Seasonal Sayings Stamp Set

I was just sitting here thinking about another idea for yet another Christmas card design.  Then it hit me, I have actually been designing a set of cards around one stamp set lately, Seasonal Sayings.  I have joined two card swaps over on Facebook.  One was completed this month (August) and the other isn't due until September 15th.  As most Stampin' Up! fans know, they retired almost every stamp set having to do with holidays in the new 2013 - 2014 Catalog.  This meant for my fall and winter holiday cards I would have to purchase new stuff from the Holiday Catalog to swap with current supplies.  I did purchase a couple of Christmas/Winter things, but the funds are tight right now and I just couldn't stretch it out far enough to include the fall stuff yet.  Well, I wanted to join in all the great swaps going on.  I sat and searched through the stamp sets I have for the ones that did not retire.  Luckily for me, I have quite a few that stayed current.  As I was looking, Seasonal Sayings caught my eye.  It is still current!  For the first swap it was Halloween.  Seasonal Saying has a "Happy Halloween" sentiment.  I had purchased some of the new designer series paper when it was on sale and some of the Venetian Romance seemed close enough to use.  I had the Chevron embossing folder.  I had a design.

Now there is a Fall/Thanksgiving swap coming up.  I went back to Seasonal Sayings and used the "Thanks Is For Giving" sentiment.  I paired it with my Autumn Accents Bigz Die and my Square Lattice embossing folder and I loved it.

Now I am looking at this set again and thinking about the Christmas stamp and Celebrate! and Love You.  I could create a Christmas card with this.  Celebrate! could be a birthday or New Years card.  Love You could be an anniversary or Valentines' Day card.  I can create 5 more cards in this series.  So many possibilities with this set.  Keep an eye out.  I now have a plan for when I walk into my craft room.  I want to finish this series of cards.

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Fall/Thanksgiving Card Tutorial

Gather all your materials.  You will need Crushed Curry Cardstock (11 x 4.25), Very Vanilla Cardstock (4 x 5.25), Very Vanilla Cardstock (4 x 2.5), Pearl Basic Jewels, bone folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Simply Scored Stylus, Stampin' Sponges, Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Sahara Sand Ink, Pumpkin Pie Ink, Chocolate Chip Ink, So Saffron Ink, Gumball Green Ink, Real Red Ink, Stampin' Dimentionals, Snail Adhesive, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, and Seasonal Sayings Stamp Set.

 Start by folding your Crushed Curry Cardstock in half to form your card base and set aside.

 Run the larger piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing folder and set aside.

 Run the smaller piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock through the Big Shot using the Apothecary Accents and set aside

Cut out two of the Maple Leaves from the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.

Place the leaves on the Stampin' Pierce Mat and using your Simply Scored Stylus, draw veins on the leaves.

 For the first leaf, I used Sahara Sand, Gumball Green , Real Red, and Chocolate Chip Ink.

 For the second leaf, I used Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, and Chocolate Chip ink.

I used the "Thanks is for giving" stamp from the Seasonal Sayings stamp set.

 Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig line up the stamp on the Very Vanilla Cardstock you ran through the Big Shot with the Apothecary Accents.

 Sponge around with Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie Ink.

Add the medium sized Pear Basic Jewels to the front and two Stampin' Dimentionals on the back.

 Adhere the Very Vanilla piece you ran through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder to your Crushed Curry Card Base.

 Adhere the leaves to the card front.

 Adhere your saying at the bottom of the card.

Such a colorful card perfect for Fall or Thanksgiving.

Late Night Stampers Fall 2013 Treasure Hunt

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