This month in the Senior Stamping session, we make two Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards! With the holiday approaching quickly, I thought it would be fun to do Thanksgiving and Christmas themed cards.
Don’t forget to look at the last photo too… it’s a BRAND NEW project from the designers at Craft Project Central tutorial photo too!
Here’s the first CAS card…
Make ‘n take card kits included pre-embossed and pre-punched leaves. The leaves were cut from retired card stock and designer series papers (DSP) using retired punches, and then stamped with Old Olive Classic Ink using a small tri-leaf image from the Day of Gratitude stamp set.
Holly leaf die cuts from the Stocking Accents Originals Die were added to pretty petal embossed Very Vanilla card stock. Red Glimmer Paper “berries” are also part of the Stocking Accents die… but since I only had tiny little scraps of red glimmer paper in my stash, the berries were punched with a 1/2” circle punch.
Stamped sentiments used on both cards were from separate stamp sets, “Teeny Tiny Wishes” and “Christmas Greetings” stamp sets.
Isn’t this a lovely collection? It’s just one of several new projects available at Craft Projects Central for October! The Christmas Lodge Folder and Card Set was designed by team member Anne Marie Hill. Love the colors, and texture… don’t you?
Gosh this weekend, and month have gone by so quickly… before you know it, Christmas will be upon us! Doesn’t that make you shiver in your boots?
See you tomorrow…
Hugs,
Sharon
Did you know that you can also emboss the wood sheets? This one was embossed using the Big Shot Machine and Houndstooth Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and sponged with Soft Suede Classic Ink… Isn’t it cool?
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Do you recognize the designer series paper (DSP) on the upper half of the card? Look just a little bit familiar maybe? LOL… it’s from the Beau Chateau DSP pack! 
Now it blends much better with the zoo theme, and stripe embossed brushed silver card stock too!
Here’s a challenge within the challenge… don’t these guys look like they’re about to rumble?
Here’s the 
Stamps and images are from the Kindness Matters stamp set. I chose that particular set because there was already a big “K” on the background First Edition DSP.
This flower is a combination of the Daisy Triple Layer punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, a medium Paper Daisy sprayed with Champagne 
A solid Daisy Triple Layer punch was snipped towards the center, and each formed petal curled with my round nosed jewelry pliers before attaching with a stampin’ dimensional to the wide striped grosgrain ribbon.
After cutting out the butterfly from Kindness Matters, I also curled the wings with my round nosed jewelry pliers.
Here’s the sketch from 
So… I created a different kind of fancy fold card. Wanting the card to open with a flap at the end, very vanilla card stock was initially cut at 4-1/4” x 12” and scored it at 5-1/2” and 11”. But, I quickly found out that a 1” flap wouldn’t create the swooping curved closure I had envisioned!
After running around the house measuring everything round… in the pantry, the kitchen, etc.… I couldn’t find ANYTHING in my home with a 4-1/4” diameter which I had hoped to trace and create the curve with.
So, a 2” x 4-1/4” ‘extension’ was added… but this time the curve was created 1/2” from the top edge and then glued to the first flap… notice the straight edges on the flap? This gave the flap a little more depth.
And it was a good place for the ribbon to rest too!
The flower tag is reversible… (this is the back of it) and attached to the ribbon knot with a mini safety pin.
The stamp sets used in today’s Creative-Sketches challenge are Fruit and Flowers, Bring on the Cake, and Short and Sweet.
Here’s today’s sketch… I could have made it easier on myself by just cutting out a scallop circle die cut with my big shot machine, right?
What is rustic without a few brads? These were chosen for their color from the Metallic Brad package… After distressing all the card stock and designer series papers with the cutter kit, the edges were sponged again to make them blend a bit more with the theme of the card. Plus they matched the mini library clip in the next photo!
LOL… one never knows what will happen when you sit down to stamp!! Today’s challenge colors: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, and Whisper White. 
Both background “First Edition” Designer Series Paper (DSP) and Whisper White card stock were sponged with daffodil delight and Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink. 
Lots of Basic Black brads were added to the card for interest… five along the right side of the focal image, and three in the lower left corner of the card.
Basic Black Scalloped Polka Dot Ribbon was tied in a triple loop brad bow and securely attached to the focal image using four mini glue dots. There’s a full (free) tutorial 
The other stamp set used on today’s card was from the 2011-12 Idea Book and Catalog, page 114 called “Summer Solstice”. Looking at the final card now, I think it would have been even prettier with Early Espresso vs. Basic Black Card Stock… what do you think?