Wishing You Well

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   #ProtipTuesday   Being part of the Stampin' Up family is so much fun! I get to share what I love with my friends, I get to stamp with my FaithfulINKspirations team, I get to attend my upline team meetings (shout out: Proverbial Stampers & Friends!), and I get to attend Stampin' Up corporate events. There's so much to love about being part of this stampin' family. You become part of the family when you join Stampin' Up as a demonstrator. If you're thinking about being a demonstrator, I'd love to have you on my team. If you want more info, please contact me!

Today's card is one that we made at the Proverbial Stampers & Friends new catalog gathering. I was so glad to get to use products from the Come to Gather Suite in the Holiday catalog. This card uses the "Harvest Hellos" and "Gather Together" stamp sets.

We stamped the pumpkin image from the "Harvest Hellos" stamp set in Pretty Peacock Ink onto Whisper White Card Stock and punched it out with the Apple Builder Punch. Here's your Tuesday PROTIP: We used a Blender Pen to pull some of the ink from the stamped image to fill in the pumpkin. If you can't get enough coverage, you can pick up some ink from the stamp you used to stamp the image--there's always ink left behind! We stamped the leaf in Old Olive Ink, punched it with the Apple Builder Punch, and used a Blender Pen to fill in the color. We did the same technique with the stem, which is stamped in Early Espresso Ink.

Next, we embossed the top of 4" by 5-1/4" Early Espresso panel with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. PROTIP: To emboss part of a piece of card stock, roll the folder and card stock partway into the die cut machine and then roll it back out. We adhered a 3-7/8" by 2-1/4" piece of the beautiful Come to Gather Designer Series Paper to the bottom of this panel. Then we wrapped a length of Crumb Cake Come to Gather Ribbon around the seam. Let me tell you this ribbon is smooth as silk. It's gorgeous in real life!!! We then adhered everything to a Pretty Peacock Card Stock Card base.

We stamped a sentiment from the "Come to Gather" set in Pretty Peacock Ink onto Whisper White Card Stock and cut it out with one of the Ornate Frame Dies in the Monster Bash Suite--DO NOT miss those! We adhered the pumpkin and the sentiment piece to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals and added two Noble Peacock Rhinestones to the label to finish the card. Gorgeous!!

tams# 37807

Product List

Gather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [150589] $17.00	Harvest Hellos Bundle (En) [153037] $35.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $7.50
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $8.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $11.50	Blender Pens [102845] $12.00	Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder [152320] $10.00	Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $34.00
Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack [150456] $9.00	Noble Peacock Rhinestones [149494] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Bushel of Thanks

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   #ProtipTuesday   Today is the first day of fall, so you know what that means--bring out your sweaters and flannels, sip some mulled cider, take a nice walk in the cool air. I wish. Here in Maryland on the first day of fall it was in the mid 90's and humid. Yuck! Well, I can dream about fall until that crisp weather arrives. 

In the meantime, I have a fall card for you--with a little bit of "flannel" in the background (if you use your imagination). We made this card at a recent gathering of my Stampin' Up group, Proverbial Stampers & Friends. Well, we got the ingredients for this card, but I took my ingredients home and added a few things to step it up. I think my card turned out right cute.

I adhered a 3-3/4" by 5" Real Red checked Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper to a 4" by 5-1/4" Basic Black Card Stock mat. I wrapped a length of Real Red Cotton Ribbon around this before adhering everything to a Real Red Card Stock card base. Next, I added a 2" by 3-3/4" Basic Black Card Stock strip to the card and adhered Granny Apple Green apples to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. The apples are from the "Harvest Hellos" set in the Holiday Catalog. They're stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and punched out with the Apple Builder Punch.

I added a banner of "thanks" to my card. I cut a 1" strip of Whisper White Card Stock, stamped the sentiment from the "Good Morning Magnolia" set in Tuxedo Black Ink, and flagged the end with the Tailored Tag Punch. "What's that?" you ask! Yes, that's today's Protip! The Tailored Tag Punch can be used for flagging the ends of banners!

Here's my banner before. . .

. . .and here's how to insert it into the Tailored Tag Punch to  flag the end. I even love that there are "guide lines" on the back of the punch. What a genius Protip!

Come on back tomorrow. I have a really wonderful Christmas card to share with you!

tams# 37399

Product List

Harvest Hellos Bundle (En) [153037] $35.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990] $8.75	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper [150432] $11.50	Tailored Tag Punch [145667] $18.00
Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Cotton Ribbon [146925] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00