Glorious Thankful For You Leaves by Heather Telford

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This week is a very special one. We will be featuring Heather Telford‘s designs three times this week – what a wonderful treat! The theme for the week is “Gratitude – Thankful For You”.  It goes hand-in-hand with the Autumnal season and upcoming holidays. To start things off, Heather is sharing a beautiful background of multi-colored leaves made with the Concord & 9th Thankful Turnabout Leaves stamp set.

Then, to say “Thank You to you, our readers, we appreciate you all so much”, we will be giving away three – $25 gift certificates. Heather explains all the details below.

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A Beautiful Spray of Autumn Flowers by Laurel Beard

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What September would be complete without a beautiful spray of Autumn flowers to kick off the Fall season. Laurel Beard of Simply Cardmaking is showcasing these gorgeous flowers from the Concord & 9th Grateful For Everything stamp. Check out her watercolor magic!

 

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A Trio of Laurel Cards by no other than Laurel Beard

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We are back again after the long weekend with a beautiful project from Laurel Beard of Simply Cardmaking. We are always excited to have Laurel visit! She has soooo many fun and creative things to share.  We hope you enjoy this one using the  Laurel Frame stamp and die set by Concord & 9th.

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Grateful For You – a beautiful maple leaf

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I always look forward to this time of the year where there is a burst of Fall leaves. Concord & 9th has the perfect one with their gorgeous die set: Thankful Leaves. It creates a fabulous leaf and the gracious Grateful sentiment is from the same release. I know I will be using these dies over and over again.

Take a look at this version.

Note: For those of you that received the blog post in your email today, I made a big boo-boo! I forgot to mention the “Grateful for you” sentiment is from the Concord & 9th Grateful die set. This blog article has been changed to reflect the correct information.

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Enjoy The Little Things Leaf Canopy

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Today we are sharing a fun and easy card using the Altenew Leaf Canopy stamp and die set. This set has delicate sprays of leaves that make creating a beautiful project a snap.  Let’s check out how it all comes together.

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City Days by Heather Telford

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This City Stacks stamp and die set is soooo fabulous. It is almost as fabulous as Heather Telford! She has created a wonderful 5-layer (can you believe it?) card and colored it using the Inktense watercolor pencils. Read on to hear how she does it! Then, don’t forget to pop over to her blog for oodles more inspiration!

 

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Striped Cityscape by Laurel Beard

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We hope your summer is filled with fun and relaxation. One way to relax and enjoy some leisure time is to grab a cup of your favorite beverage and check out what Laurel Beard at Simply Cardmaking is up to. She always has tons of fantastic projects and how-tos and she is sharing one with us today!

Laurel is using the City Stacks stamp and die set by Concord & 9th to create this fun and colorful card. Below, Laurel gives you a quick run-down of steps to make this card.

 

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Create Your Own Stencil Using Cutting Dies

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Just in time for summer birthdays or 4th of July, we made a trio of cards using the new Fireworks die by My Favorite Things. This technique is a nifty way to extend the use of your cutting dies.

Take a look below at the video on how we got it done!

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Everything Is Coming Up Posies by Laurel Beard

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Everything is coming up posies! Laurel Beard of Simply Cardmaking with Laurel is visiting today and she is sharing a fabulous card using the beautiful Concord & 9th stamp and die set,  Posie Fill-In. She is so clever how she is using the luscious new embossing powder colors! It just makes this design pop!

Take a look at how she does it and then be sure to pop over to her blog for more inspiration.

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Watercoloring The Geode Stamp by Concord & 9th

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Concord & 9th has just released the Geode stamp and die set. We have created a video (see below) to show you how we used the stamp set. Hopefully, this will inspire you to get out your paints and give it a whirl. Choose whatever color palette that strikes your fancy!

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