Forever French Foliage

Let me start off by saying Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope that each of you who read this has a blessed day with family and friends, and remember to be thankful for the many blessings we have.  

Today's card came to mind as I was looking at a couple of challenges and wanting to use a fall set just one last time before the Christmas holiday hits full force.  I always like to do the Stampin' Celebration challenge and I've been thinking about it for a while.  Funny thing is this card is totally not what I was thinking at first, but the Paper Players sketch challenge kind of had a little sway in that choice.  They were all about gold and/or silver and Stampin' Celebration was a November/fall theme.  So I decided to combine them and this is what I came up with...  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set: French Foliage & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler & More Mustard

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Thinking of You

Well, today's card is definitely not my norm, but I really wanted to do the Color Me Beautiful challenge...and boy did it take a little thinking for this week's challenge!  I wanted to use all of the colors on my card so I looked for a design that I thought would help me out.  Mojo Monday fit the bill perfectly.  

Here are the colors for the Color Me Beautiful challenge...

and here is the Mojo Monday sketch...

 I really like the simplicity of my card.  Usually I'm all about sponging and using embossing folders to cover up empty space, but this time I just left it alone... 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, 

Certainly Celery, Old Olive & Lucky Limeade

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive & Lucky Limeade

Punches:  1 1/4", 1 3/8" & 1 3/4" Circles

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Circle cutter

Christmas Card Swaps from Lansing Regionals - Part 1

Well, it's time I start sharing some of the swaps I received while I was at the Lansing convention.  There's really no rhyme or reason to the order I'll put them on.  They'll just appear randomly throughout the next month or so. :)  Most of the time swaps are card fronts only so you can get four "cards" using one piece of card stock (yes, I did most of mine that way too).  However, I've been slowly trimming as necessary and adding them to more card stock so I have a full cards for samples.  

So today's card is one that I wanted to show first (with her permission) by Cindy Smith since it was another one of Shelli's top five favorites from the Lansing Regional!  When Shelli held it up I thought, "Hey, I swapped with her and have that card!". :)  Shelli's words about Cindy's card were something like, "Yes, it's simple, yet so beautiful".  It's definitely a CAS (clean and simple) card. Shelli's words really stood out to me because that's what I was trying to do to when I was coming up with my swap.  Congrats Cindy on being one of Shelli's top five favs!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza

Before I post today's card I want to let you know about the Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza going on starting today, November 19 and running through Thursday, November 28!  

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• Discounts range between 20 and 50 percent--awesome!
• Discounted products are available on all order types (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
• There's no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion. Sale on!
• For product bundles, you need to use the bundle item numbers provided. If you use individual item numbers, you won't get the discount--bummer.
• You can buy additional products from any of our current catalogs on the same order. 
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Click Here to view pdf of all sale items

In addition, there are three products 20 percent off for 24-hours only on both the first and last days of Online Extravaganza-Woot!

Monday, November 19, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
181	125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	$11.95	$9.56
186	113439	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine	$99.95	$79.96
186	113474	Big Shot Doctor's Bag	$69.95	$55.96

Wednesday, November 28, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
7	118941	Clear Block Bundle (Blocks A-I)	$66.95	$53.56
7	120279	Clear Block Storage Caddy	$16.95	$13.56
175	109127	Stack & Store Caddy	$34.95	$27.96

In addition to these sales, Stampin' Up! is now offering
Sizzix Texture Boutique Bundle while supplies last...

Click here to see the complete flyer.  This is perfect if you don't have the money to spend on a Big Shot, but still want to use embossing folders!

Finally on to my card...

This was another one of my fall SAS cards.  I usually try to make one card that is pretty simple and this was the one.  I had the leaves embossed on the card and all they had to do was the sponging, stamping the sentiment and putting the card together.  Easy, right? :)  Just watch out for inky fingers! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple,

Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green & Early Espresso

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Twine (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC 63 - Thank You

Last night as I was getting this post ready I noticed I now have fifty followers...yea!!  Thanks to each of you who are following me on my card making adventures.  I hope you're inspired by what I create or just enjoy relaxing and looking at my cards (as well as other blogs that you follow).  Even though I don't reply to posts that many of you have written (unless you have questions!) I want you to know I read every single one and appreciate your kind words that are passed my way. :)  And now on to today's card...and since it's Sunday that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' challenge.  This is my take on it...pretty simple this week, but I still like how it turned out. :)  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to check out a few more ideas using this sketch challenge.    

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Perfect Plum

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Framelits:  Apothecary Accents

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Perfect Plum

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

French Foliage Easel Card

Today's card is one that I made for my fall stamp a stack and I think my favorite one (I also sent it to my upline, so let's hope she got it in the mail before I posted this! lol).  It uses the baby wipe technique which I had never done before.  Definitely a great and quick way to stamp if you want to have a lot of colors blended together on one stamp.  One thing I did find out is only two people should probably use one baby wipe to do their stamping.  After too many people use it the colors are WELL blended! lol  I used the 2012-2013 in colors, but a few of the ladies cards did not look like they used the same colors by the time they were done.  Actually their cards looked very nice, but instead of the bright colors they had fall colors.  This card was inspired by Belinda N.'s card that I saw on Stampin' Connection.  I wish you could see her card because it is so lovely!  If I find out she has a blog I'll add the link to it.  She made a square easel card and did a lot of distressing on it...which I love!  I did not want to stress out my SAS ladies though by adding distressing since they were already learning a new technique and making an easel card. ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Early Espresso & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Early Espresso & Crumb Cake

Reinkers:  Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, 

Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit & Early Espresso

Punch:  3/4" Circle

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Crumb Cake

Wet Wipes, Sponges

Field Flowers

Today's card is the last card I planned for my fall stamp a stack.  Nope it's not a fall card, but I was kind of fall'd out by the time I got to the fifth card! lol  So I went back to one of my favorite things...flowers.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Hello, Doily & En Francais

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  River Rock, Sahara Sand, 

Always Artichoke & Rich Razzleberry
Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Always Artichoke

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearls