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Casing my friend with Caring Leaves & video

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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• More beautiful Team swaps for Autumn

  September 19, 2025

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  First up is a fun fold card made by Paula:

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  This pretty stamp is part of the Rustic Centerpiece stamp set seen here. She colored the image in with Blends markers. Beautiful work Paula!

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  I don’t remember seeing a fold like this card before. I love that the main panel on the left is accented by the DSP panel on the right.

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  Here are her measurements:
  – card base 10 3/4″ X 5 1/2″ scored at 1 5/8″, 3 1/4″, 7 1/2″ & 9 1/8″
  – left panel – vanilla 2 3/4″ X 4 3/4″, Early Espresso 3″ X 5″
  – right panel – DSP 2 3/4″ X 3 3/4″, Early Espresso layer 3″ X 4″
  – Vanilla inside 3 3/4″ X 5″

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  Next is a gorgeous card made by Tracey:

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  Isn’t it stunning?! Tracey loves to create her own background with stamps. It looks like printed paper! She says she stamped the flowers & leaves in 12 different ink colors!! Wow!

  She used the following stamps: Encircled with Love, Blooming Phrases, Impressions Abloom, With You in Mind & You are Remarkable.

  The leaves are from the Thankful Garden dies; the embossing folder is Exposed Brick. What a fabulous card!

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  Lastly today is a fun Halloween card made by Barb:

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  She used the Spooky Halloween bundle & Halloween designer paper. See this suite here.

  Her colors include Black with Daffodil Delight. She did a ton of extra work to make her card a bit spooky; notice all of her sponging….

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  She colored the main image in with Blends markers and textured the left panel too.

  Measurements:
  – Black card base 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ score at 2 1/8″ & 4 1/4″
  – Daffodil Delight 2″ X 5 1/4″ for the left panel, inside is 4″ X 5 1/4″
  – Black square 3″
  – White front square 2 3/4″, Inside is 3 1/2″ X 4 3/4″

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  September 18, 2025

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• More than Autumn Team swaps for Fall

  September 17, 2025

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  Starting tomorrow there’s a 24 hour stamp & stamp tools sale – 15% off a whole bunch of products!

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  I’ll post a link to the sale tomorrow. But for now start making your list of stamps you want!

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  Today I’m sharing some of my Team swap cards from our September swap.

  First is a cute card made by Joan:

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  She used the More Than Autumn bundle seen here.

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  Look at her amazing coloring on the cups! And it’s a fun fold with a gift card option too!

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  Her colors include Timid tiger, Vanilla with Daffodil Delight. She colored everything with Blends markers. The center panel is the Beautiful Bokeh DSP.

  Measurements:
  – card base 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″
  – Daffodil textured layer 4″ X 5 1/4″
  -Timid Tiger accordion fold 9 3/4″ X 4 1/4″ scored at 3 1/4″ & 6 1/2″
  – Vanilla & DSP layers 3″ X 4″
  
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  Next is a sweet card made by Candy who also used this bundle:

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  Her colors include Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon & Pumpkin Pie.

  She textured the Lost Lagoon layer with the Plaid 3D embossing folder. The circle is about 2 1/2″ around and is a Stylish Shapes die-cut as well as the greeting die-cut.
  
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  And lastly today is a perfectly Autumn card made by Gwen. It’s her first time swapping! She did a wonderful job!

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  Each of these cards features the More Than Autumn bundle and they’re all so unique. It’s a pretty big bundle with a wide variety of images and dies. She used the new Gathering Together specialty paper seen here. She added a center strip under her images that’s 1 3/4″ wide. Cajun Craze with Very Vanilla are her card stock colors. The greeting die-cut is from the Perennial Postage dies.

  Thanks for stopping in; I hope you enjoyed the card swaps today. I’ll share more soon!

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