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September 15, 2022 • Anna Griffin

Craftspiration – September 15th, 2022

By Anna Griffin // //

Comments: 103

Hello friends,

We hope that you are having a wonderful week, and we are so glad that you are here ready to be inspired! Today’s Craftspiration post is full to the tippy top with beautiful and awe-inspiring paper projects. While we were scrolling through our social media channels to see all of the lovely things that were made and shared this week, we couldn’t help but say, “oooh!.” Today’s incredible show and tell is one for the books, and we know that you are going to enjoy it as much as we did!

Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to be delighted!

Suravi said, “I have started making cards with this beautiful die set. I am enjoying it most as a shape card and the ease of it. The design is so beautiful. All you need is an embellishment or two and a beautiful sentiment. Thank you!”

Cynthia shared, “Mr. & Mrs. Snow took the sleigh into town last weekend, taking advantage of the Labor Day Sales to get a head start on their Christmas shopping.”

Shellie wrote, “Autumn is my favorite season, and pumpkin season is much too short for me–so a pumpkin ‘thank-you’ it is! Anna, I’ve enjoyed making many variations of your Pumpkin Easel, and the secret ingredient may be pairing this fun design with your fantastic cardstock collections like Autumn Toile!”

What a gorgeous thank you card, Shellie! This is magnificent.

Mary posted, “I trying my hand at “wiper cards”, today. This is my first Halloween card attempt.”

Michele said, “I spent a day last week making shaped holiday cards. Love this angel sticker. I think I need more of these!”

Donna posted, “After watching Finishing School, I used Anna’s idea of stacking three flowers together as the central focus in the center of a card. This is my creation based on that suggestion.”

Mary Beth posted, “Carte “pumpkin” Homme?? Love Halloween!!”

Gentleman Jack O’ Lantern is too cute! Great idea, Mary Beth.

Celia said, “Gorgeous cards! A Thanksgiving card made with various Anna Griffin products: Acorn Scatter Embossing folder, Grateful Sentiment Dies, Heirloom Lace Dies, Foliage Dies, and Halloween matte foil cardstock. The embossing detail on the Foliage Dies is beautiful!”

Dayle said, “Decided I wanted to make a more elegant Halloween card! I think this witch is quite lovely!”

Loraine posted, “I’m working my way through the birthday box!”

Kirk shared, “Creating a fun card for an upcoming nieces birthday.Using Cards for Kids Kit, metallic layers, wreath stickers and sentiments, spring seasonal dies, rose matte foil, and the triple diamond frame embossing folder.”

Happy birthday to her; she’s going to love her card!

Terry wrote, “This card is a testament to how well Anna Griffin’s products go together! For paper, Carte Noire paired up with Thankfulness. For dies, Rose Concentric paired up with Victorian Concentric & Fancy French Frames 2.”

Terry, you are a master at mixing colors, patterns and textures. Bravo!

Sally said, “I created a scrapbook layout for Fall using the Fall Plaid Cardstock, Crop at Home 2 Border Dies, Crop at Home 2 Frame Dies and Nifty Nested Layers.”

If we were going to create a perfect fall scrapbook page, it would look like this!

Adina shared, “I finished a couple of cards today. I have Covid and these cards took me 10 times as long to make as they normally would. I feel totally blessed that I was able to finish them, at all. I may be down, Covid, but I’m not out!”

We hope that you get to feeling better very soon, Adina! Thinking of you.

Beth posted, “Today I had some time to play around with the new pumpkin easel dies. Using the shadow die from the set along with the ovals from the compendium die set I created 3D shadowboxes. I had fun decorating them with the new Spiders and Specters 2 Dies, Halloween Rub on Transfers and the Mini Halloween die-cut stickers. They make for cute Halloween tabletop decorations.”

Amazing Halloween decor, Beth. We love these so much!

Barbara shared, “This big happy Pumpkin Moonshine does not need to bring just a Halloween greeting. In this Blue and White version it’s intent is to send a special get well message to our dear neighbor.”

Jimmie said, “Finishing my wedding book! I love the Heirloom Lace papers and stickers! They look so Victorian! Now I Just have to add photos!”

Tina wrote, “This card uses the Rococo Concentric Frame and the Baroque Frame Concentric dies. Love the new Carte Noire papers. Makes mixing and matching easy!”

Gorgeous work, Tina!

Sloan said, “Just a fun card that I’ve done lately. Will add some more soon!”

This card has a great, spooky surprise!

Sharon shared her Halloween train card!

Dayle posted, “This was such a fun project using Anna’s Halloween papers, dies and embellishments. I did add some glitter and bling.”

Excellent tri-fold, Dayle. Each section is more scary than the next!

Maria posted, “The Iconic Victorian Houses on Steiner St in San Francisco are also know as the Painted Ladies or The Seven Sisters. I tried to recreate those iconic houses using the Carte Noel House die and the Mini House Die Cuts.”

You’re so creative, Maria! How fun!

Claire said, “My new favorite die! A perfect way to send Thank You and Merry Christmas greetings.”

Dunia posted, “An altered composition notebook.”

Linda said, “Every Tuesday, Dayle Blecke, Susan Urch and I get together to make Anna Griffin projects. I made a Halloween Card yesterday. I just received my Anna Griffin Halloween dies and the Halloween paper. So this card is All Anna.”

It sounds like you ladies have a wonderful, crafty time together.

What an amazing collection of projects! We absolutely loved seeing all of the beautiful things created and shared this week. Now, we want to see what you are up to! Post your paper projects on our social media channels, and we will share them with our community next Thursday.

Bye for now,

Anna

  • OMG! The more I scrolled down, the more I said, “oh I love that one!” They are all so creative and cute as can be! I can’t even tell you which one was my favorite! Each one was fabulous!

  • ❤️❤️❤️ Love the Dreamy scrapbook layout. The seven houses are beautiful…….absolutely love them. Beth’s shadow boxes are inspirational.🎃🎃🎃 The blue and white pumpkin easel card is really neat….I would have never thought about using it for just regular cards. I agree “Gentleman Jack-O-Lantern” is just too cute. 🖤🖤🖤 Everything is so inspirational…….thanks for sharing! 🙏

  • Loved all of the projects. There are amazing I learn so much from look at what is being made with Anna’s products out there in craft world. Great job everyone.

  • Everyone’s cards were lovely. All of the cards were wonderfully creative and delightful! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about how they created such wonderful ideas.

  • All beautiful creations, by looking at all these you know, the fall season is near.

    Great inspiration and what a talented group .

  • Anna, your followers are soooo clever, and so creative! As always, these are spectacular!
    The project that I thought might be a good one to try first, is Beth Turchi’s collection of 4 3-D shadow box pumpkin cards. They are really cute, and seem “manageable” to imitate.
    Thank you for sharing, Beth (and everyone else!

  • LOVE everything of course but Sally and Jimmie`s scrapbook pages are FABULOUS. Sally what a great idea using the die directly on the photo. Jimmie my son just got married September 3 and I’m planning on using the HEIRLOOM LACE PAPER KIT for my pictures thanks for the beautiful idea.

  • So many beautiful cards today. I love Loraine’s birthday roses and Adina’s Christmas card with the cute little bows. Also, Claire inspired me with her Eiffel Tower at Christmas Time. Thank you all for sharing.

  • Amazing is the word. Certain cards just make me pause & really examine them. I loved Celia’s Grateful for you card. I really loved the unusual Paris Christmas cards. Barbara’s Blue Pumpkin was outstanding. But I must once again stand in awe of Beth Turchi’s creativity. I sincerely hope Adina gets well! Thanks to everyone for sharing.

  • anna, I wish you would make the beautiful small print floral on black background available by the sheet on your website. I just adore that paper!!! Maybe two or three coordinates, too!

  • Great work all you talented people. I so enjoy seeing what others are creating. Thank you so much for sharing. Love everything Anna Griffin. Hope to send a card to share soon. Loved the blue pumpkin. It is good to see different ways to use dies.

  • The Halloween cards are incredibly inventive. Love the Gentleman pumpkin head. What an original idea. Just when I was wondeting how else to use the Carte Homme dies,! And the blue pumpkin card was a real treat! Shadow box pumpkin cards were too cute.

  • What amazing talent out there. I only discovered Anna Griffen a couple of months ago and have only the last couple of weeks signed on to the blog. I’m still learning how to put everything together and I haven’t figured out how to make the shaped cards that are so beautiful. I ordered the pumpkin and slimline Halloween dies but haven’t used them yet. I’m so inspired!

  • There are some really talented people in this group!
    Thank you so much for posting.
    I get so much inspiration!

  • Wow !! I admire how talented everyone is. This is one of my favorite days because I can drool over all the amazing creations!!

    Tammie 🙂

  • Just loved all of them. I am enjoying all the creativity. Well done.

    Thank you for sharing.

    Joyce T.

  • Anna,
    I totally enjoyed all the creativity this week especially today’s! Thank you everyone for sharing your works of art!!
    My 2 grandsons ( ages 9 and 11 ) asked me if they could make a card so I assembled all the materials for them to each make a pumpkin easel card and with a little help from Grandma they did a fantastic job! I just may have some competition!
    God’s Blessings to all!

  • Love, love, love the Halloween train. Can’t wait to make that one. Thanks for the inspiration. 🥰

  • CRAFTSPIRATION!!! My favorite day, justvlike the rest of them. You are ALL, everyone of you just the best. With all of Anna’s stuff😉

  • Such beautiful work !
    Can’t wait to get into my craft room after seeing these great projects ❤️

  • I’ll tell ya just looking at all this creativity or “Beautiful in the Making” as it were makes me so happy. The amount of talent that you display here Anna is phenomenal, It’s like walking through any great museum around the world. Just because the medium is paper and not oil on canvas and the names aren’t Rembrandt or Michelangelo but some of these artist are still masters of their craft and that craft deserves to be seen. So thank you for showing us this wonderful work.

  • WOW! What inspiration this week! Everyone did amazing work! I took so many pictures to keep for inspiration! 💜

  • These cards are so inspiring. I love the pumpkin hollowed out and the fabulous scenes. I have already finished my Halloween cards but I have to keep this project in mind.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • WOW! WOW! WOW!

    Everything is truly amazing. I am so inspired by everything everyone has done.

    Thank you to each person who posted.
    Thank you to each person who brings this to me.

    Happy Crafting!

  • Love the painted ladies. I have actually built a painted lady doll house and when I figure out how to send a picture, I send it. Mir

  • Loving every single creation! So glad to see the scrapbook pages and always love Beth’s innovative creations! Adina’s card is beautiful as well. Hope you feel better soon!!!

  • All of these creations are fantastic! I especially love those done with the very versatile pumpkin die set.

  • I am blown away from every creation featured this week!! I thought I was getting busy creating….looks like I need to get busier!! Love everything!!

  • All of the cards were beautiful. I especially liked Beth’s shadow box pumpkins. They were just adorable.

  • The Griffinites out did themselves this week. I especially liked the uniqueness of using the Carte nom with a pumpkin head. I’ve used those dies many times, but a pumpkin head gave it a whole new look!

  • Such marvelous cards, scrapbook pages, and a beautiful notebook too! Such creative Griffinites!

  • My husband and I have experienced covid the past week. It has been NO fun at all. Thankfully we are progressing.
    I can’t wait to start enjoying working on Anna projects again. All the creations this week are great.
    Thanks for sharing!!
    Kara

  • A lot of Halloween cards love them. the first one Bug and Hisses is just so cool. That’s what I love about the fall all the holidays.

  • This has got to be the best of the best show indeed. Everyone did such amazing projects with great inspiration for me. All of the crafters rocked it out of the park this week. Thank you for amazing me!

  • I love Jimmie’s use of the Heirloom paper and embellishments for a layout. It’s not overdone and so pretty!

  • Hello Anna, & All the Griffinites

    Such inspiring work from everyone 🙂 Especially the variation of the Pumpkin Easel dies and the Carte Noel Seven Sisters. xoxo All the lovely Anna Griffin Inc papers used are amazing! Blessings

  • Thank You yet again for choosing one of my card to be featured in your Craftsmanship Thursday’s Blog, among so many fabulous and unique Creations…. Anna, You have brought about a change in our hectic, sometimes unfeeling culture: you have taught us how to slow down and enjoy the beauty around us and express positive messages with those we love.

    • So lovely💖. Barbara’s blue pumpkin sold me on the Pumpkin Dies!! Great job!!!
      Anna, I love that you’re dies are so versatile 💖

    • So lovely💖. Barbara’s blue pumpkin sold me on the Pumpkin Dies!! Great job!!!
      Anna, I love that your dies are so versatile 💖

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