Greetings from California with Fall Florals for our October Creating Coast to Coast! This month we begin with Rosanne’s card. She comes to us from Pennsylvania and called our theme this month. So let’s travel East to West from… First off, here’s Rosanne’s gorgeous Fall Florals card: Soooo pretty! You…
Welcome back to Create with Stamping Friends! This week we have a color challenge ~ Cajun Craze, Golden Glow, and Old Olive. I used the Radiant Sunflowers Bundle to make my card. I loved the look so much that I did a slightly different version for my recent card class…
We have a slimline card sketch this week at Create with Stamping Friends! I rarely think about making slimline cards, but they are wonderful for the extra room inside to sign. I’ve made a Sunflower Fields slimline card that will be a get well card for a friend who recently…
We’re back with Creating Coast to Coast! This month is my lead, so we’ll be traveling West to East, and I’ve got a gourd-geous card for you today! My theme this month was to create a card with a stenciled background, using a fall theme. So what better than the …
I love a Fall wreath! I pre-ordered Autumn Opulence Specialty DSP, but hadn’t really examined the punch-out pages in the back of the pack until last night. There is one of these awesome wreaths on the last page, so I immediately punched it out and started creating around it. Isn’t…
I mentioned yesterday how beautiful the Glow of Harvest Specialty DSP, our August Product-of-the-Month, is. Today I’m showing you a card I made with one of the sheets. These colors are just so pretty! I made a fun fold that was the style of the first fun fold I ever…
Here’s another sneak peek at things to come! I’ve made a Sunflower Fields birthday card in a fun paneled fold. This stunning DSP and Specialty Foiled paper will be available Sept. 1, 2026. Aren’t these papers beautiful together? This was one of the cards my friends made at my card…
It’s Fun Fold Friday! This is the day I reveal the card I made to play along with Jeanie’s Mystery Monday Stampin’. I used a new paper that will be available on September 1 called Painted Patch. It is bright, bold, and wonderfully whimsical! Here’s my (3 step) card: On…
Painted Patch is a new Suite Collection that is coming out on September 1, 2026. I love this collection! You get the stamp set and dies, of course, Designer Series Paper, an embossing folder, ribbon, embellishments, and Decorative Masks! You will find the Suite Collection on pages 30 & 31…
Last week, Jeanie Stark challenged us with a Mystery Stampin’ post that turned out to be a “Reverse Easel Card.” This fun fold was easy and lots of fun to make. I used Gathering Together DSP. When you take it out of the envelope, it almost looks like any regular…
Every once in a while I like to dig out crafting items that I’ve had in my stash for some time! In the case of this patterned paper, it’s been hidden under others for years! It was like finding a buried treasure!! And this Harvest of Joy stamp set/die from…
It’s Thursday again, already! Time for another Create with Stamping Friends. And we have a fun sketch challenge this week. I’m using Gathering Moments with the fall foliage and the sentiment, “Thankful for you.” Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: The sentiment is a little hard to read in…
Rosanne and I are back with another Creating Coast to Coast! This month Rosanne picked the challenge ~ to create a card using Gathering Together DSP. I love this paper with it’s beautiful gold foiling. So pretty! So this month we are traveling from Pennsylvania, where Rosanne lives, to California,…
I made another fun-fold card for Jeanie Stark’s Mystery Stamping this week! This time it’s a box fold and I created a continuous scene with Splendid Autumn DSP wrapping around four of the five sides. Here’s the front view of the card: If you’d like to try this fold, you…
Welcome September and our first Create with Stamping Friends this month! We have a sketch challenge this week. I combined Charming Day with Splendid Autumn for a Charming (Autumn) Day! Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: Purple doesn’t exactly make me think of Autumn, but the touch of Cajun…
