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Comfort Cafe: Wonderfall Card for a Guy

How often do you find yourself thinking about making a card for a guy?  Tricky business, isn’t it? Well, it turns out, not so tricky after all!  Here are some simple steps to making guy cards easy:

• Change the color scheme – go with subdued earth tones, or a primary color palette
• Take out the glitter – except for guys who wear 14 gold chains around their neck, save the bling for your girlfriends
• Lose the frou-frou – no cute scallop-y edges here

Here’s an adapted card from the one I shared last week.  This time featuring the Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper (126898 – see it online) – and thanks to the artists at Stampin’ Up! for putting this color palette together!  Here are my colors:

• Summer Starfruit
• Cajun Craze
• Not Quite Navy

Here’s the card (created for my Here Come The Holidays Class this evening!):

The card features the Wonderfall stamp set (see it online) and the coordinating Autumn Accents Bigz Die (see it online). The project and step-by-step directions were posted last week on my blog — but sometimes it’s nice to see the process in action (here’s a Video Tutorial)!

Happy Stamping!

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Three Step Leaves: A Video Tutorial

I keep finding these random leaves around my craft room – and they make me smile every time! The Wonderfall stamp set (see it online) and the coordinating Autumn Accents Bigz Die (see it online) are too much fun together!

The project and step-by-step directions were posted this week on my blog — but sometimes it’s nice to see the process in action!

Here’s a Video Tutorial that will teach you how to make these at home:

Happy Stamping!

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Wonderfall: Three Step Leaves that “Wow”

This card features the new Wonderfall stamp set (see it online) and the coordinating Autumn Accents Bigz Die (see it online), both from the new Holiday Collection Catalog (browse online).

I designed this card based on projects that were shared at Convention this past summer.

My favorite embellishments on this card:

• the Woodgrain Embossing Folder
• Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons
• Champagne Glimmer Paper
• Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper

Here are the steps to making these fantastic leaves on your own:

1. Cut out the maple leaf with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die and stamp the coordinating Wonderfall image.  For best results, lay the stamp rubber side up and press die-cut leaf onto the stamp. (More Mustard ink here)
2. Use a Sponge Dauber to color the edges of the leaf using the 2^nd darkest ink color (Cajun Craze).
3. Crumple the leaf and flatten it out, then press the darkest ink pad (Raspberry Ripple) directly onto the leaf to create the veining.  Press lightly at first and add more color if desired.

At first I was surprised at the Raspberry Ripple color mixed for autumn — but it’s perfect! Go ahead and try it yourself, and be sure to let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping!

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Convention Day 2: The Good News & The Bad News

Which do you want to hear first?  The GOOD news or the BAD news?  Okay, here it comes… the good news is that we saw so many fabulous/gorgeous/inspiring projects today at Convention Day 2.  The bad news… well, the bad news is that the only 4 items from the Holiday Catalog that I didn’t think I needed to get?  So much for that.  After today, now I know that I’ll need to get all 4 of them, too!! So yup, that makes it pretty much the whole catalog that I’ll be needing.  Good thing we get a discount as demonstrators

Here are some pictures from our day, starting off with gathering for the first general session.

Want to see some of those fabulous stamping ideas? Shannon West came out in her witch costume to get us in the mood for Halloween and fall projects, and here’s a holiday place card that she created using White Staz-On Ink (106960 – see it online) and the upcoming Woodgrain Embossing Folder (127821 – new on August 1st!).

First, the Staz-On Ink goes directly on the embossing folder.  Next, press the Window Sheet (3 x 3″ here) onto the folder and emboss with your Big Shot.  Finally, embellish with elements from the Wonderfall stamp set (w- 128084 or c-128087; available August 1st).

Want to see how Shannon made some gorgeous leaves?

Here are her 3 simple steps to a perfectly natural leaf (if natural leaves could have letters on them 

1. Cut out the maple leaf with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die (127812 – available August 1st) and stamp the coordinating Wonderfall image
2. Use a Sponge Dauber to color the edges of the leaf
3. Crumple the leaf and flatten it out, then press a darker ink pad directly onto the leaf to create the veining

So many fun projects (I might have mentioned that) and then we had a chance to win free stamps!  Here’s Karla from our group…doesn’t she look excited?

We also have the chance to see LOTS of display cards and other projects at Convention.  Here’s just one of several aisles of projects:

And on one display, we were excited to see a project sent in by our very own Rae Anne Littrell!  Rae Anne created this sweet baby project for her son Cole using My Digital Studio.

ALL the displays are gorgeous – check out the banners that are part of the ‘summer picnic’ theme in the Gathering Place this year. Can’t you see them as part of a festive backyard BBQ?

Alright, once again I’m falling asleep while typing… it’s hard on the keyboard (and my nose) so I think I’m done for the evening.  But stay tuned for more of my Convention 2012 posts!

Happy Stamping!

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