More Autumn Herbarium

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I don't know when I've had more fun playing with new products!

There isn't much color in our trees so I'm getting my "Fall fix" on cards.

You know how much I love embossing folders and I've colored the embossing on

more than one card.  Having a stamp and stencil to go with the embossing is

a brilliant idea IMHO.

The stamp is just the veins and stems of each leaf.  On this card, I stamped with

Memento Toffee Crunch ink so it wouldn't be too dark.

I still have trouble getting the stencils to always line up perfectly and found

that embossing before I colored helped.

I used blending brushes and Distress ink to add the color through the stencils, and

pretty much used the colors that the Greetery samples used.  (There are 3 stencils.)

I was glad that I got the coordinating Oblong Octagon Labels stamps and dies

and heat embossed one of the stamped frames and sentiment on vellum.

Some dimensional strips behind the frame has it popped up for a bit more dimension.

Another sample of inspiration that they had showed the stamping heat embossed

and I thought it made a very elegant card.  So I did this one...

Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card for a guy.  This one fit the bill nicely.

I did this is several colors so my stock of sympathy and thinking of you cards is

looking good for guys.  Hopefully they will stay in my stash for a long time!

Challenges:

Double D - Use Halloween Colors

Cardz 4 Guyz #378 - Autumn Fall

Just Us Girls #797 - Mood Board - inspired by the Fall leaves

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Vellum

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF & Stencils (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP, Foam Strips

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Shaded Spruce, Neenah Natural

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP

Enjoy!

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