stitched Leaves Dies on this card with Crushed Curry cardstock first. Then I stamped the greeting from the stamp set called Lovely You in Mossy Meadow Ink. This stamp set is also in the Holiday Catalog and has a matching punch called Banners Pick A Punch. This is my favorite punch of all time. It cuts out six different sized banners and it is very easy to use. The banners are in two different shapes and can cut out a 1″, 3/4″ and a 1/2″ banner.

The Designer Series Paper is called Heartwarming Hugs. At the last minute I decided it needed a little something else so I used the metallic ribbons from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack.

As a reminder, yesterday was my birthday. I have decided to celebrate my birthday with you all week by giving FREE Shipping to all my customers who place a $50 order or more with me using the Hostess Code RMHPRSAM. If you place an order online, I will rebate you the shipping costs by PayPal or if you live locally, I can give you a check. If you need help ordering, let me know and I can place the order for you. Remember, you have to use the Hostess Code in order to receive free shipping. If your order is $150 (excluding tax and shipping) or more, do not use the Hostess Code so that you will get the hostess benefits yourself. If you do that I will still rebate you the shipping. This offer ends on Saturday, August 29, 2020.

Pear Pizzazz

Mossy Meadow

Crushed Curry

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