ICS Blog Hop Fall for All

The crisp Fall air has come to the St Louis area the last few days which means Halloween and the wonderful Fall season!  I am excited for another amazing ICS blog hop!  If you are working your way through the hop, thanks for stopping by from Joni's.

The theme for this month's hop is Fall for All!  Fall is my favorite season, so I really enjoyed making this card.  I thought I would try the baby wipe technique for the first time.

Most of the Stampin' Up! 2014-2016 In Colors make a great Fall color pallet along with Tip Top Taupe from the 2015-2017 In Colors.  To do this baby wipe technique you drop 3 drops multiple times from your ink refill onto a few baby wipes folded in half.  I had mine on a plate so the colors didn't bleed all over my table.  You then use this as your ink pad to stamp.  The For All Things stamp set was used for this card as it is one of my favorites with the watercolor look.   The thick Whisper White cardstock has very quickly become my go-to cardstock for card making!  The sentiment is in Blackbery Bliss on Hello Honey cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by my post in the ICS blog hop!  The next stop in your hop is Terri!  Happy hopping!!

Supplies for the card (non-SU: baby wipes):

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ICS Blog Hop Introducing the Holiday Catalog

 

I am excited to join this ICS (Inspire Create & Share) blog hop this month!  I am an avid paper crafter, and I have loved to start blogging & utilizing my IT (computer) background.  I reside in the St Louis area and am an Independent Demonstrator for Stampin' Up!  Besides paper crafting I love spending time outside in the gardens (both flower & vegetable) and sports!!  Diane and Anna are also new to the blog hop this month and great paper crafters!  If you are hopping along in order of our hop you have just come from Joni's wonderful blog!

This month our theme is to introduce the Holiday Catalog to you! Hopefully by now you all have your own personal copies of this catalog...if not please contact your demonstrator to get one because it is fabulous!  If you don't have a demonstrator let me know I would be happy to get one to you!

The moment I saw this stamp set at convention and in the Holiday catalog I knew I had to have it.  If you know anything about the St Louis area it is known as "Cardinals Nation!"  I love this set both for baseball and the holidays!

My card has a Whisper White thick cardstock (which I love!) base layered with Mossy Meadow cardstock, and DSP from the Season of Cheer pack.  The Joyful greeting is heat embossed with silver.  The cardinal outline is stamped in Memento Black and two step stamped with the body in Real Red (twice), eye area in Memento Black, and beak in Pumpkin Pie.  I used a little white ink pen to bring out the eye.  I fuzzy cut the cardinal out!  The branch is stamped on Soft Sky in Early Espresso ink, and the cardinal feet are in Memento Black.  I adhered the cardinal with dimensionals and added some dazzling details to look like snow.  I accented the cardinal and background with the new silver cording trim which I absolutely love!!

 

Thanks for stopping by my first post in the ICS blog hop and I look forward to it for many months to come!  The next stop in your hop is the fantastic, Andrea!  Happy hopping!!

Here are the supplies I used:

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