Monday, September 7, 2026

FALL FUN

This week we are going to have some cuteness overload.  My featured Bundle, Fun for Fall, not only makes great fall cards, but this little scarecrow can't help but make you smile.  His name is Charlie, and he is not scary at all!

Today's card uses several of the images from the Fun for Fall stamp set.  The great thing is that they all have coordinating dies!  Plus, there are some extra dies to make the cute little fence and the corn stalks.

Before I die cut the fence (which doesn't have a stamp) I laid the cutting side of the die on my Pecan Pie ink pad.  This added some highlights to make the details in the fence pop!

Charlie is trying really hard to keep the crows out of the corn as the pink moon rises behind him.  But this particular crow named Crowlene seems not to be scared at all.  She's too busy "crowing" at Charlie.  But at least she isn't in the corn.

I think Crowlene is half Oriol because she's got some Pumpkin Pie on her chest.  And her haystack perch doesn't look all the stable, does it?

I wanted to use "non-fall" colors for my "fall" card, so I experimented a bit.  The colors are Cloud Cover, Azure Afternoon and Petal Pink.  Charlie said he liked them because he wanted to look like a happy scarecrow, and they coordinated well with his "outfit".  

A few sunflowers on the inside of the card maintain the theme from the front.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details.

A list of the products that I used is shown below.

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

AUTUMN SCALLOPED BLOOMS TOWER FUN FOLD

Do you have friends or family that love to display the handmade cards you make for them?  If so, they will love today's Tower Fun Fold.


Once you get the fun fold base of the card created, there are many different ways to decorate it.  I chose to use the Autumn Opulence Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the Autumn Woodland Glimmer Specialty Paper.  


I kept the front of the card simple by layering a couple of the Scalloped Blooms die cuts.  They were die cut the same size and rotated one scallop, so you see the back Cajun Craze layer die cut peeking out between the scallops of the Very Vanilla cardstock.


The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Scalloped Blooms Stamp Set.  You can never have too many birthday cards!

Does the Tower Fun Fold look scary?  I'll admit, it was a little intimidating the first time I tried it, but it's easier than it looks.  Watch my video below to learn how it's done.  

I had a difficult time choosing between two different DSP designs when I made today's card, so, for the video I used the other design from Autumn Opulence that I was debating between.  Which you do you like best?  


There is no "inside" to this card, so we use the back of the center panel for the message layer.


I covered the two side panels on the back of the Tower Fun Fold with the same DSP used on the front side panels.  To further tie the back to the front, I added a couple of scraps from the front horizontal DSP to the bottom of the message layer.

Use this link to download a PDF tutorial with all dimensions, a cutting, scoring & folding diagram, and step-by-step directions.  A list of products used is also included on the tutorial as well as below.

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Two additional products that were used on the card are:
  • Autumn Opulence Designer Series Paper ---  Item # 168336
  • Autumn Woodland Glimmer Specialty Paper --- Item # 168335
At the time of the writing of this post, they were not yet available to include on the above list, but both DSP designs are now available to purchase.
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Monday, August 31, 2026

SHIMMERING SCALLOPED BLOOMS

This week I am featuring the beautiful Scalloped Blooms Bundle.  If you love layering dies in unique shapes, and greeting stamp sets, you will love this bundle.


Do you ever purchase crafting products that you totally forget you have?  The 26-27 In-Color Pearlized Specialty Paper was one of the first things I purchased when the new In-Colors were introduced.  I put the beautiful paper in the container with the rest of my current designer series paper, and then TOTALLY forget I had it--even though I go into that "box" almost every day!  I guess it was hiding!  So, on today's card I am making up for lost time and using four of the five colors.


The Barely Blush Pearlized Paper was embossed with the Fern & Flora embossing folder and then added to the card front.  I wish you could see the full beauty of this paper when it is embossed.  It is amazing!  Unfortunately, photographing it to fully capture that beauty is not one of my skills, but I hope you can see enough of the shimmer to appreciate how pretty it really is.


I used the two smallest scallop dies from Scalloped Blooms to create the flowers.  They were die cut from Basic White cardstock and then lightly tinted with a Blending Brush and Barely Blush ink.

The flower centers and the leaves were die cut from Golden Glow Pearlized Specialty Paper adding even more shimmer.  Flower Centers are from the Pretty Poinsettia Dies and the leaves are from Butterfly Flight dies.

The Peaceful Pine background behind the flowers is also from the Pearlized Specialty paper.


To make sure the inside of the card also had a little shimmer, I added a strip of embossed Crisp Cantaloupe Pearlized Paper.  I love how the In-Color collections always coordinate with each other.  I wasn't so sure about Barely Blush and Crisp Cantaloupe, but once I put the card together, it grew on me!


A list of the products I used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more or to make a purchase of your favorites.  Hint, Hint!  Try the Pearlized Paper!  You will not be disappointed!  Just don't forget you have it.

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