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Rustic Harvest Fall Gourds Card

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Rustic Harvest Fall Gourds Card

If you are looking for an easy card to make for fall or even Thanksgiving, this Rustic Harvest Fall Gourds Card is a little different with the fall gourds and pumpkins. Change the greeting for whatever sentiment you want to express.

The card base is Garden Green cardstock. This card was cut at 4 1/4″ lengthwise down the middle of a full sheet of cardstock, then scored at 5 1/2″. I intended to make it a top-fold standing card, but the design on the paper seemed like it should go horizontally so I just gave in! The horizontal card opens on the side instead of the usual vertical style.

I loved the gourd design and hadn’t used it yet. I chose the green swirly paper as a margin on the top and bottom of the gourd design. Both patterns are in the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper. I cut the green swirly designer paper at 1″ x 5 1/4″. The gourd paper is 3 1/2″ x 5 1/4″.

In my Tuesday newsletter, I talked about a tip to color designer paper, shared by Patty Bennett, if you weren’t entirely happy with how it looked as is. So on this gourd paper, I added some more orange color to the pumpkins and some green to the leaves, plus a little green and brown to the acorns. I used my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers to add this color. I’m sure you could use Watercolor Pencils or some other coloring method if you wanted to. I thought it was pretty as it was, but I like the added color even better.

To assemble this card, I first adhered the green swirly DSP to the top and bottom of the card leaving a normal margin, then I adhered the gourd paper on top of that.

The greeting is stamped from the Full of Love Stamp Set in Garden Green ink. I die-cut it with a small banner in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I designed it so the greeting would be way over to the right side of the banner so I could have it even with the left side of the card and I cut that side straight off. I popped up the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a finishing touch, I added one of the new embellishments, available starting Nov. 1st, in the Fitting Florets Collection. They are the Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls. I thought this one gold swirl was just perfect to add in this space and great to be flat for easier mailing.

This Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper is perfect for fall for any cards in general but especially if you wanted to send cards for Thanksgiving or cards in this season of gratitude.

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Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card with Banner

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Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card with Banner

This Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card with Banner turned out differently than the idea I had in my head when I started, but that’s what happens when you start looking through designer paper or different colors of paper or stamp sets. You never know for sure what you will come up with!

The card base is Soft Suede, after trying a multitude of different colors of cardstock! Then there are two layers of the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper. The yellow Crushed Curry pattern adhered to the Soft Suede card base is the reverse side of the layer of black and white acorns pattern! I had another black & white striped paper picked out to be the background layer but I liked this acorn pattern better. The acorn layer is 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ because I wanted more of the yellow to show.

The pumpkins are made with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies using Pumpkin Pie cardstock. These dies have a texture that transfers to the cardstock. I found that the texture would show better if I ran them through twice. The large pumpkin is made with the extra narrower piece adhered to the center of the large pumpkin piece. I also sponged some Pumpkin Pie ink around the edges of the pumpkin pieces and on top of the textured areas. For the little pumpkins, I die cut a narrow piece and then just trimmed it down, top and bottom, to make the two little pumpkins! The stems are diecut from Soft Suede. The vines are diecut from Shady Spruce and Granny Apple Green on the small pumpkins. I also sponged the little pumpkins but added some green ink because sometimes pumpkins have some variations of color on them.

The banner is stamped on the Crushed Curry Rustic Harvest paper, the same as the card layer. I first stamped the banner on Pumpkin Pie and sponged it but it was too much. The Crushed Curry banner looked better. Normally I don’t like things placed cockeyed, but since the large pumpkin is kind of tall and the banner is kind of large, I decided to place it at an angle in the corner! Sometimes you have to craft dangerously! Try something new!

Here is another fall card I made with the Rustic Harvest DSP with pumpkins. So many pretty patterns of paper for fall.

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Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card

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Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card

Today is the first day of fall so I thought I would make this Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card, possibly with the hope that it would feel like fall where I live! No such luck, it’s still as hot as almost any summer day here. I’m ready to see colored leaves and wear a jacket in cool weather so I hope this card will bring us a weather change soon!

I used the Holiday Mini Catalog for the idea for this card. I pretty much copied one of the samples on page 50 in the Rustic Harvest Suite. But I did change some things!

The card base is Crushed Curry with a layer of a piece of the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper. At the top and bottom of this black and white piece of designer paper, I added just a narrow strip of a different pattern in the Rustic Harvest paper.

The really fun part of this card was stamping the pumpkins in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set, die-cutting them with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies, and then coloring them! The two orange pumpkins on the sides are colored with Stampin’ Blends, mostly the Pumpkin Pie Combo but I also used tiny amounts of some other colors. Just play with the markers and see what you get! The center pumpkin I tried to copy from the catalog but I got it a lot darker than I would have liked. The sample in the Holiday Catalog uses watercolor paper and the pumpkin is colored with a Water Painter and Merry Merlot ink. I had to be careful because I was only using Basic White cardstock which, of course, doesn’t handle water as well as watercolor paper! But it worked out all right except I like the lighter-colored pumpkin in the sample.

For the fall leaves, I used the stamp in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. Rather than using an ink pad, I used various colors of Stampin’ Write Markers. You can apply color directly to the stamp with one color and then just dab on other fall colors. If you get a darker color on a marker just scribble with it on scrap paper to get the excess ink off. Then “huff” on it with your breath and stamp. There is also a die to cut out the leaves. I really had fun making assorted leaves to add on at the base of the pumpkins.

To assemble the card, after adhering the designer paper piece, I adhered the two side pumpkins with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and popped up the middle one with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I very carefully added some glue to the back of little pumpkin vines to adhere to the pumpkins.

The greeting is stamped on the same designer paper that I used for the strips at the top and bottom of the black & white paper. It is in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. Behind the diecut greeting, I added some Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ Satin Edged Ribbon going back and forth. Then I placed the little die-cut flowers around the card as well.

Here is another card I made with just a single colored and diecut pumpkin.

If you want to get in a fall mood, be sure to order the Hello Harvest Bundle and maybe the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper and have fun!

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Hello Harvest Pumpkin Fall Card

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Hello Harvest Pumpkin Fall Card

I feel as if I should be saying, “Hello Fall!” with this Hello Harvest Pumpkin Fall Card, but it’s not fall yet, just the day after Labor Day! Put away your white shoes and slacks! That used to be the rule in the olden days at least! And the day after Labor Day was always the first day of school when I was a kid. We usually bought new “fall” clothes for the start of school even though it was still pretty warm and not really fall yet so you couldn’t exactly wear the new clothes right away!

This card is made with the Hello Harvest Bundle in the July-December Holiday Mini Catalog. Almost anything “fall” I think is just beautiful! That’s why this Bundle and the coordinating Rustic Harvest Designer Paper is one of my favorites in the Holiday Catalog!

The card base is Mossy Meadow cardstock. It has a layer of Pumpkin Pie with a piece of the designer paper die cut as the layer on top of that. I had recently purchased the Deckled Rectangles Dies and then forgot I had them! So I used them on this card to cut out the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper. In the olden days of stamping, we just tore the paper edges if we wanted the deckled edge look, and we wanted that a LOT! But now, thanks to the Deckled Rectangles Dies, we don’t have to tear edges anymore!

The pumpkin and flower garland were stamped on Basic White with Memento Ink and then colored in with Stampin’ Blends Markers. I love to color with those markers! I didn’t keep track of every color I used so just play and use what you like! I did color the pumpkin with Pumpkin Pie (of course!). The flowers and leaves are quite a few different colors. The sunflowers are mostly So Saffron with a little Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight thrown in and a brown #300 in the flower center. Remember those natural tones markers aren’t only for skin color and animals! You can use them for anything! The leaves are mostly Granny Apple Green with some Mossy Meadow. One of the little flowers is colored with Fresh Freesia and the bright “red” flowers are Light Sweet Sorbet. That’s pretty much what I used but you can blend other colors together or change it up.

To put the card together I die cut the pumpkin and flowers and popped those two pieces up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. It is stamped in Mossy Meadow and die cut with one of the Tailor Made Tags. I added a piece of the Evening Evergreen 3/8″ Windowpane Check Ribbon. I think it adds a little extra pizzazz to the card.

It’s time to start making cards you can send around Thanksgiving time or for Halloween! You’ll find all kinds of card ideas using the Rustic Harvest Suite of products!

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Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card

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Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card

This Hello Harvest Bundle in the new Holiday Mini Catalog is right up my alley because I love fall, pumpkins, and Halloween! This Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card is not for Halloween necessarily but you could make it look that way. For now, this is just a pretty fall card that you could send anytime during the fall for a birthday or just a “thinking of you” kind of card and certainly for Thanksgiving. Not to mention using the pretty pumpkins for fall or Thanksgiving treats and favors if you like to make those!

This card has a card base of Early Espresso cardstock and a Very Vanilla layer. I don’t use Very Vanilla that often but this card idea seemed to call for it. I stamped two of the pumpkins directly on the Very Vanilla card front and spaced them apart a little bit. If I had spaced things a little better on this card, I would have stamped the pumpkins a little lower on the card to allow more space for the greeting at the top. But it is still okay as is.

The middle pumpkin is stamped on a Very Vanilla scrap and die cut using the Rustic Pumpkin Dies. I colored the pumpkins with Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends and the middle one with a bit of Cajun Craze. Then the middle pumpkin is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I also die-cut the little curly-cue stems in Old Olive cardstock and adhered those to the pumpkins plus a little flower that is in the stamp set.

The greeting is stamped from the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. There are some nice greetings in that set. It is stamped in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla then diecut with the little banner piece in the Scalloped Contours Dies. Next, I trimmed off the scalloped edges and die-cut another banner piece in Old Olive and layered the greeting on that. It is also popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little grounding for the pumpkins, I very lightly scribbled in some Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends under the pumpkins across the bottom of the card. It is literally scribbled lightly, not heavy-handed coloring. On the inside of the card I would suggest putting a layer of Very Vanilla maybe stamped with a little something from the stamp set since the Early Espresso is too dark of a color on which to write.

If you like fall, you will really like this Hello Harvest Bundle and maybe even the entire Rustic Harvest Suite Collection!

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Rustic Harvest Pumpkins Card

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Rustic Harvest Pumpkins Card

This photo of this Rustic Harvest Pumpkins Card really doesn’t do this designer paper justice. In real life, the beautiful pumpkins against the black background are really dramatic and elegant. You don’t often see artistic pumpkins like these!

This Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper is really something special for fall! I could barely wait to get it in my hands to see it in person. There will be so many beautiful ways to use this paper for fall cards and projects you will be making. There is another pattern with beautifully colored fall flowers against a black background and another with fall gourds. If you love fall, you’ll want this paper.

This is a super simple card that mainly showcases the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper. The card base is Cajun Craze and I used the pumpkin designer paper as the full card front. The greeting is in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. You can purchase this stamp set separately or along with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies in the Hello Harvest Bundle and save 10%.

I stamped the greeting on Crushed Curry cardstock and die-cut it with one of the Rustic Pumpkin Dies. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals® on the card. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base, I added a piece of the Evening Evergreen 3/8″ Windowpane Check Ribbon and tied a knot. I was just looking for a quick card and to try out the beautiful pumpkin paper! There is lots more creativity to be had with this Rustic Harvest Suite Collection on page 48 of the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog.

Remember, today, July 10th is the last day to get signed up for the July Paper Pumpkin Kit! It’s great for beginning crafters and even experienced ones! This month’s kit has a nautical theme. Join Paper Pumpkin HERE.

The July-December Mini Catalog isn’t just about Christmas! Check it out for lots of fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving ideas! There are even stamp sets and products that you can use any time of year included in the Holiday Catalog. Not everything is about a holiday or season!

We may be in the heat of summer, but fall will soon be here (I hope!) and we’ll be in full crafting mode! Check out the Rustic Harvest Suite and see what you like!

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Thanksgiving Wine Bottle Label

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Thanksgiving Wine Bottle Label w Flowers

If you need a little something to make for Thanksgiving, make a Thanksgiving Wine Bottle Label like this one to decorate your own bottle of wine or to take to your hostess! This label that you just hang on a wine bottle is pretty easy to make and of course, you can make one in a thousand different ways!

This label starts with a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock that is 3″ x 9″. Score it at 2 1/2″ to make the top fold and die cut or punch a hole in the center to go over the bottle. I used a small circle die in the Layering Circles Dies or you could use your old retired 1 3/8″ Circle Punch. This makes the hanger label go over the wine bottle. You can adjust the length or the top hole or fold. Decorate however you like!

To decorate I used the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It’s been difficult to keep in stop and not available as I write this, but perhaps you have it already. The gold foil accents are beautiful and make the paper. I cut it at 2 3/4″ x 6 1/4″ to layer on the front.

The tag is in the Blackberry Beauty Ephemera Pack and I added a small, die cut fancy doily from the Encircled in Beauty Dies in Gold Foil. I stamped the greeting from the Banner Year Stamp Set in Rich Razzleberry ink and adhered it over the gold doily after punching the banner ends with the Tailored Tag Punch. The gold doily is adhered to the tag which I popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little embellishment, I tied a bow with the Gold 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots. And for just a little more, of course, I had to add a couple of Elegant Faceted Gems at the bottom of the tag.

It might sound like this wine bottle hanger took a while to make but it really was quite easy! Here’s another one I made five years ago! Whether you are going somewhere for dinner and taking a gift or just want to make something special for your own wine bottle, make a quick and easy wine bottle label like this one for Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Wine Bottle Label

Blackberry Beauty Happy Fall Card

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Blackberry Beauty Happy Fall Card

This is another card, the Blackberry Beauty Happy Fall Card you could use to send to someone for Thanksgiving! Normally I don’t like cattywampus card designs like this one, with the papers at an angle, but somehow I liked it on this card! I never make cards like this! But the colors with the gold foil look rich and elegant and perfect for fall and Thanksgiving.

The card base is Cinnamon Cider, one of the In Colors for 2020-22. The designer paper is the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper. I didn’t use one of the papers with gold foil, I used a “plainer” one with a foliage/floral design.

Next, I turned to the Blackberry Beauty Ephemera Pack for other design elements. I loved this pack (and so did a lot of other people because it has been hard to get and is back-ordered as I write this! Usually packs like this are all gold foil pieces but this one of laser cut pieces are paper with color and gold foil accents. I loved the flower (looks like Queen Anne’s Lace) but I wanted it to stand out more. I cut out a piece of Cinnamon Cider that would fit behind the frame you see. To make it more interesting, I embossed it with the Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder. It just gives it a little something extra.

The frame and the piece the greeting is stamped on are also in the Ephemera Pack. After playing around with all the pieces for a while, I settled on this “askew” design! As I said, I usually don’t care for that look but that is what pleased me in making this card! I stamped the little label piece using Cinnamon Cider ink and just used part of the greeting in the Banner Year Stamp Set. The frame is popped up with some foam strips, like Dimensionals. The flower is also popped up inside the frame.

While I can’t believe we are already into November, my Halloween decorations are put away and my Thanksgiving ones are out! If you want to mail cards or make little treats for Thanksgiving, now is the time to do it before we are full-blast into Christmas! Enjoy this fall season! Remember to change your clocks tonight/tomorrow back to Standard Time!

Blackberry Beauty Happy Fall Card Closeup

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Make a Double Treat Holder

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Treat Holder Front

I was looking for some kind of treat holder that could serve as a little favor maybe at your Thanksgiving table and I came across this idea, a Double Treat Holder. I think I first saw this idea years ago at a Stampin’ Up! Convention I attended (in person, back in the day!) and I know I have made some since then. It’s really a cute idea! There is a pouch on each side front and back and if you want to, you can even add a cookie or something in between the two sides! What a great treat idea!!

Oh, I just found a post I made about this first treat holder I saw at a “Regional” Stampin’ Up! event…..shorter and smaller than Convention! The design is a little bit different than this one, but it is the same idea! Check it out HERE.

This design is easy and uses a 6″ x 6″ piece of designer paper, or you could use a piece of cardstock. You do need a Paper Trimmer to score the fold lines or the Simply Scored scoring board. It is best if you can find a designer paper that on both sides it doesn’t matter which way the pattern goes. However, the treat partially covers up the paper and the recipient probably isn’t going to care if the pattern goes at a diagonal when it is meant to go straight! Hopefully I can show photos and describe the directions well enough here but you can find lots of videos online, too.

Fold the 6″ x 6″ designer paper in half as you see in the Paper Trimmer to form a triangle. After folding it into the triangle, you will score 1/2″ inside that fold. You can see the fold line is lined up at 1/2″ on the right side of the cutting track. Score and then turn the paper over to score at 1/2″ on the other side unless you can see the scoring well enough from just doing it on the front side. Just don’t tear your designer paper with too much pressure!

Treat Holder Folded Half

Now turn the paper so the fold line is at the top and score at 2 3/4″ on each end of the triangle and on each side of the paper if you need to.

Treat Holder Side Scoring

After creasing all the score lines, open up the paper and fold the side points in as you see below. You can also see three score lines in the middle. The middle one is actually the center fold line. I put my Bone Folder there just to hold it closed, but it is good to use a Bone Folder or whatever you have to get nice, good creases.

Treat Holder Sides Folded

Then just fold the top and bottom of that piece, with the pouches, backward to form the treat holder with the space in the middle. The center line is just flat in the middle and you fold on those outer score lines and match up the point at the top. Hold the top points together and use a hole punch to punch a hole for ribbon or staple or clip or whatever you want to do. No adhesive required until you decorate the front!

This is the backside of two treat holders using two different paper patterns. These were from the Pattern Party Host Designer Series Paper. A chocolate square or tea bag fit nicely in each pocket, front and back!

Treat Holder Back

Here is the view from the side where you could package up a cookie or two in a cello bag and stick it in the middle of the treat holder!

Treat Holder Inside

And to decorate the front of my treat holder I used images from the Banner Year Stamp Set! Then I die cut a circle and scalloped circle for a layer from the Layering Circles Dies to fit right on the front with a couple of gems! That’s the only place you need adhesive and I used Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back.

So fun! Let me know if you try them! A good way to use up some 6″ x 6″ designer paper or cut up a 12″ x 12″!

Treat Holder Front

Blackberry Beauty Thanksgiving Card

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Blackberry Beauty Thanksgiving Card

Can anyone believe it is November already? It’s time to put away the Halloween decorations, eat all the candy, and start thinking about Thanksgiving, so here is a Blackberry Beauty Thanksgiving Card to get you inspired!

This Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper is so beautiful that it has been hard to keep in stock. Every time Stampin’ Up! gets more in, it sells out again. Right now as I write this, this paper is not orderable but hopefully, they will get more in stock in about two weeks. I hope you already own this paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog so you can use it for fall and Thanksgiving projects!

It is very difficult to photograph this paper on a card. It has beautiful gold foil accents and the background is rather dark so the reflection for any lighting is terrible! The card base is actually Blackberry Bliss although in the photo it looks like black! The card layer is a full 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of that leafy pattern.

Next, I cut a strip of a different pattern of the paper, a smaller foliage pattern in gold. It measures 4″ x 1 1/4″ and it is layered on a strip of Blackberry Bliss that measures 4″ x 1 1/2″. That is just adhered across the card, although from the photo it almost looks like the designer paper layers are separated with some Blackberry Bliss showing in between! That would also be a good way to make this card!!

The greeting, in the Banner Year Stamp Set, is embossed in Gold in the Metallics Embossing Powders on a strip of Blackberry Bliss. After deciding to use a Gold Foil layer from the Tasteful Labels Dies underneath the greeting, I ran the narrow embossed strip through the die just to make the ends match the Gold Foil. This greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I also added two of my new Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots to each end of that strip of designer paper.

For a final touch, I adhered some gold foil foliage from the Blackberry Beauty Ephemera Pack. This pack has really pretty pieces of all kinds in it, not just gold foil pieces. I hope you already have this, too, because I see it is back-ordered until mid-December. I wonder which ship lined up at the port it is on! Don’t you think about Stampin’ Up! products being delayed every time you see one of those news reports about the container ships at sea?!

I hope this Thanksgiving card, which could be used for other occasions as well, even something like a fall wedding, inspires you to make and send some more cards! Wouldn’t this designer paper be pretty and different for a wedding in the fall? Here is another small gift card and gift bag I made earlier using this pretty paper.

It’s early yet, but time to start thinking about your Thanksgiving plans and any cards you want to make to send to friends and loved ones. The holidays are upon us!

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Make an Easy Gift Bag and Card With Blackberry Beauty Designer Paper

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Blackberry Beauty Gift Bag and Gift Card

The season for gifts will soon be upon us, actually, it is always the season for gifts, so here is how to Make an Easy Gift Bag and Card With Blackberry Beauty Designer Paper. These gift bags, no matter the size, are really so easy to make either out of designer paper or cardstock. You can stamp the cardstock or add a layer of pretty designer paper to dress it up. You can learn to make these small gift bags and it will be faster for you to do it yourself than to drive to the store for wrapping paper or gift bags!

I made this gift bag out of the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper. As I mentioned above, I thought about making the bag out of Blackberry Bliss Cardstock and then adding a layer of designer paper. It would make the bag sturdier to use cardstock. But using designer paper also makes the inside very pretty!

The paper, whether cardstock or designer paper, is 8″ x 11″. Look at the pattern of the paper before cutting and scoring and make sure your pattern will go in the correct direction. On the side that will be bottom, where the flaps will be, score the paper lengthwise at 2″. Then turn the paper so the long side is at the top, using your Paper Trimmer or Simply Scored Scoring Tool. If using the Paper Trimmer, just make sure you don’t use the cutting blade by accident! You might even want to remove it temporarily! Score at 2″, 5 1/4″, 7 1/4″, and 10 1/2″. This will make the score lines where you will fold to form the bag.

Blackberry Beauty Gift Bag Cutting

Above you see the image of the inside of the paper scored and the flaps at the bottom cut. On the left side of the photo, you can see the 1/2″ flap that I folded inward a bit. Just below that, I cut off that 1/2″ x 2″ section. That 1/2″ flap is where the adhesive will go to form the bag with the opposite side. I like to angle my cuts just a bit as you can see by the spaces between the flaps, which will form the bottom of the bag. If you cut straight on the scored lines, sometimes they don’t overlap perfectly so cutting on an angle takes away that tiny bit of extra paper and makes it all look a little more professional when you assemble the bag. Try it! Plus you don’t have to worry about cutting EXACTLY on the score lines because sometimes they are difficult to see on printed paper!

Apply adhesive to that 1/2″ flap and then just fold over the opposite edge, making sure it is lined up evenly with the flap. I used Stampin’ Seal +. You could use Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Tear & Tape as well.

After connecting the two sides, fold in those bottom flaps, applying adhesive, and then reaching inside the bag on a table with a Bone Folder or something to rub down the flaps to make sure they are adhered well. Decorate the outside of the bag.

You can do the top however you like. For now, I left mine open like a gift bag. Or you can squish in the sides a bit to bring the top edges together and either tie a ribbon around, add a clip to the top, or punch holes and tie ribbon through to close. Make sure you put the gift inside first!

For the front, I used pieces from the Blackberry Beauty Ephemera Pack. As I write this, it is back ordered but should be back in stock in another week. Its been very popular! But you don’t have to have it. Use some gold pieces, tags, ribbon, whatever you have in your stash to decorate the bag. And as long as I had everything out, I made a little gift card to go along with it, folding a 3″ x 6″ piece of cardstock in half and then decorating. You can order 3″ x 3″ envelopes.

This bag is really easy. If you want it shorter, then cut it at maybe 6″ instead of 8″ or make it taller. This Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper is really pretty too with its gold accents and deep colors. This will be so pretty for fall and Thanksgiving cards and projects. Try making something like this Blackberry Beauty Gift Bag today!

Blackberry Beauty Gift Bag top view

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Pretty Pumpkins Thankful Pale Papaya Card

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Pretty Pumpkins Thankful Pale Papaya Card

Many times you never exactly know what you are going to end up with when you begin stamping, as I didn’t with this Pretty Pumpkins Thankful Pale Payaya Card. I knew I wanted to stamp these Pretty Pumpkins and color them with these different colors. What I didn’t know was that I would end up using this designer paper as a background layer on the card and that I would love the way it looked. The colors might not be an exact match, but I just liked it regardless!

I love the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set and the Detailed Pumpkin Dies! You can purchase both together in the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle and save 10%! Just add another $5.00 to your order and you will earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with your $50.00 purchase! Sometimes I feel I don’t need the extra expense of the die set, but in this case, there are two dies, especially the one die, that will make for really fancy and pretty pumpkins that you can’t stamp!

This card has a Pale Papaya card base. The designer paper I found in the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper. I hadn’t opened that package yet, but I was surprised to find this particular design in there! When I tried it out on the card, I really liked the look!

The pumpkins are stamped from the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set with Memento Ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers. You have lots of choices of colors for your pumpkins these days, not just basic orange! I liked some of these pumpkin colors I was seeing online so I tried it out! My pumpkins are Mint Macaron, Pool Party, and Pale Papaya, using both the Light and Dark markers. The pumpkin leaves are colored with Granny Apple Green markers. Then I used the Detailed Pumpkins Die to cut out the trio.

For the background for the pumpkins, I used a scalloped rectangle die cut from the Scalloped Contours Dies. If you don’t have these dies, I highly recommend them! This die-cut is Basic White with the greeting stamped in Pale Papaya Ink It just fits on there with the pumpkins. You could stamp another color if you wanted to. This die-cut is layered on a rectangle of Pale Papaya. The pumpkins are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. For some bling, I added some In Color Jewels.

Check out THIS CARD I made previously with the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set and the fancy die I mentioned in the Detailed Pumpkin Dies.

This card today is actually a pretty basic card, but I think the color of the pumpkins and the designer paper in the background make it look much more than a basic designed card. This Pretty Pumpkins Bundle can be used now for fall, for Halloween, and for Thanksgiving cards and projects that you may want to make! I hope this Pretty Pumpkins Thankful Pale Payaya Card gives you some inspiration to use some different colors on a traditional card.

Pretty Pumpkins Thankful Pale Payaya Card Closeup

Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card

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Pretty Pumpkin Gather Together Fall Card

I just love the possibilities of this pumpkin stamp set and dies with my first attempt being this Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card. On my first opportunity to order from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog I chose only holiday things and left fall and Halloween until later. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this stamp set. As it is rightly named “Pretty Pumpkins” I think you will be able to make many pretty pumpkins on your fall cards and projects!

My card has a Pumpkin Pie card base and I started off planning to make it a horizontal card rather than this vertical. But I often change my mind as I go! I also started with a Basic White layer for the background. It definitely needed something and what I came up with was using my Blending Brushes to add color to the white paper! I got the idea from the bottom sample in the Holiday Catalog on page 48. The colors of ink I used were Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, and Rich Razzleberry. I only added the colors lightly, rather randomly around the white cardstock and I just LOVED those colors together! If you don’t have the Blending Brushes yet, you can use a sponge or Sponge Daubers.

As you may have guessed, the stamp set used on this card is the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set. If you want the Detailed Pumpkins Dies too (and yes, you do!), then purchase the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle and save 10% on the set. The sparkly pumpkin is die-cut out of the Sale-A-Bration Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper. You may think this paper looks sparkly in this photo, but I guarantee you, you will not believe how sparkly it is until you see it yourself! You can get it FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration through September, but don’t wait until the last minute in case they run out. Dazzling describes this paper well.

When you die-cut the Be Dazzling Paper, there is a note in the catalog that cutting glittered paper leads to dulling of the blades. I say take a chance and don’t worry too much about it. Maybe if you are going to cut the whole stack of paper with the same die, you might wear out your die. One thing I did with my pumpkin was tearing off the backing paper before die-cutting. That makes the glittered paper a little thinner and is a tip I learned a long time ago with specialty paper like this. It would also be wise to use the Adhesive Sheets on the back of the glittered paper so that the delicate design will already have adhesive on the back. Otherwise, just use teeny tiny drops of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back.

Now for the stamped pumpkins! I stamped the printed pumpkin with Pumpkin Pie Ink on Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. Then I used the die to cut it out. I also stamped the group of pumpkins on Pumpkin Pie but I cut them apart by hand and only used the small pumpkin. I also stamped two groups of leaves with Granny Apple Green Ink on Granny Apple Green Cardstock. After die-cutting them, I cut some of the leaves apart to make them fit how I wanted them. The greeting is stamped directly on the card in Pumpkin Pie Ink from the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set.

For a little bling, I also added a few 2021-23 In Color Jewels to fill in the space a little bit and add a little more sparkle! Your rhinestones and jewels don’t always have to match exactly as you can see. I doubt people pay attention to the exact color of the jewel as they do to the total look of the card with the sparkle. This Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card has it all for fall!

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It’s Sale-A-Bration (Again!) at Stampin’ Up!

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Sale-A-Bration Aug Sept 2021

In case you are new to Stampin’ Up!, you might not know what Sale-A-Bration is! Sale-A-Bration has been around since the beginning or near the beginning of Stampin’ Up, except back then it was called “Sell-A-Bration”. I believe I heard it was an idea to save the company back in the beginning when things got rough, as they often do in many companies, especially small ones. It really took off and has been an annual promotion ever since, one that everyone loves! Except for THIS year, we are having TWO Sale-A-Brations!! We only had it starting in January before, but right now we are having the second one in 2021! And at a perfect time when we are purchasing new products anyway in the Holiday Catalog!

The concept of Sale-A-Bration is that when you spend $50 or more, you get to choose a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! And we all love FREE stamping supplies! If you spend $100 or more, you have a choice of one $100 Level product in the brochure or two $50 Level products. You will see those designations in the brochure. No limits to what you can spend and get for FREE!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE HERE!

Watch this video to learn about the Sale-A-Bration products!

If you have a large order yourself or go in together with friends, you can choose a FREE Host stamp set, In Your Words, with a $300 order! It’s on page 17 in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

In Your Words SAB Host Set 2021

Sale-A-Bration is a fun time at Stampin’ Up! This year, it is double the fun of having a second Sale-A-Bration going on now! But it won’t last forever! Sale-A-Bration ends on September 30 and you know how time flies! Get what you want before things sell out! Enjoy the Sale-A-Bration video!