blessed blooms

Heather is here for this week’s TGIF with a gorgeous autumn card. I love how she created her textured tone-on-tone background with diecuts! She used the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die, which was just perfect for this technique. We are actually expecting our restock order of this die to land here today, so keep an eye out for that if you’ve been waiting for to come back in stock! 😊

Here’s Heather with more on her project…

I look forward to the autumn season and everything that comes with that every year. I am ready for cooler temperatures and watching the leaves change color. I look forward to visits to the apple orchard and picking out pumpkins to sit on our front porch. The BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die collection is perfect for bringing autumn into my craft studio and I love all of the textures and detail in the leaves and acorns.

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The first time I created with this die collection, I cut out the pieces from watercolor paper that I had painted in various autumnal colors. This time, I took a cue from all of the details in the die cuts and cut out the leaves, veins, and acorns from one color of cardstock. I used Kraft cardstock for my project, but you could recreate this with your favorite autumn colors or even just use white cardstock.

I arranged the leaves and acorns onto a piece of Kraft cardstock to create a textural, tone on tone background.The “blessings” sentiment is from the Blessed Blooms stamp set and cut to with the coordinating die. I tucked a few colorful oak leaves and an acorn under the sentiment that I had left over from a past project. This card would be beautiful for a Thanksgiving dinner invitation or just to send a bit of autumn in the mail to a loved one.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

Hello and welcome to the final day of product reveals and projects for our latest collection…

Our new Gathered Blessings collection will go up in the shop tomorrow – Friday, August 28 at 10am EDT

**Please Note: shipping delay for the new release items

To keep you as informed as possible before ordering starts tomorrow, we wanted to let you know about the shipping time frame for the new release items. Everything will go up in the shop tomorrow morning at 10 am EDT as scheduled, but unfortunately the majority of our dies have been delayed. We were holding out hope that they would arrive in time so we could get your orders out in our usual speedy fashion, but we have been informed that they are running a bit late. We will be shipping orders as quickly as we can as the dies arrive. Please allow an estimated 7-10 days for your order to ship if it contains newly released dies as we await their arrival and then work through the orders.

Yes, 2020 continues and we’re learning to just do our best and try to roll with it… 😊 Thank you so much for your patience with us! We appreciate all of you so much!

Before we get to today’s product introductions, one more bit of news – Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Thursday morning, August 27 (that’s TODAY!) at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Let’s meet today’s new products!…

Blessed Blooms stamp set + die

If you loved our Birthday Blooms set, you’ll love the new Blessed Blooms set! More words in that same beautiful font, along with several new floral accent pieces. Use the Blessed Blooms set on its own, or mix and match it with elements from the Birthday Blooms set for even more options. The words and images in this set are perfect for autumn and thanksgiving cards, as well as expressing gratitude throughout the year!

This set comes on a 4″ x 8″ sheet and includes a full-color printed stamping guide. The matching die is a 10-piece set of wired dies.

Made in the USA
Blessed Blooms stamp set price – $18
Blessed Blooms die price – $22

Click HERE for more detailed information

BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set creates a graceful layered oak branch and two sizes of acorns. The pretty leaves can be used on the branch, or on their own when paired with the individual vein details. Keep it simple by cutting them from colored cardstock, or have fun experimenting with your favorite coloring method, such as ink blending, watercolor, markers, and more for dramatic effects!

Set of 13 wired dies and includes a printed assembly guide
Made in the USA
BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die price – $17
Click HERE for more detailed information

BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden set creates 5 different layered mushrooms of various shapes and sizes. Keep it simple by cutting them from colored cardstock, or have fun experimenting with your favorite coloring method, such as ink blending, watercolor, markers, and more for dramatic effects!

Set of 17 wired dies and includes a printed assembly guide
BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden die price – $17
Made in the USA
Click HERE for more detailed information

And you’re in for another treat – Laurie Willison is back again today with a video showing the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden dies in action…

Mimosa Musings stamp set & die

This unique layered stamp set features pretty Mimosa clusters in three sizes. The unique blooms on the mimosa branches make them perfect for fall and beyond. Experiment with lots of different color combos for different looks! The handful of sentiments done in a combination of pretty fonts finishes off the set.

This stamp set comes on a 6″ x 8″ sheet. The coordinating die is a 3-piece set
Made in the USA
Mimosa Musings stamp set price: $24
Mimosa Musings die (3 pieces): $18

Click HERE for more detailed information

To aid in your list-making and planning, below you will find the prices for today’s products in one spot.

Blessed Blooms stamp set – $18
Blessed Blooms die – $22
BotaniCuts Mighty Oak die – $17
BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden – $17
Mimosa Musings stamp set – $24
Mimosa Musings die – $18

My first few cards use the new BotaniCuts dies. I just love these…they are some of my favorites ever! For this first card, I cut two sets of the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak. I watercolored all of the leaves with bright, vibrant colors, and the acorns in shades of brown.

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I assembled both branches as they were designed, and layered them together over a panel of watercolor paper cut with the Nordic Frames die. I added some loose blue watercolor to that panel as well, to create some “sky” for my branches. I finished off the design with a sentiment from the Blessed Blooms set.

For this next card, I colored a bunch of the cute mushrooms from the BotaniCuts Toadstool Garden set and paired them with a Halfsies Oval Shiplap background! To color the mushrooms, I started by cutting them from white cardstock, then sponged them with oxide inks, and added shading and details with colored pencils.

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To create the shiplap frame, I covered a panel of lightweight cardstock with Shiplap Builder planks. My panel was slightly larger than an A2 card so that I would be sure to have enough space to cut two Halfsies Oval dies. I cut two of the planked halfsies and layered them over a panel of watercolor paper which I prepped with some loose blue watercoloring. I clustered those cute mushrooms as well as leaves and acorns from the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set. For the sentiment, I pulled out my Birthday Blooms set for the “happy” and paired it with the “autumn” from the Blessed Blooms set…those mushrooms just looked happy to me, and thought they needed a “happy” sentiment!

My next card uses all of the cut floral and leaf elements from the new Blessed Blooms set. The little elements from Birthday Blooms are definitely some of my favorites, and I’m excited to have even more variety of that same look with the new Blessed Blooms set.

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I stamped these in shades of pink and orange, using Victorian Velvet, Rusty Hinge, and Aged Mahogany inks. I also clustered in a few of the acorns from the BotaniCuts Mighty Oak set….those little guys might be my favorite! Behind my floral cluster are a few Shiplap Builder planks and a background done with the Square Dance die and stencils in matching shades.

My next card again sneaks in a few of these same new BotaniCuts elements, but this time I also pulled in the new branches from the Mimosa Musings set. This set is so fun to stamp – those little “puff ball” blooms are so fun! I added a little depth of color to the centers of the blooms with some colored pencils for even more pop.

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I stamped the Mimosa blooms in shades of pink (more Victorian Velvet + Aged Mahogany) and yellow (Wild Honey with a bit of Crushed Olive for a little more greenish zing + Rusty Hinge). Behind those pretty blooms and ‘shrooms is a rustic “door” I created with four vertical Shiplap Builder planks finished off with a horizontal plank at both the top and bottom. The sentiment is once again from the new Blessed Blooms set (can’t get enough! 😊)

My last card uses the new Mimosa Musings set paired with the new Square Dance die and stencil. I didn’t really intend this when I started, but it almost ended up looking like the flowers are coming from a woven basket…that idea is totally making me want to go create a card with a more intentional take on that idea! (I’m putting that down on the to-do list!) Can you imagine it overflowing with a whole bunch of our autumn goodies?

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But anyway, back to this card…the Mimosa blooms were stamped in shades of blue – Speckled Egg and Blueprint Sketch. I again added some deeper color to the centers with colored pencils. I added some Shiplap Builder planks to the top of that Square Dance panel to give it a nice finished edge. Tucked in the “basket” are the mimosa blooms and a Postal Frames diecut, stamped with the “I’ve been thinking…” sentiment from the Mimosa Musings set. I also finished off the inside with the rest of the sentiment to say “about you”, along with a couple of the smallest mimosa clusters.

That wraps up my projects, but there is so much more to see from the team, plus a chance to win!

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a $50 gift card. We will be giving away one $50 gift card for today’s blog hop!

Read on for details…

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