Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Throwback Thursday- Truly Grateful

I know a few people who make Thanksgiving cards and send them out, but it is too much work to do cards for Thanksgiving and Christmas (IMHO). But this set can be used for fall cards that say thank you to special people in your life. It is always good to be thankful and we need to incorporate it into our everyday lives, not just at Thanksgiving time.

I'm thankful for you...the people all around the world, who take time to look at my blog to see what I have crafted, who occasionally leave a comment of encouragement or commendation and who place orders through my Stampin' Up! store so that I can continue to create cards and post tutorials for you. Thanks!


This set is called, Truly Grateful.

Have a blessed day,
Trude



Friday, July 28, 2017

Friday Friend Share

Looking ahead to Fall. This card was created by Cathy. Beautiful Fall colors blended together.




Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Tuesday Tutorial # 54 Autumn Thanks Banner card

It's Tuesday again and that means it's time for another tutorial!

I used Crazy About You, a stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I am really enjoying the sunshine, but I got an idea for this card and just had to make it! Autumn will be here soon enough, whether I like it or not!

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You can get the tutorial now by using this link

 

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Throwback Thursday # 25 Nature's Wonders

I guess this will be the last fall card for this year. I used the Nature's Wonders stamp set. I think it would make beautiful cards using the stamps individually, but I decided to use all of them on one card. I like how it turned out.

Nature's Wonders, Stampin' Up!, Stamp With Trude, Throwback Thursday, fall, autumn
Retired products:
Nature's Wonders stamp set
Blendabilities- Dark Daffodil

Current products:
Pumpkin Pie card stock
Early Espresso card stock
Tip Top Taupe card stock
Delightful Dijon card stock
Pumpkin Pie card stock
Cajun Craze card stock
Gold ribbon
Big News stamp set
Craft White  ink pad

Other:
Pearls from craft store




Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Tuesday Tutorial # 21

Today's Tutorial is quick and fun. You may find these so fun to make that you will get your children involved and start making them for your friends and relatives to use during the holiday. I sure had fun creating them.

Tuesday Tutorial, Stamp with Trude, Stampin' Up!, fall, autumn, coasters, Into the Woods

You can get the tutorial now by using this link. 

Be Crafty Today!

Trude

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Throwback Thursday Friends Card

This stamp set is very sweet and I have usually seen it used with spring colors and florals. But in Oregon it rains in any season. So I thought that I would try using it with fall colors and papers. I think it turned out just as cute. What do you think?

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Retired products I used:
Friends stamp set
Blendabilities alcohol markers
Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper
Tangerine Tango satin ribbon

Current Stampin' Up! products I used:
Mossy Meadow card stock
Cajun Craze card stock
Very Vanilla card stock
Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Dimensionals

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Tuesday Tutorial # 20 Fall Panel Card

I finally got another Tuesday Tutorial completed. It has been such a challenge for me to update my blog lately. It just seems like I keep getting things 'thrown' at me.

I got rear-ended last week, so now I am doing doctor visits/ physical therapy twice a week and now on top of it I have a cold that is slowing me down. I guess it is true that when it rains, it pours!

Here's the card I created

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You can get the tutorial now by using this link.

Have a blessed day, Trude 


Sunday, October 25, 2015

Scrapbook Sunday

Here's another fun fall scrapbook page. It would be fun to have a big leaf rake against the tree trunk background. I would've had to hand draw and cut one...don't know if Cricut has one available on a cartridge or not. I used two Stampin' Up! stamp sets; Acorny Thank you and Vintage Leaves.

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I used the Fringe scissors to create the grass. I used two layers of grass in two different colors. The darker color is behind (Garden Green and Always Artichoke).
I used Tip Top Taupe for 2 of the acorns...it looks gray in this photo. It is a tad browner in actuality.

I would also use this layout with a portrait layout photo. That would even leave enough room for a journal card. You could also do a two page layout with the second page layout being opposite of this one. 

This page has enough room to move the photo down a tad and add a headline and/or you could also add a caption box underneath the photo.
Garden Green card stock

So Saffron card stock

Always Artichoke card stock

Tangerine Tango Card stock

Fringe Scissors

Delightful Dijon card stock


Vintage Leaves stamp set

Into the Woods Designer Series Paper 

Acorny Thank You bundle

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Scrapbook Sunday # 16 Pretty Pumpkin Page

Today I am revisiting last week's page. I repeated the design with the Vintage Leaves stamp set on the edge of the page, then I used the Everything Eleanor swirl over the rest of the page. I created a pumpkin with the Oval Collection framelits and stamped it with Flowering Flourishes. 


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I like how it turned out.

I used Crumb Cake ink on the pumpkin, Soft Suede ink on the leaves and VersaMark ink on the swirls.

Everything Eleanor

Vintage Leaves

Flowering Flourishes

Oval Collection Framelits



Sunday, September 6, 2015

Scrapbook Sunday # 13 Vintage Leaves page

Can you feel it in the air yet? Does it feel like fall?

I thought I would create a page for you to try out using the new Vintage Leaves stamp set and the matching framelits. It's a great way to use up some of your scraps. That's what I did, I grabbed my scrap bin and pulled out any papers that I thought would make good autumn leaves. Then I stamped and die cut them and arranged them on the page. The top rectangle is for the title and the bottom matted rectangle is for the photo.


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I used Chocolate Brown 12" x 12" paper as the base, everything else is from my scrap bin. I stamped most of the leaves with Crumb Cake ink. The green leaves were stamped with Mossy Meadow ink.
I used VersaMark to make a watermark with leaves on the title rectangle. The leaves are positioned a little differently than I had them arranged originally. It is just hard to fish out the bottom ones to glue down without disturbing the top ones. I decided that the next time I do something like this with a bunch of arranged pieces, I will take a photo with my phone and have it open next to me so that I can reposition the pieces like I had them placed before I started gluing.

What tricks do you use? I'd like to hear from you.


Have a blessed day,
Trude

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Fall Pumpkin Banner

I have been waiting until November to post this and then I almost forgot! Here's my Banner for Thanksgiving. Susie and I enjoyed making these banners even though we made them on a very warm day that was not at all Fall-like.

It is definitely Fall-like today and tomorrow it is forecast to be more like Winter weather. Some forecasts say snow and others say freezing rain. Between the two, I am definitely hoping for the snow.


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Thanksgiving, pumpkin, fall, banner, Trude Thoman, stampwithtrude.blogspot.com ,Stampin' Up!, Flowering Flourishes
Supplies I used
Pumpkin Pie card stock
Crumb Cake card stock
Mossy Meadow card stock
Cajun Craze card stock
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink
Woodgrain embossing folder
Banner Collection Framelits
Oval Collection Framelits
Flowering Flourishes stamp set
Pumpkin Pie cotton ribbon
Blackberry Bliss cotton ribbon
rhinestones basic jewels
Other- Alphabet dies, Jute Twine

 
See what's new in my Stampin' Up! store.

Thanks for stopping by my studio today!
Have a blessed day,
Trude

Monday, October 20, 2014

Pretty Pumpkin Card

I don't know why, but every year it surprises me how fast the days grow shorter. I love the summer and the long days of light so the short daylight is not welcome here! 

The colors of Fall are beautiful and I do look forward to the Fall holidays. All the Christmas lights help brighten the darkness and take some of the gloom away.

Today I created this Pretty Pumpkin card.
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I was looking at the Thanksgiving banner that I created and I thought, "that might look cute as a greeting card too", so here it is.

Products I used:
Early Espresso card stock
Crumb Cake card stock
Pumpkin Pie card stock
Garden Green card stock
Very Vanilla card stock
Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' ink
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' ink
Oval Collections framelit dies
Modern Label punch
Flowering Flourishes stamp set
Hardwood stamp set
And Many More stamp set
Label Something stamp set
Rhinestones
Stampin' Sponges

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
Have a blessed day,
Trude

Friday, October 3, 2014

Fall Bike Ride Scrapbook Pages

Here are the pages that Susie and I created for our bike trip photos.


Stampin' Up! scrapbook pages by Trude Thoman stampwithtrude.blogspot.com Everything Eleanor stamp set Fall and Autumn

The leaves are cut with the Autumn Accents Big Shot Bigz die from Whisper White paper that was spritzed with different colors of reinker ink and rubbing alcohol in Stampin' Spritzers.

I stamped the swirl from Everything Eleanor stamp set several places and added the leaves on top. The title letters are cut with a Sizzix letter set called Bounce.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a Blessed day,
Trude 


Thursday, September 4, 2014

Holiday Home Halloween Card #4

Colorful Dots Holiday Home Stampin' Up! card

Stampin' Up! Holiday Home Halloween card by Trude Thoman stampwithtrude.blogspot.com
Isn't this a fun, colorful card? You can make the dots any color you want because this in not Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper, this is Designer Series Paper by You!

The dots are punched from colorful paper with a 1" circle punch and a 1/4" circle punch. Then glued randomly to a piece of Basic Black card stock.

I stamped the art piece with white craft ink, waited for it to dry (you can hurry the process along with a heat tool). Then I colored a couple of areas with colored pencil. Mount the art piece on a white mat. Adhere the matted art piece to the dotted paper and then onto a Pumpkin Pie card stock base.

Paper: Pumpkin Pie card stock, Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock, Whisper White card stock.
Ink: White craft ink
Stamps: Holiday Home
Other: 1" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch, 2-way glue, colored pencils

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Thanks for stopping by today.
Have a Blessed Day,
Trude

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Halloween Wheel Card

Stampin' Up! Holiday Home stamp set Halloween card by Trude Thoman stampwithtrude.blogspot.com
Have you tried making "wheel cards"? I decided to try making one for this Halloween card. This is the first one I have tried. I did a search to find a tutorial, I found several to watch before I created this card. I was happy with the way it turned out, but already know some things that I will try modifying with another wheel card.

This is the Stampin' Up! Holiday Home stamp set and it has items for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Halloween. The Christmas and Thanksgiving are my favorite, but I had to see if I could do anything with the Halloween ones and I came up with several cards.

I used Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Crumb Cake card stock and Cajun Craze card stock. The ink is Jet Black Stazon and Craft White. The stamp sets are Holiday Home and Hardwood.

So...I was working in my studio today. I was playing with paper...what else, and creating some CARD CANDY. What is card candy? It is interesting items that you use, either by themselves or with other items, to embellish your cards. I will send EVERYONE, that begins following my blog during the month of September, some card candy! The "Follow My Blog" button is in the right hand column of this blog. After you sign up be sure to email me your address so that I can send your card candy. My email is on the "Contact Me" page tab at the top of this blog.
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Don't worry if you didn't win, you will have more chances for blog candy in the future. Just be sure to "follow my blog" so that you will find out when the next giveaway will be.

Plus, who knows, if BeastyBunny doesn't contact me before Friday, September5th, I will select a new winner through Random.org...it could be you!

Have a Blessed Day!
Trude

Monday, September 1, 2014

Holiday Home Halloween Card

Random.org says that comment #22 is the Blog Candy winner!

BeastyBunny please email your address to me so that I can send your Blog Candy. (check under contacts for my email).

Don't worry if you didn't win, you will have more chances for blog candy in the future. Just be sure to "follow my blog" so that you will find out when the next giveaway will be.

Plus, who knows, if BeastyBunny doesn't contact me before Friday, September5th, I will select a new winner through Random.org...it could be you!

In the meantime, here's another card idea.

Stampin' Up! Halloween card created by Trude Thoman stampwithtrude.blogspot.com Holiday Home stamp set
I used two of the new in-colors: Blackberry Bliss and Tangelo Twist. They are both from the In-Color Designer Series Paper stack.

Paper: Whisper White card stock, Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock
Ink: White craft ink, Jet Black Stazon
Stamps: That's the Ticket, Holiday Home
Other: 1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Ticket punch

I used scraps to punch out small circles from for the left-hand circle border.

Other than punching the little circles and gluing them, this is a fairly quick card to create.

All supplies are available at my Stampin' Store.

Have a Happy Stamping Day and please come back soon!
Trude

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Happy Stamper's Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

Happy Stampers Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

 
Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set creation by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com


 Hello!
Welcome to our Blog Hop, thanks for stopping by.

I have two fall projects (and a bonus) created with the Wondrous Wreath stamp set. I wanted to show you that this set is versatile. You can use it for more than Christmas projects. It just takes a little switching out of the colors.

In this case I chose to use the baby wipe technique because it allows me to add spots of color quickly without coloring in each individual leaf.  I like to make multiple cards at one time when I am using this technique so that I get the best use of my supplies.

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall card by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

I stamped the kraft paper background with the acorn trio from the "For All Things" stamp set. I used VersaMark watermark ink.

For the banner I used the banner and sentiment from the "For All Things" stamp set. I used Hello Honey ink and stamped off once before stamping the banner onto Whisper White card stock. I used Rich Razzleberry ink for the sentiment, also for the ribbon and Rich Razzleberry card stock for the small pennant.The ribbon is 1/8" Crushed Curry Taffeta.

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The second project is a bag topper. I used a cellophane bag, but the kraft paper bags in the catalog would be cute too! Do you like the foggy effect on the bag? That is what happens when the room temperature is over 90 degrees and the cookies come out of the freezer and straight into the bag! It's a frosty effect, just for fall ☺.
Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall treat bag topper by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall treat bag topper by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

I used the Tangelo Twist ink for the ribbon on this wreath. I punched a circle of Rich Razzleberry card stock and attached it behind the wreath so that it would 'pop'. For this project I chose the gold Baker's twine as the ribbon. I attached it to a base created with Kraft paper and the Window Frames collection framelit which is stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink and the swirl stamp from Everything Eleanor.

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For the bonus project I created a place card holder that is also a treat box.I used kraft paper, my pre-made wreath (remember, I stamped all the wreaths at once to get the most out of my supplies), and Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.
It is quite easy and would really look cute on a Thanksgiving table next to each place setting.

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall place card holder/ party favor by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

These are the products I used for both of these projects:

Kraft card stock #133674
Very Vanilla card stock #101650
Rich Razzleberry card stock #115316
Cellophane Bags #133770
Polka Dot Tag and Bag Gift Bags #135503 (cute alternative to the cellophane bags)
Gold Metallic Baker's Twine #132975
Hello Honey 3/8" stitched Satin ribbon #133671
Crushed Curry 1/8" Taffeta ribbon #134585
Everything Eleanor stamp set- wood #131987, clear #124164
For All Things stamp set- wood #135152, clear #135155
Wondrous Wreath stamp set and matching framelit bundle- #137624
Tangerine Tango reinker #111841
Hello Honey ink pad #133643
Tangelo Twist ink pad #133646
Rich Razzleberry ink pad #126950
Rich Razzleberry reinker #115664
Old Olive reinker #100531
Sahara Sand reinker #105220
VersaMark watermark ink pad #102283
Angled Tag Topper punch #133324
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One of my lucky blog readers will receive this Library card journal that I made, a package of Baker's twine, and a stack of hand made designer paper envelopes.

Blog Hop Candy

Journal pages
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List of blog hop participants:

Trude Thoman (that's me) -  http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com/2014/08/happy-stampers-holiday-catalog-blog-hop.html
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Please 'follow' my blog. I share ideas regularly and sometimes even add some blog candy! If you follow my blog you won't miss it ☺

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Have a Happy Stamping Day!
Trude 

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Thanksgiving Pocket Scrapbook Page

I thought I had already posted this Stampin' Up! scrapbook page we made at one of the scrapbook workshops. We tried one of the pocket pages this time. Pocket pages are very popular right now. It shouldn't be too surprising, the layout is already pre-determined; all you have to do is plug in the photos and embellishments.

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We used Stampin' Up! Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper and some embellishments from the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created kit. Now all that I need to do is print some photos from Thanksgiving and insert them in the pockets, then journal on the card and I'm done!

Sweater Weather DSP
Thankful Tablescape Simply Created

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Truly Grateful Fall Card

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This card is made with the Truly Grateful stamp set by Stampin' Up! I also used Sweater Weather designer series paper and Stitched Satin ribbon.


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