Pretty Pumpkins in Welcoming Woods

 It's pumpkin time!  The weather has been incredibly warm for October and children are flocking to the pumpkin farms to pick their own Pumpkin to decorate.  Even my grandchildren, although the oldest is now 16,  still want to go to the Pumpkin patch.

Today's card combines two stamp sets:  Welcoming Woods and Pretty Pumpkins.

The stamparatus was used to stamp the trees on Basic whiter cardstock using Smokey Slate ink. When the ink was dry, several shades of blue were added to the sky with a blender brush - starting with Balmy Blue, followed by Misty Moonlight and finally Night of Midnight.  The movement of the brush were purposely random in nature giving one the feeling that a storm is coming.

The leaves were stamped with Misty Moonlight, Cajun Craze, Real Red, and Crushed Curry.

A white gel pen was used to add detail to the trees and add snowflakes in the sky

On a separate piece of Basic White card stock, the three pumpkins were stamped. coloured with Stampin' Blends (Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive) and then die cut.  Extra leaves and stems were also coloured and die cut.

The pumpkins and leaves were arranged at the bottom of the trees and added with dimensionals.

To add sparkle, Dazzling Details was added using a fine tipped glue pen.

The sentiment, from the same stamp set, was added  at the top of the card using dimensionals.  The edges were sponged with Night of Navy ink to make it stand out a bit more.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Welcoming Woods, Pretty Pumpkins

Inks:  Basic Gray, Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends (pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight)

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Basic White

Accessories: Detailed Pumpkin Die, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Blending Brushes

A Fun Fold Card for the SUO Challenge #283 & Paper Craft Crew Challenge #442

I made this card for the Fun Fold challenge at SUO Challenge #283 as well as the Sparkle & Shimmer theme challenge at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #442  

I love making cards with special folds and when I saw a picture of this fun fold on Pinterest I just had to copy it.

I don't know what to call this fold (maybe pop up front panels) but I had fun making it.  I decided to decorate it with a fall theme using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and its coordinating Intricate Leaves Dies.  For the sentiment, I pull in another stamp set "Inspired Thoughts". 

For the glimmer and shimmer I used the Be Dazzling Specialty paper  from the SAB catalogue.  I altered the champagne colour of this paper  by spritzing each of 4 pieces with a spritzer containing reinker in 91% alcohol (Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie). 

Making the Fun Fold:

The card base is 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" piece of Merry Merlot cardstock.  On the long side scored at 1, 2, 3.  Turned the card stock and score at 1, 2, and 3" on the other side.

Turning the card stock 180 degrees. Place the edge at the 1" mark on the trimmer, make a cut between the the first to the third score line  and between the fourth to the sixth score line.

Turn and do the same on the other side.

Burnish folds

Decorating:

The two side and two top panels were decorated with Beauty of the Earth DSP matted with Crumb Cake card stock. The two top panels were decorated with a different pattern. The four smaller panels were also decorated the same way.

For the center, I added a 2 1/2" square of the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper spritzed with Poppy Parade at an angle.  On top of that was added a 2 1/4" square of Basic White embossed with the 3D Bark embossing folder.  Some Early Espresso ink was lightly applied to the edges and rubbed over the surface using a finger dauber.

Some die cut leaves left over from another project, as well as 2 leaves die cut from the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper spritzed with  Garden Green were collaged together and added to retired Gold Hoop Embellishment which was adhered to the embossed Basic White using glue dots.  A gold shimmer ribbon was added to the top of the leaf cluster.

The sentiment at the bottom is from "Inspired Thoughts".  The first line of the sentiment was highlighted with an Early Espresso marker and stamped.  The rest of the sentiment was stamped on the back of the card. 

The card folds up and fits into a regular A2 envelope.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Inspired Thoughts

Inks:  Early Espresso, Early Espresso marker

Papers:  Merry Merlot, Crumb Cake, Beauty of the Earth DSP, Be Dazzling Specialty DSP (SAB) (1 Garden Green; 1 Poppy Parade)

Accessories:  Intricate Leaf Dies, Gold Hoop Embellishment, 3/8" Gold Shimmer ribbon, Bark 3D Embossing Folder

Season of Thanks - a sneak peak Autumn card

Yes, it still is summer, but the days are getting shorter and the nights cooler.  There is definitely a feel of autumn in the air.  So today I pulled out on"e of the new stamp sets in the holiday catalogue and made a few cards.  It did feel rather strange to be working with fall colours and thinking about Thanksgiving, but sometimes one has to work ahead.

This Z fold card is made using the "Gather Together" stamp set and coordinating "Come Together DSP".  It is similar to a card I saw on Pinterest.

The card base is a 5 1/2 by 11" piece of  Pretty Peacock card stock, scored at 5 1/2  and 8" and folded to form a Z fold card.

The 2 front panels are layered first with Whisper White card stock and then Come Together DSP.

On a separate piece of  Whisper White card stock, 4 large and  1 smaller pair of pumpkins were stamped using Pretty Peacock ink.  After die cutting them using the Gathering Leaves Dies, only half of each pumpkins was added along the front fold line. Another larger and the small pumpkin pair were stamped on the inside of the card.

The sentiment, stamped in Pretty Peacock ink, was die cut with a layering oval die, and matted with a slightly larger scallop oval die.  After adhering the two together it was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.  Two of the harvest grasses were stamped, fussy cut and adhered to the front below the sentiment and a bow made with the braided linen thread was adhered to the stem top.

A sentiment is stamped on the inside and to finish the card, three Pretty peacock rhinestones were added.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Gathering Together
Inks:  Pretty Peacock
Papers:  Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, Come Together DSP
Accessories:  Layering Oval Framelits, Gathering Leaves Dies, Braided Linen Thread, Pretty Peacock rhinestones, Dimensionals.

Winter Woods Meets Sheltering Trees

Ah! Two of my favourite trees finally meet.  I suppose it was only a matter of time.

• On a panel of Whisper White I covered the entire surface with  Balmy Blue and Gorgeous Grape ink 
• Then using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the trees from Winter Woods twice side by side.
• Using the "leaf stamp" from Sheltering Tree I first stamped with Crushed Curry, then rotated the stamp and stamped with Pumpkin Pie and finally another rotation and Cajun Craze ink.
• The panel was matted with Crushed Curry card stock and added to a Thick Whisper White card stock base.
• The sentiment, from Sheltering Tree, was stamped using Early Espresso ink just below the panel.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Winter Woods, Sheltering Tree

Inks:  Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Balmy Blue, Gorgeous Grape

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Crushed Curry

Accessories:  Brayer

Winter Woods and Joseph's Coat technique - a case

I remember doing this technique for the first time when I went to a Demonstrator training session a number of years ago.  I loved  it then an I love it now.  I had forgotten about it until I saw a card made by.Kristi

On a Thick Very Vanilla card base I layered a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Very Vanilla embossed with the Pinewood planks embossing folder.

The art piece consists of a 3 by 3 1/8" piece of Very Vanilla card stock matted with Pumpkin Pie (4 1/8 by 3 1/4")

On the art piece do the technique in the following way:

• with a sponge for each color of Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Daffodil Delight, apply each color randomly over the entire surface of the Very Vanilla art piece.  This is done as smoothly as possible without leaving any streak marks.
• using Versa Mark, stamp the image of the trees from Winter Woods and emboss with clear embossing powder.
• then sponge Early Espresso ink generously over the entire art piece
• once done wipe the area with a paper towel to remove the ink over the embossed trees to reveal the brilliant Autumn colors (emboss resist).
• mat the art piece with Pumpkin Pie card stock, wrap some braided twine  around the lower part and add it to the card front.
• use an Early Espresso and Pumpkin pie markers color the sentiment from "Country Home" and add to the card front using dimensionals.
• Stamp two leaves from "Colorful Seasons" - one in Daffodil Delight and one in Pumpkin Pie.  Die cut using the coordinating framelits and add to the left end of the sentiment strip.  Make a bow with the  braided twine and add to stems of leaves.    

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Winter Woods, Country Home, Colorful Seasons

Inks:  Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Versa Mark, SU markers (Early Espresso, Cajun Craze)

Papers:  Thick Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Plank embossing folder, Clear embossing powder,  Colorful Seasons coordinating      framelits, Dimensionals, Braided twine

        

A Colorful Fall Tree SUO Challenges #208

Fall arrived (officially) on Sept. 22, and everywhere there is evidence of this.  Not only are the days getting shorter, they are also cooler (especially at night) and  the leaves on the trees are changing color. What gorgeous shades of reds, oranges, yellows, burgundies intermixed with green!!

This is one of my favourite times of year.

I was out and about doing errands this afternoon when I noticed a tree that looked just like the large tree stamp in "Rooted in Nature" - in full fall colors.  This inspired me to make this card and to submit it to the SUO challenge "Nature/Fall"

Using the Stamparatus, I used the color layering technique to give this tree it's autumn colors.  I learned this technique from Patty Bennett.

In this technique, markers of various colors are randomly applied to the stamp with the imaged stamped after each application.  The stamp is not cleaned between colors of markers. Colors are layered to the tree until you are happy with the way it looks. 

 Colors I used:  Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso.  The sky was washed with Balmy Blue and an aqua painter.

To finish the card front I used the Eclipse technique to add the word "FALL" over the image using the retired Large Letters Framelit dies.  On the right side of the word I added a "Leave Trinket" which I had painted with the new Copper Shimmer paint.

The Whisper White  art piece was layered onto a Cajun Craze layer and then a Balmy Blue card base.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Rooted in Nature

Inks:  SU Markers:  Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso, Balmy Blue

Papers:  Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Balmy Blue

Accessories:  Large letter Franelits, Foam tape, Leave Trinklets, Copper Shimmer Paint, Stamparatus

Fall Trees - Swap cards

The topic for the Swap of the Month with the ORSA group (Ontario Rubber Stamping Artists) yahoo group is "Fall Trees".

I used the Sheltering Trees stamp set and the Stamparatus to create the 3 cards I needed for the swap.

On a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, I stamped 2 trees using Soft Suede ink, and then used the following colors for the fall leaves:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Pear Pizzazz.  Some Real Red was added to one of the trees.

The grass was stamped in Pear Pizzazz; the birds from "Wherever You Go" were stamped in Basic Gray.

The sentiment is non SU and stamped on Very Vanilla, matted with Cajun Craze card stock and then Pumpkin Glimmer card stock.

A bow tied with thick Crumb cake Baker's twine was added to the upper right corner of the sentiment piece.

After adding the image piece to the Cajun Craze card front, I added a 1/2" strip of Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper on the left edge.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Wherever You Go

Inks:  Black Memento, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red

Papers:  Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin glimmer paper, pearls colored with alcohol markers, thick Crumb Cake baker's twine, Stamparatus.

Bird House Feeder

I made this bird house feeder with all items from the dollar or the thrift store.  I'm very happy the way it turned out.

The feeder itself was painted with burnt umber acrylic paint, then black shingles were glued to the roof.  Then I added some tombo glue and adhered moss to the roof.
Using left over leaves from another project, as well as pine cones I found on my walk, I created the fall cluster on the roof.  The bird was one of a pair I bought at the dollar store.

On the ground level I adhered a pumpkin and some acorns.  The little wooden dish I purchased in a thrift store.  The second bird is perched on it.  I'll probably end up putting some sort of food in it.

You don't  need to spend a lot of money to create a fall project.

Gratitude Boxed Note cards

These are some thank you notes especially designed with Fall and Thanksgiving in mind.  There are 4 note cards and envelopes contained in a designer box.

Using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set, I stamped first with Daffodil Delight, and then Pumpkin Pie.  Lastly I stamped with Cherry Cobbler.
The wreaths were die cut using the Wondrous Wreath framelit dies and then adhered to the front of the note card. After the card was finished, cherry cobbler dazzling detail was applied to each of the berries.

The white note card is lined with Pumpkin Pie, and then Fancy Frost Specialty DSP which was sponged lightly with So Saffron ink.  A piece of 1/2" Pumpkin Pie ribbon (retired) was adhered to the lower half of the card. The same ribbon was used to make the bow on the wreath.

Pumpkin Pie cardstock was used to die cut the word "gratitude"

The box was made usng the envelope maker and Kraft cardstock.  Another wreath was made and a circular hole was die cut in the top of the box covered with a window sheet.  The wreath was adhered around the window.

To keep the box closed, a 1" Kraft card stock belly band was placed loosely around the box. and the pumpkin pie ribbon tied around it.

Supplied Used:
Stamp: Wondrous Wreath
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron
Papers: Whisper White note card, Fancy Frost Specialty DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Wondrous Wreath framelits, Layering circles framelits, Envelope maker, 1/2" Pumpkin Pie ribbon (retired), window sheet

Thankful - Try Stampin on Tuesday #285

When the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) opens in Toronto, Ont. we know summer is coming to an end.  However, with the high temperatures we have been having, that's  a bit of a relief!  And of course with the ending of summer, school starts, and then Fall, and Thanksgiving.  So, today, with the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday, I thought I would do a fall card.  And because embossing was an additional option, I embossed the leaves with the new copper embossing powder.

 

Cajun Craze is a good fall colour, so that became the colour of the base card.  A layer of Whisper White, with some texture applied using a stamp from the "Timeless Texture" stamp set was adhered to this base.

In the middle a 2" piece of Cajun Craze cardstock was attached.  On top of that, horizontally, near the bottom was a 1 1/4" strip of Soft Suede cardstock with a 3/8 " burlap ribbon attached to it.

The base for the images was a 1 1/2 by 3 1/2" piece of Whisper White which was also texturized with the same stamp set using Soft Suede ink.

On a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock, 3 leaves and an acorn were stamped with Versa Mark and embossed with copper embossing powder.  The leaves were die cut using the "Leaflet Framelits"; the acorn was punched using the acorn builder punch.

Each of these were sponged with Real Red, Daffodil Delight, and Pumpkin Pie with the edges sponged with Soft Suede ink.

The leaves and acorn were clustered together and a piece of EarlyEspresso Baker's twine was wrapped around it and tied around into a bow.  A mini pinecone embellishment was suspended under the bow with a piece of  linen thread.  

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Vintage Leaves, Acorny Thank You, Timeless Texture
Inks: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Versa Mark
Papers: Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Soft Suede
Accessories: Copper embossing powder, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Leaflets Framelits, Acorn builder punch, mini Pinecone embellishment, Linen Thread, dimensionals, 3/8" burlap ribbon, pearls

       

Fall

When it's the hottest day of the summer, it's difficult to think about the next season that is coming.  But summer will end soon and  in southern Ontario the leaves on the trees change colour- and the fall season begins. It's a wonderful time of year, but some have mixed feelings about fall- knowing that winter is close on its heels. I acually love the colours of red, yellow, orange, burgancy against a robin egg blue sky - and the air is so fresh!!

Today's card uses the Thoughtful Branches stamp set to depict "fall"

On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I sponged the following colours (in a random pattern:)  Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive. Then it was enbossed with clear embossing powder and the tree top was die cut twice from this.

The leaves were die cut from the remnants.

The tree itself was die cut with Crumb Cake card stock, and the   edges sponged with the same color of ink.  The tree tops were adhered on this tree, the 2 layers staggered to give an illusion of fullness.  The darker piece was placed at the back.

A Whisper White oval was stamped with several of the images from the "Timeless Texture" stamp- the edges in Soft Suede, and  the dots in  Marina Mist.  Some darker Soft Suede coloured around the base of the tree helped to ground it.

 Dimensionals were used to adhere the tree to the oval, and the oval was adhered to the card front.

The card base is Tip Top Taupe, layered with Whisper White and then Serene Scenery DSP .  A piece of 3/8" Burlap ribbon was placed around these two layers.

The sentiment is from "Pop of Paradise".

The extra leaves were randomly attached to the base of the tree.  And what is fall without cardinals, so two cardinals were adherred to the card front near the base of the tree.  To make them stand out a bit more, tiny pearls were used as the eyes of the birds.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:Thoughtful Branches, Pop of Paradise, Timeless Texture
Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Papers: Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Serene Scenery DSP
Accessories: Beautiful Branches Thinlet dies, 3/5" Burlap ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, Ovals framleit dies.

Vintage Leaves Thankful

You'd never know by the weather that we are approaching fall.  The heat and humidity have been stifling and certainly does not put one in the mood to make Christmas cards let alone Thanksgiving or Halloween cards.  However, my craft shows are coming up so I'd better get cracking!!

 had some coloured leaves left over from another project so I  made this Thanksgiving card.  I used the Woodlands Embossing Folder as a background and included an acorn and a feather.

• The base cardstock is Chocolate Chip, layered with Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with the Woodlands Embossing Folder.  To make the birch trees stamp out a little better, I lightly sponged the surface with some chocolate chip ink.

• Using the colours of autumn - Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Real red, some leaves were randomly stamped between the trees.  These are from the stamp set: "Among the Leaves".
  A barn owl and some black birds completed the scene.
  
  At the bottom of this layer, a piece of  Into the Woods Designer paper was adhered.  I did sponge this lightly with Crumb Cake as the background of this paper was Whisper White.  That made the DSP fit in better with the colour scheme of the card. At the top of the DSP I added some gold glitter ribbon.
  
  The leaves were built on a 1 3/8" chocolate chip circle using a hot glue gun. As I mentioned, these leaves and feathers were left over from another project.  The acorn was made using the Acorny Thank You stamp set with its coordinating punch.
  
  The sentiment was stamped in chocolate chip ink and die cut using the bitty banners framelit.
  
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Give Thanks - Vintage Leafs - Pals Paper Arts #266

The challenge this weekwith Pals Paper Arts is a colour one - perfect Autumn colours - Delightful Dejan, Cajun Craze, and Old Olive.  So I pulled out my Vintage Leaves stamp set and the coordinating framelit set and got to work.

 

• The leaves and the feather were stamped with Versa Mark on Whisper white cardstock, and embossed with gold embossing powder.  They were then die cut using the coordinating framelits.
• Each leaf was coloured with  leaf with the 3 colours, spritzed them lightly with water and scrunched them up.  They were unfurled slowly, leaving most of the creases and folds, and allowed to dry.
• While they were drying, I assembled the rest of the card.
• The base cardstock is Cajun Craze, layered with Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder.  Some Cajun Craze ink was lightly grazed over the embossed surface using a sponge.
• The sentiment is from "Thankful Forest Friends".  It was coloured with markers in the 3 challenge colours and stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla.  The edges were sponged with Cajun Craze ink.  This piece was matted with two colours - Cajun Craze and Old Olive.  It was adhered near the top towards the right side.
• The leaves were now dry, so I added them one by one with the stems facing the bottom of the card.  I used a hot glue gun to do this.
• A gold metallic button threaded with linen thread was added to the base of the leaves with a glue dot.

Supplies Used: 

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Hello Fall - Technostamper 329

I'm not really saying hello to Fall, not yet anyway!  Although all the signs are there - the changing colours of the leaves, the cool nights, the decline of the blooms in my garden, and of course, back to school.
Fall is associated with change.  And there has been a lot of change in my life lately.  My favourite craft store has closed; a friend has sold her house and moved; my son's place of employment closed and he is returning to college for a fresh start; and my daughter and her husband are undergoing an acrimonious divorce.  The latter has been very disturbing as there are 3 young children involved.

I decided to made a card with 3 feathers on it - one for each of my grandchildren who are going to have to be tough like these feathers.
I used the sketch from Technostamper here to make this card.

Stamps:  Four Feathers, For All Things

Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate

Papers: Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DSP

Accessories: Four Feathers Framelits, Circle Framelits, Fringe Scissors, Gold Metal Button, Twine, Toothpick (non SU), Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, 1/8" Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon

Leaves Falling for You - Unscripted Sketches #180

Again, since I had a lot of leaves left over from a previous project, this card uses some of these leaves in its design.  It is made for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

Technique:

The card base is Early Espresso layered with Crumb Cake card stock which is embossed with the Brocade folder.  Using a dauber, the embossed cardstock was painted with Champagne shimmer paint.  This makes it look like gold paper.

Image: Three pieces of Very Vanilla card stock were cut and sponged with Early Espresso ink.  They were mounted on a piece of Champagne glitter paper.

The leaves were mounted on the various size pieces with dimensionals.  Crystal effects was applied to the acorn.

Embellishment: A piece of Early Espresso Baker's twine was wrapped around the crumb cake layer 3 times and a button was attached to the string.

Stamp: Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight (for the leaves)

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Champagne glitter paper, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Itty Bitty framelits, Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain folder, Brocade folder, Square lattice folder, Gold Smooch, Champagne shimmer paint, Early Espresso baker's twine, Neutrals button, dimensionals, Crystal Effects.

Falling Leaves - Thank You - Technostamper #241

I'm finally caught up getting my products ready for the next craft show- which is this weekend.  I sold out of a lot of things the last show (1 week ago) so I had to get my gear in action and create, create, create!!  Today it is so nice to say, I'm caught up - and now I can get caught up with my challenges.
This card is for the Technostamper sketch challenge here
I wanted to make a fall card as I had leaves left over from another project.

 

Technique:   The leaves were die cut using Very Vanilla card stock and the Autumn Accents die.  Each leaf was folded in half and laid on the Woodgrain folded at a 45 degree angle and run through the big shot.  After carefully opening each leaf (they tear easily), each was sponged with Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, and the edges sponged with Soft suede.  They were then spritzed with gold smooch.  The acorn was made in 2 stages.  Two acorns were die cut - one in Very Vanilla, and one in Soft Suede.  The Soft Suede acorn was embossed with the Square lattice folder, and the top cut off.  The Very Vanilla one was sponged and the Soft Suede top was adhered to it. The entire acorn was then spritzed with gold smooch.

The leaves were attached to the card with dimensionals.

Stamps: Perfectly Penned

Inks: Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede

Papers: Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest DSP, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Autumn Accents die, woodgrain folder, Square lattice folder, Gold smooch, dimensionals

Thinking of You - Triple layer stamping for fall

I just love this latest trend in stamping - triple layer.
For today's card I used the French foliage stamp set.

Here are the measurements for the various layers:
Center:  2 by 3 1/4" (Mat 2 1/4 by 3 1/2"
Middle:  3 by 4 1/4" (Mat 3 1/4 by 4 1/2")
Base layer: 4 by 5 1/4" (Mat is card base: 8 1/2 by 5 1/2" folded in half)

There are many video tutorial out there on how to do this technique.  If you would like a link to one just let me know.

Stamps: French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, 3/8" scallop dotted chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, neutrals button, white baker's twine
 

Leaf Screen Alert - Challenge 189 Fall into Stamping LNS

This week, challenge 189, we are working on some Fall cards/ projects as that time of year is right around the corner. 
Yesterday I made a leaf tree, which will be the center piece of my craft table. 
Today's 3D item is a project I completed as part of my participation in Stampin' Fun and Friends.  Nancy Seed is the originator of the design.
Have you ever walked through a sliding screen door because you didn't see it?  Well I have, and although I can laugh about it in retrospect, it wasn't funny at the time. I knocked the entire screen door off its track!
To warn people that there is a sliding screen door present, I made a Leaf Screen alert approriate for fall, although they can be made in all shapes and sizes and colors for the other seasons.

Technique:
The leaves were die cut using Cherry cobbler, soft suede, Summer Starfruit card stock and  the         Autumn Accents die. They were then folded in half and placed at a 45 degree angle inside the woodgrain embossing folder and run through the big shot.  Each leaf was then sponged with Early Espresso ink, Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, and Gumball green.  Then each leaf were spritzed with water and allowed to dry, and then spritzed with gold smooch.  Crystal effects was put on the acorn.
To make the screen alert, you need to make 2 leaf units.
Each unit is made by hot gluing at least 2 leaves together in a pattern that is pleasing to you. Both sides don't have to be the same.
Place a square of velcro between the units.  Your screen alert is done.
To place on the screen, undo the velcro between the units, place one half on one side of the screen door, and the other half on the other side so that the pieces of velcro meet.  The velcro will hold the screen alert in place.  Now there is no excuse to walk through the screen door!
I have made others in the shapes of butterflies, and flowers.

A Leaf Tree

One of the things expected of vendors at craft fairs is to decorate not only the table but the booth.  For days I have been wracking my brain as to what I could make for the center of the table.  Then a light bulb went off!!
I had been given an umbrella stand with metal spines with clips on the end - to attach cards for display.  However, when I put my cards on it they were too heavy, and they overlapped each other.  So I nixed that idea.
Suddenly this morning it came to me - make it into a fall tree by attaching fall coloured leaves to the clips.  This is the result:

All the leaves were die cut using the Autumn accents die, sponged, & spritzed.  I did put artificial leaves behind mine as the backs of my leaves were Very Vanilla (never thought to sponge the back)
The base was made by first covering a wreath ring with 1 1/4" striped chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon and then hot gluing leaves all the way around the top.  I tossed in some loose leaves in the center to cover up the metal base.
Here's a close up:

What I particularly like about this "spine" tree is that I can place display items under it and they can still be seen.
Here's a close up of the base (I took this one outside).  You can see why I threw in some loose leaves in the middle.

So, what do you think?  Do you like my centerpiece?