Be Inspired Blog Hop--Fun with Embossing Folders!

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Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop! This month (can you believe its the end of September already?) we are focusing on Embossing Folders. We have so many fantastic ones to choose from so I thought, why not use as many as possible!

I used a total of 8 different embossing Folders to create this page! I am so happy with how it turned out. I love how the fall colors jump off the crisp Basic White background as well.

The Folders I used were:

  1. 2 folders from the Online Exclusive Basics 3D Embossing Folders

  2. Cane Weave

  3. Exposed 3D Brick

  4. Painted Texture

  5. Timeworn Type

  6. Twisted Rope

  7. Distressed Tile

I cut each Basic White square or panel to 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 so that they can fit on your 12 x 12 and look like a bit of a grid. They give such an amazing texture!

You can find the words ‘to’ and ‘you’ in the Sending Cheer stamp set.

 

I used the large 2 3/8 punch to create a circle that was turned into an easy tag with the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon and some black bakers twine.

I stamped the background with the star cluster from the Tricks & Treats stamp set and used the ghost and ‘boo’ from the coordinating dies.

The Pick of the Patch stamp set has been a craft room favorite these past couple of weeks so there was no doubt I was going to use it to add some fun pumpkins! I turned one into a jack o lantern and added some little leaves that were stamped in Pebbled Path.

On this little vignette I added ‘Happy Halloween’ and another little pumpkin patch!

The photos are on a double photo mat—Basic Black and Smoky Slate to really help them pop about the white textured background. A few of the In Color Enamel Dots added to my layout!

Thank you to the Edmonton corn maze for the great photo opps!

I am really excited to see what the rest of the team has created focusing on Embossing Folders. There really are so many different techniques and ways to use these. They are definitely a craft room staple item in my opinion! I hope this page gives you some inspiration on how you could even incorporate mini squares on a card front using a variety of folders.

Next up on the hop is Janneke and I always love her projects and design style! Click on the link below to visit her blog! And as always, please feel free to leave any comments. I love to get your feedback!

If I have inspired you and you need to #addtocart, please click any image to shop my store! Thank you for helping me continue to ‘Love What I Do!’

Color Fusers--September--Hello fall!

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Hi friends! Welcome back to another Color Fusers Blog Hop! I am happy to be back after taking a little hiatus last month! Sometimes we just need to recharge our creative batteries! I am happy to be back crafting, especially this month, afterall, I do love fall most of all!

NOTE; I have made a boo boo and created a project using the August colors (the month I had skipped) so everyone else in the hop is creating with LOST LAGOON, BLACKBERRY BLISS AND BERRY BURST! You will love what they have made, I am just the odd one out this month!

The team this month is creating with Pebble Path, Boho Blue and Misty Moonlight and while these are gorgeous colors with 2 of 3 being from our new In Color Collection 2023/25— they are probably not conventional ‘fall’ colors. However, that didn’t stop me from creating a scrapbook page!

I new I wanted to start with Pebbled Path as my base. I really really love this color and I am already sad knowing it will only be here for another 18 months! In my opinion it could replace Grey Granite in the Neutrals!

The Let’s Go Fishing DSP was another natural choice for this layout as I knew it had some coordinating patterns that would work well for my layout. I used a stripped piece featuring Pebbled Path and they layered my card stock over top. I added a photo mat and the letters ‘FALL’ using a wood grain pattern in Misty Moonlight. The letters are from the Alphabet A La Mode dies—a definite #addtocart item if you have not already! I also used the Foam Adhesive Sheets so that my letters are raised up on my scrapbook page.

It was a happy coincident that we happen to take some family pictures a few years back that happen to coordinate with this months color palette. Our photo shoot was in October as well so everything lined up well to design a fall themed page

There are also only 2 sets of legs that haven’t grown in height either since this picture was taken! hahaha!

I used the new Autumn Leaves Bundle as the main focus of this page. I love this big bold maple leaf image and how nicely it stamped onto the background of my page. I used my Blending Brush with some Pebbled Path ink around the edges of my page and flicked my dark Stampin’ Blend over top of the stamped leaves.

I used 2 of the smaller leaf dies from the set to cut out leaves in Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight and Pebbled Path. I ran half through the new Distressed Tile 3D folder to give them a bunch of texture.

You can find the sentiment ‘A Harvest of Blessings’ in the Pick of the Patch stamp set. I thought it was the perfect addition to this page especially with a little bit of the Pebbled Path Textured Ribbon underneath.

TOP TIP: If the ribbon is to wide, simply cut it in half to fit your project!

You can find ‘October’ in the Days to Remember stamp set—every memory keeper needs this set as a permanent addition to their repetoire!

Lastly I added some of the In Color Dots in Pebbled Path and Boho Blue onto my page. They are a great finishing touch. I am really really pleased with how this page turned out and I hope it inspires you to think outside the box with your designs.

 

I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Color Fusers Team has created! I know you will be amazed at the variety of things you can create with THREE colors! Next up on the hop is my amazing friend and former Artisan teammate Tami Hewlett. I am always blown away by what she creates!

If you would prefer to go in reverse or we experience a broken link you can go back to Stacy Marsh—another uber talented demo!