Usually I don’t make layouts before I have my photos, but I know that I will take several portrait (vertical) photos of our Christmas tree this year. I enjoyed making this layout at my November open studio crop with the Branching Out dies, Elegant Pines Snowflake DSP, and two retired stamp sets.
I love all the shades of green in this DSP (Designer Series Paper). It’s really nice to be “ahead” with this layout (while I ignore all the other projects I am behind on).
Secret Sea and the Peaceful Garden DSP add such richness to the Branching Out bundle!
I used Secret Sea, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce, and Cloud Cover inks. I added die cuts with Peaceful Garden glimmer paper and Pecan Pie cardstock (colored with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends).
I'm going to have a lot of fun playing with this combo at my open studio crop today! Join me if you're in the area!
This simple Branching Out bundle card uses only cardstock, ink, and stamps with a blending brush tool (and some pretty Faceted Snowflakes gems).
I used Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler cardstock with Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler, and Shaded Spruce inks.
The second card from my November card class used the pretty Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP as the focus with die cut accents from the Branching Out bundle.
The Merry Christmas is from the Calm & Bright kit (currently unavailable but will be back in stock).
Here is the Branching Out Christmas card with a masked blending technique (to add layers without bulk) that I made on last Thursday’s Facebook Live. (Did you know that my customers receive a PDF of instructions for each Thursday’s project? All you have to do is place an order with me at https://inkyscrapper.stampinup.net)
Don't forget to decorate the insides of your cards and the coordinating envelopes!
Each month I hold a card class and a scrapbooking class in my basement studio. My November class featured the beautiful Branching Out Bundle (stamp set and dies) and Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP. We make a total of four unique cards.
This card uses the dies from the set along with the 3-D birch embossing folder. The merry Christmas stamp is from October‘s paper, pumpkin, cozy Christmas. Don’t be afraid to mix and match your products!
Can you see where I colored the red berries onto the pecan pie die cuts?
Last weekend, I held my first Coffee & Cards Kit Together at a local bakery/restaurant. Ten people had signed up, but only 6 could make it due to the illness. (I will be rescheduling with the four who fell ill as they are a group of friends.) We had a great time crafting together with the (currently unavailable but will be back in stock) Calm & Bright card kit.
This kit creates 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Most of the ladies had never stamped before, so they definitely built up their confidence!
Can you see the iridescence on some of the die cuts? They add such a pretty sparkle (because the holidays should definitely sparkle and shine).
Two hours was not enough time to put all 9 cards together, so I will schedule better next time! (There will be a next time, probably in January. Let me know if you're interested in attending!)
We were invited to a housewarming party recently, so I quickly made this card using the Calm & Bright kit stamp set and paper from my stash.
I wish that I had stamped some stars or blended some ink in the top left corner to give it a little more texture and dimension, but it's still pretty cute.
Here is another card I featured on a Thursday night Facebook Live on my InkyScrapper page, using the Branching Out bundle in Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler, and Pecan Pie.
A local pet rescue organization held a fundraising dinner recently, and I donated a set of 8 cat and a set of 8 dog cards along with a free stamp class for the recipient(s). I'm pleased to announce that they were bid on, but the winner(s) have yet to contact me about a class. I hope that they will.
This card was so fun to make (and was sent to one of my daughters already)! It's another tri-panel interlocking card (like the one I made for my nephew HERE).
Here is the bonus side-stair card that I made for our other daughter. I added a little Cricut spider and wrote her message on the back.
Hope you have a SPOOK-tacular Halloween!