Love of Leaves

Hello Pumpkin

August 10, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Time for another 2 week sketch challenge –

Optional Theme : Inspired by a Book or Movie

I did not incorporate the optional theme……but, I did create this pretty card –

This week I’m featuring the Detailed Pumpkins Dies –

This card is perfect for Halloween or Thanksgiving or just for someone who loves pumpkins!

For the base for the pumpkins, I used the Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper –

It’s a free option with Sale-a-bration! I have really enjoyed this pattern paper and have made many cards with it!

I think this is a nice combination. Don’t you?

Check out out the other Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday blog. We use a variety of products, so come join us with what supplies you have! All of our challenges are two weeks long.

To see all thee Sale-a-bration options, click here.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Detailed Pumpkins Dies
Card Stock – Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry
Ink – Black Memento
DSP – Beautifully Penned
Other – retired Black Rhinestone Jewels

Your Friendship

October 20, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Here is our latest two-week challenge –

Optional Theme : Autumn

What a fun sketch! Perhaps because fall is soo fun!

I went with my favorite sized card, a mini slim card, using the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper –

Isn’t this sweet!?!? The size of this card is 3 1/2″ x 6″.

I added two strips of Designer Series Paper on my card. One, I added the stamped sentiment, and the other side I added four punched acorns.

The acorns are from the same Designer Series Paper punched using the Autumn Punch Pack.

Simple card, simple design, big impact!

Check out the other Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday blog or Facebook page. You can also play along with our challenge and show us your cards on either site.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Very Vanilla
Ink – Early Espresso
DSP – Gilded Autumn Specialty
Punches – Autumn Punch Pack

Joy of Sets – Harvest Time

October 10, 2020 · 18 Comments

Happy Saturday!

Are you stopping by again or for the first today? My third hop for today!

Another great group of creative people!

Fall. I just love fall!

I created a mini slim fall card –

My mini slim card is sized 3 3/4″ x 6 and will fit into a #6 3/4 envelope. For this top fold, I started with a piece of 12 x 12 card stock to cut my base.

I layered on a strip from the Plaid Tiding 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper in fall colors. I cut a frame from the Peek-A-Hoot Dies, trimming it down to fit my mini slim card.

I die cut three leaves from the Stitched Leaves Dies. I placed the stems inside the the openings, flat, and used Dimensionals to raise the edge of the leaves.

I stamped the sentiment from the Love of leaves stamp set along the bottom.

Feeling the card needed one more element, the Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins did the trick!

Done. Simply stunning!

Check out the other wonderful creations on our hop –

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Peek-A-Hoot Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry, Bumblebee
Ink – Early Espresso
DSP – Plaid Tiding 6 x 6
Other – Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Bountiful Blessings

September 26, 2020 · 1 Comment

Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

And, my first blog hop for the day!

Our theme this week features thank you or gratitude cards.

Last week I held a Mystery Zoom Meeting where I gave dimensions for a card and we all created together.

My friends are priceless and I am forever grateful for them. Hence why I pre-chose this sentiment for the card.

This is the card we all jointly created –

I started with the strips of Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper.

I added the strip flagged with Tailored Tag Punch. The sentiment is from the Love of Leaves stamp set, it is soo wonderful! Someone suggested the addition of the Mint Macaron behind the Very Vanilla strip. Great idea, as it really made it pop!

Lastly, we chose the Cajun Craze leaf, linen bow and Acorn Trinket.

It is just soo pretty! We all look forward to our next Mystery Zoom Meeting!

Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Cindy Elam. I know they’ll have some great projects to inspire us!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Stitched Leaves Dies, Old World Paper 3d Embossing Folder
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze
Ink – Early Espresso
DSP – Gilded Autumn
Punches – Tailored Tag
Other – Acorn Trinkets, 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Welcome Fall

September 19, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

Our theme this week features welcoming fall!

I think I welcomed fall a few weeks ago, lol! I just love fall!

I am going with a favorite stamp set of mine, the Love of Leaves Bundle –

I stamped just one of the leaves in the set in four colors : Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, and Garden Green. Three of the leaves I stamped again and die cut them. I adhered them with Dimensionals over three on the card.

One of the leaves had a sentiment stamped from the Gather Together stamp set.

Just a sweet card to welcome fall!

Forward check out Debbie Henderson and back to Cindy Elam. I know they’ll have some great fall projects to inspire us!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves, Gather Together
Dies / Embossing – Stitched Leaves Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves Bundle
Card Stock – Very Vanilla
Ink – Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso

Words Cannot Express

September 7, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Hello Monday. Hello Memorial Day.

I’d say Memorial Day is about correct in a different sense. A friend of mine had her husband’s funeral today. They had been married for 43 years.

I created a simple card to express my condolences to her –

The Love of Leaves also makes for a wonderful, serene sympathy card.

I randomly stamped the leaves in Sahara Sand and die cut the centers for the detailing.

Then I stamped the heartfelt sentiment over a leaf.

I had to create this piece twice. The first time, I stamped the sentiment one the leaf before detailing the leaves. Well, the stamped sentiment I guess wan’t all the way dry and was picked up on the clear plate used for cutting and transferred to other areas of the card.

I added the stamped panel to a piece of Early Espresso, softer than black in color, then onto a Crumb Cake base. I added the bow for additional softness.

I can not imagine her loss. My heart goes out to her and her family.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Stitched Leaves Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Crumb Cake, Early Espresso. Whisper White
Ink – Sahara Sand, Early Espresso
Other – 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim

Love of Leaves

September 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Happy Stamp-tember and Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Here is our latest two-week challenge –

Optional Theme : Regal Colors (Jewel Tones / Royal Colors)

I’ve got the perfect fall card for this layout and color theme –

Isn’t this just gorgeous?????

Jewel tones are such great fall colors!

I started with the plaid background from the Plaid Tidings 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper. Yes, I keep using it because there are soo many great patterns to select from.

I used a large Hippo & Friends die in a circle-ish shape, embossing the center with Stitched Leaves die. Actually, I cut and embossed the whole leaf, adhering it the circle so it remained whole.

I added the diagonal piece and stamped the ‘thank you’ from the Love of Leaves stamp set.

Lastly, to create by the sketch, I added another leaf die cut and detailed off to the side.

I just love fall and creating for the fall.

Check out our Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday blog or Facebook page. You can also play along with our challenge and show us your cards on either site. Remember, all of our challenges last two weeks!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Hippo & Friends Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Bumblebee
Ink – Blackberry Bliss
DSP – Plaid Tidings 6 x 6
Other – Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon

Ink. Stamp. Share. Special Blog Hop

August 15, 2020 · 26 Comments

Happy Saturday again!

Second hop today for –

We are just showing off whatever we are working on.

I make a gratitude card for a friend -Fall is my favorite time of the year!

And this Love of Leaves Bundle is just the bomb!

I randomly stamped the leaves in Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, and Mango Melody on my Whisper White panel. I went back a die cut each leave only making the center detailing, thats soo cool about these dies!

I stamped another leaf and the sentiment on top and die cut that as well. Perfect fit when die cut! I popped that up on the card to highlight it.

This is a simply sweet card! I know my friend is going to love it!

Check out the other hoppers today! Lots of great ideas to share with us!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Stitches Leaves Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White
Ink – Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Mango Melody
Other – retired Whisper White Baker’s Twine

Hope Changes Everything

August 13, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!

Here is our newest challenge –

Love these type sketches!

I am feelin’ the fall feels, however, it is still 100° here!!!!

I started with die cutting these adorable leaves. There are two dies for each leaf, one cuts the outside stitched edge, the other cuts the veining for the leaves! Soo cool! And, there is a nifty line stitched pattern too! It’s the one in the bottom of the picture.

I decided that I liked Designer Series Paper from two different packs here, In Good Taste and from the Mini, the Plaid Tidings 6 x 6.

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set Love of Leaves. the enamel dots and the bow add nice little accents to the card as well!

What do you think? Feelin’ the fall feels now too?

Check out the Design Team creations on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Create a card using our challenge and you can post it on our Facebook page. We love to see your takes using our sketches!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Stitched Leaves Dies, Layering Circles Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Bumblebee, Early Espresso
Ink – Early Espresso
DSP – In Good Taste, Plaid Tidings 6 x 6
Other – 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots, 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim

Hello Fall

August 11, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Here is our latest two-week challenge –

Optional Theme : Texture

I just got some new fall Stampin’ Up! products in and decided to give them a go –

I started by cutting the dashed lines from the Stitched Leaves Dies in the middle of the card layer. Texture.

I added a piece of Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper which is embossed. More texture. I colored the images with Blends for some subtle color.

Lastly, I added the final texture with the retired 1/4″ Copper Trim.

The ‘hello’ sentiment is also from the same Love of Leaves stamp set.

Check out the other Design Team cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday blog. You can also play along with our challenge and upload your card there. We’d love to see you. And, you can use any brand of products!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Love of Leaves
Dies / Embossing – Stitched Leaves Dies
Bundle – Love of Leaves
Card Stock – Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla
Ink – Early Espresso
DSP – Gilded Autumn Specialty
Other – Blends, retired 1/4″ Copper Trim