This card is cased from one I got at convention during general swapping. The original was created by Diane Harman. I changed the colors and sentiment – but used the layout.
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Wildflower Meadow, Petite Pairs
Card stock – Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
Ink – Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
Etc – Wildflower Meadow embossing folder, Oval punch, scalloped oval punch, pearls
I really like this color combo – very soothing. Hugs, Fran
Here’s a new Label Thinlit card using Festive Flurries and Winter Frost Specialty paper to create a card. I cased this design from one Shelli did on stage – but changed a few things to work with the supplies I had on hand. The sentiment is Merry Little Christmas embossed in silver.
Something you should know about these Thinlit cards is that they can not handle heavy embellishments in the center of the card. I originally used a snowflake Frosted Embellishment in the center of the snowflake and it was so heavy the card kept falling over! Light and east with these 
Stamp sets – Merry Little Christmas, Festive Flurry
card stock – Shimmery White, Whisper White, Winter Frost DSP, Silver Glimmer
Ink – Versamark, Coastal Cabana
Etc – Thinlits Label die, silver embossing powder, Northern Flurry embossing folder, rhinestones. Adorning Accents Edgelit, Silver ribbon
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Here’s another card using the Circle Thinlits (133480
) and Color Me Christmas. This is simple paper piecing. I stamped the tree on 3 different pieces of Season of Style Designer Series paper (132340) and cut one layer of the tree from each. Then I just layered them over the image. I also used Wishing You ( 131748) to add some little packages to the corner.
The Regal Candy Dots fit perfectly on the tree – just follow the image! Very easy – Very Cute!
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Wishing You
card stock – Old Olive, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Circle Thinlit, Regal Candy Dots, Silver ribbon, Season of Style Washi Tape
So I’m showing Christmas cards and it’s hot and humid here today. Wishful thinking Hugs, Fran
It’s August 1 and I’m messing around with Halloween projects This is a SVG cutting file (SVGcuts.com – Maple Manor) that makes a 3-D house – decorated for Halloween. I cut this with my Sizzix Eclips. The paper is from the Holiday Mini and is called Witches’ Brew. The stamp on the front dorr is Toil & Trouble and the little banner on the porch is from Halloween Bash. I also added a picket fence with a very old Sizzix die. The bats flying over the house are the retired bat punch.
This shows it with the lights off and the house lit. Spooky! There are 3 tea lights inside.
And I thought I’d throw this picture in so you can get an idea of how large this house really is! It took 14 sheets of 12 x 12 Basic Black and 5 sheets of Witches’ Brew DSP to put together. Now – back to summer! Hugs, Fran
Does this look familiar? I cased myself – I took the front elements from this card and made a “regular” card.
Stamp Sets – Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages
Card stock – Whisper White, Winter Frost DSP, Silver Glimmer
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Versamark, Smokey Slate
Etc – Scallop Edge punch, Festive Flurry Framelits, Frosted Finished Embellishments.
The Holiday Mini starts August 1 – and I’m so excited! Hugs, Fran
p.s. Anyone have an idea on getting my sleep back on track after traveling?
This is a cute little Christmas set called Color Me Christmas. It will be available August 1st and has 5 little Christmas images. I chose the reindeer for this card because he’s so handsome I used a new Thinlit die called Circle Label which will also be available on the 1st. It cuts a flip card and a few other pieces to decorate. Unfortunately I’m having a problem with a few of the pieces so I hope to get that resolved today.
Mr Reindeer’s suit is paperpieced over the watercoloring I did. His nose is a pearl colored with a Sharpie. This Designer Series paper is the new Season of Style. I actually did the chevron with the little Thinlit in the set – but it could also be done with the Chevron Border punch.
Some Washi tape and a few sentiments finish it off – oh! and a jingle bell tied to the top!
Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas, Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Messages
card stock – Water Color paper, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Thinlit Circle Label die, Christmas Washi tape, pearl, Sharpie, jingle bell, Cherry Cobbler baker’s twine, 2 1/2 circle punch
I can’t wait for the Holiday Mini to go live! Hugs, Fran
I happen to know someone who had a birthday on Tuesday who is very, very crafty – so I made her a crafty pop n cut card! I used the Birthday Basics Designer Series paper and the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set. Can you guess who it is?
She’s quite the Pop N Cuts kind of gal –
She can always be seen with the exclusive Stampin Up Dress Form insert and matching Framelit –
Check out her Pop N Cuts cards and her pretty banner decorating her stamp room –
And her stack of dies –
They’re all over her work place – dies and inserts!
And, of course, her Big Shot! Any guesses! Hugs, Fran
First off – good news! The Label Insert is available again! This is such good news because the Label insert can be used for any and every card you want to create. Now for a sneak peek of two new sets from the upcoming Holiday Mini – Festive Flurry and Christmas Messages – using the Pop N Cuts Label insert designed by Karen Burniston exclusively for Stampin Up.
The Festive Flurry set has a matching Framelit and I die cut it 4 times – Glimmer paper, Bermuda Bay, embossed silver, and Coastal Cabana. The snowflake is a new embellishment called Frosted Finishes.
The Designer Series paper is Winter Frost and it’s a specialty paper. I took my colors straight from the paper.
A smaller snowflake for the inside.
The sentiment is on the matching Deco Label Framelit. I just love when things coordinate!
That hanging snowflake is on a box made by cutting the fold of the
shelf and making another box. Then I cut the snowflake to hang
it. (I really could have made things easier for myself by just slitting the snowflake – I quite often do things the hard way!)
Stamp Sets – Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages
card stock – Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Bermuda Bay, Winter Frost DSP
Ink – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Smokey Slate, Versamark
Etc – SU exclusive PNC base and Label insert, Festive Flurry and Deco Label Framelits, Frosted Finished embellishment, silver embossing powder, Scallop edge punch
This card really sparkles in real life. Wonder why it’s so hard to photograph glitter? Hugs, Fran
This is one of the project suites I did for ustampwithdawnandfriendscoolmoves2013 – Cool Moves. This is a Pop N Cuts – imagine that! I used the stamp set Timeless Talk for this project.
There is still time to join in the fun and have access to all the incredible project suites by all the amazing designers!
Go Daddy is giving me a headache this morning – techie I am not. Hugs, Fran
I case the idea for this from Shelli Gardner (!) but I changed several things. I kept the layout and the elements on the card and that’s about it.
Since I don’t have the background stamp she used, I chose Dictionary for my background. To make the lighter/darker areas on the background stamp, I inked it in Crumb Cake and then took a sponge dauber and added some Early Espresso. The center piece is the Framelit from Chalk Talk and the stamp set I used is Lacy & Lovely. I also switched out the sentiment and used Perfect Pairs. I love the card – and really love how changing just a few things makes it my own (kind of!)
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Beautifully Baroque, Petite Pairs, Lacy & Lovely, Dictionary
cardstock – Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Vellum Card stock
Ink – Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Etc – Chalk Talk Framelit, Beautiful Butterfly die, Pansy punch, Baroque embossing folder, Vintage clear button, linen thread, Butterfly punch (small), Rhinestone
To make the big flower, I punch 3 or 4 pansy punches, misted them with water and wadded each punch up. After they dried, I stacked them together and used glue to hold them. Once it was dry I gathered the petals into the look I wanted and glued it to the card. (I might need to hand deliver this one!) Hugs, Fran