pampas grass

TGIF! I hope you all had a great week! I have a couple of quick projects to share with you, but before I get to that, a little heads up on some new products coming to the shop!

I hope you’ll join us next week as we have a week filled with sneak peeks, reveals, and projects for our first product release of 2022! Our newest collection is called Confections…it’s filled with sweet paper treats, and it’s coming to the shop on Friday, January 21!

Before I go, I thought I’d share a couple of projects with you! If you follow along with us on Instagram, you may have seen my post earlier this week about all of the exciting things going on here recently. Along with celebrating the holidays and having our year-end sale, we moved…both the business and our family, so things have been a little chaotic!

There hasn’t been a lot of creating time here with everything else going on, but this week I finally got a chance to start to settle in my new space and actually get back to creating. Sometimes that’s easier said than done after a bit of time away…you can probably relate! In this case it took me some unpacking just to find the essentials, and everything felt a little out of sorts. When I feel this way, my best bet is always to turn to my scrap bucket. I always keep extra stamped and diecut images left over from other projects. It’s a great place to start if you’re feeling stuck and just need to get the creativity going (or can’t find your supplies…lol!).

One of the things I like to do is pull out things from the same color family. For this card, I pulled out an assortment of blue things…a Blooming Branch with blue blossoms, a scrap of Mimosa Musings, and a blue berry sprig done with Winterberry Bouquet. I also found this pretty background in my scraps, which was done by stamping the Fond of Foliage background stamp onto a panel of textured watercolor paper.

I arranged all of my blue items inside a Crimped Frames diecut, and topped it off with a hot foiled Opposites Attract sentiment. I love finding all of these treasures, and putting things together that I might not have envisioned using together if it weren’t for my scrap bin.

For my next card, I pulled out an assortment of pink and green things…a Layered Leaves branch, a Pampas Grass stem, and a Winterberry Bouquet berry sprig.

I once again reached for a hot foiled Opposites Attract sentiment, and also pulled out this hot foiled Deco Triangles background. Just a quick and easy card, courtesy of my scrap bin.

Thanks so much for joining me today! What might you find in your scrap bin to inspire you?

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining us today…one of my favorite days of the year. We’re kicking off two days of reveals and projects to showcase this year’s autumn collection. We’re heading into my favorite crafting months and I couldn’t be more excited!

Before we get to the products and projects, just an advance heads up that Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Thursday, September 9 at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out! She has some extra fun planned today with some special guests! 😊

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Below is a quick look at all of the new products. Click on the links below each product heading for more details and information, or click HERE to see all of the new products in the shop. (**Please Note: although the new products are visible in the shop, they will not be available to purchase until 10am EDT on Friday, September 10).

BotaniCuts Wheat die & BotaniCuts Ginkgo die

Click HERE for BotaniCuts Wheat die details ($17)
Click HERE for BotaniCuts Ginkgo die details ($22)

The BotaniCuts Ginkgo features pretty ginkgo branches along with a few individual leaves, no assembly is required. The BotaniCuts Wheat is simple to assemble, and I’ve put together a quick video showing how they go together…

Layered Leaves stamp set + die

Click HERE for Layered Leaves stamp set details ($18)
Click HERE for Layered Leaves die details ($12)

The Layered Leaves set is a bit unique in that the matching die does not have any additional border built in like is typical for our dies that match our stamp sets. In order to keep the delicacy of the branch, the matching die was designed without the additional border. I’ve put together a video showing the stamping for this set and how the individual leaves can be layered for extra dimension!

Grace Upon Grace stamp set & Grace Upon Grace hot foil

This verse from John 1:16 is perfect for fall, and we’re offering it in both stamp set and hot foil versions.

Click HERE for Grace Upon Grace stamp set details ($7)
Click HERE for Grace Upon Grace hot foil details ($14)

Pampas Grass stamp set + die

Click HERE for Pampas Grass stamp set details ($24)
Click HERE for Pampas Grass die details ($26)

Now for some projects! I have several projects today, plus at the end of this post will be links to all the Inspiration Team members also sharing projects today!

My first project is a slimline card featuring pretty leaf clusters made with the BotaniCuts Ginkgo and Layered Leaves sets. The Layered Leaves were of course stamped with the stamp set, the Ginkgo leaves were diecut from white cardstock and colored with my favorite method – sponged with Oxide inks and then details and shading added with colored pencils.

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The base was cut with the Crimped Slimline die, and the leafy bouquet was topped off with a new “autumn” diecut we’ll be showcasing tomorrow. I added some splatters of gold ink to finish it off and add extra interest.

Next is another slimline, again using the Crimped Slimline die as a base. This time I used just the Ginkgo branches – they are so pretty on their own!

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I layered both branches over each other at the top, then hot foiled the new Grace Upon Grace sentiment towards the bottom. I added just a few scattered ginkgo leaves and some gold splatters. It turned out so elegant, and is much simpler to put together than it looks – always love that!

My next card uses the same color scheme as my previous two card…I love how the dark background sets off these pretty leaves and sprigs! This time I used the new Grace Upon Grace stamp set to stamp the sentiment onto a panel cut with our Crimped Frames die. The cluster along the side was made with the Layered Leaves set, along with a few stems of wheat tucked in, cut using the new BotaniCuts Wheat die.

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To add some interest to the background, I used my Deco Triangles hot foil plate to add some texture and shine. I also added some ink splatters. If you’re wondering about the color combo I used to stamp the Layered Leaves branch, I used Brushed Corduroy, Victorian Velvet, and Rusty Hinge Oxide inks, with Versafine Clair Pinecone for the vein details.

Of course those pretty wheat stems are just begging to be bundled up with a big bow, so that’s just what I did for this next project. I grew up in rural North Dakota, where fall meant miles and miles of golden wheat fields, so wheat images will always have a special place in my heart!

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Cutting two batches of the BotaniCuts Wheat will give you a nice, full bundle. Here I also tucked in some hot foil leaves from a set we’ll be introducing tomorrow, and topped it all off with our Put a Bow on It stamp set and matching die. The background panel was cut with the Deco Frames die.

My next three cards all use a similar color scheme. I was loving the way our new Pampas Grass set looks stamped in warm shades of tan, orange, and rosy pink!

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My first two cards are one-layer cards that use our new hot foil sentiments – Grace Upon Grace, and a Let’s Have a Word: Autumn hot foil that we’ll be officially introducing tomorrow.

My hello autumn card uses the same color scheme, again stamping the Pampas Grass images directly onto a rustic white cardstock panel. Of course I couldn’t resist adding a few ink splatters to add some extra interest. I also did just a little colored pencil shading to the pampas grass images. The ink colors used on both of these are Oxides…Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Linen, and Frayed Burlap.

My third card of the bunch uses the same color scheme, but this time I incorporated the matching Pampas Grass dies for more dimension. I also tucked in a few stems of “grass” using the new BotaniCuts: Wheat die. I love how this die doubles as grass if you omit the beards. So pretty to tuck in amongst other things! The sentiment here is from the Blessed Blooms set we released last year.

My final card for today again uses a mix of Pampas Grass images and blades of “grass” cut with the BotaniCuts: Wheat die.

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I stamped these lovely grasses in shades of green and tan, then layered them over a panel of watercolor paper with some loose watercoloring in matching shades of green. The sentiment here is from the Cotton Comforts set. The BotaniCuts wheat/grass sprigs add just the right touch of texture to the design.

That wraps up my projects today, but we have more in store for you!

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 prize! We’ll be giving away TWO $50 gift cards for today’s blog hop.

Read on for details…

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The inspiration team has been busy creating with these new stamps and dies! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)