Papercrafts I've Been Making This Fall

 The last time I shared my papercrafts was the end of August and since I really only made a few cards between then and now I thought I'd just share everything I've been making this fall.

I played around with some spotlight stamping.


Made a birthday and anniversary card for family...



And tried out a new technique with my card making stencils to make an offset shadow effect. 


I made my double embossed Christmas cards (where I stamped and embossed the saying then cut and pieced them together to make one multi-colored saying). 


I learned about a technique called bokeh for cardmaking and played around with that; I am LOVING these cards!




I finally got up the motivation to tackle our family trip to Shenandoah National Park in June and got all 12 pages done. 














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Comments

  1. Handmade in IsraelNovember 27, 2023 at 5:06 AM

    The LOVE card with the paper wreath is gorgeous. Your pages from your trip too. What a great way to savour those memories.

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  2. Maria RineerNovember 27, 2023 at 5:33 AM

    Your creativity is next level! Thanks for sharing these. I enjoy your papercrafting posts- I know that I´m going to be wow´d!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 27, 2023 at 5:38 AM

    You are so creative, Joanne. I love all your beautiful paper crafts!
    Ruth@playworkeatrepeat

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  4. HollyNovember 27, 2023 at 6:59 AM

    You are so talented- you should really set up an Etsy shop- people would love to buy your creations!

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  5. AnneNovember 27, 2023 at 7:08 AM

    Lovely work. Your cards are beautiful and I love your scrapbook, so many lovely memories.

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  6. Kim CarberryNovember 27, 2023 at 7:38 AM

    What wonderful creations! I do love the Christmas card and well done with the scrapbook pages, so cute. x

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  7. Andrea NineNovember 27, 2023 at 8:10 AM

    This made me smile! You are so talented! I miss doing scrapbooking and card making! Not really sure why I ever stopped but now that the granddaughters are here I should pick it up again!

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    1. Joanne November 27, 2023 at 4:27 PM

      Thank you! You should pick it back up again; I'm sure those cuties would be quite inspirational.

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  8. LyssyNovember 27, 2023 at 8:14 AM

    I love them all, you are so creative!

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  9. LeanneNovember 27, 2023 at 8:54 AM

    I loved all these Jo - like collaging but with more structure. And those bokeh watercolour cards are just gorgeous. It's so nice when you allow yourself some creative time to play.

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  10. Hena TayebNovember 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM

    Love it. So fun and creative!

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  11. Carol @Comfort Spring StationNovember 27, 2023 at 9:13 AM

    It's a cute card and I love the little racoon! #MMBC

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  12. JeanneNovember 27, 2023 at 11:57 AM

    Lovely cards! I need to make some Christmas Cards!

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    1. Joanne November 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM

      I am so glad to have that behind me; I got them all ready to mail today.

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  13. Kari November 27, 2023 at 2:14 PM

    You have such a talent for all of this! I love it.

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  14. Soma @ InkTorrents.comNovember 27, 2023 at 3:53 PM

    Beautiful cards, I specially love the bokeh backgrounds. I love that you make scrapbooks from your travel photos. The pages are so creative and look fantastic.

    -Soma

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    1. Joanne November 27, 2023 at 4:29 PM

      Thank you! Those bokeh backgrounds were lots of fun to make too.

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  15. NatashaNovember 27, 2023 at 4:12 PM

    I'm always blown away by your creativity, especially in your lovely cards.

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  16. Jodie's Touch of StyleNovember 27, 2023 at 4:27 PM

    I just love the embossed card. It looks so professional.
    XOOX
    Jodie

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    1. Joanne November 27, 2023 at 4:30 PM

      I think embossing always makes a card look so much fancier.

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  17. Joanne November 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM

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  18. Melissa November 27, 2023 at 4:43 PM

    You are seriously so creative! I love all of these!

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  19. MarshaNovember 27, 2023 at 7:58 PM

    Your cards always impress me! The Christmas tree one is wonderful! Do you make more than one of them? Or, is it one and done?

    https://marshainthemiddle.com/

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    1. Joanne November 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM

      I usually make between 45 & 50 Christmas cards... often picking the same design for them all (like this year) but some years I do make 12 or 15each of a few different designs.

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  20. Nancy 's Fashion StyleNovember 28, 2023 at 1:57 AM

    So beautiful! What a joy to receive such a card.

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  21. Lindsay's Sweet WorldNovember 29, 2023 at 12:19 PM

    These are always some of my favorites of your posts!! I love that hummingbird that you did. It is so pretty!

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