I know the calendar just turned to October but I’ve been busy designed Christmas cards for classes. I’ve been playing with the Wrapped in Plaid Suite — so much fun. The plaid designs remind me of Christmas dresses I had when I was young — I just love them.
Isn’t this card super simple but so adorable.
I did a little teasing on Facebook this past week about a project I was working on. The posts definitely peaked interest so I thought it was time to share the project with everyone.
I love making framed art projects. I saw a few pictures of framed art that others were making using the Come to Gather Bundle and I knew that was my next piece of art. The Come to Gather Designer Paper is gorgeous and the color combo is fabulous — Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze. I added Gray Granite as my neutral color and it turned out wonderful, if I do say so myself!!
This was definitely the hit of the night at class. They were a little overwhelmed at first but quickly realized it wasn’t hard but there are lots and lots of layers. It was lots of fun to make and everyone was very proud when they finished. I’m sure I will see some pictures of the frames hanging on their walls.
How would you like to make this framed art picture for yourself. You must have the Come to Gather Bundle (stamp set and dies) plus the stamp pads and Stampin’ Blends shown below (no stamping will be done).
I will cut the pieces and die cut the pieces that are not in the Gathered Leaves Dies
(you have to cut those out yourself).
It’s time to share the cards I designed for our Holiday Hoopla. Since tonight I’m having a class featuring the Come to Gather Suite, I thought this card would be a good one to share first. It uses the Gather Together stamp set and Gathered Leaves Dies along with with Come to Gather Designer Paper.
I love the fall colors in this card.
The Birch background stamp was perfect on Very Vanilla with Sahara Sand ink and a layer of Cajun Craze behind it. The Come to Gather Designer Paper strip was punched with the Banner Triple Punch. Gather Together was stamped with Cajun Craze ink. I cut out leaves from Pretty Peacock, Soft Suede and Cajun Craze with the fabulous dies that emboss and cut at the same time — love it. The large leaf was stamp on Very Vanilla with Soft Suede and then colored in with Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blend — there is a die to cut it out too. Last I stamp the pumpkin with Cajun Craze ink on Very Vanilla and colored it with the Light Cajun Craze Blend. There is a wonderful ribbon pack to coordinate with this suite. I used the Cajun Craze twine to tie a small bow and attached to the pumpkin stem.
