Saturday Card Sketch 824 - I Went Crazy With This Fall Card!

 Welcome to The Joyful Stamper blog, where you'll discover that you can be creative and you can make something pretty!  I encourage you to give card making a try and know that you can always reach out to me for help.

Every Saturday, I post the weekly sketch from Splitcoaststampers (a favorite place of mine) and also show you my take on it.  The best part is that you can make what I make because I have a video and written instructions for you!

This past Monday, 3 friends and I met to stamp the day away.  We each brought a project to share (those will be shared in a future post) and this one was mine.  There are a lot of details and techniques in this autumn card, but they are easy and add up to something WOW!

The full supply list is in the clickable image at the end of this post.  I'll point out the tips and tricks.  🌞Joyful Stamper Tip #1: See those metallic leaves inside the card?  They were cut from the label on the card front (the Brushed Metallic one behind the Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper label)!  The cut portion is covered by the top label.  This paper-saving trick stretches your use of that precious metallic paper!

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip #2: Gently separate a 6-1/2" length of Braided Linen Trim and pull out 3 strands.  Fold the trim in half and tie the 3 strands in a knot around the folded trim.  Adhere the piece beside your sentiment with a Mini Glue Dot.  Isn't that rustic look fabulous?

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip #3: After stamping the collage on Very Vanilla cardstock (images are from the Gather Together set in the Holiday catalog), run it through your Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine with the Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder.  The texture is divine - run your fingers over it and see if you don't agree!

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip #4: This tip is the one that made me most excited - use your Stampin' Blends (Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze in my sample) to color the large leaf image.  Before die-cutting, outline each leaf with a Dark Mint Macaron Stampin' Blend.  The effect makes those leaves pop off your card!

Pin, print, or save the tutorial for this card.  

 

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Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

New! Creativity Kits from The Joyful Stamper - Order by September 11

 I'll apologize right now for my abundance of excitement over my new Creativity Kits - it might be excessive, but I always get a little over-eager when sharing something that I think everyone will enjoy (just ask my cross country team and my family lol).

The Joyful Stamper Creativity Kits are designed to make you feel as if you are right in the stamp studio with me and we're stamping along together.  It's not a live class, though, so you can sit down with your kit and play any time you want.  Your Creativity Kit price includes access to a video demonstrating all the included projects.  The video is slower paced than your typical YouTube or Facebook Live so that you can easily follow along.  Of course, pausing and "rewinding" are always an option, too!

September's Creativity Kit includes:

• 4 project kits
• $20+ of Stampin' Up! product
• Bonus ideas
• link to written tutorials
• link to private video demonstrating kit projects at a relaxed, slower pace for the most enjoyable creative experience
• A fun treat to enjoy while stamping
• Earn 1 Joyful Stamper Reward Point for every 3 Creativity Kits you order 
• Kit shipping is included in the price
• The option to add on the featured stamp set or bundle - Gather Together - for just the catalog price.  I pay shipping and tax!

The featured bundle (stamp set and dies) is Gather Together, on page 47 of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog.

Inks used in the September Creativity Kit projects are: Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and Mint Macaron.

Adhesives used in the September Creativity Kit projects are: Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

You can use the inks and adhesives you have (they are not included in the kit) or order them here.

How to Get a Joyful Stamper Creativity Kit

Email me at nicole@thejoyfulstamper.com by September 11 for this month's kit featuring the Gather Together Bundle.  Kits are $35 each.  If you'd like to add on the Gather Together stamp set or Bundle, please include that in your email.  A PayPal payment request will be sent to your email and must be paid within 24 hours of receipt.  You do not need a PayPal account to pay - credit and debit cards can be used to pay the invoice.

👉The kits will ship by the end of September.  If a product backorder delays the shipping of the kits, I will clearly and immediately communicate that to you.👈

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• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
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Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

How to use Plaid to Make Birthday Cards for Guys

 Hello, my joyful friends!  Every Thursday at 11 AM ET I go live on The Joyful Stamper Facebook Page.  Everyone is invited for a half hour of stamping fun!  I'll post the replay and project sheet with measurements below after the Live.  You can print the project sheet for easy reference.

I had a request for birthday cards for men so I searched the Holiday Mini catalog for ideas to inspire me.  Success!  Can you tell which card I CASED?  Hint: it's towards the back of the catalog.

This card THRILLS me with how it turned out!  I mixed the Buffalo Check background stamp with a Bumblebee Stampin' Write Marker to create my own plaid pattern.  The pumpkins (from Gather Together) look semi-watercolored but were actually colored with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker.  

Tip: when doing simple coloring without any shading or layering of hues, or when coloring in small areas, use your Stampin' Write Markers.  They're more economical!  

This card features a homemade plaid background using Stampin' Write Markers and a Chalk Marker.  A ruler and Grid Paper were helpful in keeping the lines straight. 

Note: I actually went a different route for the background with this card in my live.  Now the background looks like faded flannel!  You have to check it out!  The project sheet shows my detoured project.

A detail that is totally me - the more frayed the Braided Burlap Trim, the more it makes my heart sing!  Do you have a stamping detail that says YOU?  Leave me a comment letting me know what it is!

Get the Project Sheet with details here.

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If you are enjoying The Joyful Stamper site

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• Subscribe to Stampin' News, a weekly email that delivers fun, tips, and specials right to you.  Get a free exclusive Stampin' News Subscriber pdf tutorial as a sign-up thank you!
• Shop my store and to save money check out the Clearance Rack and Discounted Bundles.
• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
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Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

Double Easel Card & Using Negative Die-Cuts - Happy Half Hour Facebook Live

Hello, my joyful friends!  Every Thursday at 11 AM ET I go live on The Joyful Stamper Facebook Page.  Everyone is invited for a half hour of stamping fun!  I'll post the replay and project sheet with measurements below after the Live.  You can print the project sheet for easy reference.

I cannot WAIT to show you how to make this VERY easy fun fold!!  And look at all that real estate you have to work with!

I pulled out the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper from the new Holiday Mini Catalog (request a free package) and paired it with the Gather Together Bundle, a returning favorite (it made my Favorites list).

The leaves look stunning die-cut with Brushed Metallic cardstock.  I couldn't choose from the bronze, copper, or gold so I used all 3!

I also used the Ornate Frames dies to cut more of the DSP to create 2 labels.  One is used as a substrate for the Embroidered Ribbon, hand-cut stamped wheat sheaf, and Gilded Gem.  The other label showcases the sentiment and more Gilded Gems. 

With a card this dressed up, I couldn't leave the inside naked!  I cut a Very Vanilla piece with the largest die from Ornate Layers and stamped it with images from Gather Together in Cajun Craze and Mint Macaron.

So, remember the 3 metallic leaves from the first card in this post?  I used their negative space for this one!  What is negative space?  It's what's left after die-cutting your main shape.  

This card is very simple and elegant and came together in under 10 minutes.  The paper is from the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper and sits on a Thick Very Vanilla card base.  The sentiment was selectively inked in Early Espresso and is from the Gather Together stamp set. 

 

Project Sheet with Details for both the cards.

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• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
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Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

Saturday Sketch + Card Video & PDF Tutorial

I got SO excited when I saw this sketch!  Immediately visions of the giant leaf from Gather Together filled my mind and the color scheme of Shaded Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, and Coastal Cabana was decided upon.

This card just fell right out of my head and onto the stamps, ink, and paper in 30 minutes.  Don't you LOVE stamping sessions like that?  It turned out exactly as I envisioned!  And I love it so much, I made a video and wrote a tutorial for you.  

There are two pretty fun techniques on this card that will make you say WoW, too.  One is creating a tri-colored leaf with sponge daubers and the other is a unique way to jazz up wooden embellishments using embossing powder and Stampin' Blends.

Pin or print the tutorial to try both the techniques!

Watch the video to see how to make this card!

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Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge

I'm up to my eyeballs in Thanksgiving Day food preparation today.  I last made this feast 21 years ago when I was 23 and with the help of my mom (so in other words, half a lifetime ago)!  My brother, sister-in-law, 7 year old niece, and 5 year old twin nephews are also coming to stay with us in our one-story, 1200 square foot home.  Oh, and did I mention we have one bathroom and 3 children of our own?  And that we're all running a Turkey Trot tomorrow, including the cook (me)?  It sounds like the Griswald's Christmas Vacation movie!  But not by a long shot, because we love our family and are excited to see them!  My little niece and nephews are adorable and funny.  And my sister-in-law is an incredible cook, so nothing can go wrong with this feast that she can't salvage!

No matter what, though, there's always time for stamping 😊  And a Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge comes to the rescue when I need a quick creative fix.  

Not gonna lie - I am patting myself on the back for this card.  I ADORE those gorgeous, deep, rich autumnal hues.  I especially love the contrast of the dark Early Espresso card base and Stitched Rectangle panels with the leaves die-cut with Come To Gather Designer Series Paper.  The Cajun Craze and Merry Merlot colors in that paper really stand out!

Just arrange the die-cut leaves on the panels and trim off the excess.  Adhere the panels with Stampin' Dimensionals and add sentiment strips stamped in Cajun Craze and highlighted with tiny Gold Brads.  The measurements and supply list are in the tutorial below - just click the image!

Enjoy the downloadable tutorial.  Don't forget to print it and add it to a binder, along with my other free tutorials (look for the "Click here for free tutorial image on my blog posts)!

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Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Yesterday I held a Christmas card class at my local library.  The laughs and the conversation were uplifting.  Plus, it felt good to relax and cut loose with some creativity!  The best part was meeting the women who attended - there really are so many friendly people out there.  I left that class energized and refreshed, and I hope the other women there felt that way, too.  I'm holding another class today - a Sweet 'N Simple class - and get to experience the same kind of connections.  If you're in the Pittsburgh, PA area, I would love to meet you at a class!  And if you're not in the Pittsburgh, PA area, then consider my printable tutorials, photo tutorials, and weekly Facebook Lives my classes brought to you!  Let me know what you'd like to see, learn, and read reviews on.  I'm open to it all!

It's Wednesday so it's time for a Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge.

View the thread for this week's sketch.  You can always upload your card to the thread for us to see!  These challenges have no deadline.

I saw leaves when viewing this sketch.  I also saw snowflakes but since the season for making fall cards is quickly closing, leaves it was!  

Underneath that vellum is a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, randomly stamped with the sentiment in Old Olive ink.  I love how it subtly peeks through.  A gold brad in each corner adds warmth to the card and neatly frames the "swirling" leaves.  Those were created with Come To Gather designer series paper and the Gathered Leaves dies.

A neat trick is to use a bone folder to curl the ends of twine.  A sponge dipped in Soft Suede ink was used to add focus to the sentiment piece.  Sponging is one of my favorite go-to techniques.  Click the image below for a printable pdf that has the measurements, supply list, and steps to create this card.

You also can watch the replay of my Tuesday Facebook Live to see how to make this same card.  There was a beautiful, perfect snowfall happening right outside my window as I was live and it felt so cozy to be stamping!

Want to see more projects using Gather Together?

See other Gather Together projects here.  There's a mix of cards and home decor pieces.  You can always search my blog by stamp set by typing the name in the search box.

If you enjoyed this post, pick a way to connect with The Joyful Stamper:

• Shop my online store using the host code 7YNXHH3W and receive as my gift to you a 6 Pack of Christmas Card Tutorials ($15 value).  If you liked the one above, you'll enjoy these!
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• Request a catalog, if you are not already working with a demonstrator you love.
• Join My Joyful Stampers team - instant community of people who love stamping as much as you do!
• Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, the monthly crafting kit for those who like neat, simple solutions to their crafting needs.  As part of your subscription, you'll receive a monthly newsletter with alternate ideas and an instructional video.
• Attend one of my local, in-person classes - laughter is good medicine!
• Follow me on Facebook for more interaction and spontaneous fun!
• Follow me on Pinterest for daily inspiration.
• Subscribe to my YouTube channel to see stamping demonstrations.

  

Thank you for choosing me as your demonstrator!