Vintage Leaves Birthday

I totally forgot to schedule my post for today so it's a little later than I planned!  I'm sure that's never happened to anyone else right? lol  Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday and once again they have a great sketch for us to work with.  Since I had a new set and had some fall colors on my mind I decided to make a couple of the shapes into leaves and turn my card into more of a masculine card. 

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' HERE to check out the other great cards using this sketch and play along if you get the chance.  We'd love to see what each of you create. :)

To color my leaves first stamped each of the leaves, cut them out with framelits, then started sponging them with different colors.  Then I spritzed them with rubbing alcohol and crumpled them up.  I use alcohol because it dries a LOT faster than water.  I unfolded them, straightened them out a bit and there you have it...a couple of fall leaves. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

I would love to be your demonstrator! If you like what you see and want to order anything just click on any of the products that I've listed at the bottom of my blog or click on the "Shop Now" tab at the top of my blog. Any of them will take you directly to my website! If you have questions feel free to contact me. Just click "Contact Me" at the top of my blog . If you're thinking of becoming a demonstrator click "Join My Team". I'd love to have you join me!

Supplies used on this card:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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

French Foliage

Well, I couldn't resist...I had to use a retired fall set.  I love the set French Foliage and used it for a couple of challenges today.  My colors come from the Color Throwdown challenge and the sketch is from Mojo Monday.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  French Foliage

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,

Baja Breeze (retired) & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake,

Cajun Craze & Baja Breeze (retired)

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza

Before I post today's card I want to let you know about the Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza going on starting today, November 19 and running through Thursday, November 28!  

Shop Now

• Discounts range between 20 and 50 percent--awesome!
• Discounted products are available on all order types (customer, demonstrator, workshop, and online).
• There's no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion. Sale on!
• For product bundles, you need to use the bundle item numbers provided. If you use individual item numbers, you won't get the discount--bummer.
• You can buy additional products from any of our current catalogs on the same order. 
• 
  

Click Here to view pdf of all sale items

In addition, there are three products 20 percent off for 24-hours only on both the first and last days of Online Extravaganza-Woot!

Monday, November 19, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
181	125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	$11.95	$9.56
186	113439	Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine	$99.95	$79.96
186	113474	Big Shot Doctor's Bag	$69.95	$55.96

Wednesday, November 28, midnight - 11:50 PM (MT)

Page	Item	Description	Retail Price	24-Hour Sale Price
7	118941	Clear Block Bundle (Blocks A-I)	$66.95	$53.56
7	120279	Clear Block Storage Caddy	$16.95	$13.56
175	109127	Stack & Store Caddy	$34.95	$27.96

In addition to these sales, Stampin' Up! is now offering
Sizzix Texture Boutique Bundle while supplies last...

Click here to see the complete flyer.  This is perfect if you don't have the money to spend on a Big Shot, but still want to use embossing folders!

Finally on to my card...

This was another one of my fall SAS cards.  I usually try to make one card that is pretty simple and this was the one.  I had the leaves embossed on the card and all they had to do was the sponging, stamping the sentiment and putting the card together.  Easy, right? :)  Just watch out for inky fingers! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage & Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple,

Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green & Early Espresso

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Twine (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Colorful French Foliage

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge. :)  I finally bought the set French Foliage, and as soon as I saw what our challenge was I had an idea going through my head about what I could do with that set...celebrating fall. :)  I definitely didn't use the colors that are normal for fall, but instead decided to use the colors from the Color Me Beautiful challenge.  I used my sponges to apply the color to the stamps to give the color a blended look.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  French Foliage

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Basic Gray, Always Artichoke,

Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette & Regal Rose

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Thank You - RHSSC

It's Sunday, so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge.  I did make my card a little bit different from the sketch.  I wanted all of the ink colors to show on the strip so I moved the oval up and put the sentiment on the bottom.  Keep reading to see the other challenges that inspired this card...

The theme for the Stampin Celebration Blog this month is rich warm colors and I put those into my card.  And those colors came from the Friday Mashup challenge...Indian Summer and a mix of five colors.  One of those colors is Cajun Craze and when I grabbed the ink pad I found out that it's the first time I've used it!  The ink pad was still wrapped in the plastic.  It seemed to blend in well with today's challenges though. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Early Espresso & Very Vanilla
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Raspberry Ripple, Cajun Craze,
More Mustard, Lucky Limeade & Early Espresso
Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain
Punch:  1 1/4" Circle
Sponges

Flower Garden

Well, this card started out as one of my stamp a stack cards, but it didn't last long!  I was really looking to make something with fall colors, but still using flowers.  I decided to give this technique a try when I saw it over on the  Hand Stamped Sentiments technique challenge.  It's a pretty neat technique, but definitely not for a stamp a stack.  Hmm...maybe I need to start a techniques class too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Always Artichoke,

Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Cherry Cobbler & Tango Tangerine

Embossing Folder:  Flower Garden

Ribbon:  3/8" Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

White Crayon

Serene Silhouettes in the Fall

To those of you who come to my stamp a stacks, I did say I was going to post the cards we were making.  Well, I think I'm running a little behind! lol  Anyway, I wanted to make a fall card, and of course I always have one masculine card in the set of five.  Well, I think this is going to be the guy card.  It could probably go either way because of the coral color, but I still think it's more for a guy...who likes a little "pink"! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Serene Silhouettes & On Your Birthday (retired)

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Calypso Coral & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Calypso Coral & So Saffron

Embossing Folder:  Woodgrain

Punches:  1 1/4" Circle, Word Window & Modern Label

Hemp Twine (retired)

Sponges

RHSSC8 - Autumn Splendor

It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Red Hot Stamper's sketch challenge! Yesterday as I was driving to the bank I couldn't help but notice how all the fall colors were still putting on a beautiful show.  It gets to be a little less each day, but it was still so amazing to look at.  That's where I got my inspiration for today's card.  That and the fact that I used the embossing and sponging technique on one of the cards that I'll be doing for my next stamp a stack.  Guess I liked it so much I had to make another card with it. ;)  You really can't tell from the pictures, but I sprayed the leaves with shimmer paint...I love how it looks!  Probably not the greatest to add it if you're doing a masculine card though. lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Splendor & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie,

Old Olive & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Early Espresso, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Punches:  Scallop Trim Border & Modern Label

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Fall Leaves

Today's card is one that I was going to use in last month's stamp a stack, but forgot that I needed a sympathy card and not another birthday one...that and the fact that I wasn't sure I wanted to cut out a bunch of maple leaves because I was so far behind getting ready.  One of the things I wanted the ladies to try their hands at was using the blender pens and this was an easy card to give it a try on.  I guess that will have to wait for another class.  Hmm...maybe in November.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Splendor & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight,

 Garden Green & Soft Suede

Embossing Pad

Heat and Stick Powder

Simply Scored Tool

RHSSC4

It's time for another Red Hot Stamper's sketch challenge.  With the leaves changing color around here I was in the mood for something fall-ish, so this is what I came up with for the fourth challenge.  You can play along in the challenge too.  Just go to Redhotstampers.blogspot.com for more details.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Splendor & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Cajun Craze & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Garden Green, So Saffron & Cherry Cobbler

Versa Mark

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Embossing Powder:  Gold

Blender Pens

Autumn Splendor Birthday

I must say it wasn't super sunny this morning when I took the dogs out, but it sure was nice to open the back door and be greeted by a bunch of beautiful morning glories!  

After taking a picture of what's right out my back door, I had to go check out the morning glories that grow up my apple tree.  A few years ago I started planting these flowers under my tree to see if they would grow up into it...well they did!  Now every year they self seed so I don't have to buy any plants.  This year I had so many growing I had to pull a lot out like they were a bunch of weeds!  Actually I took some of the larger plants and replanted them by my fence.  That's why I get the beautiful view every morning. :)  Thanks for letting me share a little bit of my garden with you...

Now on to today's card.  For starters, I did get this design from someone else and thought I had her bookmarked so I could acknowledge her.  Sorry, but I can't find it...and I have looked every where! :(  So...continuing on, this was for a stamp a stack from a couple of months ago, but I wanted to wait to post it until it was getting closer to fall...and it's coming faster than I'd like it to!  Anyway, I had fifteen people come to this stamp a stack so I needed two baskets and two cards so we wouldn't be making card all night!  One thing I pointed out with this card is that no two cards are alike, so don't worry if your card doesn't look exactly like mine.  Each card is unique. :)  

This is the first one...the sponging is nice and light...

...with words and a couple leaves on the inside.

Now the second card where the sponging is much darker.  I really liked the light one when I made it, but after I made the darker one I think I liked it a little better. ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets: Autumn Splendor & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, 

Old Olive & More Mustard

Versa Mark

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice