I came up with 4 card designs and then pulled one out because I thought it might have too many steps for someone who had never tried this before. We created 3 cards and they told me next time they want more. 😊 My first card came from the desire to have a fall card and to put my leaves to good use.
I started with a sheet of dark orange as the front mat and attached it to a white card base. Next I took a sheet of Crumb Cake from Stampin' Up and embossed it with the Tim Holtz's 3D Lumber embossing folder. If you haven't checked out his 3D folders be sure you do. They're awesome!
Next, I took a piece of olive green from Recollections' Boutique Floral and embossed it with Cuttlebug's Forest embossing folder and attached the piece on top of the Crumb Cake. I used a piece of the orange from the Recollections' Brights pack to make the small dividing strip and base for my sentiment. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's All-Year Cheer I and is stamped in Mossy Meadow. I used the same dark orange to create a mat to set it off from the leaves.
On the inside I used a few of the tree stamps from the Fiskers' Enchanted Forest set and pulled in my colors using Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard and Mossy Meadow inks from Stampin' Up.
For Card # 2 I used a layout from LeeAnn Greff and modified the colors and design slightly. I chose Concord Crush and used the flower rather than the succulent from the Painted Seasons set from Stampin' Up. I stamped the leaves in Wild Wasabi and the dots in Old Olive. The small banners are cut from strips of the Concord Crush with Recollections' gems as bling.
I used some paper from my stash for the green strip down the side and embossed it with Anna Griffin's Brocade. The sentiment is also stamped in Concord Crush and is from the Stampin' Up set Life is Grand.
On the inside I carried in the flower and leaves and then stamped the interior sentiment, also from Life is Grand in Memento Tuxedo Black.
The ladies did a great job with this one, but I realized I should have marked the stamp blocks with an up arrow to help them, because a few stamped the interior sentiment upside down. Lesson learned!
The last card is probably my favorite. I just love almost everything about it. The design is CASE'd from Cheri's Cards. Her design made me buy the supplies, because I just love it! It starts with a white card base and a white mat. The white mat is textured using a scissor and scraping down the edges. She used some super cool new items from Stampin' Up's new catalog including the Harvest Hello set and the Apple Builder Punch. She stamped the pumpkin onto a piece of the metallic acetate and then embossed with silver embossing powder. Next she punched out the pumpkin and then punched out a pumpkin in Petal Pink as a backing. Using the Petal Pink ribbon she created a pumpkin stem and attached it to the pumpkin and added one of the leaf trinkets (Stampin' Up) and the vine stamped in Petal Pink. While she used "Blessed" I chose a stamp from Hero Arts for the outside. The pumpkin is popped with a dimensional and sequins and pearls are added for some bling.
I stayed pretty true to Cheri's design because I loved it so much. On the inside I used an American Art Stamp sentiment that I picked up on clearance from Hobby Lobby. (Love my sales!!)
That's it! Those are my three cards. Thankfully, the ladies enjoyed it and want to do it again, so I'm busy choosing stamps and designs for Christmas cards, per their request. Such a great time! I loved watching these ladies and their excitement when they saw their finished products and what they were able to accomplish!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Recollections - Brights, Boutique Floral; Stampin' Up -
Concord Crush, Crumb Cake; Park Lane - 110lb white
Stamps: Stampin' Up - Painted Seasons, Life is Grand, All-Year Cheer I; Hero Arts; American Art Stamp
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up - Concord Crush, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie,
More Mustard, Old Olive, Petal Pink; VersaMark - frost
Dies and Punches: Stampin' Up - Apple Builder Punch
Embellishments: Recollections - pearls, Silver Embossing Powder; Park Lane - gems; Stampin' Up - Adhesive Backed Sequins, Leaf Trinkets
