Very Simply Susan

Here’s another card from the Winter Woods stamp set.  I love traditional in holiday cards, so this set combined with the Festive Farmhouse DSP has a cozy, down home look to it.  I love, love, love the plaid papers in the Festive Farmhouse DSP.  The plaids will definitely be my “go to” paper designs this holiday season!

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World Card Making Day SALE!

This week Stampin’ Up! is having a sale on selected card making products in honor of World Card Making Day on October 7th.  This is the month to #MakeACardSendACard. As this holiday and all the other  upcoming holidays are arriving this sale is a great time to stock up on what you need to for all the card making and festivities coming up! To see the items included in sale, click the image above or go to www.OrderFromSusan.com   But hurry, this sale ends on October 7th.

I am loving all the plaids this year and this paper from the Festive Farmhouse Suite is a favorite.  I love the richness of the Cherry Cobbler and using black as a contrast makes it very contemporary.  In fact, I love everything in the Festive Farmhouse Suite. All of the items in the Suite are very traditional and ideal for creating a holiday feel in cards, home decor or packaging. I think I am going to have great fun creating with this Suite of Products.  To see everything in the suite, just click on  image below!

Products Used To Make This Card

World Card Making Day SALE!

This week Stampin’ Up! is having a sale on selected card making products in honor of World Card Making Day on October 7th.  This is the month to #MakeACardSendACard. As this holiday and all the other  upcoming holidays are arriving this sale is a great time to stock up on what you need to for all the card making and festivities coming up! To see the items included in sale, click the image above or go to www.OrderFromSusan.com   But hurry, this sale ends on October 7th.

This is the first card I have made using Winter Woods.  Honestly, it was my favorite set after Wishing You Well.  I love it and I will be using it a lot this holiday season for everything from cards, to packaging to tags!  It is a lovely set with so many possibilities.

This card was designed around the sentiment with the pine boughs. I probably overdid the design adding the tree, but I loved it and I decided to keep it in.  But there is definitely a card coming up using just the stamps in the background and the sentiment with the pine boughs!

One great thing about this set is that Stamping Up! is giving us 3 framelits for the pine boughs and 2 for the pinecone! So, rather than having to make 6 or 8 Big Shot cuts, I was able to do it in 2! This gives the Winter Woods set a lot more value as you won’t be  afraid of doing layered cards in multiples!  Which around the holidays is a big deal!

The background trees and pinecones are stamped in Soft Suede on a piece of Wood Textures DSP.  The Wood Textures DSP adds a lot of dimension and interest to backgrounds.  For the pinecones, I thought the Early Espresso in the DSP was too harsh. So, I tried the Soft Suede and it is perfect.  I thought I would miss Chocolate Chip when it was discontinued, but I am finding the Soft Suede is really an even better color for a lighter brown. Give Soft Suede a try when you are wishing you had Chocolate Chip!

The sentiment was stamped in Shaded Spruce on Crumb Cake and then Die Cut from a Stitched Framelit in the Farmhouse Framelits die set.

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