Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Share It Sunday!! Welcoming Woods Stamp Set - Free tutorial!

 
It's Sunday and time for another great tutorial to share with you today!  We are at the end of the month - so on we go to FALL!!  Today I'm sharing this FREE tutorial of an elegant fall scene using the Welcoming Woods stamp set!  Serenity now - it's where this takes me :)

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Welcoming Woods

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Supplies:

·       Stamp Sets: Welcoming Woods (156550)

·       Card Stock and Paper: Crumb Cake Cardstock (120953); Basic White Cardstock (159276); Early Espresso Cardstock (119686)

·       Stamp Pads: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116); Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105); Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (153081); Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (147094); Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (147115); Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114)

·       Tools: Timber 3D Embossing Folder (156406); Blending Brushes (153611)

·       Miscellaneous: Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154906); Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882); Wonderful Gems (153536); Simply Elegant Trim (155766); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Stampin’ Seal Adhesive (152813) 

Sticky Note or scrap paper for masking

 Measurements:

 ·       Crumb Cake Card Stock: 11” x 4 ¼”, 5 ½” x 2 ½”

·       Basic White Cardstock: 4” x 4”

·       Early Espresso Cardstock:

·       DSP: 4 1/8” x 4 1/8”

·       Gold Simply Elegant Trim: 21”

 Instructions:

 1.    Fold Crumb Cake card base in half to form 5 ½” x 4 ¼” card.

2.    Run the 5 ½” x 2 ½” piece of Crumb Cake CS through the Timber 3D Embossing Folder and adhere to center or card front running Top to Bottom.

3.    Stamp birch tree stamp on to Basic White CS with Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad making sure trees reach or run off the top of paper. You may need to stamp the image twice next to each other depending on your placement.

4.    Stamp “Ground” image in Soft Suede Classic Ink and stamp “around” tree base to simulate the ground or horizon. 

5.    Using a sticky note or scrap paper mask off the top half of your card.  Swipe your Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad with your Blending Brush and starting off your image work color onto the base of your trees from each side leaving the center light or almost white.  Do the Same thing with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad but only on edges of your card bringing the dark in from each side.

6.    Unmask your card and reverse it masking the part you just colored leaving the top half open for blending. 

7.    Blending color in a “U” shape; add Balmy Blue color with Classic Stampin’ Pad and a Blending Brush. Continue same process with Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad only bringing it in slight on right and left side of card and bottom of masked area.  Finish by blending Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad in the center of the “U” simulating light coming in from above.

8.    Stamp leaves twice with Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

9.    Using your Crumb Cake Blends Combo Pack and color around the base of trees to make them feel “grounded”.

10.  Using a Dark Soft Suede Blends Brush Tip and “flick” ink onto card front by brushing it on inside of cap causing splattering onto the card.

11.  Stamp “Hello Friend” greeting onto bottom of stamped and colored card with Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad.

12.  Wrap Gold Trim around card twice and tie in a bow offsetting it from the greeting.

13.  Adhere Basic White CS piece to Early Espresso CS and use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere to card base.

14.  Add 3 of the gold speckled gems from the Wonderful Gems pack onto card front. 

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Paper Crafting Blog Hop - DSP Theme / Fall - October

 

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including the USA, United Kingdom and Australia are participating. We have a wide array of fun projects and design styles to share with you this month - all spotlighting Fall and Designer Series Paper!

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I told you last month how much I love Fall - the weather has  now turned really crisp - Fall with a hint of winter in the air at night.  But that is fine with me.  Stampin' Up! is having a sale and select group of the Designer Series papers are on sale.  So DSP is our focus along with Fall this month.  I chose to use one of the papers that is not on sale - but worth every penny - the Gilded Autumn DSP. 


I made a cute little tote using two pieces of 6x6" DSP along with a card to match - perfect to tuck in a little hostess gift for your Fall festivities.


Here is the inside of the card - I used the Love of Leaves stamp set and dies to create the leaves on this card - stamping first in Mango Melody and then sponging with Cajun Craze ink around the edges on the stamp; using a sponge or dauber, before actually putting the stamp to paper.  You get this lovely two-toned affect.


As I mentioned - I used the sheets of DSP to make this quick little tote - perfect for gift-giving; or even to fill with goodies and use as a place setting at a special Fall dinner.  I love the colors on this paper - as well as the hints of copper and gold.  You can watch the video on how I created this - HERE!

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I hope you enjoyed my post and would love it if you'd leave me a comment. Now click on through to the rest of those hopping this month to see all of their wonderful creations! ~Maureen

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  *NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits.   

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator, and would like a catalog or to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

Thursday, September 17, 2020

SF 2020 - September - Fall/Outdoor/Halloween - Blog Hop

Be sure to hop through all the blogs on the list near the bottom for tons of wonderful inspiration!
 It is a Fall/Outdoor/Halloween kind of month!  
 
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I LOVE FALL!  Finally getting some relief in our 90 degree temperatures - and I'm loving that too.  So for a recent class we made a beautiful peek-a-boo wreath card using the Beautiful Autumn Bundle of products from page 45 of the August-December Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog.  Let me tell you - this is only two of many projects you are going to see me make with this suite - as it is just simply amazing!  In fact, check out yesterday's post HERE.  Then  continue down in this post and you'll see a lovely 3D item using this bundle.

Start out by cutting about an approximately 2 1/2" circle through the two layers of the front of our card.  (Card base is an A2 base of Cajun Craze, first layer is 5 1/4" x 4" layer of Very Vanilla)  This allows a visual hole that we could stamp our sentiment through (I used Cinnamon Cider for the sentiment - and it is stamped on the inside layer of Crumb Cake also 5 1/4" x 4").  Next I inserted a piece of scrap paper and stamped the leaf clusters around the circle using Garden Green to form the base of my wreath.

I had stamped and cut out many different elements for this wreath - five maple leaves stamped with Soft Sea Foam on Soft Sea Foam cardstock; five Oak Leaves stamped with Cinnamon Cider on Very Vanilla Cardstock and five acorns stamped with Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cardstock.  These were all punched out with the three punches in this bundle.  Next I stamped five of the elm outlines and inside with Cajun Craze and fussy cut them.

Finally, using these elements I assembled the wreath with glue dots, being careful no glue showed in the center of the hole so it would not stick to inside of the card.  I added a strip of plaid DSP for an accent, a triple linen thread bow and several little gems that were colored with the Cajun Craze blends.  I really like the way it turned out.

But, I love this bundle sooooo much and the beautiful DSP that coordinates with it - Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper - that I decided to alter a cute little stand up frame that I found at the local .99 Store.

I traced around the clip at the top with lightweight paper.  Then cut out four strips of the DSP.  On the top one, I cut out the traced opening to fit around the clip.
After adhering all four strips in the pattern I wanted, with Tombow Liquid Glue - I added this wonderful sentiment from the bundle, some braided trim; and a cute little punched out acorn.  Just loving how it turned out.

I hope you like it too and found some inspiration - altering wooden 3D items is so easy and has so much impact. 

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Once again, thank you for stopping by my blog.   I hope you enjoyed these projects and got some inspiration for creating something wonderful of your own.  I would love it, if you would leave me a comment below and stop back soon.  Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more amazing Posts.  

See you soon with more ideas!  

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September SF Hoppers - check them all out by clicking on their links for some more great ideas - and please leave comments if you can, to show appreciation for their work :)
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To order any of Stampin' Up's products you can go directly to my online store -www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net and click on SHOP NOW.  Please use the Hostess Code below to get full benefits from me - EXQWMY9U*
 
*NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits.   

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator, and would like a catalog or to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com
 
Stop back soon for some more creative fun and inspiration.     ~Maureen

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Stampin' Friends August Blog Hop - Fall Theme!

Well - WOW - school started two weeks ago here in Arizona - so I guess it is officially FALL!  Welcome to the Stampin' Friends Blog Hop for August - check out my blog post below, and then be sure to hop through all the rest (links at the bottom) to see all the amazing FALL projects and ideas.
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I just had to use some of the products from the Limited time set from SU! for my Fall projects for this hop.  Below is the leaf stamp from the set, stamped onto the vanilla layer with Memento ink and colored with our SU! Blends.  The leaves to me are lovely as they have such a flow like they are gently falling.  I am so in love with the blends, and could just color all night long.
After cutting out the cute little framelit (NOTE that it has stitching on the outside and inside when it cuts, so it's perfect for framing images) I stamped the leaves at the top and bottom corners and colored using Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Old Olive and Cajun Craze blends.  Then this layer was popped up on a Old Olive base with dimensionals.  I then stamped the leaves and sentiment on a scrap; and colored and cut out with a circle punch.  Then, also popped that layer up in the middle of the cut-out section.  I hope you can see the dimension to this in the picture below.
I stamped the leaves without coloring at all, on the envelope and the inside of the card, and I think they are lovely.  Can you tell I LOVE those leaves.
But what I think is especially great about these framelits - is that they also cut out with stitching on the inside of the layer.  Isn't it just beautiful?
I used that adorable little cut out to make this quick treat holder.  Orange pixie sticks in a cello bag - with the layer folded in half and attached to the top.
Here's another close up so you can see the stitches and the coloring. 
Hope you enjoyed my projects - now continue to hop on through the other blogs for more inspiration!  ~Maureen
 

Check out these Awesome Bloggers
1. Kirsteen Gill  
2. Barbara Welch  
3. Steph Jandrow  
4. Cindy Waldroff  
5. Katja Ettig  
6. Melissa Thomas 
7. Maureen Rauchfuss  
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Stampin Friends September Blog Hop - It's Fall Y'all!!!

 
LOVE FALL!!! That's all I have to say about that!  Well, not really - I love the feel, the weather, the colors - the wonderful change from heat to cool!  So I am so glad Fall is our theme for this hop!
I decided to go with all the wonderful colors in this cards - browns and oranges and greens -
And Inside - a pop-up surprise.  Used the little crate die to create the crate facade.
Here you can see from the side - it was just a 2" x 4" strip folded into a box and mounted inside.
To go with it - this adorable little crate of nuts - wouldn't that be cute at each place setting at Thanksgiving.
Here's another angle -
And don't forget to comment to be entered in our giveaway!!!

Maureen Rauchfuss  
2. Elizabeth Jeanne Thatcher  
3. Melissa Thomas  
4. Raquelle Clifton  
5. Lynn Streifert  
6. Lori Mueller  
7. Kathie Rotti  
8. Sue Vine  
9. Steph Jandrow  
10. Cindy Waldroff  
11. Kim Lamos  
12. Barbara Welch  
Happy Fall Y'all!!  ~Maureen