Colorful Seasons Fall Card in Mixed Metals

Don't you just love the mixed metal look?  It is on trend right now and is the perfect combination for a Fall card and I can't wait to use it on other projects! For this card I used the Colorful Seasons Bundle.

This is one of my favorite layouts and for whatever reason it's a college style that actually works for me.

This leaf is gorgeous if I do say so myself!

Supplies

Stamp set – Colorful Seasons, Touches of Texture

Paper – Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Copper Foil, Champagne Foil Sheets

Ink – Soft Suede, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories – Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Linen Thread, Copper Trim, Year of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow Adhesive

How I did it

Card base Soft Suede 4 1/4x11 scored at 5 1/2

Top layer Very Vanilla 4"x5.1/4"

Middle layer Cajun Craze 4 1/8" x 5 3/8

Stamp the splatter from Touches of Texture in Crumb Cake onto Very Vanilla

Apply a strip of the narrow Washi Tape 

Lay a piece of the Copper Trim above the Washi Tape fraying one end a bit

Cut the branch from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits an layer over Washi (I trimmed it a bit)

Add a stretched and frayed piece of Copper Mesh Tape so it    will lay behind the leaf

Attach a looped length of Linen Thread

Stamp greeting in Tuxedo Black ink

Cut solid leaf from Copper Foil Sheet, the open leaf from Champagne Foil Sheet, tie together with Linen Thread bow

Attach Leaf set with Stampin' Dimensionals

Attach 5 sequins with Tombow adhesive

I hope you have fun as much fun playing with the foil and metallics as I did!  Thanks for looking at my project.

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Debbie

Bicycle bicycle bicycle . . . I want to stamp my bicycle

My apologies to Queen for adapting their lyrics.  When I saw the Bike Ride Bundle in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog I thought of that song "Bicycle Race".  Then, I thought it would be the perfect set to make the occasional card for my daughter who is an avid biker.  This is what I came up with recently.

The card base is Lemon Lime Twist.  I used Shimmery White Card Stock for the card front.  I did a little watercolor wash to give the illusion of sky and grass, Shimmery White holds up to watercolor so well! I thought the widest roll of Washi  tape from Pick a Pattern Washi Tape made a perfect base to ground the bike.  I used a scrap of Silver Foil Paper for the "aluminum" basket.

I made this card for my daughter, she loves reading even more than biking so adding the stack of books was a must.  No fussy cutting on this because their are so many detailed dies in the Build a Bike Framelit set.  There is even a die that is emboss only, the pebble die seen here.  I didn't use it but it would be great for grounding the bike.  

When I had it all together I thought the background needed something so I stamped some little starbursts using a stamp from Colorful Seasons.  I put Wink of Stella directly on the stamps thinking it would add a subtle pattern.  I don't like this at all, the detail of the stamp was lost and it looks gray and messy to me.  Alas, I was out of time so I didn't redo it.  On the other hand, I do love the Rhinestones on the wheel hubs.

Thanks for looking, I hope I've inspired you to send a card to someone you care about today! 

I would love to have you purchase your stamping supplies through me!  You can shop in my online store 24/7!  When you do be sure to use the September Host Code, 7A7FWZ4W, for your order of less than $150 in product.  You qualify for host benefits at $150 so you need not use  the code for those.

Debbie

Watercolored Painted Harvest Birthday

Did I mention that I love this new set, Painted Harvest, available in the Holiday Catalog?  It didn't even make my list when I placed my preorder and now it's one of my favorites!

For this card I tried a watercolor technique.  I spritzed  a watercolor panel with water and also spritzed the inked stamp before putting ink to paper.  I used Crushed Curry for the larger petal stamp and Peek-a-boo Peach for the smaller petal stamp.    The center is Early Espresso and I used Early Espresso ink for the greeting as well.

The stem and leaves were stamped with Pear Pizazz spritzing the stamp after inking and before putting to paper.  Make certain the watercolor paper is completely dry before stamping the greeting.  I used the Happy Birthday greeting from Butterfly Basics.  It's one of my favorites, I love the mix of fonts.

I finished it of by adding some splatters.  I used my Aqua Painter with a lot of water dipped in some Early Espresso ink (squeeze your closed ink pad to get some ink on the lid and use that ink).  I distressed the edges of the watercolor panel, mounted it to a Crushed Curry layer and that went onto a Thick Whisper White card base.  Oh, I also tied on some Linen Thread and tied a bow.

It was a fun card to make!  I gave it to my mom for her birthday and she loved it!  The best thing is that I was able to give it to her in person.  She was visiting me on her birthday.  Not sure that has happened...ever!

Thanks for looking.  Hope you enjoy my projects!

I would love to have you purchase your stamping supplies through me!  You can shop in my online store 24/7!  When you do be sure to use the September Host Code, 7A7FWZ4W, for your order of less than $150 in product.  You qualify for host benefits at $150 so you need not use  the code for those.

Thanks for looking!

Debbie

Painted Harvest in Sepia

I did not initially order the set Painted Harvest but I've seen so many beautiful cards I had to get it.  It just arrived and I couldn't wait to play.  No, Stampin' Up! doesn't have a new color called sepia but this color combo made me think of a vintage photograph in sepia.

In real life the colors are a bit more muted.  I used Soft Suede and Memento Tuxedo Black for the flowers and leaves and stamped on a Whisper White panel. I used masks to give the flowers dimension. The leaves are stamped off once, otherwise I felt they were too dark.  I used the direct to paper method and dragged my Crumb Cake ink pad across the panel left to right, then right to left, top to bottom, and finally bottom to top.

I stamped the dots randomly all over, added 3 Gold Faceted Gems  and tied some Linen Thread onto one side

I added some shimmer to the centers using the Clear Wink of Stella, cause I love that pen!

The card base is Soft Suede and there is a Basic Black layer behind the white panel.

While I didn't use the coordinating punch for this project you can get the punch and the stamp set as a bundle and save some money!  

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Happy stampin!

Debbie

It's Here! The 2017 Holiday Catalog is Here!

Yay!  It's here!  It's here! You can finally see the 2017 Holiday Catalog!  Demonstrators have been using the fun new product and sharing sneak peeks for several weeks, but now you can see it.  Do you have your copy yet?  Click here to download your own copy!

You will love these sweet suites of products:

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Merry Little Christmas

Season of Glitz

Christmas Around the World

Year of Cheer

Painted Autumn

Spooky Night

If that coordination of products isn't enough Stampin' Up! has bundles of product that you can get at a discount!  My favorite might be Painted Autumn

no, my favorite is The Night in Bethlehem bundle

 or is it the Season to Sparkle?

Don't make me pick one!  I want them all

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Thanks for stopping by!

Debbie