Hello friends, Melissa here. I had so much fun creating this special card for you today. It is full of some fun and unexpected elements such as crackle paste, embossing powder, and glitter! Fall is certainly the perfect time to get away with unexpected color combinations, textures, and shine. Let’s get started!

I went with a soft, Autumn pastel color combination for me Grateful for You card.  My card front was created using the Stitched Torn Rectangles Die.  I then started to build my scene, beginning with a soft peach and pink stenciled background created using the Clouds Stencil.

My sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in gold on a die cut Pinking Circle. I selected a sentiment perfectly suited for Autumn and for expressing gratitude from the Happy Fall stamp set.     

I framed in my sentiment by die cutting an assortment of leaves from the Stitched Leaves die set.  I then ink blended each using pastels in purple, pink, peach, yellow, and green.  Adding two colors on each leaf added such a beautiful, realistic look.  I added crackle texture paste and let each leaf dry.  As they dried, the crackles appeared and texture was instantly added.  I pulled in a couple of ink-blended sunflowers and a pumpkin from the Fall Holder Additions die set to further emphasize the fall effect.  

To finish, I added Crystal Stickles glitter to the centers of the flowers, veins on leaves, and a bit on the top of the pumpkin….cause glitter on a pumpkin is absolutely irresistible!

Happy Fall to you all!  

Melissa

Hi crafty people! It’s Rachel here today with a fall shaker card using the Fall Word Shaker die set. I absolutely love big sentiments, especially when they can shake!  

Brown is, in my opinion, always a good choice for a fall card. So, I started with cutting a piece of cardstock to 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches. I grabbed a darker ink color and inked along the edges.   

To decorate my card, I grabbed the Stitched Leaves die set and die-cut all the leaves out of white paper. Then I grabbed my pastel inks in the colors yellow, orange, and pink. Colored the die cuts and gave them some shading with a darker ink of each color.   

I wanted to add some more texture to my card, so I decided to use some white splatters. I laid the stitched leaves onto my brown background and started splattering the white acrylic paint.   

For the Fall Word Shaker die. I cut it once out of brown, once out of foam, and one time out of brown, but this time with the windows inside. So, I could create my shaker frame.   

I adhered the acetate behind my frame and attached the foam to my forehead base piece. Then it was time to grab some of the amazing new shaker choices. To match the orange, yellow, and pink from my leaves, I went with the Blush Harvest shaker beads. Filled up my sentiment and then adhered the frame with the acetate on top. Shake shake! How fun is the sound the Pretty Pink Posh shaker beads make?  

I laid all my elements onto my card base and decided that it would be fun to overlay two of the leaves onto my sentiment. When I was happy with the placement of everything, I started adhering to the leaves and my fall word shaker with liquid glue. For the two leaves overlapping my sentiment, I used some foam tape and liquid glue.  

And there we go, an amazingly fun shaker that does not take a lot of time. Due to the beautiful big fall sentiment. I find it only needs little things to let the sentiment pop.  

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post. I hope you like this fall shaker card and get inspired to use it yourself.  

Don’t forget to follow  me on Instagram @cards.byrachel for more crafting inspiration.

Happy crafting. Rachel

Hello everyone, it’s June here! Today I’m sharing my process on this box card I made using a couple of the fall products! Let’s get started!

I cut a Scallop Box Card from yellow cardstock, as well as the scalloped panels for the front and sides. Not the back panel, because I have something else planned for that. I added a light blend of Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide on those panels to add a bit of my color palette already. On the sides, I also stencilled the Wheat Pattern because it’s gonna be a great match for the stamp set I’m gonna use.

That stamp set is Turkey Friends, and I especially love the turkey holding the acorn garland, so that will be the inspiration for my box card! I added some wheat and acorns aswel to fill the scene.

On the back side of the box, I added the Acorn Shaker die set. You might recognise this die, it was released a long time ago but it was just 1 piece. The new version has 3 parts: the full acorn, the ‘hat’ and the shaker frame. I was so happy to see this die get more versatile, so I knew I wanted to add it to my card without the shaker element, because that wouldn’t have been possible before! I did a bit of ink blending and splattering to before assembling it and adding white gel pen details.

And now my favorite part of the card: the multicolored sentiment. I love the mismatched fonts on this sentiment from Happy Fall and decided to add even more interest to it by masking off certain words while stamping to add in even more of my orange-pink color palette.

And that finishes up my card. I hope to see you again on the blog soon, bye for now!

Hi Friends! It’s Dana here today and I am sharing a card that uses the Mouse Holder dies along with the Fall Holder Additions die set. These dies coordinate with all the other animal holders and addition dies and can be mixed and matched to give you lots of fun options.

I started my card by doing all of my die cutting with the Mouse Holder and Fall Holder Additions dies. I then created my card panel with the Clouds stencil. I trimmed the panel down and added a navy frame that I die cut with the Fancy Cake frame. Next, I attached my mouse and fall images to my card panel to build my scene. Lastly, I used the Upright Greetings Fall stamp set and Sentiment Strips dies for my sentiment. I love this card for fall but I can’t wait to use this adorable mouse for other occasions too!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you to create a card with the mouse holder dies!

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello crafty friends! Brenda here with you today! I’m sharing a fall card featuring the Fall Bucket Additions Die Set, Happy Fall Stamp Set, Happy Fall Coordinating Dies and the Gingham Stencil, along with a couple of previously released products! This release is chock-full of autumn goodness!

I started by die-cutting the bucket and accessories from tan, yellow, orange, green, mauve, brown and black cardstock using the Candy Bucket and Fall Bucket Additions Die Sets. I added shading with various dye inks and blending brushes to create dimension and color variation on the leaves.

For the background, I blended kraft ink through the Gingham Stencil onto a panel of cream cardstock. I turned the stencil 90 degrees and added ink again to get the cross-hatched design on some of the squares. The panel was die-cut with the largest Rounded Stitched Rectangles Die and adhered to a panel of green cardstock. I also die-cut a panel of vellum with the second largest die in the same die set and adhered it to the center with liquid glue. The bucket and leaves were arranged and adhered to the background, also using liquid glue.

The sentiment, from the Happy Fall Stamp Set, was white heat embossed on burgundy cardstock, then cut out with the Coordinating Die. It was popped up with foam squares. I tied a triple bow with twine and adhered it to the handle of the bucket, adding a burgundy pearl to the center. I added some dots to the eyes and center of the sunflower and some highlights to some of the die-cuts with a white gel pen to finish off the card.

Have a wonderful week and thank you so much for stopping by today.

Brenda

Hello friends, it’s Melissa here today. We are so excited to be participating in a collaboration Instagram hop with Pear Blossom Press! You’ll see several PPP and PBP designers sharing their projects using both companies today and the results are oh so sweet!

What could be cuter than a sweet, little gingerbread house that magically lights up?  With products from Pretty Pink Posh, combined with lighting from Pear Blossom Press, it’s easy to create unforgettable, unique gifts in the form of a card!

I began with the new Gingerbread House Dies from Pretty Pink Posh and sandwiched my Pear Blossom Press battery powered light in between my top and bottom layers.  I stamped the “Press Here” image on the door of my house using the Pear Blossom Press stamp so the recipient would know just where to press in order for the house to light up.

I added stenciled clouds and cobblestone using stencils to create faux texture.

Gumdrops across the bottom of my card front were added using the Gingerbread House dies once again.  My sentiment is from the new Christmas Gingerbread stamp set and coordinating dies.  

To finish this fun, interactive card, I added sequins and Crystal Stickles Glitter.  

Happy Holiday Crafting!

Melissa

Hi crafty people! It’s Rachel here today with a cocoa-licious Christmas card. I could not choose between the two cute new mugs from the Christmas Mugs die set so I decided to use both.

Christmas Mugs die set
Christmas Holder Additions die set
Layered Sweet Candies stencil

When thinking of a design for a card. I love to use the dies and lay them out on my card base. This way I have a feeling of what elements I have space for. And what elements look good together. To fill up my card, I grabbed the Christmas Holder Additions die.

When I was happy with my layout, I grabbed my colored cardstock, inks, and white glitter paper and started die-cutting all my elements. I used the white glitter cardstock for all the white parts on my Santa mug and for the marshmallows. Adding glitter, especially on Christmas/winter cards, I love.

When I had all the elements die-cut. I sorted them by color and grabbed darker ink colors than the color of my paper. With a smaller blending brush, I added shading to all my die cuts (apart from the glitter paper).

Before putting all the die cuts together, I wanted to make my background first. So it can have some drying time while I assemble the die cuts. I cut a piece of craft cardstock in 5 ½ x 4 ½. . A little bigger than the standard-size card. Because I needed more space for this adorable mug.

I grabbed the new Layered Sweet Candies stencil and used pink for my first stencil and a bright red for my second one. Then I grabbed some white acrylic paints, added a bit of water, and started splattering them onto my card with a small paintbrush.

Then it was time for the most satisfying part (in my opinion), gluing all the die cuts together. I love the feeling when you have so many loose elements and see them come together on your card.

I added foam tape behind my Rudolf mug and some of the accessories to create some height differences. Added my beloved white highlights, and “ho ho ho” the card is done.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post. I hope you like this cocoa-licious Christmas card and get inspired to make something with the “holiday mug DIY” yourself.

Don’t forget to follow  me on Instagram @cards.byrachel for more crafting inspiration.

Happy crafting. Rachel