Nina's Southern Accents: Fall Cards

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Saturday, October 1, 2022

A Gift Idea For Stampin’ for the Christmas Blog Hop

Hey Y'all!

I'm so glad I'm getting to join in with my friends for the Stampin' for Christmas Blog Hop! We have been bringing you projects every month to inspire you and, hopefully, keep Christmas from sneaking up on you. Have you CASE'd any of the projects we've shared? I would love to know!

The project I am sharing today is a set of notecards in a box, and they are so easy to make!

I've used the Kraft Note Cards & Envelopes, along with the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp, the Forever Fern stamp, and the Lovely & Lasting bundle. I used Fall colors for my project, but it can be adapted to use whatever stamps and colors you wish.

The cool thing about this project is that you make your own DSP! The card fronts come from 1 sheet of cardstock!

To make the card fronts, stamp your images in a "cross" pattern in the center of the cardstock, then use your Paper Trimmer to cut the cardstock in quarters to make 4 pieces 4-1/4 x 5-1/2. You will trim these down to make card fronts. You can get 4 A2 size card fronts by trimming the panels to 4 x 5-1/4, but since I used notecards, I trimmed 2 of the panels to measure 3-5/8 x 4-7/8, and I cut 2 of them down to 4-1/4 x 2-3/4, using a leftover piece to decorate the front of my box.

I used Rich Razzleberry cardstock to make my box, and stamped Tone on Tone images to give it some texture. Here are the measurements for the box:

Rich Razzleberry 3-1/2 x 9-1/2, score on the long side @ 3-3/4, 4-1/2, 8-1/4, & 9 (this makes the inner box to hold the cards)
Rich Razzleberry 3-3/4 x 10, score on the long side @ 5-1/4 & 6 (this makes the outer cover that wraps around the box)

Thanks for stopping by today! Make sure to check out all of the other neat projects everyone is sharing...Who's ready for Christmas?

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Product List

Lovely & Lasting Bundle (English)

[158652]

$36.75

Celebrate Sunflowers Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152517]

$24.00

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152559]

$24.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

Natural Finish 7/8" (2.2 Cm) Ribbon

[159051]

$8.50

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Kraft Note Cards & Envelopes

[159247]

$10.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$10.25

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115316]

$9.25

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$8.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$8.00

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$8.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

$63.00

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Thanks for stopping by today, go make something beautiful!

Love,

Nina

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Drapery Fold Card with Beauty of the Earth Suite

Hey Y'all!

The Fall bug has bitten me! Maybe it has something to do with the gorgeous Beauty of the Earth Suite...that DSP though! I didn't plan this on purpose, but this is my second card in a row created with this suite.

This card features a beautiful Fancy Fold called the "Drapery Fold." I was inspired by a fellow demonstrator, Diane Evans, her blog is Stampin With Diane.

To create the fold, you need a 3-1/2 x 8 piece of DSP. You will score it at 2, 3, 5, & 6. Place the DSP in your trimmer at a diagonal with the bottom of the 2 inch score mark in the track of the blade, and the opposite top corner, cut at a diagonal. I used the leftover piece to punch the oval and for the piece on the inside of the card. Fold on the score lines in an accordian

fold and adhere the folds.

Emboss a Copper Foil panel (4x5-1/4) with the Bark embossing folder, adhere the DSP, and wrap a 5" (approximate) length of ribbon across the top of the DSP. I adhered it to the back with just plain clear tape. Adhere this to a Misty Moonlight cardbase, add a Basic White inside panel (4x5-1/4). I stamped a tree from the stamp set, and I love how you can get the fall leaf color using sponge daubers! To achieve this look, ink up the leaf stamp in Bumblebee, the ink a sponge dauber in Cajun Craze and randomly "daub" it over the stamp, then stamp on the cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment and cropped it with one of the dies from the set. I finished it off with some of the Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots. I really have "fall"en in love with this Suite! I hope you are inspired too!

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Product List

Beauty Of The Earth Suite Collection (English)

[155843]

$73.50

Double Oval Punch

[154242]

$18.00

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$5.00

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]

$7.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$7.50

3/8" (1 Cm) Fine Art Ribbon

[154561]

$7.50

Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

[156506]

$9.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

$30.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

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Thanks for stopping by today, go make something beautiful!

Love,

Nina

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Share It Sunday Blog Hop-Beauty of the Earth Suite

Hey Y'all!

It is time for another Share It Sunday Blog Hop with the Crafty Collaborators, a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from all over the globe that love to share our projects that we hope inspire your creativity. Share It Sunday is a "free" day, we get to share anything we want to, so I chose one of the cards we made at a recent class. Fall is in the air, even here in South Georgia the weather has cooled off!

This card was made with products from the Beauty of the Earth Suite in the Annual Catalog. The only stamping on the card is the "Hello" sentiment and the "ground" element. The tree is made from the dies and DSP.

I love adding color with the Blending Brushes...have you used them? I added Balmy Blue as a background for my tree. I distressed the edges of my Very Vanilla panel by running the blade of my snips along the edges, then adhered the tree and the leaf die cut. The adhesive sheets are wonderful for these intricate die cuts! I think my favorite die in the set is the one that creates those sweet little birds! I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a piece of Soft Suede cropped with one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies, then added the birds to give a pop of color.

I embossed a panel of Bumblebee cardstock with the Bark embossing folder. For the inside of the card, I added a Very Vanilla panel and a strip of DSP to the inside of the card...a great way to use scraps!

One of the rules in cardmaking is "no naked envelopes," right? I stamped the tree image in Soft Suede, then inked up the leaf image in Bumblebee. Then I used a sponge dauber inked with Cajun Craze to add ink randomly on the stamp. I love how that created the look of a fall tree!

When I was designing this card, making it in class, and even writing this post, I had in my mind an old hymn we sang in church when I was a little girl..."For The Beauty of the Earth." I don't know if that is what inspired the title of this suite, but it is so appropriate. Here is the first verse and the chorus, written in 1864 by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint...

For the beauty of the earth,

for the glory of the skies,

for the love which from our birth

over and around us lies.

Christ, our Lord, to you we raise

this, our hymn of grateful praise.

Have a beautiful Sunday, friends! Now it's time to see what everyone else is sharing today.

Measurements:

Soft Suede cardbase 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, score at 4-1/4
Bumblebee panel 4 x 5-1/4
Very Vanilla panel 3-3/4 x 5
Inside Very Vanilla panel 4 x 5-1/4
DSP strip 5/8 x 15-1/4

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Product List

Beauty Of The Earth Suite Collection (English)

[155843]

$73.50