Simple Five on Saturday - Merriest Moments #6 to 10

Another day... another Merriest Moments card... well 5 variants actually... As... whilst I had a few different card blanks out... I had a play! So same greeting frame... but set 5 ways...

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On a plain A6 sized Very Vanilla card blank... (US Letter nearest equivalent A2 )

On an embossed A6 sized Very Vanilla card blank. (US Letter nearest equivalent A2)

On a plain A5 sized Very Vanilla card blank (US Letter nearest equivalent 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" /double A2!?... Please could one of my US subscribers tell me a name!!!? I've been searching but I can't find...)

On a plain A6 sized Evening Evergreen card blank... (US Letter nearest equivalent A2 )

On an embossed A6 sized Evening Evergreen (US Letter nearest equivalent A2)

Thursday Thanks Quintet aka Merriest Moments #5

Oh my... how do I love thee!! Or should I say these...

But which one(s) do you like most????

Everything simply in perfect harmony... and definitely not a set just for Christmas...

Merriest Moments meets Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen & Whisper White... 

Just to say Thanks...

Just a bit of covering holly leaves needed as I went...

Simple for Saturday - Merriest Moments #4

 

Seeing as it is Saturday... here's one of the even simpler Merriest Moments creations...

Look no embossing... just set on a standard A6 card... but still gorgeous!

Click HERE for the embossed version... and/or HERE for more details on the products and colourway used...

Merriest Moments #3

Another Merriest Moments card... set on a standard A6 card again... 

Be sure to check out this gorgeous embossed Evening Evergreen card blank

Click HERE for more details on the products used...

Merriest Moments #2

Next Merriest Moments card... 

All set on a standard A6 card this time... be sure to check out the embossed detail... it really is gorgeous!

Click HERE for more details on the products used...

Merriest Moments #1

Love love love this Merriest Moments bundle of dies, embossing folder and stamps... I really do! 

Which is of course... code for a long series coming your way... hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them...!

Starting off with a simple but stunning large A5 sized card... a real WOW for someone special... featuring gold embossed flowers... with Evening Evergreen and Very Vanilla... 

And seeing as this is the first post of the series...let me introduce you to the bundle...

Starting with the Merriest Frames dies... 

Along with the Hybrid Embossing Folder... emboss it... die cut it... add a die cut mat... mount it...  the options are vast!

As well as the Merriest Moments stamps... with such gorgeous greetings too... 

 You can get the stamps on their own... or the dies & folder... but they really do work so well together!

Tuesday Trio of Trios - Art in Bloom

Such a pretty set of three cards... care of the Art in Blooms bundle... 

Which is in itself a trio of products... stamps, dies and an embossing folder too... of which the latter I have to admit... had slipped my eye!! Clever set...

Cards perfect for any level of crafter... or any amount of time you happen to have to make & get in the post!

But wait... there's more... Yes another 3 projects to share with you... making a trio of trios in all today...

Friday Forest...

Many people appear to have overlooked this little gem of an embossing folder in the new Autumn Winter mini catalogue... so I thought it high time to highlight it...

So introducing the Evergreen Forest embossing folder... and the start of a series of experiments... Maybe even a series of series... is that a serii!!!?

Although you probably can't tell from these photos... this card has such texture care of the inked embossing... just love it... and not even any 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals in sight.... 

This is created by a simple inking up of the embossing folder... just dragging a Gray Granite ink pad over the raised ( back) face of the folder... with the flat part at the top being inked as well as the raised trees... And then embossing a piece of card..

Though not a perfect make as I ended up with a random sky pattern... which my eyes needed covering when making up a card... hence the circular embellishment to the top right...

Finished off with a snow bank (hand cut or die cut using the Coming Home bundle)

 

 Which I have then stamped with another greeting from the fabulous Wrapped in Christmas stamp set (think this may be my all time favourite christmas greeting set!)

And here are a couple more makes using the Evergreen Forest embossing folder... too nice not to share as well... 

Wednesday Wideo... Tin Tile Embossing folder

A newly released video for you today featuring the Tin Tile embossing folder and some cool things to do with it... Just click on the arrow below to play...

The Tin Tile Textured Impressions Embossing Folder was inspired by farmhouse trends and a throwback to vintage style. And it is certainly exciting many of my crafting ladies!

Triple Time Tropical Chic

Another of these for you... multi coloured mats the other way round... and some extra stamping in black to add more definition... Card Tutorial here too... 

Though I do think the black blobs look like fish swimming through a tropical seascape!

And here is the inside,,,

Remember it is the last day of August today... so it is the last day to order those Watercolor Pencils and the Blended Seasons bundle... and also get those Bonus Days Coupons to spend in September! Click here for all those details...

Tuesday Tip - Stylish Christmas #3

So it seemed to make sense to keep the 3 cards made using Stylish Christmas together...  particularly as I have had some requests for a Stylish Christmas Class in the Post whilst I was away... so please click here to contact me if you are interested too... and I will be back to you very soon with more details and/or an invoice...

The basic Stylish Christmas Class in the Post to make 15 cards including Stylish Christmas stamps, 16 pc. cardstock, 15 envelopes & Metallics Pearls (3 designs x 5 cards each) will be £44 (£41 collected) for Wood Mount or £39 (£35 collected) for Clear Mount. I will be ordering 31st August... so delivery will be with you about 10 September at the latest...

And don't forget that if your Stampin Up! order is over £45 this month you will get a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon code to spend for free in September! So that is just £4 more for the Wood Mount option... or + £10 for the Clear Mount...

Other items used include:-

• Bokeh Dots Stamps £14 Clear 148113 or £19 Wood 148110 
• Subtle embossing folder 143706 at £9.25 
• 3 ink pads at a cost of £7 each (Real Red 147084; Mossy Meadow 147111, Sahara Sand 147117)
• Gold Embossing Powder 109129 £4.75 

As well as staples of Versamark ink £8.25, Heat Gun £28, Embossing Buddy £5.50, Tombow multipurpose glue £3.75 or Tear & Tape £6.25 and Stampin Dimensionals £3.75

So this is the last card of the trio...  Just a simple one layer A6 standard card...

With the addition of the lovely Bokeh Dots stamp set (as Jane already has that one too! So it seemed rude not to use it!!)

So Sahara Sand stamped Bokeh Dots background... with the Stylish Christmas swirl and little snowflakes also in Sahara Sand...

Hand cut Real Red stamped flower... and Tuesday Top Tip! - the previously stamped & hand cut flower being used to work out the positioning for the Mossy Meadow leaves which are stamped directly onto the card

Finished off with a gold embossed greeting to match the gold Metallics Pearls at the centre of the flower...

And an admittance for you... you can tell my Sahara Sand is a brand new one... don't think I have ever had Sahara Sand stamp this dark before... I may have to move a bit of ink around on the pad before I use it next... as it has always been my go-to-palest-ink-pad when I want subtle!

Merry Monday - Stylish Christmas #2

So my pre-order box of lovely Christmas products has now arrived... but unfortunately I went away for a few days ...just minutes after it arrived!!

So it has sat there unopened and all alone until today when I am back!! So the washing may be delayed a few hours as I concentrate on much more important matters!

But back to the card... Triple Time Stamping this time... just click here for the Card Recipe & Tutorial...

Stamping using Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Sahara Sand inks... on Whisper White & Real Red card... and then "textur-ised" (is that a proper word!!?) using the Subtle Embossing Folder...

Poinsettia centres finished off beautifully with the gold Metallics Pearls.... which I reckon are just made for the job!!

See yesterdays post for a simpler version of this card and for more details and links on the products used...