Hello my dear crafty friends! It's Stamp-tember! Click here to read more about what amazing fun that means for us! Stamp-tember is a month long creative celebration put on by the lovely folks at Simon Says Stamp. This is the seventh year of Stamp-tember! I love it because it's a time for all of us to share inspiration and creativity with each other. All month there will be prizes and tutorials and inspiring things. You don't want to miss any of it!! Our creative community is so fun and it's great when we can all celebrate together. Many thanks to Heidi for this wonderful event. XO
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For me, Stamp-tember is always the kick off to my favorite crafting seasons....Fall and Winter. There are so many beautiful products this year. Wow. And, all month long there will be new products rolling out. There are special and limited edition product collaborations with many of our favorite companies. I literally cannot wait! I feel so very fortunate to be a part of all of it! Truly.
Today is the big Stamp-tember Blog Hop! Woooo hoooo! What a great way to kick off the festivities. CLICK HERE to see the entire blog line up. Did you arrive here from Lisa's Blog? Yeah, isn't she fabulous??At the end of my post, I'll give you the link to the next stop of the hop - amazing Yoonsun!
You guys know me by now, and you know I can't share just ONE card with you right? I have three to share today. Two Fall cards and one CAS floral card. I'm featuring so many of my favorite new items from the collection. Okay, let's get started!
Fall hugs! I used the Stitched Pumpkins, the Alphabet Blocks, the Stitched Ovals, and the Scripty Big Hugs dies for this project. I also used the pretty leaf stamp as an accent from the Oh Happy Day stamp set. I added just a touch of pretty plaid paper and some kraft cardstock. MMMMM.
I cut out my pretty stitched oval and used a sponge dauber to ink the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I stamped my background leaves also in Antique Linen ink. I die cut the stitched pumpkins from vanilla cardstock. I colored the pumpkins with three shades of yellow and orange distress inks and a small sponge. The quick and easy way to have "highlights" is to leave some white space in the middle of all of your inking! I colored the leaves the same way and mounted them onto my oval with foam tape. I REALLLLLLY love these pumpkins!!
Next up are some pretty Autumn sunflowers! For this one, I created my own loose gingham background paper with the new Basic Stripes stamp set and some SSS Willow Ink. I also used the new Radiant Sunflower Dies (swoon) and the Oh Happy Day stamp set with matching dies.
I cut the die shapes out of brown Bazzill cardstock and the flower petals out of white cardstock. I inked the flowers with a few shades of SSS Inks - and the leaves too. I used the same color of green (Willow) on the leaves and the gingham - to tie my project together. The background was easy to make using the stripes stamps!
The sentiment is stamped in rich brown ink onto cream cardstock and cut out with the matching tag die. I added some rustic twine and some bright yellow enamel dots to finish it off!
Last, but not least, I HAD to use this gorgeous new Stitched Daisies die! It's sooooooo pretty! I used a sheet of Lawn Fawn printed paper and then matched the ink to it. I used the Best Hugs stamp set for my bold crisp sentiment. This is a quick and CAS card that would work for just about any occasion!
Whew! Thank you so much for coming by today and sharing my excitement about Stamp-tember! Next up on this super fab blog hop is the wonderful Yoonsun Hur! I guarantee you're going to love what she made! Get to hoppin! And, remember, there are LOTS OF PRIZES so be sure to leave comments on every blog! Until we meet again my friends..... Here are your links for today:
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LOVE YOUR CARDS! Beautifully done!
Posted by: F Bond | 09/10/2015 at 08:01 AM
I love these pumpkins and daisies Wanda and in such lovely bright colours. x
Posted by: Pat | 09/09/2015 at 10:04 AM
The colors are pleasant and the cards are beautiful
Posted by: Kavita | 09/09/2015 at 01:12 AM
I love your cards - they make me smile & want to go stamp!
Posted by: Brenda | 09/08/2015 at 08:37 PM
Fabulous cards. I like your shading.
Posted by: Sue D | 09/08/2015 at 05:28 PM
Simply beautiful!
Posted by: MaryV | 09/08/2015 at 01:10 AM
What beautiful cards! I love the inking and blending and color combos!
Posted by: Trisha J. | 09/07/2015 at 12:02 PM
love love love! The cards have been photographed so well!
Posted by: Erum | 09/07/2015 at 12:00 PM
Amazing!
Posted by: jacinta | 09/07/2015 at 05:15 AM
AMAZING cards my dear!!!! So excited for this wonderful celebration. ;)
Posted by: Jill Norwood | 09/07/2015 at 02:18 AM
Wonderful cards! Love the fall colors!
Posted by: Laurie | 09/06/2015 at 09:29 PM
Such beautiful cards and colours!
Posted by: Vivien Lee | 09/06/2015 at 07:27 PM
Fabulous cards! The inking on your die cuts is spectacular. All of those dies are on my wishlist!
Posted by: LaurieJ | 09/06/2015 at 06:46 PM
Such sweet cards!! I love the coloring job on the pumpkins...perfection! The sunflowers are truly "radiant". Great fall colors on both. And the stitched daisy card is so pretty! Fantastic layout and colors.
Posted by: Brenda Lee | 09/06/2015 at 05:32 PM
Love all your cards, but the sunflowers really inspire me. Thanks for the fun.
Posted by: snazzy jj | 09/06/2015 at 03:54 PM
Fantastic cards, I can't decide which one I like best!
Posted by: Pam R. | 09/06/2015 at 03:08 PM
Wonderful! Love your style
Posted by: Jana Millen | 09/06/2015 at 02:39 PM
Beautiful cards! Yay for fall and winter!
Posted by: Rachel V | 09/06/2015 at 01:54 PM
Cute cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: sandy | 09/06/2015 at 12:49 PM
Gorgeous cards, Wanda!!! ☺️
Posted by: Erin C. | 09/06/2015 at 08:30 AM
Love love love the cards. Love fall and your cards are perfect, the pumpkins look fantastic!
Posted by: Monica Maier | 09/06/2015 at 07:59 AM
Beautiful cards! I lobe how the "fall" letters let your nackground show through, and the enamel dots on both cards. Your coloring is so soft and pretty! All the fall colors and pumpkins make me want a spiced coffee!
Posted by: Laura P. | 09/06/2015 at 07:22 AM
Great cards. I just love sunflowers
Posted by: Ruth | 09/06/2015 at 04:46 AM
Wonderful cards!
Hugs,
Melanie
Posted by: Melanie | 09/06/2015 at 02:07 AM
I love your cards!
Posted by: Gisella R. | 09/05/2015 at 10:17 PM
Great cards, thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Catrinel | 09/05/2015 at 09:53 PM
Great cards!! I love the brights colors of the pumpkins and flowers!!
Posted by: Megan G | 09/05/2015 at 09:41 PM
Gorgeous cards, loving the color combos - adorable pumpkins, sunflowers and daisies and the plaid backgrounds are awesome!
Posted by: Melissa Friedrich | 09/05/2015 at 09:05 PM
Those cards are really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Ariane C. | 09/05/2015 at 08:47 PM
Beautiful cards! I love the pumpkins and flowers, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Robin Buchholz | 09/05/2015 at 08:42 PM
I just love those pumpkins!
Posted by: annalisa | 09/05/2015 at 08:21 PM
Beautiful cards. I love the one with the pumpkins.
Posted by: Iris Esther López | 09/05/2015 at 08:08 PM
Such pretty cards, Wanda! The Fall Hugs card is so warm and happy! I just love it! ♡
Posted by: Dawn@Petals.Paper.SimpleThymes | 09/05/2015 at 07:55 PM
Like your shading advice
Posted by: Lindsey | 09/05/2015 at 06:37 PM
Great cards. They are so bright and cheerful. I really like your style.
Posted by: Diane M | 09/05/2015 at 05:20 PM
Gorgeous job on the coloring of the stitched pumpkins! Awesome SSS release!
Posted by: Tami | 09/05/2015 at 04:59 PM
Great Job, Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: A Facebook User | 09/05/2015 at 04:51 PM
Beautiful cards, I love the one with pumpkins!!
Posted by: Joanna L | 09/05/2015 at 04:02 PM
Great cards, love your use of the pumpkin and type dies. So fall like.
The daisy is such a colorful, cheery card.
Posted by: Bevyb | 09/05/2015 at 03:01 PM
Great cards!
Posted by: JessieKay | 09/05/2015 at 02:24 PM
Such a beautiful coloring! especially on pumpkins.
Posted by: Anastasia M. | 09/05/2015 at 02:06 PM
Gorgeous cards - thanks for the inspiration
Posted by: Laurie B | 09/05/2015 at 01:53 PM
Gorgeous cards!!! Love those pumpkins!!!
Posted by: Yvonne C. | 09/05/2015 at 01:35 PM
Great cards!! Makes me want all the products you used for them.
Posted by: Vicki | 09/05/2015 at 01:30 PM
Been seeing a number of background paper created with the basic stripes set and I love it!
Posted by: Jeanie L | 09/05/2015 at 01:13 PM
Really cute cards!
Posted by: deedee | 09/05/2015 at 12:25 PM
Gorgeous cards!! Especially like your sunflower card with the DIY gingham background!
Posted by: Lizzie Stoltz | 09/05/2015 at 11:59 AM
Wow! What fabulous cards!
Posted by: Marsha S. | 09/05/2015 at 11:16 AM
Your cards are just so lovely with expert touches of color added to them and just so magnificent and awesome!!
Posted by: Taunya Butler | 09/05/2015 at 10:50 AM
Lovely cards, especially the pumkin one. Love the solour combo and the great choice of bg paper.
Posted by: Katarina | 09/05/2015 at 10:11 AM