Beautiful Embossed card swaps with foil accents

November 19, 2025

Our Team swap theme was to use foil or heat embossing on our cards. This was a fun theme that is especially easy around the holidays.

Today I’m sharing Jonna’s stunning card in Black, Silver & White:

It’s a ‘Wow’ card for sure! She textured the Basic Gray card layer with the Sunflower 3D embossing folder seen here first and then rubbed it with Versamark ink. Then she heat embossed it with Silver embossing powder. Just gorgeous!

Her measurements are as follows:
– Embossed layer 3 1/2″ square
– Black layer 3 3/4″ square, Black greeting layer 3 3/4″ X 1 1/4″
– White is 4″ X 5 1/4″, White greeting layer is 3 1/2″ X 1″

The greeting is from the Branching Out stamp set.

It’s a beautiful card Jonna!

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The kits below will ship out this week so you have plenty of time to finish them by December. And they’re quick & easy too!

The Christmas Tags & More cards are easy because there isn’t any stamping. The greetings are from the gold foil ephemera pack included in the kit.

This kit to go includes a share of the festive designer paper, the ribbon, the peppermint gems, the ephemera greetings, the PDF tutorial and video too. Plus the pre-cut 10 cards that are all fun folds. All for $30 plus shipping. It’s a fabulous deal!

Don’t wait long; I have just a few left. Go here to get yours. *You will need to cut your new designer paper for the cards but my directions make that simple.

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The other kit I created this month is also easy but does require stamped greetings. But there is very little prep & just a little trimming of the card bases to create these beautiful wintery cards:

These cards could be winter or holiday; it’s your choice when you stamp the greetings.

This kit originated from a former Paper Pumpkin kit but I jazzed up the cards and added more to create 12 gorgeous cards. This kit includes 12 envelopes and a share of Peppermint gems plus the PDF tutorial.
I have a few left so grab yours soon. This kit is $29 and you can see it here.

**Remember to check out all of my kits to go and tutorials here at my shop; choosing more than one will save on shipping.

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Casing my friend with Caring Leaves & video

September 23, 2024
Last week I was out of town to see my son get married in the beautiful Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming.

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The photographer was incredible; I have to share some of her early shots with you. It was a quick trip but we were blessed to be there for the small ceremony. We had a wonderful time driving through the stunning park with the photographer scouting out photo opportunities. We're thrilled to add Katrina to our family!

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Today I'm sharing the swap card I made for our Team card swap this month:

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My colors include Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Beige & Very Vanilla. Peacock is one of my favorite 'outside the box' colors for autumn projects.

Two of my favorite types of stamps are 2-step and Distinktive and this set is both! It's a sweet & simple set & it's just $17. See it here.

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When I was planning my card for the swap I came across the card on the left below. It's one my friend Susie Wood made awhile ago. I loved the layout and cased it using the Caring Leaves set.

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Casing a favorite card or layout is my go to when designing a new project. It's fun to switch up colors and products while using the same design.

I created a video that's posted below. I stamped the outline leaves on the large Pretty Peacock layer before embossing it with the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder. I also stamped an extra leaf to fussy cut and add under the tag. See the measurements below.

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Measurements:
- Basic Beige 4 1/4" X 11" score at 5 1/2"
- Pretty Peacock 2 3/4" X 5 1/2", 2 3/4" X 4
- Pumpkin Pie 2 1/2" X 3 3/4", 4 1/4" X 1" strip
- Very Vanilla 2 1/4" X 3 1/2" plus tag die-cut
Below is the video I shared along with card swaps from my Team.

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Playful Ghosts card swaps; check them out!

September 20, 2024

Here are a few more Halloween card swaps, most featuring the Playful Ghosts stamp set.

Joan made this cute card with bright fall colors.

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Her colors include Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler. She added tons of leaves from the Changing Leaves dies. The embossing folder is the Leaf Fall 3D seen here.

Check out the Playful Ghosts stamp set here. It's filled with cute & playful images.

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She offered a 2nd option of a fall themed card for us at the shoebox swap.

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The greeting is from the Autumn Expressions stamp set. I love how she created two themes using the same colors & layout!

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Lastly today is Rita's cute card also featuring the Playful Ghosts set.

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She stamped the images in Black and colored in with Blends markers. The circle die-cut is from the Spotlight on Nature dies seen here.

I'll share more fall themed card swaps next week. Have a great weekend!

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Check out these CUTE Potions & Spells Halloween card swaps

September 19, 2024

Last weekend we held our monthly Flowerbug's Team swap – our theme was Fall or Halloween cards.

Today's first card is made by Ginny who chose the Potions & Spells bundle.

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Such an adorable card! She cased it from Julie Gilson. I love the colors of Granny Apple Green, Black, gray, Peach Pie with bits of purple & yellow.

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The White background is stamped with a few small images, then ink is added lightly with a Blending Brush before it's textured. The cat, broom and stack of books are adorable!

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Next is a fun card made by Robin who used this same bundle. She also added a ghost from the Playful Ghosts stamp set.

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She's a master at sponging her backgrounds. I sure love her color scheme of purple, green & black.

Next is Candy's striking card also using the Potions & Spells bundle.

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She used the bubbles image to make her own background. The oozing slime and bubble die-cuts are the Old Olive glimmer paper. I love the White Deckled Circle die-cut behind the cauldron. It looks like a moon.

Here's the inside of her cute book-binding card:

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More swaps coming tomorrow!

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