Autumn Thanksgiving Card

Hello crafty friends!!  Today I'm sharing my card featuring a few of Honey Bee Stamps' new Hello Harvest release products along with another awesome older product!  I've used the Lovely Layers: Turkey to create a Thanksgiving card to give to a family member.  Read on for all of the details.

I started by die cutting white cardstock with the dies from the Lovely Layers: Turkey.  I used an assortment of inks from my stash to color most of the layers with ink blending brushes.  For the four feather pieces I used E40 and E41 Copic markers.  I just didn't have an ink pad in a light enough color!

I followed the Layering Guide to help with layering the pieces and used glue to adhere them all.

For the background I used a favorite older set called the Farmhouse Fields Scene Builder dies.  I die cut white cardstock with the die and then used my paper trimmer to cut the piece to 4-¼" wide.  I trimmed off the tree from the die--I had other plans!

I had the Farmhouse Fields coordinating stencils out, but realized I didn't really need them.  I used more inks and blending brushes to color each layer.

I brushed on blue ink onto the top portion of an A2 card base.  Then I glued the Farmhouse Fields layers to the card.

For the tree, I used the beautiful large branch from the Lovely Layers: Window Fall Add-On die set.  I used two brown Copic markers along with three others in a golden, olive green and burnt orange shades to color the branch.

I used glue to adhere the branch to the card base.  Then I trimmed off the parts that were overhanging with my scissors.

I added foam tape to the back of the Turkey to adhere it to the card.  The sentiments are from the Forever Grateful stamp set.  I stamped them with black pigment ink and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. 

I popped up the sentiments on the card with foam strips.

I just love how this autumn background turned out for the Lovely Layers: Turkey!  I've already pardoned this turkey from Thanksgiving!  Hahaha!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a joyous day!

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Merry And Bright

 Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing this card featuring some products from My Pretty Things' 2025 Holiday Collection!  This features the beautiful Timeless Beauty stamps, stencils, and coordinating dies.  While this stamp set comes with some awesome birthday sentiments, I'm in the mood for holiday cards!  Read on for the details.

I like to stencil my stamp sets before I stamp it in black ink to help prevent smearing.  So first I stamped the Timeless Beauty floral stamp with a no-line coloring ink.

Tip:  To easily stamp the black ink later use a stamp positioning tool.  I placed the white cardstock panel into the bottom corner of my MISTI and then stamped it with no-line coloring ink.  LEAVE the stamp on the door of the MISTI.

Now you can pull out the stamped panel and begin to add your ink colors through the Timeless Beauty stencils with blending brushes.  Check out my list below for the ink colors I used.

I did not stencil ink for the berries. 

Next, place the colored floral panel back into the MISTI.  Make certain that the card is completely into the same corner as before.  I inked up the Timeless Beauty floral with black ink.

To color the berries, I made a custom color of pearl texture paste by mixing a bit with a drop of re-inker.  After I spread it onto the berries stencil, I set it aside to dry.

I created my card base layer by stamping the Art Deco Christmas Tree stamp onto deep pink cardstock with clear embossing ink.  I added clear sparkle embossing powder and then set it with my heat tool.

I trimmed the piece to 4" x 5-¼" then used the Art Deco Christmas Tree stencils and two pink inks to add a bit of subtle color to the stamped image.  Then I glued it to my card base.

Making sure the texture paste was dry, and it was, I cut out the Timeless Beauty floral with the coordinating Timeless Beauty die.  I added foam tape to the back to adhere the flowers to the card.

Next I stamped a sentiment from the Happy Holidays Sentiments with pink ink.  I cut the sentiment out with the coordinating die and adhered it to my card with foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope it's a great one for you!

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Wishing You Peace, Love, and Joy

Today I'm sharing my card that features the Spellbinders October Embossing Folder Club Kit.  The Holiday Flurry embossing folder is a perfect background for so many of our winter and holiday cards!

First I created the card base and layers by embossing white cardstock with the Holiday Flurry embossing folder.  I trimmed it to 3-¾" x 5" and adhered it to mint green cardstock with foam tape.

Next I die cut two bears from the SO adorable Polar Bear Pals die set.  I LOVE these cute bears!!!  Haha!  I used some coordinating green inks to color the green pieces with blending brushes.  I used Copic markers to color the bears' body and cheeks.  The markers I used are W3, W1, W00, and RV21.

When I was finished coloring, I used glue to assemble each bear.  There is a layering guide on Spellbinders' website to help with the assembly.  It is found by scrolling through the product photos.

I found a sentiment I liked in the Country Christmas Banner & Sentiments press plate and die set.  I pressed it with black pigment ink onto white cardstock.  Then I cut it out with the coordinating die.

I added foam tape to the bears and the sentiment to adhere to the card.  To add just a touch of sparkle, I added glitter drops to each bears' hat pompom.  (The specific one I used is Nuvo's Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents.)

The Holiday Flurry embossing folder is such a great one to have!  You can join the Embossing Folder Club now and get yours!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!

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Sending Frosty Wishes

This month's Club Kits by Spellbinders are all so awesome!  I'm sharing this sweet, simple, and easy card today that features the October BetterPress Club Kit called Made With Snowflakes.  The October Club Kits are available now to sign up for and get yours!

I wanted to keep this card fully focused on the Made With Snowflakes BetterPress of the month.  First I pressed the plate into the Porcelain cardstock panel with Thunder BetterPress ink.  (Don't forget that Press Plates can be used with your hot foil machine such as the Glimmer.)

Then I picked the cute little snowman right in the center of the panel to color.  I used a few Copic markers to simply color it.  Then I pressed the sentiment (one of two included) with Thunder ink.  I trimmed the sentiment into a strip and then layered onto a piece of white cardstock that I colored with the same red Copic I used for the hat.

To keep everything coordinated, I colored the edges of a white cardstock panel with the red Copic markers and glued it to an A2 card base and then glued the pressed Made With Snowflakes panel.

I added foam strips to the back of the sentiment and placed it just below the colored snowman.  I couldn't get it to show in my photos, but I did use a clear glitter pen over the snowman for just a bit of sparkle!

This is a card that I just might mass produce!  It's so easy and cute too!

Be sure to check out each of the Club Kits for October!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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May Your Heart Be Filled With Peace

Hello friends!  There's a new release, available now, by Simon Says Stamp called Sugar And Spice!  I'm sharing my card featuring a beautiful stamp set from the release called Graceful Swans.

The Graceful Swans stamp set has so many beautiful stamps in it that it was hard to choose just a few!  I arranged my chosen stamps into a sweet scene.  I used my MISTI to stamp them in a Copic safe ink onto 80# white cardstock.

After I colored the scene, I die cut the panel with a Notched Corner Frames die.  I cut gray cardstock from the next largest die to layer behind the scene.  Then I glued the two pieces together and added foam tape to the back.

I adhered the layered scene to an A2 card base.  The Graceful Swan stamp set has three different sentiments.  One that is to send comforting thoughts, a birthday greeting, and a thank you sentiment.

I stamped the sentiment with black pigment ink and cut it out with my scissors.  I adhered it to the card with foam tape.

The hardest part of making this card was deciding what images to use!  Check out the Graceful Swans stamp set and all of the other new products in the Sugar and Spice release over at Simon Says Stamp.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fantastic one!

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Thank You For Making My Heart So Full

Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  Today I've used Honey Bee Stamps beautiful Lovely Layers: Window Fall Add-On and the Forever Grateful sentiments for my autumn card.  These are part of the awesome Hello Harvest release!

I love how the new Lovely Layers: Window Fall Add-On also coordinates with the Lovely Layers: Window AND the Lovely Layers: Holiday Add-On!  I've used bits from the older two sets to complete my window scene.

Do you ever struggle creating die cut cards and what colors to use?  What totally works for me is to think about a color palette.  That was a no-brainer for this autumn card. Once you have a color palette in mind just look through your colored cardstocks and choose the colors that you like.

I proceeded to die cut the pieces of colored cardstock with the dies in the window, the Fall Add-On, and the Holiday Add-On.  (I have to say that purchasing the Anna Griffin Empress Elite die cutting machine was a TOTAL game-changer for die cut lots of dies!  The magnetic mat means no more taping down the dies and the machine is electric.  I know it is pricey, but well worth the cost.)

The only piece I cut from white cardstock was the large leafy branch that's in the new Lovely Layers: Window Fall Add-On set.  I used my Copic markers to quickly color the branch.  (This branch is so pretty and is large!  It could easily be cut into 2-3 pieces, if needed.)

I used glue and referred to the Layering Guides to adhere the layers of each piece.  I tied a piece of twine into a bow and glue it to the wreath.

This is a 5" x 7" card and I cut a piece of pretty patterned paper from the Homestead Hues paper pad to fit the card base.  I wanted to use the entire branch (I love it!) so I tucked it and angled it around the left side of the window and used glue to adhere it in place.

Next I added foam tape to the back of the window and cut a few very narrow strips of the foam to go behind some of the branches.

The sentiment is from the new Forever Grateful stamp set.  After I stamped it in black ink I cut it out with the coordinating die.  A couple of foam strips adheres it to the card.

I do love making autumn themed cards!  Do you?  Be sure to check out the Fall Add-On set, if you haven't yet.  It's awesome!

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You Are Awesome -- A Die Cut Coffee Card

Hello crafty friends!  I have a card for you today that features some of the awesome new products from the Honey Bee Stamps Hello Harvest release!  This one features the Lovely Layers: Coffee Cup, Lovely Layers: Coffee Cup Swirl Add-On, Homestead Hues paper pad, and the Sip, Smile, Repeat stamps.

My card base is one of the patterned papers from the Homestead Hues paper pad.  This sheet of paper has one repeated design to cut in half.  After it is cut, it measures 4-¼" x 6".  I made a white cardstock base for that size and glued the paper to it.

Next I die cut the dies from the Lovely Layers: Coffee Cup and Lovely Layers: Coffee Cup Swirl Add-On from white cardstock except for the top layer die.  I cut it out from some heat-safe acetate.

Have you ever had a Ube Matcha Latte?  Well, neither have I!  Haha.  But I think the coffees are so pretty and I used some brown, purple, and green inks from my stash to color the white cardstock layers with Detail Blender Brushes.  The lid is shaded with W01 and W0 Copic markers.

Next I placed the acetate Coffee Cup layer in my MISTI.  I generously used an anti-static pouch over the acetate.  Then I stamped the two sentiments from the Sip, Smile, Repeat stamp set with clear embossing ink.  I added black embossing powder and used my heat tool to set it.  TIP:  Let your heat tool warm up for about a minute, then set the powder in quick passes of the heat.

My tip for adhering the acetate layer onto the Coffee Cup is to use glue dots!  I used my die pick tool to pick it up and fold it.  Then I placed several behind the heat embossed sentiment.  I used glue to adhere the Coffee Cup top and whip cream to the acetate.

I wanted a few purple flowers and used the flowers in the Lovely Layers: Dogwood Honey Cuts.  I used my blending brush to color them with the same inks as the Ube and Matcha.  I used glue and foam dots to adhere the flowers and leaves to the card.

For whatever reason the purple glitter I added to the whip cream with with dots of glue looks black!  It really is purple little sparkles!  Promise!!

So what do you think?  I think that there are so many fun coffee cards to make with the Lovely Layers: Coffee Cup and Coffee Cup Swirl Add-On sets!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget, YOU are awesome!

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So Thankful For You -- Hello Harvest Release Inspiration

Hello, friends!  I'm sharing a quick post for my card featuring some of Honey Bee Stamps' new Hello Harvest release products.  I'm part of an Instagram hop where you will get to see lots of awesome ideas for many of the new products!  There's always a prize too!  So be sure to check it out!

I've made a beautiful Thanksgiving card using the new Lovely Layers: Boho Leaves.  First I made some lovely watery autumn colored panels.  I used watercolor cardstock and painted on various green, golden yellow, and warm red watercolors from my stash.  I have all of the available products in the list below.

I tore a strip of brown cardstock and then inked it up with Walnut Stain Distress ink.  Do you still have one of those crimping tools?  I do, and pulled it out and crimped the strip of cardstock.  Then I used my finder to add Gilded Foundry Wax to the edge of the strip and used my heat tool to set it.  Love how it turns to a beautiful shiny gold!

I added some patterned paper to the card base that is part of a "Free Bee" that is automatically added to any Honey Bee order over $100.  The brown crimped stripped is popped up with foam tape.

Before I adhered the Boho Leaves with glue and foam tape, I inked the edges with Peel Paint Distress ink.  Then I tied a bow with some twine I have in my stash and adhered it with a Glue Dot.

I used sentiments that are in the Forever Grateful stamp set.  After I stamped them with clear embossing ink, I added gold embossing powder and set it with my heat tool.  I cut them out with the coordinating dies and adhered them to the card with foam strips.

I love the grungy chic style of this card!  I hope you will join me over on Instagram for the hop!  I know you will love all of the inspiration for the Hello Harvest release!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Hope Your Birthday Is Tea-rrific! A New Release By Honey Bee Stamps

Hello crafty friends!  Are you ready for Honey Bee Stamps newest release?  It's available now and is called Hello Harvest and is filled with so many awesome products including the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set and coordinating dies that I've used on this card.

Do you enjoy creating backgrounds with masked images?  If so, this one's for you!

First I created the background.  You will need a stamp positioning tool like the MISTI to do this technique.

Place a 4-¼" x 5-½" piece of white cardstock into a corner of your stamping tool.  Ink up the cup from the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set with Intense black ink and then stamp the ink off onto scrap paper once.  Next I stamped it onto my 80# white cardstock piece.  (I didn't want the lines to be too dark as I plan to come back and gold heat emboss the image.)

Very important:  DO NOT remove the stamp from the lid of the stamping tool.

Next I stamped the cup onto masking paper and cut it out with my scissors.  Set aside the cup portion of the masking paper.  Adhere the negative portion of the mask onto the cardstock panel around the stamped cup.  I placed one of the flower stamps from the Life's Sweet Moments set onto a stamp block.  I inked it up with Intense black ink and stamped it near the edge of the coffee cup.  I repeated these steps with one more flower.

I stamped a mask for the upper right flower, cut it out, and placed it over the stamped image.  Then I stamped a leaf and removed the mask.  Next I colored the cup with Copic markers.  I used the warm grays of W3, W1, and W00 to color the cup.

Place the panel back into the stamp positioning tool.  Add some anti-static powder and stamp the cup again with clear embossing ink.  Add gold embossing powder and set with a heat tool.

Next I placed the mask for the cup over the cup.  After I sprayed the back of the NEW Swirl & Flourish Stencil with Pixie Spray I put on onto the masked panel.  Then I added a strip of masking tape about 2" above the bottom edge of the panel.  Then I carefully spread some pearl texture paste through the stencil with a palette tool.

Carefully remove the stencil, masking tape, and cup mask and set the piece aside to dry.

While panel is drying, I stamped more flowers, the saucer, and cupcake from the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set with Intense Black Ink.  I colored the images with my Copic markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies.  (NOTE:  I also added gold embossing powder to the saucer using the same technique as described above.)

When the texture paste was dry, I added a piece of masking tape to mask off the bottom of the stenciled area and inked on brown ink with a blender brush.  I used a brown pencil and t-square ruler to draw lines to emulate wood planks.

I adhered the images with foam tape.  The sentiments are from the Hello Sweet Tea stamp set, stamped in black ink, and cut out with the coordinating dies.  I popped them up with foam strips.

I really enjoyed making this scene!  It is really fun to mask off images and creates a unique card!  Be sure to check out all of the NEW Hello Harvest products to see what you like.

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A Joyous Christmas Card

Hello, friends!  Today I'm sharing this joyous Christmas card that features the beautiful Shadow Joy die set by Spellbinders.  I added in some festive bits from an older set called Faux Embroidery Stockings.

The background is a white cardstock that I embossed with the beautiful In The Pines embossing folder.  Before I glued it to an A2 card base, I inked the edges with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink.

Next I die cut the two main layers of the Shadow Joy from white cardstock.  I used an ink blending brush to color the pieces with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink.  I die cut the small shadow pieces of the Shadow Joy from white glitter cardstock.  I used glue to adhere all of the layers together and then added foam tape to the back.

The pine pieces are from the Faux Embroidered die set and are cut from Fern cardstock.  I die cut the little berries from more white glitter cardstock.  I lightly pressed the Joy sentiment onto the card base and then positioned the pine pieces around it, adhering with glue.  I added the glittery little berries to the branches with glue.

To add more to the Joy sentiment, I pressed a sentiment from the Home For Christmas Sentiments BetterPress set and cut it out with the coordinating die.

And that's it!  A fun and happy Christmas card that's easy to make with the Shadow Joy set!  Thank you for stopping by today!

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A Day To Remember -- A Fun Stenciled and Die Cut Autumn Card

Hello, crafty friends!  I'm still loving to create autumn themed cards and I've made one today with Honey Bee Stamps Maker's Mix stencil set and coordinating dies!  I've added in a favorite older set called Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet for the floral details.

I began with an A2 sized piece of colored cardstock for my stenciling with the Maker's Mix stencil set.  I used mini blending brushes to add coordinating autumn colored inks through each of the six stencils.  Then I trimmed the piece to 4" x 5-¼".  I have all of the cardstock and inks in the list below.

Next I die cut colored cardstock with the middle sized Double Stitched Oval die.  I added foam tape to the back and adhered it to the stenciled panel.  Then I used my scissors to trim off the oval overhanging the panel.  I used glue to adhered this to an A2 sized piece of cardstock in the same color and then glued it to an A2 card base.

Next I die cut several different colored cardstocks with the dies in the Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet Honey Cuts.  Then I used glue to adhere the layers together.  I played around with various arrangements of the florals and then used a piece of Press N Seal to pick them all up.  I LOVE doing this to retain the arrangement I made!  I used foam squares and glue to begin adhering the bottom most die cuts.  I continued until all of the florals were adhered to the oval.

I die cut white cardstock with the pallet die from the Maker's Mix .  Then I used the Maker's Mix stencils to add color to the pallet with inks in colors that coordinate with the Autumn Bouquet die cuts.  I added thin foam tape to the back to adhere it at the bottom of the floral arrangement.

The sentiment is from the Don't Worry, Be Crafty stamp set and is stamped in black ink.  I cut it out with the coordinating Honey Cut.  To adhere it the sentiment, I added a double layer of foam strips on the right back and glue to the left to bring the sentiment to the same height as the paint palette.

I added a bit of bling with pearls from the Gingerbread Pearl Stickers set.

Would you have thought to create an autumn card with the Maker's Mix stencils?  If not, I hope you've been inspired to try this out!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope your day is wonderful and filled with fun crafty times!

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You're Always In My Heart -- In Honor of Sharon Klima

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing this card featuring a very special sweet die set by Spellbinders called Sharon's Scissors.  This set was designed to honor Sharon Klima, and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this set will be donated to the American Heart Association in Sharon's name.

I thought I'd share with you the description on the product packaging:

In memory of a beautiful soul.

Sharon Klima was a "cut above the rest".  Known for her warm, infectious smile and her love of paper crafting, Sharon was and always will be part of our crafting community.  She played a vital role in the paper arts industry as a long-standing store owner, instructor, creator, and mentor.  But she was more than just that...she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother and a true friend to so many of us.  Her warmth and kindness will always hold a special place in all our hearts.  These scissors are dedicated to Sharon and her love of "fussy cutting".

The embossed layer of my A2 card is white cardstock embossed with the Heart Swag embossing folder.  This embossing folder was one of the December, 2024 Club Kits.  It is currently available for purchase at a fantastic reduced price!  I'm glad it's still available as I thought it was perfect for this die set!

I die cut the scissors from Sharon's Scissors set three times from colored cardstock (listed below) and mat silver cardstock.  I glued the scissors pieces together and added foam tape pieces to the back.

The sentiment dies are part of Sharon's Scissors set.  I die cut them from teal cardstock and backed each one with black cardstock to help the die cut sentiments stand out a bit more.

When I die cut the scissors, I saved the hearts that were part of the scissor handles and used them as embellishments.  Three are popped up with foam tape and the others are glued to the card.

Sharon's Scissors is the sweetest set and worth a purchase to support the American Hearts Association in Sharon's memory.  I didn't know her, but knowing her story, I sure wish I had crossed paths with her. 💖

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Autumn Birthday Wishes Card

 This is my last card I've made with Spellbinders September Club Kits.  This one features the beautiful 3D Embossing Folder called Patchwork.

This card has another piece of a panel I made with the Sketchy Hexi press plate.  It's layered on top of a piece of Saffron cardstock that I embossed with the Patchwork 3D embossing folder.

I glued a strip of brown cardstock against the edge of the Sketchy Hexi piece.  If you saw the first card using this, you saw that I pressed a piece of Porcelain cardstock with the Sketchy Hexi plate with no ink.  I still had some of that, so I die cut leaves from it with the dies from the Autumn Wonder set.

I pressed a sentiment from the Sentiments of Wonder Press Plate set with brown ink.  Then I used a die from the Envelope of Wonder die set to cut it out.  As of the date of this post, the Envelope of Wonder collection sets are on clearance!

I tied a bit of twine onto the tag, then used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

This is an easy card to make with few elements, but with the press plate and embossed pieces, not much more is needed!  Be sure to check out the Club Kit details to decide if one (or more) of these would be good for you.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you are having a wonderful week so far!

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