Apple Harvest Rosh Hashanah Card

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

My card today features the Apple Harvest stamp set from the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog and the Apple Blossoms Dies, one of several sets in the Perfect Partners promotion that ends today. The minute I laid eyes on this stamp set in the catalog I knew I had to have it because it would be perfect for making cards for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, that I celebrated earlier this week. Stampin’ Up! hasn’t had any stamps specifically for Jewish holidays in many years, so each year I eagerly await the annual and holiday mini catalogs to see if there are any stamp sets that I can adapt. For the last few years there have been sets that include stamps with pomegranates, grapes and doves that are all images used in cards for this holiday. I lucked out again this year with the apples!

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – Cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of one of the Petal Pink sheets in the Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper pack at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and adhere to card front.
Cut a piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock at 3 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ and run through a die cutting & embossing machine with the Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder. Adhere to card front. Please note that this embossing folder is retired. I love how the folder echos the scrolls in the Fancy Frame die, which is why I chose to use it.
Cut a piece of the Petal Pink and gold dot sheet of DSP at 3 1/8″ x 4 3/4″. Cut a piece of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper at 3 1/2″ x 5″. Cut a piece of adhesive sheet the same size and adhere to the paper. Run through a die cutting and embossing machine with the scroll die from the Fancy Frames Dies. Remove adhesive sheet backing and adhere to the Petal Pink DSP.

Cut two pieces of Shimmery White cardstock at 3″ square and stamp apple image from the Apple Harvest stamp set with Memento Ink on both pieces.
Color the blossoms with Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends. Color the leaves with Parakeet Party Stampin’ Blends. Color the stem with the Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blend. Color the inside of the apple with Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. I also colored some of them with So Saffron Stampin’ Blends. Color the outside of the apples using the Light Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blend for the base, Dark Stampin’ Blend for the black artist markings and then go over the markings and outer side of the large apple with the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin Blend. Run both pieces through die cutting and embossing machine with the coordinating die from the Apple Blossoms Dies.
Adhere both apple pieces over the gold frame with liquid glue. Adhere frame piece to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp greeting with Soft Suede ink on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. I used a Jewish holiday stamp set from Papertrey Ink Stamps that I’ve had for years. L’Shanah Tovah translates to Happy New Year from the Hebrew. I used the smaller label die from the Sending Dies to cut it out. Adhere in the middle of the apples with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. I stamped the criss-cross image from the Apple Harvest stamp set in the upper right and lower left corner with Soft Suede ink. Stamp greeting. Adhere to inside of card.

This card turned out totally different than the original idea I had and was twice as much work! I made twenty cards and spent every spare hour I had all of last week to get them finished. I’ve already received thank you messages from several recipients telling me how much they loved the card so it was worth the extra effort!

Final reminder that today is the last day the Apple Blossoms Dies will be available to order.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tomorrow, October 1st, is World Card Making Day! Stampin’ Up! will be hosting a virtual event from 2:00pm-5:00pm Mountain Time (4:00pm-7:00pm Eastern Time). Click here to access the link to join the event.

Product List

Apple Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [159944] $24.00	Apple Blossoms Dies [160255] $35.00	Fancy Frames Dies [159176] $34.00
Sending Dies (English) [159271] $33.00	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $9.25	Sweet Sorbet 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159268] $9.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $10.00	Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [158808] $15.00
Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159237] $5.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $8.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $9.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $9.00	Parakeet Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159220] $9.00
Sweet Sorbet Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159224] $9.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $9.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $9.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $11.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.25

Fond of Autumn Split Card

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features the beautiful Fond of Autumn Bundle in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog and is another one of the cards we made in my recent Fall Cards class. I love to color and I also love the rich fall colors so the Fond of Autumn stamp set was a winner for me! The stamp set and coordinating Autumn Bouquet Dies were cleverly designed so that you can use the entire large image or just a portion of the image, making for lots of possibilities! I also paired the card with the Split Card Textures Dies, which is a nice way to feature the stamp set.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – cut a piece of Soft Succulent cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of one of the green DSP sheets from the Pretty Prints Designer Series Paper pack at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and adhere to card base. Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and run through die cutting machine with the grid die from the Split Card Texture Dies. Adhere to card front
Stamp large floral image from the Fond of Autumn stamp set with Memento Black Ink on piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″. Cut out with the large sectioned Autumn Bouquet die.
Color the leaf and acorn image with Mossy Meadow, Evening Evergreen and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. Color the acorns with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends. Color the two smaller leaf and berry pieces with Soft Succulent and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends.

Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 1/4″ square. Run through die cutting machine with the third smallest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. To stamp the greeting, use Evening Evergreen ink and cover the word “wishes” with a Post-it-Note, ink the word “Autumn”, remove Post-it-Note and stamp onto circle. Repeat the process again, this time covering up the word “Autumn” to stamp the word “wishes.”
Position the three leaf pieces along the diagonal line on the Texture Card piece. Before adhering, decide where to place the greeting and adhere it first and then adhere the leaf pieces. Embellish the greeting with a Brushed Metallic Dot.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Stamp two acorns in bottom left corner and one acorn in upper right corner and color with the Stampin’ Blends. Adhere piece to inside of card.

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There are just a few days left for you to purchase any of these six die sets that coordinate with existing stamp sets in the annual and holiday mini catalog. If you already own any of the stamp sets you can purchase the dies separately, or if you don’t currently own the stamp sets you can purchase both the stamp sets and dies as bundles and save 10%.

Product List

Fond Of Autumn Bundle (English) [159838] $52.00	Fond Of Autumn Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160266] $23.00	Autumn Bouquet Dies [159837] $35.00
Split Card Textures Dies [159162] $28.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Pretty Prints 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159245] $12.00
Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $8.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $9.00	Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155517] $9.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $9.00	Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155521] $9.00	Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154879] $9.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $9.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $9.00	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $9.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Rustic Harvest Card

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

Today’s card features the Rustic Harvest Suite in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. It is a quick and easy card and a nice way to use several different Designer Series Papers. This is one of four cards we made in my Fall Card class last week. I will be posting the rest of the cards in my next few blog posts.

Here is how I made the card.

When I was deciding on a layout for this card, I decided to go back to a box of past sample cards that I keep for inspiration and ended up casing this card. I made it in the fall of 2019 and I used the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper that was in the September 2019-January 2020 Mini Catalog.

Here is how I made the card:

Card base – cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score a 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
Cut a piece of the Mossy Meadow paper from the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper pack at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
Cut one piece of Basic Black cardstock at 1 7/8″ x 5″ and another at 1 7/8″ x 4 1/2″. Cut two different pieces of DSP, one at 1 3/4″ x 4 7/8″ and one at 1 3/4″ X 4 3/8″ and adhere to the Basic Black strips. Adhere to card front as pictured.
Stamp greeting from the Hello Harvest stamp set with Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. Run through die cutting machine with coordinating die from the Rustic Pumpkin Dies.

Cut a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock at 2 3/4″ X 3 1/2″ to make the pumpkin. Run through die cutting machine with the two pumpkin die pieces. To make the stem, run a scrap piece of Soft Suede cardstock through the die cutting machine with the stem die.
Adhere stem to the smaller DSP strip. Adhere larger pumpkin piece, slightly overlapping the bottom of the stem. Adhere narrow pumpkin piece over the larger pumpkin piece. Adhere greeting over pumpkin with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to inside of card.

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Stampin’ Up! has introduced six new sets of dies that coordinate with existing stamp sets in the annual and holiday mini catalog. They will only be available for the month of September and while supplies last. If you already own any of the stamp sets you can purchase the dies separately, or if you don’t currently own the stamp sets you can purchase both the stamp sets and dies as bundles and save 10%.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for September. You will receive a free gift from me the following month. If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List

Rustic Harvest Suite Collection (English) [159648] $104.50	Hello Harvest Bundle (English) [159644] $49.50	Hello Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [159634] $23.00
Rustic Pumpkin Dies [159643] $32.00	Rustic Harvest 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159633] $12.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $9.25
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $9.25	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $8.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $63.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25

24 Hour Stamp Sale Tomorrow!

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Stampin’ Up! has announced a 15% off 24 hour stamp sale on all stamp sets in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog on Thursday, September 15, starting at 12:00am Mountain Time and ending at 11:59pm. Stamp sets will be available while supplies last. Host sets and stamp sets in the July-December Mini Catalog are NOT included in the sale.

Click here for the stamp sale list.

Today begins week three of Stampin’ Up’s September Weekly Deals promotion. To view this weeks sale products, click here.

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New Weekly Deals-Week 2

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Shop weekly deals during the month of September. The deals pictured above are good through September 14th. New deals will be introduced on September 8, 15, 22. I will post new weekly deals here on my blog You can also check out the new deals each week by clicking here to visit my online store.

Stampin’ Up! has just introduced its latest kit and it will be available as supplies last. Add a little something extra to your Christmas gifts with this Christmas Gifting Kit, consisting of supplies to make 9 tags and 9 gift cards, 3 each of 3 different designs. The kit includes an exclusive stamp set and a Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Spot. The coordinating colors are Basic Black, Black Foil, Mint Macaron, Real Red and Shaded Spruce. Cost of the kit is $21.00 and Item # is 160342.

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Texture Chic Fun Fold-Kylie’s International Blog Highlights

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello! For those of you in the US, I hope you have been enjoying the Labor Day weekend. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I last participated in Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlights! Readers get to vote on their top five favorites in the gallery and the top 10 winners will get to participate in an International Blog Hop later this month. The theme is “thank you”.

My card features the Texture Chic Suite from the annual catalog. It is my most favorite suite and is the first one I purchased when the new catalog was introduced. The card is a fun fold that really shows off the beautiful Designer Series Papers to their fullest. I found this fold when I was browsing through Connie Stewart’s blog and decided to give it a try for a class project I was working on last month.

Here is how I made the card.

Card base – Cut a piece of Sahara Sand cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.
Cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 4″ x 10 1/2″ and score at 5 1/4″. Fold and crease sharply with a bone folder
Cut two pieces of Petal Pink cardstock at 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and score both pieces lengthwise at 1/2″. Fold and crease sharply with a bone folder. Adhere pieces to both sides to the back of the bottom half of the larger piece of Petal Pink cardstock. Adhere entire piece to the Sahara Sand card base.
Cut a piece of Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series paper at 3 3/4″ x 5″. Cut a piece of Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon and tie into a bow around the DSP. Adhere to card front.
Prepare pieces for the card front collage. Cut a piece of Distressed Gold paper to fit the grid die from the Chic Dies. Cut a piece of an Adhesive Sheet to fit and adhere to paper. Run though the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Adhere to card front over the ribbon. This piece will be the base for the collage.

Die cut two different leaf shapes from scrap pieces of Soft Succulent cardstock. Back the cardstock with Adhesive Sheet before running through die cutting machine.
Die cut three flower bases with scrap pieces of Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper. Die cut three open flower accent pieces from scrap pieces of Petal Pink cardstock. Before die cutting, adhere pieces of Adhesive Sheet to each piece. Adhere the accent pieces to the flower bases.
Adhere leaf pieces to top part of the Distressed Gold grid piece. Arrange the three flowers and adhere with liquid glue . Add a Champagne Rhinestone to the center of each flower.
Cut four pieces of DSP at 1 3/4″ x 5″ for the fun fold side flaps. Select two different pieces of DSP. Adhere one set to the front of the flaps and the other set to the inside of the flaps.

Cut another piece of the DSP used for the inside flaps at 1 1/4″ x 4″ and adhere to inside upper part of the Petal Pink card flap.

Cut a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock at 3 3/4″ x 5″. Stamp the swoosh image from the Season of Chic stamp set with Petal Pink ink, stamping off once before stamping onto the cardstock. Stamp the greeting with Sahara Sand over the swoosh image. Adhere a large Brushed Brass Butterfly to the upper left corner. Adhere piece to inside.

I’d be so appreciative if you would vote for my card! Click on the vote image below. Once you are in the gallery, click on the heart at the top right hand side of the picture as the hearts appear.

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Product List

Texture Chic Suite Collection (English) [158819] $77.50	Season Of Chic Bundle (English) [158816] $57.50	Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158810] $27.00
Chic Dies [158815] $37.00	Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [158808] $15.00	Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159237] $5.00
Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $9.25	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $9.25	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $9.25
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $8.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $8.00
Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156] $7.00	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $6.00	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $11.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Ringed With Nature Fun Fold Card

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 | Rhonda Kleiman

Hello!

This is the last day for Sale-A-Bration! Today’s card is another one that features the Ringed With Love Designer Series Paper that is still available as a free gift with a $50 purchase. This card is a Z fun fold that I came across on Lisa Curcio’s blog and YouTube channel where she shows how to make it. I love this fold because it is a great way to show off any Designer Series Paper and while it looks difficult to make, it is actually very easy! This card also uses the Ringed With Nature Bundle that coordinates with the DSP.

Click on the blog link above to go to Lisa Curcio’s post for all of the cutting dimensions and instructions on how to put the card together. Here is how I made my card.

Card base – Thick Basic White cardstock 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease sharply with a bone folder.
Cut piece of Parakeet Party cardstock at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. Cut piece of Ringed With Love DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to cardstock. Adhere piece to card front.
Die cut and emboss one of the larger tree rings from the Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder with a piece of Soft Suede cardstock. Die cut several different leaves with scrap pieces of Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen and Parakeet Party cardstock. Adhere to tree ring with Mini Glue Dots.

Adhere two pieces of a contrasting piece of DSP cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ to both sides of the inside of the card base.
Cut a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock for the inside Z fold as per Lisa Curcio’s instructions.
Cut strip of the tree trunk DSP and follow the instructions for cutting the strips before adding them to the fold.
Stamp the acorns from the Ringed With Nature stamp set. First stamp the bottom of the acorns with Poppy Parade ink and then stamp the acorn tops with Soft Suede ink. Stamp the greeting on the smallest panel with Soft Suede ink. Adhere to inside of card as instructed.

To finish off the card, adhere the tree ring to the card front with two Stampin’ Dimensionals at the top and two at the bottom, leaving space in the middle of the tree ring. Cut a length of ribbon at 18″ and slide one end through the middle of the tree ring. I used some retired 1/2″ white ribbon from my stash. You can use one or two Mini Glue Dots to adhere the ribbon at the back of the card in order to keep it in place. Tie ribbon into either a bow or a double knot, which is how I tied it.

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Select free items with every $50 or $100 purchase. There is no limit on the number of times you can earn free items. Please note that all SAB prroducts are only available while supplies last. The Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes (Item #159940), Tree Lot Dies (Item #159938) and Hippo Dies (Item #159928) are no longer available.

The Brushed Metallic Cardstock (Item #163103) and Silver Foil Specialty Pack (Item #163096) are no longer available as free Sale-A-Bration items, however, they are still available for purchase in the annual catalog. Brushed Metallic Cardstock, Item #153524, $15.00 and Silver Foil Specialty Pack, Item #156457, $10.00.

This new Cozy & Bright Card Kit is now available for purchase. The kit has everything you need to make twelve 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ cards. It includes a photopolymer stamp set, acrylic block, adhesives, preprinted card bases, die cuts and stickers, Poppy Parade Stampin’ Spot, gold foil accents, preprinted envelopes, linen thread, as well as step-by-step instructions. Product colors: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Evening Evergreen, Garden Green, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie. The cost of the kit is $23.00 and the item number is 160338. Click here to place your order in my online store. This kit is available only while supplies last.

Place an online order between $50 and $149 and use this host code for August. You will receive a free gift from me the following month. If your order is $150 or more DO NOT use the host code. You will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards.

Product List

Ringed With Nature Bundle (English) [159889] $53.00	Ringed With Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159883] $23.00	Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder [159888] $36.00
Rings Of Love 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159939] $0.00	Parakeet Party 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159259] $9.25	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $9.25
Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $9.25	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $8.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $8.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25