French Foliage Leaf Cluster

Another birthday card for a co-worker.  To keep the leaves and french text in a vertical line I used my stamp-a-ma-jig.  I use the stamp-a-ma-jig on almost all of my cards and it is one of the most used tools other than my paper cutter.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  French Foliage, Bring on the Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Really Rust
Ink:  Really Rust, Mellow Moss
Accessories:  Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Very Vintage Button, Linen Thread, Extra Large Oval Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Fall Broom

I saw the idea for this broom here and had to make one to give to my friend.  I didn't have all of the items that were used in the instructions so I used the items I did have.  I like how it turned out and my friend loved it.

 

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Wonderfall
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango, Tangerine Tango DSP
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango
Accessories:  Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Petal Cone Die, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Sizzix Decorative Strip Alphabet Die, Linen Thread, Mini Glue Dots, Adhesive

Wonderfall Birthday

This card was for a friend of mine who loves all things "fall".  I haven't had many chances to use this stamp set and the matching bigz die but I hope to make a few cards to send to family and friends for Thanksgiving.

 

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Wonderfall, Bring on the Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Blue Bayou, Confetti Tan
Ink:  Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Latte Button, Gold Organdy Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Fall Birthday

Now that all of the challenges are over and completed I can get back to regular postings.  This card came together very quickly and makes a great birthday card for any guy in your life.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Bring on the Cake
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Soft Suede, Autumn Traditions DSP
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, American Crafts Holiday House Fall Foam, Quick Dry Adhesive

Embossed Leaves

HYCCT1307 - Peaceful Leaves - Challenge: Use a leaf or leaves on your card.

For this challenge I decided instead of stamping leaf images I would use the autumn accents bigz die and emboss the leaves using various embossing folders.  Once I had the leaves embossed I applied the ink using the direct to paper technique and then distressed all of the leaves before layering them.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Simple Sayings II
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Really Rust, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive
Ink:  Really Rust, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive
Accessories:  Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Circle Nestabilities Dies, Various Embossing Folders, Corduroy Button, Gold Satin Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots

Fall Berries

Just a quick and simple fall birthday card. The image was stamped in black on very vanilla card stock, colored with markers and then the berries were highlighted with a white gel pen. The stamped image was adhered to a layer of peach parfait and then dusty durango. The dusty durango card stock was punched along one edge using a border punch. I kept the layout simple because I wanted the image to really stand out.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait, Dusty Durango; Ink: Black, SU Markers; Stamps: Oh So Lovely, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Other: EK Success Parisian Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, White Gel Pen, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals

Sunflowers

Almost no stamping on this card but lots of punch art. The sunflowers were created using the 5 petal flower punch (4 for each flower) with summer sun card stock, the 1" circle punch for the flower centers with chocolate chip card stock and the 2 step bird punch wing for the leaves with old olive card stock. After punching out all the elements I used the square lattice embossing folder for the petals, the dot embossing folder for the flower centers and the herringbone embossing folder for the leaves. The grass was created using the MS icicle border punch. The flowers were assembled with mini glue dots and the flowers, stems and leaves were attached to the card front with tombow glue.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes; Other: 5 Petal Flower Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 2 Step Bird Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Embossing Folders, Antique Brass Brads, Dimensionals

Season of Friendship

I don't normally make square cards probably because I'm just so used to the standard A2 cards but it is nice to change things up a bit. The base of the card is crumb cake sponged around the edges with chocolate chip ink and the DSP is from summer picnic (now discontinued) and it was also sponged with chocolate chip ink. I stamped the tree and leaves onto very vanilla and cut that into a 3 1/2" circle followed by a red circle cut at 3 3/4". The edges of the very vanilla and real red were distressed and then sponged with chocolate chip ink. The crumb cake scallops were created using the fancy flower punch. I used 3 flowers and sponged the edges with chocolate chip ink and snipped them apart and attached them to the real red circle. Additional leaves were stamped onto a scrap piece of very vanilla card stock, cut out and attached to the main image with dimensionals. Red twine was attached to the buttons and adhered with mini glue dots. Red gingham ribbon was tied to the main card base and the main image was then attached with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Summer Picnic DSP; Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive; Stamps: Season of Friendship; Other: Circle Cutter, Fancy Flower Punch, Red Gingham Ribbon, Red Twine, Buttons, Dimensionals

Simply Oak Leaves

This is a very simple card but the leaf elements stand out which is the effect I wanted. I love the look embossing gives a card and I use it frequently in my cards. This card incorporates two of my favorite embossing folders and neither one competes with the other. The leave image was stamped twice using the Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves ink onto very vanilla card stock and then cut out. Both the leaves and the card base were spritzed with gold pearl ex powder mixed with hairspray. The leaves were mounted on the panel with dimensionals which was wrapped with twine and then the panel was mounted to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip; Ink: Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves, Chocolate Chip; Stamps: Autumn Leaf Prints, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Other: Square Lattice and Script Embossing Folders, Word Window Punch, Gold Pearl Ex Spritz, Twine, Dimensionals

Cone Flowers for Fall

This is for a co-workers birthday and she loves the earth tone colors. I wanted to try the chalkboard technique and this stamp was perfect for this technique as well as the colors that I wanted to use. The image was stamped using white craft ink onto the early espresso card stock that was cut using the top note die. While the ink was wet the image was colored using SU's pastels with sponge daubers. After I finished adding the pastel colors I wiped away the excess with a tissue. The pastels were sealed with a mixture of gold pearl-ex and liquid hairspray which also gives the image a shimmery effect. The early espresso card stock was mounted to a piece of pumpkin pie card stock that was also cut out using the top not die and then the entire piece was embossed with the square lattice embossing folder. The old olive card stock was embossed using the script embossing folder and the corners rounded on one side. I added the ribbon and then mounted this to another embossed piece of early espresso card stock. After adding the pumpkin pie corduroy brads the entire piece was mounted to the card base. The sentiment was stamped onto very vanilla card stock with pumpkin pie ink and punched out with the large oval punch. The sentiment was then attached to a piece of pumpkin pie card stock that was punched out using the scallop oval punch and then attached to the card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Old Olive; Ink: White Craft, Pumpkin Pie; Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Upsy Daisy; Other: SU's Pastels, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Top Note Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Script Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Gold Pearl-Ex Powder mixed w/Liquid Hairspray, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

Give Thanks

Another SCS Free For All challenge card. I had another Top Note Die frame leftover and decided to make another card similar to the one I posted yesterday. I recently purchased the color spritzing tool and I had to try it. The next time I use it I'll probably be less exuberant with the ink than I was for this card. You can really get carried away with the spritzer but the effect is great. This card was colored in with various SU markers and a blender pen. The sentiment was punched out with the wide oval punch and then I punched out 2 more in early espresso and layered them all together. The frame and the sentiment were mounted with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink: Black, Early Espresso, Various SU Markers; Stamps: Season of Thanks; Other: Top Note Die, Wide Oval Punch, Color Spritzer, Dimensionals

Warm Fall Day

This is the card I made for the Free For All Challenge on SCS today. I was working on a card for a co-worker's birthday and I was using the top not die for that card and I thought the leftover frame would be perfect for this challenge. The grass was sponged with old olive ink and a sponge dauber and the fluffy clouds were sponged with bashful blue ink and a sponge dauber using a scalloped circle.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie; Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Black; Stamps: Branch Out, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Other: Top Note Die, Small Oval Punch, Foam Embellishments, Dimensionals

Thanksgiving Card

I need to make a few more cards for family members to send for Thanksgiving. The layout I used for this card is from SCS sketch challenge for today. Since today is a holiday and I didn't have to work I was able to stamp. The stamp set I used is a retired set from Stampin' Up that I dug out from my stash.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede; Ink: Basic Brown, Crushed Curry, More Mustard, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, So Saffron; Stamps: Seasonal Sprays; Other: Herringbone Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Sakura Glitter Pen, Dimensionals

Autumn Birthday

My original layout for this card just wasn't working so I had to go in a completely different direction. The layout ended up being very simple but I think the image actually stands out more that way. The flower is from the Riot of Petals stamp. I stamped the image on Crushed Curry card stock and punched out one of the flowers with the Marvy Mega Scallop punch. The petals of the flower were colored using various markers. The flower center was highlighted using a Sakura glitter pen and then the entire image was spritzed with gold Pearl Ex powder that had been mixed with hairspray. Once I had the image colored I decided that the image looked much better against Dusty Durango card stock instead of Crushed Curry.

Supplies Used: Paper: Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Dusty Durango DSP; Ink: Basic Brown, Various SU Markers; Stamps: Riot of Petals, Sincere Salutations; Other: Marvy Mega and Giga Scallop Punches, Circle Cutter, Designer Label Punch, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, White Signo Gel Pen, Dew Drops, Dimensionals, Gold Pearl Ex Powder mixed with hairspray

Maple Leaf

I made this card for the "ways to use it challenge" on Splitcoast. The challenge was to make a card using leaves. I decided to use the maple leaf from the a retired SU stamp set called Autumn Leaf Prints. I created my own background paper by stamping the leaves randomly onto very vanilla card stock using really rust and more mustard ink. I wanted the background to have a slight shimmer to it so I spritzed it with a mixture of gold Pearl Ex powder and liquid hairspray. To create the focal point leaf, I first inked up the image with more mustard ink and then added really rust using a marker and spritzed with water to blend the colors and stamped the image onto very vanilla card stock. After cutting the image out I used versa mark and SU's glassy glaze embossing enamel several times until I achieved the effect I was going for. The leaf is mounted on a 2" piece of very vanilla card stock using dimensionals. The micro beads were attached using a very thin line of crystal effects.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Really Rust; Ink: More Mustard, Really Rust, Versa Mark; Stamps: Autumn Leaf Prints; Other: Glassy Glaze Embossing Enamel, Micro Beads, Crystal Effects, Gold Organdy Ribbon, Gold Pearl EX Powder mixed with hairspray, Dimensionals

Fall Trendy Trees

I'm finally back. August was a very busy month. Moved my daughter from Long Island back home for 10 days and then moved her to Boston the first weekend in September. She had to be out of the place she was subletting in Long Island before August 24th but couldn't move to her new place in Boston until September 1st. We actually moved her in on Friday, September 3rd and spent Friday and Saturday helping her set things up. Since my husband's family lives in Massachusetts, we were able to visit with them over the Labor Day weekend and didn't return home until Tuesday evening. We had a nice visit with everyone but it is so nice to come home. Things are now getting back to normal.

On to the card...my upline is having a meeting this Sunday and we were asked to participate in a swap. We had to use a stamp set in the current catalog and I also chose to use several of the new "In Colors". I wanted to make a simple card since I have 10 to make but I never seem to be able to keep things simple. I made 3 different cards and decided on this card. I'll post the other cards I made later.

Supplies Used: Paper: Confetti White, Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry; Ink: Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry; Stamps: Trendy Trees; Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mat Pack, Scallop Border Punch, Photo Corner Punch, Vintage Brad, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals