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Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial

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Autumn Tea Party  in a Tag Tutorial with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe

Hello, Friends!  Thanksgiving is looming on the horizon, so I thought it would be nice to share an Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial with you today.  These lovely little tags are filled with fall charm, and perfect for your Thanksgiving table scape, autumn birthdays, craft fairs, or hostess gifts.  It’s also a great friendship, thinking of you, or get well item to have on hand.

Once again, we are working with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe.  I hope you’ve enjoyed our month of projects with this rustic collection.  I know I have!  Today’s tea party in a tag project is a really fun make, so I’m excited to share it with you.

Butterflies, Sunflowers and Paper Lollipops

There’s a lot to love in this sweet little number!  The party gets started with a clever gatefold slider on the front of the tag.

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Open the gates to read this sweet message inside.  And do you spy the sweet little dangle charm?  It’s the little details that really make this tag special.

Treats and Sweets

The back side of the tag is a box pocket filled to the brim with sweets and treats.  There’s even a hidden paper clip bookmark clipped onto the pocket edge.  This design is soooo simple and takes about 5 minutes to  make.  I’ll show you how in the tutorial.

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Fill your box pocket with anything you can dream up.  I chose a tea party theme with chocolate, cookies, tea, honey stick, demitasse spoon, mini note card and a paper lollipop.  But if you were making this for a scrapbooking buddy, you could add ribbon, stickers, small tags, lace, buttons. or foam tabs.  Wouldn’t these be fun to make for a crop?

Autumn Tea Party Tag Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to put these cuties together?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me on my YouTube channel for the tutorial.

I’ve tagged products in the video for your shopping convenience.  And you can find a linked supply list and basic measurements in the description box below the video title on my YouTube channel.

What’s Up for October?

Next month we’ll start sharing out Christmas tutorials with you.  I know it’s early, but this way you’ll have time to get them made before the holidays.  If you haven’t seen the papers and dies I’ll be using this year, you can check out this paper haul video on my YouTube channel.  Shopping links are provided in the description box.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Supply List:

  • Country Heart Cafe Collection (check Button Farm Club for the 12×12 pad)
    12×12 Paper Pad
    Laser Cut Elements
    Floral Laser Cuts
    Graphic 45 Regular Ivory Tags (tagged in the video)
    Staples G45 Regular Tag Dies (tagged in the video)
    110# Cream Cardstock (tagged in the video)
    Sunflower Dies: I used Heartfelt Creations Rustic Sunflowers. Try this die instead:
    Embroidery Floss in fall colors (tagged in the video)
    Brown Buttons from your Stash
    3/8″ Copper and Cream Gingham Ribbon (tagged in the video)
    Rosette Die

Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial

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49 & Market Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial

Hello Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday and I have the coziest 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial to share with you.  This is the perfect bit of fall home decor to hang in the coffee area of your kitchen or office.  Vintage coffee brown buttons, antique lace, gingham ribbon and burlap string….can it get any more cozy than that combo?

By Special Request

It’s been quite a while since I made a banner.  Not because I don’t enjoy making them; I do!  But photographing them is so hard!  But because so many of you asked me to make a banner with this beautiful paper collection, I did it!  And can I just tell you something?  It’s 10 times prettier than these photographs!

I created a tray full of sunflowers and foliage to embellish the banner…and future projects that I have in mind for this lovely collection.  That took the better part of an afternoon in the studio.  But I love the way they turned out.

From Arch to Pennant

Because I really wanted this banner to be unique, I decided to use an arch die to cut the pennants.  There’s something very warm and inviting about that rounded edge.  I used a Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Frame Gateway arch that I had in my stash.  Sadly, it’s discontinued, but you can easily sub in any arch die ( or banner die) from your stash and be just fine.

My Favorite Pennant

While I love every detail of this pretty banner, the central pennant is my favorite.  And yes, it’s because of the shaker window.  I wish you could all see this in real life, as those gems and sequins sparkle like dewdrops on my faux windowpanes.

TIP:  Pair up your handmade flowers with fall flowers from your stash.  I mimicked the color palette of the laser cut wildflowers when I selected posies from my Little Birdie Stash.

Mix Things Up

Personally,, I like it when a banner has different sized/shaped pennants.  So I created 3 large pennants and 2 each of the middle and small sized bases.  I used both the 12×12 and the 6×8 pad to cut my pennants along with scrap pieces for the small ends.

TIP:  Select your favorite die cut and place it in the center of your banner.  Add lots of dimension with foam adhesive and some pretty flowers, too.

Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to follow along and see the process I used to create this banner, then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy the video tutorial on my YouTube channel.

 

You can find linked supplies and some basic instructions in the description box below the video on my YouTube channel.  I’ve also tagged items in the video for your shopping convenience.  Of course, you can find a linked supply list below this post.

I’ll be back next Wednesday with a card tutorial…or two…featuring this beautiful paper collection.  I hope to see you then,

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial

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Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial for Choose Your Own Adventure Wonderful Wednesday

Hello, Friends!  How you do feel about a Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial?  It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure Wonderful Wednesday, which means we will be making two cards using two different paper collections and one unique card design.  This is fast becoming one of my favorite Wonderful Wednesday features.  I hope you are enjoying it, too.

This week we are working with Simple Stories Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze and Graphic 45 Celebrate the Seasons September papers.  It’s Autumn Fest at its best, and I think you are really going to enjoy the pop up feature on these pretty cards.

So let’s get started, shall we?

Card Adventure #1:  Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate September Tiered Pop Up Card

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The base for both cards today is a simple 6×6 top fold.  Each cover features an altered Prima Resin Frame, and the exact same layout.

TIP:  When working with bold colors, busy patterns and large images, it is often a good idea to keep your card design very simple.  For this card I matted layers of Patterns & Solids and 8×8 papers with plain cardstock to help separate the patterns.  Embellish a simple framed image with flowers, vintage button, postage stamps and a twine bow.

Inside the card folio, I’ve created a lovely pull down flap.  When the magnetic flap opens, this tiered pop up feature is revealed.  Once you learn how to make these, you’ll want to do it all the time!

Card Adventure #2:  Simple Stories Autumn Breeze Tiered Pop Up Cards

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Can you see how this card layout is identical to the G45 card?

TIP:  Need to save time?  Use the same card recipe on multiple cards and you’ll be amazed at how many cards you can create in a short time!

Here you can see the interior pocket and the front of the pull down flap.  The pop up feature is hidden behind.  I’ll show it to you and teach you how to make it in the video tutorial.

Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to take a closer look at this month’s Choose Your Own Adventure tutorial, please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy the video tutorial below.

I hope you’ll give this tiered pop up design a try as it’s loads of fun!

I’ll be back next week with our Wind Back Wednesday tutorial featuring Graphic 45 Autumn Greetings.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial

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Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial

Hello, Friends!  This beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial is our Wonderful Wednesday project of the week.  Rustic burlap pennants, handmade flowers, antique lace, and rich layered papers make it the perfect bit of fall home decor.

Handmade Sunflowers and Burlap Equals All the Fall Feels

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Rustic burlap pennants and handmade sunflowers really amp up the autumn vibe of this fall banner.  Stitch the pennants onto pretty tan gingham ribbon and top with vintage ivory lace to add even more texture to the design.

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TIP:  Add star anise in with your embellishments to make your banner smell as lovely as it looks!

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TIP:  Layer Floral Ephemera Bits to create a pretty autumn scene.  Then tuck in die cut ferns and  handmade flowers to bring it to life.  Can you spy the star anise?

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TIP: Mix and match handmade flowers on a die cut wreath.  Use a circle die to cut images from 4×6 journal cards and place in the center of the wreath.

Copper Tones

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Copper tones add warmth and richness to any autumn project.  I’ve incorporated them on this banner in three ways:

  • First, tie bows with copper taffeta ribbon and add copper satin ribbon streamers to the bow clusters.
  • Next, paint antique bronze pumpkin embellishments with a little copper acrylic paint.  It’s amazing how that light coating of copper paint makes the pumpkins stand out!
  • Finally, spritz your floral papers with a bit of copper mist.  This is subtle, but oh, so beautiful!

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Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see this banner come together, then I cordially invite you to grab a cuppa and a snack and join me over on my YouTube channel for the tutorial.

As I mentioned in the video, many of the flower dies I used are retired.  But I bet you have some beautiful flower dies tucked away in your stash.  Why not pull them out and use them to dress up your own beautiful banner?  If you don’t have any flower dies in your stash, I highly recommend Elizabeth Craft Designs as a source.  There’s a lot to choose from there.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

I’ll be back next week with our Choose Your Own Adventure Card Tutorial of the Month.  I’m feeling a pop up card coming on….hope to see you then!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Cozy Days Tea Party in a Box Folio

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Simple Stories Cozy Days Tea Party in a Box Folio for Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hello, Friends!  This Simple Stories Cozy Days Tea Party in a Box Folio is all dressed up with ribbon, trims and fall flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Chipmunk Delicate Stitched Satin and Pink & Brown Twist Seam Binding Ribbon  pair well with Mixed Earth Tone Chrysanthemums and this cute paper collection. (Supplies linked below this post.)

Fall is the perfect time to cozy up with a cuppa and a good book, don’t you agree?  My hubby and I have been enjoying supper on the screened in porch because these autumn evenings are lovely…but fleeting. We’re trying to make the most of them so we enjoy the antics of the frisky squirrels and songbirds along with a tasty meal.  If we happen to sit out there until moonrise…well…that’s a real treat!

That’s what inspired me to create this woodland critter themed tea party in a box folio.  It gives me all the warm and happy feels that come with fall.  I hope you’ll enjoy it, too.

Cute Woodland Critters

Do these darling woodland critters make you smile?  This dapper raccoon is part of a slide and lock mechanism for the double gate fold on this flip page.

The mechanism slides up and down on between the gates, so it’s very fun to open.

More of Mr. Raccoon’s chums are hiding inside the gate…hoping for a bit of tea!

Flips, Flaps & Pockets

The center panel holds the tea party goodies while the side panels have various flip and flap mechanisms that make it fun to open.

And cute woodland creatures can be found frolicking everywhere!

The Box Pocket

And here’s the tea party they’ve all been waiting for!  You’ll find chocolate and a Pumpkin Spice teabag in the little envelope.  And there’s an adorable bookmark to hold your place while you refill your teacup.

Good books, good friends, and lots of time for crafty adventures are what make Autumn such a glorious season.

You’ll find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friend!

Cheerio,

kathy

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