Autumn Leaves Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card!

Today's card was inspired by sketch #658 at Try a Sketch on Tuesday. 

Autumn Leaves ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card was inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #631.

Beauty of Friendship - A Stampin' Up Card!

Today's kind of funky card is inspired by sketch #625 at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

Gorgeous Leaves ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge # 524!

Gathered Leaves Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #480 with the optional theme of Autumn.

Rooted in Nature ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card was inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #430 and the theme is Fall Fun.

Painted Harvest ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #428.

Autumn Days ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I finally edited a video that I made back in August of this fall card.  
To watch the video scroll down toward the bottom of my post.

Autumn Days ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's fall card is inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday's sketch challange #339 and its optional theme is Fall Fun.  

Hello Fall ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today I shared a couple of specials with you in an earlier post and now I'm sharing my card that was inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday sketch challenge #333. :)

Autumn Days - Again! ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I have a feeling these are the last fall cards I'll be posting in a while.  Yuppers, the color here in my part of Michigan is pretty much gone.  There's an occasional tree here and there that are a little behind with some bright red, yellow or rust color still around, but they'll be gone soon enough...I sure did enjoy the show while it lasted though!  I had to create a couple more cards to extend fall just a little longer...and because I had a lot of left over leaves I needed to use!

So the top card shows a little Gold Shimmer Color Splash, but the bottom shows a ton.  It's just the way the light is hitting it because it's not as shiny as what you see below!

I added Gold and Bronze Silks to each of my cards too.  I had just bought them and couldn't resist trying them out!

This is the second card I made...

I like the layout of my first card better, but I think I like the colors on this card more. 

I definitely didn't use as much of the silks on this card.  I was new at using them on the first card, so I wasn't quite as heavy-handed on the second card. lol  I do have a few pictures from an earlier post HERE that show how I created the leaves if you're interested in checking it out.  I just made these colors a little darker and more intense than on the cards in that post.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card

Stamp Sets:

Autumn Days BUNDLE p. 70 (BD-0054) $30.50
(sentiment is printed) 

Card Stock:
Buttercream p. 288 (CS-0006) $6.95 

Ink Pads:

Pumpkin Bread p. 289 (IP-0057) $7.95

Supplies:

Rich Sorbet, Party Pop & Mother Nature Pan Pastels p. 280 $49.95 each
Gold Silk p. 291 (IP-0096) $4.95
Bronze Silk p. 291 (IP-0091) $4.95

Autumn Birthday ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I love fall because of all the beautiful colors that I get to see on the trees.  That means I also love making fall cards especially ones with leaves from the Fun Stampers Journey stamp set Autumn Days!  I made today's card special for anyone who placed and order with me in September.  I wrote a thank you, tucked it in the card and mailed it out so they have a card to send someone when they need it. :)  I'll be sending out cards again the beginning of November for anyone who orders from me in October.

I made the leaves using Pan Pastels, Pumpkin Bread Ink and Shimmer Gold Color Splash.  I have a picture tutorial below on how I made these cards.

You never know how your leaves are going to turn out using Pan Pastels!

I love the variation of colors on each of the leaves.

I could NOT get the Shimmer Gold Splash to show when I turned the cards to the left!

Ok I'm finally getting to the picture tutorial here.  When I started using Pan Pastels I was afraid my leaves weren't going to turn out that great (you'll see what I mean when you see the first few pics below), but with just a few steps I had some leaves that I thought were very pretty and full of shimmer...which we know they really don't have, but I had to add anyway! :)

I started with a couple of pieces of Butter Cream card stock and randomly rubbed Pan Pastels all over the card stock.  On the top sheet I put it on with circular strokes and the bottom one I put it on with straight strokes.  I used Dairylide Yellow, Burnt Sienne and Magenta Extra Dark from the Rich Sorbet set and Permanent Red Shade, Red Iron Oxide Ex. Dark, Hansa Yellow Ex. Dark (looks olive green to me!) and Perm. Green Ex. Dark from the Mother Nature set.

Doesn't look that great does it. :(  The colors are actually darker, but the flash from my camera made them appear a lot lighter than they are.

Next I stamped my leaves using True Color Fusion Ink Pumpkin Bread.

Yup, still looks kind of blah, doesn't it?!  It will get better!

This is where the magic starts to happen!  I spritzed them both with Shimmer Gold Journey Splash and bam! they looked great! I also used the splash like the silks because I don't have them yet.  I wanted gold "dots" or "splats" here and there on my leaves. I know...I need to improve a lot on my photography skills because these pics surely don't look that great, but they did in person! lol

I did fill in the first sheet with a few more leaves like the second one so I didn't waste any paper. 

Here's a few more pics of the leaves up close after I cut some of them out and hopefully they look better!  For some reason pictures don't look as nice when I put them on my blog versus when they're in Picasa.  Oh well, I still like how my cards turned out! :)

I almost forgot the final touches.  I cut a piece of Oatmeal Cookie card stock at 3-3/4" x 4-7/8" and a piece of Pumpkin Bread card stock at just under 3-7/8" x 5".  To get the square and paper piercing I used the Journey Squares Die Templates.  I used the biggest square that has the paper piercing holes in it and the second biggest square to cut out the square opening.  So basically I centered the paper-piercing square on my Oatmeal Cookie card stock at the top (since I wanted about an extra inch or so at the bottom), then put the square die inside the paper-piercing one and cut them together.  Then I attached the Oatmeal Cookie card stock to the Pumpkin Bread card stock.  Now that they are together I can cut out the square in the Pumpkin Bread piece simply by lining up the square die over the opening since it will line up. :)  Wrap some Journey Natural Thread around the bottom like pictured and tie it together with a bow.  Attach all of this to a Butter Cream card base with Journey Foam squares and attach leaves with glue dots.  For the birthday tag I just cut a couple of thin pieces of card stock in Butter Cream and Pumpkin Bread and stamped Happy Birthday with Oatmeal Cookie.  I snipped the ends with my Details Pro Shears and attached it with more Journey Foam Squares.  Ok, I think that's it...whew! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you are thinking about joining 
Fun Stampers Journey and would like to be a Journey Coach click 
"Join My Team". 
I'd love to have you join me on my journey!  

If you like what you see and want to order just click on the 
"Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. 

 If you have questions feel free to contact me. 
Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . 

Supplies used on this card:


Stamp Sets:
Autumn Days p. 70 (SS-0006) $17.95
Autumn Days Bundle that includes the Die p. 70 (BD-0054) $30.50
Sentimental Prints p. 206 (SS-0072) $19.95

Card Stock:
Buttercream p.  288 (CS-0006) $6.95
Pumpkin Bread p. 289 (CS-0098) $6.95
Oatmeal Cookie p. 288 (CS-0023) $6.95
Ink Pads:
Pumpkin Bread p. 289 (IP-0057) $6.95
Oatmeal Cookie p. 288 (IP-0011) $6.95
Supplies:
Autumn Days Die if not bought as a bundle p. 70 (DI-0118) $15.95
Journey Gold Splash p. 290 (IP-0081) $7.95
Journey Natural Thread p. 310 (AC-0013) $5.95/68 yds.
Rich Sorbets Pan Pastels p. 280 (JM-0082) $49.95
Mother Nature Pan Pastels p. 280 (JM-0080) $49.95
Journey Squares (die templates) p. 254 (DI-0038) $24.95

Gold and Silver Autumn Days ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

I have another card to share with you using the stamp set Autumn Days again.  I wasn't planning on making this card, but the first card I posted using this set had some extra leaves that ended up getting spritzed with some of the Journey Gold and Silver Splashes on accident.  I figured why waste the leaves.  Let's see what I can come up with!

I ended up stamping a few more leaves after spritzing the rest of my card stock with gold and silver, cut the leaves out with the matching dies and started assembling it on a separate piece of Buttercream Card Stock that I had VERY lightly spritzed with more Journey Gold and Silver Splash.  I added the Journey Natural Thread in the background for a little extra embellishment on the card attaching them with glue dots and attached the whole thing to a Buttercream card base.

This card was probably the hardest for the ladies at my stamp a stack, but no one said it was too hard to make at all. :)  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your Journey Coach! If you would like to be a Fun Stampers Journey Coach click "Join My Team". I'd love to have you join me on my journey! 
If you like what you see and want to order anything just click on the "Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. 
If you have questions feel free to contact me. Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . 
Supplies used on this card:

Stamp Sets:
Autumn Days p. 70 (SS-0006) $17.95
Autumn Days Bundle that includes the Die p. 70 (BD-0054) $30.50
Sentimental Prints p. 206 (SS-0072) $19.95

Card Stock:
Buttercream p.  288 (CS-0006) $6.95

Ink Pads:
Black Licorice p. 289 (IP-0041) $7.95

Supplies:
Autumn Days Die if not bought as a bundle p. 70 (DI-0118) $15.95
Journey Gold Splash p. 290 (IP-0081) $7.95
Journey Silver Splash p. 290 (IP- 0082) $7.95
Journey Natural Thread p. 310 (AC-0013) $5.95/68 yds.

Fall French Foliage

Is it Friday already?  Wow has this week flown by!  I won't complain about that. :)  Well since it's Friday I have another card for the Friday Mashup.  This week Heidi brings us another fun mashup challege...

Create a project using the "Sketch". 

Create a project with "Leaves".

or Mash it Up! and create a project with "Leaves using the Sketch". 

I had to use my favorite fall set for today's card even though it's retired.  This set creates a beautiful card all the time. :)  I embossed the leaves in gold and fussy cut them out.  Then using the newest In colors I sponged in each of the leaves and, of course, had to spritz them with smooch spritz.  

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup HERE to be see what the other designer's created and to play long too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Bloom with Hope

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Hello Honey, Tangalo Twist,

Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon & Blackberry Bliss

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Linen Thread

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

TSOT Autumn in the Air

Today is Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge.  I whipped up a card and was happy with it until I realized I forgot to check out the theme!  My card was suited more for winter than for autumn in the air!  So I went back to the drawing board.  I just could NOT come up with something that had those dots!  Well I made them stars on my first card, so I decided to do the same with my second card.  I've been seeing a lot of orange, black and purple cards out there for Halloween too so I decided to go with that color theme for my card and sponge the colors on, then add the stars in the night sky using a gel pen.  As you can see I also rotated this card.  My other one is vertical and I'll have to show it to you some other time this week. :)

Don't forget to check out what the design team made using this sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday HERE.  If you're game give it a try and show us what you've made too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Express Yourself

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Pink Pirouette,

Blushing Bride, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze & Always Artichoke

StazOn:  Black & Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

uni-ball Signo Gel Pen:  White

Sponges