Category: Slimline

Let’s Get Together

Hi everybody! I hope you’re having a good weekend and maybe getting a little crafting in?! We are having some beautiful weather considering we’ve already had our first snow, but it’s pretty chilly in the northern part of the state. Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! I have a fun Trinity Stamps Ambassador inspiration project to share this morning featuring the free cup dies that are tucked into Trinity Stamps orders. They are so adorable and I thought stacking them on a mini slimline would be perfect! I’ve had this card made for a couple weeks and I kind of wish I had waited until this past week to make it after receiving my mini slimline layers die set! Oh well… ;)

I cut the 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with layering panels cut from CutCardStock Pop-tone Spearmint cardstock and patterned paper from the Summer Blooms Floral Papercrafting Kit which I adhered together and then adhered to the card base. I die cut the three cups from other patterned papers in the kit and adhered them to the card front in stacked fashion. I stamped the sentiment from the A Sentiment For (Almost) Everything stamp set, trimmed it and adhered it to the card front with an adhesive double-sided foam strip. The finishing touch was adding gemstones from the Trinity Stamps Morganite Muse Embellishment Mix using the Trinity Stamps Pick-Up Stick (which is a lifesaver!).

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock along with a layering panel from CutCardStock Pop-tone Spearmint cardstock. I embellished the white panel with pattern paper and cardstock strips, stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set in pink ink, and adhered the panel to the green layer and then to the card base.

And one more look… I’m digging mini slimline cards these days and really love how this turned out with the stacked cups!

Trinity Stamps products used:
Patterned papers from the Summer Blooms Floral Papercrafting Kit
A Sentiment For (Almost) Everything stamp set
Trinity Stamps cups dies (free with orders)
Trinity Stamps Morganite Muse Embellishment Mix,
Trinity Stamps Pick-Up Stick

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-tone Spearmint cardstock
Ink: Memento Rose Bud ink
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Darice adhesive double-sided foam strips

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get those craft supplies out to play! Be sure to check out all the amazing stamps, dies and other goodies at Trinity Stamps! And head on over to the Trinity Stamps Facebook Page for loads of inspiration! And while you’re at it, join the Trinity Stamps Facebook community group to connect with other Trinity Stamps fans! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Wishing You the Happiest of Birthdays

Happy Saturday, friends! I’m chomping at the bit to post a couple cards I created with my slightly early birthday present… a Glimmer Hot Foil Machine! I received it toward the end of September and all I’ve had a chance to create is a pile of sentiments – and I haven’t even used any of them on my projects, lol! What’s wrong with that picture?! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! This machine is so much fun and I know I’ll be using it a lot. I read a bunch of reviews right after I ordered it and was kind of nervous about how seemingly difficult other crafters found it to be. I’m proud to say that I haven’t had any trouble whatsoever – I followed the instructions in the user manual and everything has turned out very nicely. I have noticed, though, that I have to be careful handling the foiled panels or the foil can get knicked up. This also happens with laminator-foiled projects as well.

I cut a 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock. Using the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine and Silver Holographic Foil, I created a background with the Skinny Stripe Background Glimmer Plate on CutCardStock Basis Navy cardstock, as well as the focal element using the Happiest Birthday Glimmer Plate on the navy cardstock for a tone-on-tone look. Using the Waffle Flower Mini Slimline Layers die set, I die cut layers from silver metallic foil cardstock and the striped foil background, and adhered them to the card base. I adhered the foiled focal element and several silver glitter enamel dots to complete the front. Great masculine card!

Using the Waffle Flower Mini Slimline Layers die set, I die cut inside layers from silver metallic foil cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Navy cardstock and Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock. I embellished the white panel with a leftover strip cut from the striped foil background on the front and adhered the layers together and then to the card base. I added a stamped and die cut sentiment strip to complete the card.

And one more peek… I’m really loving the foil machine and plates, and see lots more foiled projects in my future!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Navy cardstock, Hygloss Silver Metallic Foil cardstock
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Birthday stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Waffle Flower Mini Slimline Layers die set, Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Asymmetrical die set
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer; Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine, Glimmer Holographic Silver Foil, Happiest Birthday Glimmer Plate, Skinny Stripe Background Glimmer Plate; Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Eyelet Outlet Silver Glitter Enamel Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this foiled project! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Get your train rollin’

Hi everyone! A very Happy Saturday to you – I hope you’ve had a great week! October is probably my favorite month of the entire year and I can’t believe it’s here already! Yay for my birthday and Yay for Fall! ;) Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m stoked to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a mini slimline for a super sweet little boy who turned one a few days ago! This was such a fun card and features our Train Mix Brads and Sun & Cloud Brads. I semi-CASEd the sentiment on one of my own designs from several years ago where I used a tractor.

I cut a mini slimline landscape top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock along with a layering panel from CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock. I printed the front and inside sentiments on a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock and trimmed them down to be slightly smaller than the blue panels. Let me interrupt for a PSA: The typical mini slimline is 3″ x 6″, however, I decided going forward that I’ll make mini slimlines 3-1/2″ x 6″ which will be the legal size for mailing. ;) I hand-drew the train track across the white panel with a black alcohol marker, added Train Mix Brads and Sun & Cloud Brads, and adhered the panels to the card base. The final touch was drawing a little ‘smoke’ coming from the locomotive with a light gray alcohol marker.

As mentioned above, I printed the front and inside sentiments on Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and trimmed the panels down slightly smaller than the blue layering panels. I embellished the white sentiment panel with strips cut from CutCardStock Basis Green cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Wild Cherry cardstock and CutCardStock Pop-Tone Lemon Drop cardstock, added an additional Train Mix Brad, and layered the panel on CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock.

And one more look… such a fun card! I absolutely love these little train brads!

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Train Mix Brads
Sun & Cloud Brads

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Green cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Wild Cherry cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Lemon Drop cardstock
Ink: Arteza alcohol markers- BK00, CG08
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Ranger Distress Collage Medium

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Eyelet Outlet! I can already see you drooling, lol! Be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Eyelet Outlet Facebook Page to keep up with news and sales, and while you’re at it, join the Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group for lots of creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Meowy Christmas slimline

Howdy, everybody! I’m having the hardest time wrapping my head around the fact that we’re three-quarters of the way through 2021 already! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! Our newest challenge is live over at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MLCCB #38 – September Anything Christmas Goes! I used the Prickley Pear Stamps Build A Cat 2 clear stamp set and coordinating Build A Cat die set to create an adorable CAS Christmas card featuring a festive kitty and several flat-back Christmas bulbs on gold cord.

I’ve had these bulbs in my Christmas craft stash for years and when I came across them while digging, I decided I needed to use them! NBUS (never before used schtuff) for sure, lol! I created a 9″ x 3-3/4″ slimline card base along with a white panel for the front from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock which I embellished with a strip of Canvas Corp red and white striped paper and layered on American Crafts Crimson cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on the panel and the cat on a scrap of Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock. I colored the cat and tail with alcohol markers, cut them with the coordinating dies and adhered them together. I adhered the cat to the panel, then the bulbs and gold cord to complete the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, embellished it with a strip of the red and white paper and a red glitter die cut sentiment, and layered the panel on red cardstock.

And one more peek… this was such a fun card to create! So happy I ‘found’ the Christmas bulbs in the Christmas craft stash!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, American Crafts Crimson cardstock, The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between paper pad, Stampin’ Up Red Glimmer paper
Stamps: Prickley Pear Stamps Build A Cat 2 clear stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- Aquamarine Collection, Rich Reds Collection, Fragrant Oranges Collection, Woodland Greens Collection, Indigo Ink Collection, Royal Purples Collection, Flamingo Pinks Collection, Natural Browns Collection; Pentel Slicci Gold pen, POSCA white paint marker
Dies/Punches: Prickley Pear Stamps Build A Cat die set, Tim Holtz Holiday Words: Script die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Darice mini flat-back Christmas bulbs

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this slimline card and will link up a Christmas project with us this month! We can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

hello

Hi everyone! Happy Hump Day – I hope you’re having a great week with some lovely weather where you are! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! It’s time for a new challenge over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you for MIUCB #53 – Anything Goes + Monochrome! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire you! This month the twist is monochrome – but the twist is never required to play! I created a pretty ‘thinking of you’ slimline card in brown and tan using Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set and Hearts 2 stamp set and coordinating Heart Key Crown die set, along with an all-time favorite hello script die from Mama Elephant.

I jumped on the slimline wagon last Summer but I’ll admit that I am a bit of a rebel when it comes to size, lol! I always create a 9″ x 3-3/4″ card base because I think it fits better in a #10 business envelope. I created a side-folding portrait card base from CutCardStock Twine cardstock along with several additional layering panels from Darice textured brown cardstock and CutCardStock Twine cardstock. Using the Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set, I stamped the hearts in brown ink on the twine cardstock and used the coordinating Heart Key Crown die set to cut them.

I arranged the three stamped and die cut hearts on the front and added the die cut sentiment to the front of the middle heart at an angle. I colored several white flat-back pearls with an alcohol marker (did you know you could do that?!) to match the monochrome scheme.

I cut the inside panel from CutCardStock Twine cardstock and kept it fairly simple by just stamping a heart and the sentiment from the Hearts 2 stamp set on the panel in brown ink and layering the panel on brown cardstock, leaving a wide border.

And one more look… I really like how this slimline turned out! Always loving a monochrome color scheme, too!

Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Twine cardstock, Darice brown textured cardstock
Stamps: Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set and Hearts 2 stamp set
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink; Nuvo alcohol marker- 466 (Honey Amber Collection) used to color the pearls
Dies/Punches: Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown die set, Mama Elephant hello script die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Darice small white flat-back pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will link up with us this month! All of our challenges are ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire you! We’d love to see either ‘anything goes’ or a monochrome project… you choose! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Birthday Wishes slimline

Hi everyone! It’s Tuesday and I hope your week has started off nicely! Life is good here and I have absolutely no complaints! I’m stoked to be back on the CutCardStock blog today with an awesome DT inspiration project featuring some pretty gold cardstock (which is on sale this month so be sure to get some!) that I paired with lots of other cardstock. Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created a slimline birthday card featuring a gold two-story bird house with a blue bird and lots of colorful flowers!

This is my own design and I really didn’t measure anything… I just cut the dimensions of the bird house that fit my normal 9″ x 3-3/4″ slimline card base. So that means don’t get out your micrometer, lol! I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock and a layering panel from Curious Metallic 92# Gold Leaf cardstock. I cut the roof and perches from Basis 80# Brown cardstock. Using Memory Box Stitched Circle Layers, I die cut the entrance holes from Stardream Metallic 105# Antique Gold cardstock and Basis 80# Brown cardstock. Using the set of Sizzix Bird Scene Thinlits, I die cut the bird from Basis 80# Navy cardstock, Basis 80# Medium Blue cardstock, Basis 80# Blue cardstock and Curious Metallic 111# Night cardstock, the branch from Curious Metallic 111# Chestnut cardstock, and the flowers and leaves from Basis 80# Coral Cardstock, Basis 80# Gold cardstock, Basis 80# Teal cardstock, Basis 80# Red cardstock, Pop-Tone 65# Tangy Orange cardstock, Pop-Tone 65# Gumdrop Green cardstock, Pop-Tone 65# Jellybean Green cardstock andPop-Tone 65# Grape Jelly cardstock. Using the CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments, I die cut the large portion of the sentiment from Pop-Tone 65# Gumdrop Green cardstock, Pop-Tone 65# Jellybean Green cardstock and stamped the remaining one word in brown ink, trimmed it and adhered it just beneath the die cut portion. I had several leftover flowers and adhered two of them with the sentiment.

I hand-cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock as well, embellished it with leftover strips of Pop-Tone 65# Jellybean Green cardstock and Curious Metallic 92# Gold Leaf cardstock, and layered it on the gold leaf cardstock (also hand-cut). I die cut the sentiment from a scrap piece of Stardream Metallic 105# Antique Gold cardstock and adhered the two remaining flowers to the bottom of the panel.

And one more peek… I’m so smitten I can’t stand it! I absolutely love the way this turned out, and having all these gorgeous colors of cardstock sure does help! I’ve had the Bird Scene Thinlits in my stash for a while and I knew they’d come in handy for just the right project! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. The Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode Challenge: Fur, Feathers or Fins

CutCardStock products used:
Curious Metallic 92# Gold Leaf cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# cardstock
Basis 80# Brown cardstock
Stardream Metallic 105# Antique Gold cardstock
Basis 80# Navy cardstock
Basis 80# Medium Blue cardstock
Basis 80# Blue cardstock
Curious Metallic 111# Night cardstock
Curious Metallic 111# Chestnut cardstock
Basis 80# Coral Cardstock
Basis 80# Gold cardstock
Basis 80# Teal cardstock
Basis 80# Red cardstock
Pop-Tone 65# Tangy Orange cardstock
Pop-Tone 65# Gumdrop Green cardstock
Pop-Tone 65# Jellybean Green cardstock
Pop-Tone 65# Grape Jelly cardstock

Other products used:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy stamp set
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Circle Layers, CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments, Sizzix Bird Scene Thinlits, Scrapbook.com Celebrate Word Die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Gemini Junior, MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Arts precision craft glue, Scrapbook.com 1/4″ Double-Sided Adhesive Roll, Darice Adhesive Foam Circles

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page for more inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Merry Christmas slimline

Howdy, friends! I hope you’re having a fantastic week! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for MLCCB #36 – July Anything Christmas Goes! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created a fun slimline featuring a line of trees and lots of shimmery and shiny gold bling! Who doesn’t love bling at Christmastime?!

I cut a landscape top-folding slimline card base measuring 9″ x 3-3/4″ from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with a light teal gingham paper layer and a teal cardstock layer which I adhered together. I adhered a gold glitter filmstrip frame die cut across the bottom with a flagged red cardstock strip layered behind it. I dug into my scrap bin and found some light, medium and dark teal cardstock scraps, punched ten trees and layered them in sets of two. I added gold glitter alpha stickers and holiday light brads, and popped them up on foam dimensionals. I stamped ‘Christmas’ in teal ink on a white cardstock scrap, trimmed it and flagged one end, then adhered it in the bottom right corner.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the light teal gingham, red cardstock and gold glitter paper. I stamped the sentiment in teal ink and layered the panel on teal cardstock.

And one more look… totally smitten with this blinged-out card! And teal and red is one of my favorite color combinations!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, GKD Ocean Mist cardstock, Colorbok red cardstock, Stampin’ Up gold Glimmer paper; red and light/medium/dark teal cardstock scraps; The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between paper pad
Stamps: The Project Bin Merriest Christmas stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Lost Lagoon ink
Dies/Punches: Tim Holtz Alterations Filmstrip Frame Sizzlit, Stampin’ Up Tree Punch, EK Success 3/4″ square punch
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Eyelet Outlet Holiday Light Brads, Darice gold Glitter Alpha Stickers

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this slimline card and will link up a Christmas project with us this month! We’d love to see what you’re making! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

life is good

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday – I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend! I’m into my third month as guest designer for STAMPlorations Stencil Sunday and I can’t say enough how much I have enjoyed this gig! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! For my third feature, I have three projects to share, and as I have done for my previous two features, I’ll showcase the projects individually so I can enjoy sharing them in some challenges. All three projects feature ARTplorations Stencils and Masks along with other products available in the store. My first project is a fun friendship card featuring the very cool ARTplorations Life Is Good mask using the very old and elementary technique of tracing! I don’t believe I’ve done this since I was a child, lol! My first thought was to ink around it, and after thinking about it overnight I decided to trace it, fussy cut it and make a slimline out of it! Mission accomplished!

I created a top-folding slimline card base measuring 9″ x 3-3/4″ from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock along with a layering panel from CutCardStock Pop-Tone Tangy Orange cardstock. I still had my sewing machine out from hemming some jeans for the hubs, so I thought I’d sew around the outside edge of my card panel. It’s been ages since I’ve done any sewing on card panels so what the heck… that’ll tie right in with the tracing, lol! I did straight stitching and went back did some zig-zag in a few areas, and adhered the panel to the card base. I added roughly two and a third CRAFTplorations Artsy Geometric Backgrounds Clear Stickers in the center of the panel which I outlined with narrow strips of the CutCardStock Pop-Tone Tangy Orange cardstock. I traced around the entire mask with a red fine point marker using orange, yellow and red dotted paper for each word, and then fussy cut the three words and ran a black marker around the edges for definition. I adhered the words to the background panel and then added some tiny snips of leftover orange cardstock strips for a little interest.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with the remaining two-thirds(ish) of a CRAFTplorations Artsy Geometric Backgrounds Clear Sticker and leftover strips of the CutCardStock Pop-Tone Tangy Orange cardstock. I stamped the STAMPlorations Grand Adventure sentiment in orange ink and layered the panel on orange cardstock. I added a few more snips of leftover orange cardstock strips.

And one more peek… I bet no one uses tracing in their crafts anymore… so I feel good about bringing back an old-time technique! I sure like how this turned out!

STAMPlorations products used:
ARTplorations Life Is Good mask
CRAFTplorations Artsy Geometric Backgrounds Clear Stickers
STAMPlorations Grand Adventure stamp

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Tangy Orange cardstock, Sunny Studio Polka-dot Parade 6×6 papers
Ink: Bic Mark-It Ultra Fine Point Rambunctious Red marker, Memento Tuxedo Black marker, Memento Morocco ink
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Singer sewing machine, Coats white thread

I hope you’ve enjoyed these projects and you’re inspired to grab some of your stencils and play! Be sure to check out all the amazing stamps, dies, stencils, digis and other crafty goodies at the STAMPlorations main, outlet and digital stores! Use code STAMPGIRLLESLIE for a 20% discount on your orders in the store (with unlimited uses)! And there is A LOT going on over at the STAMPlorations blog – tons of creative inspiration, tutorials, promotions and giveaways – all month long! If you’ve never visited, you are definitely in for a good time! When you do visit, be sure to leave comments on the posts! Every month Shery draws seven random winners from all the posts published during the month, so the more posts you comment on, the more chances you have to win! And be sure to Follow STAMPlorations on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for more creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Final Stencil Sunday Feature at STAMPlorations!

Howdy peeps! Happy Sunday – I hope you’re having a great weekend! I’m into my third and final month as a guest designer for STAMPlorations Stencil Sunday and I’m sad it’s coming to an end… I’ve had such a good time! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! For my feature this month I have three more projects to showcase, all using different ARTplorations Stencils along with other crafty goodies available in the store!

For more details and photos of each project, click the link above each photo below which will take you directly to the corresponding blog post. I’m posting each project individually so I can enjoy sharing them in some challenges. :)

Life is good

hello

add Salt and Tequila note card

I hope you’ll enjoy seeing each of these projects and will be inspired to grab some of your stencils and play! Be sure to check out all the amazing stamps, dies, stencils, digis and other crafty goodies at the STAMPlorations main, outlet and digital stores! Use code STAMPGIRLLESLIE for a 20% discount on your orders in the store (with unlimited uses)! And there is A LOT going on over at the STAMPlorations blog – tons of creative inspiration, tutorials, promotions and giveaways – all month long! If you’ve never visited, you are definitely in for a good time! When you do visit, be sure to leave comments on the posts! Every month Shery draws seven random winners from all the posts published during the month, so the more posts you comment on, the more chances you have to win! And be sure to Follow STAMPlorations on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for more creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

happy FALL

Hi friends! I hope you had a fabulous weekend – they sure go by fast, don’t they?! Several weeks ago I shared that I’m guest designing over the next three months for Make The Cards Challenge and I’m back to share another inspiration project! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I created this pretty Fall slimline card for MTCC #17 – Color Challenge! Fall is my favorite time of the year because of the colors, the crisp cool weather, and the wonderful sights, sounds and smells!

This graphic screams Fall to me with this gorgeous color palette, so that’s the direction I went! No brainer! ;)

I created my preferred slimline card base size of 9″ x 3-3/4″ (because it fits so nicely in a #10 business envelope) from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock and layering panels from a pretty leaf patterned paper and gold foil cardstock. I die cut stitched rectangles and stitched alphabet letters from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock along with leaves stamped in brown ink on the four colors of cardstock. The round gold foil cardstock elements were negative space leftovers from another project that I had out on my desk thinking that I might use them on another project, and Voila! They came in pretty handy for this card! ;) Once everything was assembled and adhered in place, I stamped ‘happy’ in brown ink on a scrap of white cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it in the upper left quadrant.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of patterned paper and cardstock, stamped the sentiment and leaf in brown ink and layered the panel on dark orange cardstock.

And one more peek… such a fun challenge with an amazingly gorgeous color palette!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Adobo textured 4×6 cardstock, Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie cardstock; Hygloss Gold Foil cardstock, Stampin’ Up Into the Woods DSP
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Vintage Leaves, Lighthearted Leaves and endless Birthday Wishes stamp sets
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 Die-namics and In Stitches Alphabet Die-namics, Stampin’ Up Vintage Leaves die set
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us this week! We can’t wait to see your project using these gorgeous colors! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

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