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More Than Autumn & Pumpkin Spice Season!

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This is a CASE of a card I saw on the Global Design Project.  The card I CASED is by Emma Goddard. She did a bright and cheery card with a donuts theme.  I loved that card, but wanted to do something fall themed, and still use the Nothing’s Better Than Autumn set along with the Art & texture stamp set. You can see Emma’s lovely card HERE

I kept the card simple and used the cup with the marshmallows as my focal point. I will give you a hint on creating the drink cup, I stamp all the items together and then fussy cut the entire image. For me, it is a lot faster than die cutting each image and assembling them. You don’t get as much depth as you would with separate pieces, but I think this works. And it isn’t that much more work. I had to do 12 of these for a swap and it did not even take an hour to stamp and fussy cut all the cups. I dud the same thing with “Pumpkin Spice”. There are die cuts for this in the set, but I liked the look of the fussy cut words just as well and cased that from Emma’s card.

The of Art & Texture is the stamped background. As much as I love graphic stamps, I don’t use them nearly enough. They are a quick way to create interesting backgrounds when you don’t want to use DSP.

Products Used To Make This Card

More Than Autumn Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

More Than Autumn Dies

Of Art & Texture Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Iconic Celebrations 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Linen Thread

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Regal Winter Patterned Paper is All Season!

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I will admit I was not a fan of the Regal Winter Suite at first. But, after seeing a few card designs with this Designer Series Paper (DSP), I loved it! The patterns are true Stampin’ Up! artistry and are what I expect from a Stampin’ Up! DSP.  They are beautiful designs that make card making easy and work with all the colors of ink and card stock you have on hand.

My eye went immediately to the designs in Wild Wheat. I love this color for fall card making and I also love the new Wild Wheat Ribbon.  I decided to layer them with Pebbled Path. The floral pattern has just enough dark in it, that the pebbled path works. I really let the DSP do all the design work here. The plaid pattern combined with the floral is a perfect fall combo.  I also took one of the Woven Golden Leaves and cut out a piece of pebbled path to layer under it. Overall, it’s a simple design that showcases the beautiful paper.

Here is a peek at the Regal Winter Suite of products.  This is one you want to give a second look. Click on the image below to see all the products in this suite.

Product Used To Make This Card

Autumn Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Regal Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Wild Wheat 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon

Woven Golden Leaves

Wild Wheat 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock


Starting Fall With Autumn Leaves

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When I first saw the Iconic Celebrations patterned paper (DSP), I was not that excited about it. But once I sat down with it and started creating cards, I fell in love with it and had to order more!  I created a big batch of seasonal cards with this that will take me from Autumn through to the New Year.  They are all clean, graphic designs like the paper and use a variety of stamp sets.  I will be sharing them over the next several weeks.

Today’s card features the Autumn Leaves set and dies.  It was a favorite set from last year and I was happy to see it carried over. The patterned paper for this set last year was much more ornate than the Iconic Celebrations paper. However, the set works incredibly well with this year’s papers.  I love using the Basic Beige as the core solid card stock instead of white. It doesn’t show up in the photo, but Basic Beige has a wonderfully soft look. White works well too, but if you want a different look, I recommend trying out some of the new Basic Beige paper, ribbons and ink. I think you will like how it looks for the holidays.

For simple, clean patterns, take look at the Iconic Celebrations Suite of products. I think you will love the simplicity of the designs and how easy and fast it is to make holiday cards with this paper.

Products Used For This Design

Autumn Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Autumn Leaves Dies

Iconic Celebrations 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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