Last of the Fall Leaves

We finally got some color in our leaves.

But they're fading fast.

Some of the leaves have faded to a pink color.

So pretty!

This is a simple card with the Vintage Leaf stamped and watercolored.

A strip of burlap ribbon and an embossed background round it out.

Time to get ready for Christmas!


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves (SU)

Ink:   Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:   Very Vanilla (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Aqua Painter, Leaflets Framelits, Linen Thread (SU), Burlap Ribbon (retired SU)

Vintage Autumn Leaves

When I saw this post by Heather Telford, I was so inspired that

I took some time to play some more with the Vintage Leaves set.

I really like this set!

Then I saw this post by Alexandra

and I knew the layout.

You might say I had a case of the CASE!

The outcut piece was just laying there beside a piece of cardstock

that had been sponged. 

They looked so happy together.

I used my retired Stampin' Up! Spiderweb Embossing Folder

to add some veins on the leaf.

The card base and stamping is Blackberry Bliss.

My camera wanted to turn it to black.
(My camera has a mind of  it's own!)

Thanks to some friends I have 2 Thanksgiving cards.

I'm thankful for my inspiring friends!

Both cards have been mailed to friends
so I'm linking up with 
Jennifer McGuire's Share Handmade Kindness Challenge

and

I'm also going to link to
Susan Raihala's Thanksgiving Challenge
Isn't it a shame that Thanksgiving is squished between Halloween and Christmas?

and

Simon Say's Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thanks/Thanksgiving

and

Curtain Call Challenge

Doesn't that top blanket make you think of Autumn leaves?

I'm thankful for your comments, encouragement and inspiration too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves, Hand Penned Holidays (retired SU)

Ink:  Crushed Curry, Tangerine, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow (SU)

Paper:  Mossy Meadow (SU), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Mixed Media (Stathmore)

Other: Leaflets Framelits Die (SU), Gold Thread (stash)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Basket of Blessings (PTI)

Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss (SU)

Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, So Saffron (SU),  Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Leaflets Framelits Die (SU), Spider Web EF (retired SU), MISTI

Gilded Leaf for Happy Little Stampers

It's time for the 

Happy Little Stampers November CAS Challenge

Here's this month's challenge

DEFINITION:

gild·ing

ˈɡildiNG/

noun

1. the process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.

   • the material used in, or the surface produced by applying gold leaf or gold paint.

Suggestions:  use gold on all or part of a card base or embellishment (gold embossing powder, gold metallic pen, gold paint, gold mica powders, Inka gold wax paste, liquid gold pearls, gold shimmer mist, gilding flakes)

You can find links to video tutorials at the challenge site.

This challenge is sponsored by

The winner will receive this stamp set.

We have lots of inspiration for you from our fabulous Design Team

Karen Mead is our talented Guest Designer this month.

I used the technique from this video tutorial for my card.

I stamped the leaf and heat embossed with gold powder for the main image.

Then I masked off 2 edges, inked with VersaMark and heat embossed those edges.

I repeated the process for the other 2 edges.

I found a piece of handmade paper from an ancient pad in my stash and cut

a piece to fit the card front.

Now what to do for splatters?

I put a drop of Encore Gold reinker in my palette, dropped a little water in 

and stirred it until it blended good.  Picked some up on my paint brush

and tapped to get some splatters on the background and the design piece.

Finally, I inked the edges of the card and dipped into 

the embossing powder and heat set.

I didn't add a sentiment because I'm not sure what I'll use this card for.

Now it's your turn to bring on the gold.

I hope you'll join us at 

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge

(Please make sure your cards are CAS.)

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

   

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves (SU)

Ink:  Encore Gold

Paper:  Very Vanilla (SU), Handmade Paper (Stash)

Other:  Gold EP (SU)

Autumn Woods

I am really enjoying the Fall colors.

I love looking out the window and seeing the yellow, oranges, reds and even browns
of the falling leaves.

Sweeping them up is another story.

I've been enjoying translating some of these colors onto paper.

The trees were embossed with the Woodland Textured Embossing folder and 

lightly sponged with ink.

I have stamped the leaves from the Vintage Leaves set by Stampin' Up!

by inking with a base color and "rock and rolling" a couple of other colors,

spritzing with water.

Then I used an Aqua Painter to move the colors around and

add more color from the lids of the ink pads.

I used a Sahara Sand Marker to lightly draw veins and

used the Aqua Painter to soften the lines.

I splattered some diluted Soft Suede re-inker and a paint brush

over the leaves and pretty much the whole table.

There is a die for these leaves so I die cut with my hand cranked Big Shot

and added a bit more color along the edges.

The leaves have been shaped with a stylus and my fingers and adhered with Dimensionals.

I am loving these leaves!

Cuttlebug Mania

Trees

Used a hand cranked Big Shot.

and

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Throwback

choose a previous challenge

I chose Autumn is in the Air 

and

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Everybody's favorite

ANYTHING GOES

Does Simon have new glasses?

I do and I think we chose the same frames.

Or maybe I can see better and just noticed his glasses.

and

Pixie's Snippet Playground

with my snippets of watercolor paper.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vintage Leaves (SU)

Ink:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand (all SU)

Paper:  Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla (SU), Watercolor Snippets (Various brands all 140 lb.)

Other:  Aqua Painter, Leaflets Framelits, Woodland Textured Embossing Folder, Stampin' Sponge,   Linen Thread (all SU)

Vintage Leaves

I don't usually post on Sunday, but  last night when I saw the sketch at

Freshly Made Sketches, I just had to make this.

Here's the sketch by Jen Mitchell

This NBUS stamp and die set I'd got on Friday, seemed perfect for this sketch 

and also for Darnell's NBUS Challenge.

The new Addicted to CAS Challenge is up

Simon Says Monday Challenge

STAMP AND PUNCH/DIE CUT

Over at Pixie's Snippet Playground there's a birthday party going on

Our Miss Di is celebrating her birthday with a fabulous playground prize this week.

Do go over for a peek and wish her a very happy birthday.

Here's the keys if you don't already have them.

The leaf is from a snippet of sponged cardstock from last fall and the sentiment is on a tiny snippet.

After a busy week of preparing for classes, it was fun to create

and especially fun to have a new stamp set with matching dies to play with.

There are signs of the leaves beginning to turn.

Autumn is almost here.

I love fall with the warm colors and cooler days.

I hope you are having a great weekend.

Thanks for spending some of it with me.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

The base for this leaf was a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock sponged with 

oranges, golds and brown.

I stamped the maple leaf with Tangerine Tango Ink thumped with Real Red

then used a blender to blend the ink just a bit.

I went over the veins and stem with a Soft Suede Marker and then used a stylus

to add some textural detail.

The die is a great fit.  Love that it's so much easier than fussy cutting!

Stamps: Vintage Leaves, Happy Fall (Verve)

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede, Whisper White

Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Sponged Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip

Other:  Leaflits Framelits, White EP, Hemp Twine (stash)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted