Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, and today I’m excited to share this cute and cozy window card featuring the Stitched Windows 2 die set, Reindeer Holder die set, and Inside Sentiments: Christmas.  The Stitched Windows 2 set includes both arched and rectangular windows, making it perfect for creating all kinds of indoor or outdoor scenes.

To begin, I created a simple nighttime sky by ink blending Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides. I sprayed the panel with water and added white acrylic paint splatters for a little extra texture. 

Next, I die cut an arched window from A2 white cardstock using the Stitched Windows 2 Set. On the negative panel, I used the Windowpane Plaid Stencil to create a subtle pinstripe wallpaper background. I adhered the panel over A2 sized acetate, followed by the arched window frame. 

I flipped the panel over and, using a palette knife, added a little “frost” to the corners of the windowpanes with Opaque Matt Texture Paste (a little goes a long way!). I set the panel aside to dry.

I die cut the reindeer and accessories from the Reindeer Holder die set, along with greenery from Pine Sprigs and Holiday Mugs Additions Set, from white cardstock. I ink blended the pieces with the following Distress Oxides:

Reindeer- Tea Dye, Gathered Twigs
Ear Muffin Band- Festive Berries
Present- Cracked Pistachio 
Pine Sprigs, Hollies– Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage, Festive Berries

The earmuffs were die cut from white glitter cardstock, and I added rosy cheeks to the reindeer with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide. I adhered the reindeer to the night sky background followed by the window acetate panel. 

I completed the card with a white heat embossed sentiment from Inside Sentiments: Christmas and a red bow from Beautiful Bows.

Thanks so much for joining me today. Be sure to check out all the new goodies from the October Release!

Hello friends, Melissa here. Autumn crafting might just be my most favorite occasion/season to create for!  I added texture, pattern, shimmer, and personality to my card for you today and can’t wait to get started!

My white card base was the perfect, blank canvas to start piling on the supplies!  I used the Stitched Arches dies, selecting the largest arch and some tiny, polka dot patterned paper in Kraft. I then used the Windowpane Plaid Stencils to created my next layer, stenciling on a diagonal to add a fun twist! After a double scrunched seam binding bow, I added a smaller Stitched Arches die cut to add the the center.

My large maple leaf is from the Wide Leaf Shaker die set. I cut it from cranberry cardstock and then added Crackle Paste in a soft shimmer.  After the paste dried, I added some ink blending over the paste in Rusty Hinge ink.  This really accentuated the crackle. I cut a window from my leaf using a tiny maple leaf from the Fall Bucket Additions die set. I then added my crackled leaf to the center of my card.

Now for the fun!  I added ink-blended leaves, berries, and sunflowers from the Fall Holder Additions and Spring Foliage dies.  To finish, I used some shimmery adhesive gems and of course, Crystal Stickles Glitter.

Happy Fall to you all!  

Melissa

Hi crafty friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a fun shaker card that uses the Acorn Shaker die. This die set includes three pieces that build an adorable acorn that can be filled with your favorite mixes of confetti or beads.

I started my card by creating my card panel with the Gingham stencil. This is the perfect background for all of your fall cards! I used the Acorn Shaker die to die cut my opening in the center of the panel. I backed the opening with acetate and added foam adhesive around the edges to create my shaker. I then cut the acorn pieces from fall cardstock colors and inlaid them back into the opening (directly onto the acetate). I filled the shaker with the Woodland Wishes shaker beads and used a piece of cream cardstock to close my shaker. Next, I added a few leaves that I die cut with the Stitched Leaves dies. I then stamped my sentiment with the Happy Fall set and die cut it with the coordinating dies. Lastly, I added some twine to a button and attached it to my card panel to finish my card.

Thanks for joining me today and I can’t wait to see what you create with these fun fall products.

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello everyone! It is Zsofi here today with a cute Fall card. I enjoy creating my own backgrounds, it makes a simple design stand out. Let me show you how it came together.

First, I focused on the background: I applied Fossilized Amber and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide inks on a piece of watercolour cardstock with the Windowpane Plaid stencils. I made sure to make the blending uneven, it enhances the “handmade” feeling. The texture of the watercolour cardstock makes it even more special.

Next, I die cut the elements of the turkey from the Fall Bucket Additions die set using scrap cardstock in Autumn colours. I also die cut the word Fall with the same set from dark brown cardstock and a Pinking Circle from a special, gold spritzed cardstock. I adhered the pieces in place and popped up the circle on the background with thick 3D foam squares. I love the dimension which we get with this easy trick.

I used an additional line to complete the sentiment from the Happy Fall stamp set and simply stamped it in black under the circle on the right side.

As I already adhered the background to the cardbase at this point, I could not use twine to embellish the card. So I had to go creative and die cut a bow – I found the perfect size in the Halloween Caramel Apple die set. I also cut a thin strip of brown cardstock and adhered both to the top of my card. Isn’t it pretty? 

As a finishing touch I used a drop of glossy accents on the beak of the turkey, just to make it 3D and shiny.

I hope you like this idea and got inspired. I cannot wait to see what you create with the new release, make sure to share them in our Facebook group! If you like my style, please follow me on Instagram where I share my card designs.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon,
Zsofi

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