Heavenly Handmade

Hi crafty friends!

I’m sorry I haven’t had the time to post. I was designing and cutting nine cards for the Christmas Card Buffet, and I bit off a little more than I could chew! Anyway, I’m baaaack!! And I want to let you know about a new Kit from Stampin’ Up! called the Timeless Greetings Kit.

Here is what it contains:

Timeless Greetings—an all-occasion card kit you can use year-round! This unique kit features an elegant pocket watch and globe design in neutral colors, along with heartfelt sentiments that are sure to inspire lasting memories. These cards are perfect for wishing happy birthday, saying thank you or sending a friendship note in style, so make sure to let family and friends know just how special they are!

Details:

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• Kit contains enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs—and 8 coordinating envelopes.
• Includes printed card bases, printed die cuts, adhesive, embellishments, and a clear block.
• Available in English and French
• Finished card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen, Soft Suede.

NOVEMBER SIMPLE STAMPING CONTEST!

This is my own personal contest for my customers only! Here’s what to do to join:

Design a card based on the parameters below. Take a snapshot of your card and email it to me. On December 1st, I’ll put the names of all contestants in a bag and have my grandson Eli pick one name. That person can choose an embellishment of her choice from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog on pp. 142-143. Your prize will be delivered to you!

November’s #SimpleStamping Challenge

• Theme: Christmas/New Year
• Supplies: Stamps, ink, paper, and an embellishment

Remember to keep your project simple. Good luck!

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

In September, my upline Angela, and sideline Cathy, plus Angela’s daughter Maggie, and I organized a fun Bash for our customers at a nearby event center. Each of us came up with a card project for our guests. We also had a “Retired Stamp Store,” lots of Door Prizes, coffee and donuts, plus loads of crafty fun!

Here are some photos of our event. If you live in or near Cincinnati, I hope you can come to the next one!

Here are photos of the projects Angela, Cathy, and I came up with:

The Bash was such a success! Everyone had fun, and left with door prizes, some retired products that were new to them, and some new inspiration for their own cards. I hope you’ll be able to join us for the next Bash!

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

Recently I had a Zoom event with some of my stampin’ friends, and here are some of the cards they made.

Hope you enjoyed our projects! Join us on the last Monday of each month for Mystery Card Monday. If you would like to join us for this free event, send me a comment on this post and I’ll add you to the list.

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful 3-day Labor Day weekend! I had a little time to make a few alternative projects with the August 2022 Paper Pumpkin Sunflowers Kit. Here they are:

Well, I hope you liked these alternative projects. This August Kit is beautiful!

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Have a blessed day! Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

I am always happy when I see the gift of creativity in others who enjoy papercrafting as I do. And I love to share the cards my friends have made for me.

Have you gotten some inspiration from these cards? I hope so. Now go stamp something:-)

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hi crafty friends!

Here are some quilt cards that friends shared with me from our Mystery Card Monday get-together. Take a look –

Thank you, ladies, for sharing your creations! They’re all unique and so lovely! Thank you, dear reader, for looking at these samples. We hope they give you some inspiration. If you wish to try a Quilt Card, search for my Quilt Book Binder Card post.

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

I love quilts and quilting, so of course I would love making a quilt card! Maybe you would like to try it, too.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE: 

Designer Series Paper (with small images, two different patterns, one light and one dark), solid color cardstock that coordinates with your DSP (two colors: We’ll call them C1 and C2), neutral color cardstock (vanilla or white, that goes with your chosen DSP), your choice of glue or tape runner, a scoring tool, bone folder, embellishments (ribbon or jewels, etc.)

No stamps are needed for this mystery card, unless you wish to put a sentiment inside. No ink is needed either.

If you have an embossing folder and a machine that embosses, that would be good.  If you don’t, have a ruler and bone folder or stylus handy.

Hint:  This card is a combination of a technique and a fun fold 😊

CUTTING MEASUREMENTS:

Card base (solid color cardstock: C1):  11 x 4-1/4”, score on long side (landscape) at 4-1/4” and 5-1/2”.  Use same color cardstock C1 to cut a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2” square.

4 pieces of 1-1/4 x 1-1/4” squares (DSP: cut 2 each of 2 designs with small images)

Neutral cardstock: cut a 4 x 4” square and a 3-3/4 x 3-3/4” square

Cut 2-1/2 x 2-1/2” square of C2 coordinating light solid color cardstock to match DSP; of the same C2 color cardstock cut two 1-1/4 x 1-1/4” squares

1 x 4” strip of your DSP

ASSEMBLY DIRECTIONS:

1. Fold and burnish scored lines on card base using accordion fold.  Put glue between scored lines and press together to form book binding card.  Adhere 1 x 4” strip along binding section.  (Consider orientation if you have directional Designer Series Paper.)
2. Glue 4 x 4” neutral cardstock inside card.
3. Now we’ll work on the focal point of the card front:  Take the 4 pieces of the 1-1/4” Designer Series Paper squares and glue them on the neutral cardstock 2-1/2” square.

(Be careful with directional paper.)

• Glue that layer onto the 3-1/2 x 3-1/2” layer.
• Cut the two 1-1/4” squares (solid cardstock color C2) diagonally to have 4 triangles.  Glue the triangles in each of the 4 corners of the square.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and an embossing folder to emboss the square layer to look like a quilted blanket top.  I used the Hive 3D Embossing Folder.  Option:  Use a ruler and either a bone folder or stylus to score lines from point to point.  See the extra example.
• Glue focal piece onto neutral 3-3/4 x 3-3/4” square.  Glue this square onto card front.
• Embellish as desired.

This card was so fun to put together!  Give it a try! I’d love to see your creation. See you soon.

Have a blessed day! Debbie

Hello crafty friends!

I’ve been seeing this color blocking technique around and among Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators, and I thought I’d give it a whirl myself. I’ve done this technique years ago and I’m glad to re-visit it. Here’s what I came up with:

If you would like to try your hand at this technique, gather a three or more kinds of colored cardstock that go together, and cut them to 3-3/4 inches long and varied widths of 1/2″ to 1 inch. (My colors were Merry Merlot, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Pumpkin Pie.) Arrange them on a cardstock mat slightly larger and wider; I used Sahara Sand for mine (3-1/2 by 4 inches). I added a Basic White mat under that (3-5/8 x 4-1/8 inches). That card base (Crumb Cake) measures 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches.

Other details:

STAMP SETS: Daffodil Daydream, Very Best Occasions

INKS: Cajun Craze, Versamark

ACCESSORIES: White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Brushed Brass Butterflies, Clear Wink of Stella (for the spattering)

Try this technique for yourself! Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hello crafty friends,

Today I’m sharing with you a card I made for a baby shower I’m going to. The couple wants to be surprised at the birth, so I used “neutral” colors. This “Moon Baby” stamp set may be retired, but it’s one of my favorites.

CARDSTOCK: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Basic White, Pool Party

INKS: Black Momento, Alcohol Blends: So Saffron, Just Jade

TOOLS: Cut & Emboss Machine by Stampin’ Up!, Stylish Shapes Dies

EMBELLISHMENTS: Gold stars, Gold Twine

Look at that sweet sleeping baby!! Cute!

Have a blessed day!

Debbie

Hi crafty friends,

I’ve been participating in Lyssa Zwolanek’s Scrapbooking Summer School and I want to share some of the pages she designed for us to put together. I don’t have photos on them yet, but I thought you might like to see them. Several others and I paid Lyssa for the “Class” and she designed, cut, assembled all the pieces for twelve days of scrapping two pages a day, and mailed out the packages. It was loads of fun! We even had “homework” LOL!

Here are some of my pages:

I had such fun recreating these layouts, adding a few of my own touches, and I’m eager to finish them with some great photos :-). I hope you liked them and if you like to scrapbook, maybe they will inspire you to make some pages, too! What do you think?

Have a blessed day! Debbie