Stampin’ Up! Vintage Leaves Blessed by Paisleys & Posies

Happy Saturday, y’all!  I had a bit of an awakening on Friday.  I realized I’m pretty behind on making Thanksgiving cards.  I’ve got buckets and tons of Christmas Cards, and a pretty hefty pile of Halloween Cards, but….I’m short Thanksgiving Cards.  So…hang on to your hats – I’m in make-up mode!

One little Finn update.  Went to the vet today to get weighed (him – not me!!) so we could get the right sized Heartworm medicine.  You may remember – back when Finn first came to live with us….

…he was already a big boy at 34 pounds.  Well, just a month later at almost 6 months old (and a week away from his tutoring 🙁 )…he’s 42 pounds!  He’s a weed!

And I need to show you a cute picture….

That’s him plopped between me and the cabinet while I was unloading silver from the dishwasher.  Not earth shattering – it just made me chuckle! 🙂

My card for today is for Thanksgiving.

About time, Mary!

I used the Paisleys & Posies stamp set – added some Copper-embossed Vintage Leaves – and backed it all up with Petals & Paisleys DSP.  Take a look-see:

This one worked along with three challenges.  The first, from Freshly Made Sketches, inspired the card layout.

I also used a challenge for my color palette.  Take a look at the Color Throwdown challenge:

Finally, the stamp set I used is Paisleys & Posies, which was the featured stamp set in the What Will You Stamp challenge.

To start the card, I SNAILd a piece of Cajun Craze paper from the Petals & Paisleys DSP to an Old Olive card stock mat.  Then I cut a smaller piece of Very Vanilla card stock for the bottom half of my card front.  I stamped the sentiment from the Paisleys & Posies stamp set in Pumpkin Pie in the bottom corner, then I SNAILd it to the card front.

I wrapped a piece of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon around the panel and secured it in the back with scotch tape.  Over that, I wound some Old Olive Baker’s Twine and Copper Metallic Thread three times around the panel.

I made the card stock into my own Designer paper using the small images in the Paisleys & Posies set.  For each image, I stamped them off once before stamping the card.  The colors are Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Old Olive.

For my leaves, I stamped four of the Vintage Leaves images in Versamark on Very Vanilla, sprinkled them all with Copper Stampin’ Embossing Powder and heated them up.  Then I cut them all out with their matching dies in the Leaflets Framelits.  I rolled each of them slightly with my stylus.

I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to secure my leaves to the card front.  Finally, I tied a little bow from a length of Old Olive Baker’s Twine and four strands of Copper Metallic Thread.  I adhered it with some Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue and that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I kept it simple and heat embossed another Vintage Leaves image in Copper on a Very Vanilla panel.

I matted the panel on Old Olive and SNAILd it into my Pumpkin Pie card base.  Then I popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got another Copper-embossed Vintage Leaf on the front…

…and a bit more of the Petals & Paisleys DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  When you need a Thanksgiving card, it’s tough to go wrong with some Paisleys & Posies images and the fall-colored Petals & Paisleys DSP!  And Vintage Leaves are always a winner! Hope you like! 🙂

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!

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STITCHED SHAPES FRAMELITS UPDATE

TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK….

Because of the extreme demand, the Stitched Shapes Framelits (item 145372) are currently on backorder and will be placed on non-orderable status on November 21, 2016, at 10:00 AM (MT).  After Monday, when you enter this product’s item number in, you will receive a pop-up notification asking if you would like to be notified via email when this product is back in stock.  This allows you to find out immediately when the item’s status changes and it is again available for purchase.

You’ve still got time to get your set ordered so you can get them just as soon as they become available – so don’t wait! Click here or on the image below to go right to my online store to order the die set if you’d like to be able to order before the number is turned off.  The number will be turned off on Monday and you won’t be able to order them until the supply is replenished.  I’ve made several cards in the past few days with these great Framelits if you need some motivation to get them ordered before you can’t! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! gave us an estimated arrival date of 28 Nov for the shipment of dies.  Hopefully they’ll be back in stock that day or very soon after, so there’s not too much time before you can get them!

Stitched From the Heart Stamp Sale in Full Swing!

The 25% off sale on coordinating stamp sets is still going strong and will be thru the end of this month! Click here to open up a PDF with the list of stamp sets that are on sale.  Or – you can go right to them in my Online Store….here! 🙂

Details:

• 1 – 30 November 2016: select stamp sets 25% off
• Promotion Deadline (25% off select stamp sets): 30 November 2016, by 11:50 PM (MT)

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TTFN

Mary

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:      

CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:

Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″)

Old Olive Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 2 3/4 x 3 7/8″ (sentiment panel): 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner);

Petals & Paisleys DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); envelope flap

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