Hot Foiling & Gathered Leaves

Stampin Up TheSpotChallenge#124 GDP#254 Gathered Leaves Dies Hot Foil Stamp Market Lots of Thanks Stamp Set Thank you card ideas Michelle Gleeson Stampunup SU

I have another fall card for you today. It was inspired by two challenges this week. Global Design Project Sketch and The Spot Color Challenge. I love the effect of using Hot Foiling. It creates a letter press foiled impression on the paper. While there are specially designed hot foil plates; many regular dies can be used to hot foil as I did here. Using standard Stampin’ Up! Gathered Leaves Dies and my Spellbinders Glimmer…

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Slimline Birthday Card

Stampin Up Forever Fern Slimline Birthday card idea Mchelle Gleeson Stampinup SU

Quick post with lots of photos. Using the Pink Fresh Studio Slimline dies I created this slimline card. The largest dies hangs over the Just Jade card base 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. The next die cut a piece of Just Jade card stock that I embossed with the Textile Embossing Folder. I embossed one end and then turned the card stock around to emboss the remaining card stock. The seam is hidden with the…

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PALS August Blog Hop – My Happiest Season

Stampin Up PALS August Blog Hop Gather Together Stamp Set Gilded Autumn DSP Gathered Leaves Dies Anytime Card Ideas Michelle Gleeson Stampinup SU

Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team is showcasing “My Happiest Season.” We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. My favorite time of year is Fall…crisp air, fall colors, sweater weather, new beginnings (with…

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Celebrate Summer & Sunflowers

Stampin Up Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle Anytime card ideas Michelle Gleeson Stampinup SU

I saw a card on Instagram @NorineHope and immediately wanted to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) it using Stampin’ Up! products. Using (retired) Neutrals DSP I covered my Thick Whisper White card base using the polka dot DSP and then cut a 2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of the stripe DSP. Note that the stripes on the DSP were diagonal so I cut it to achieve the horizontal stripe.  Then I began making the sunflower.…

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