Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for October where we are celebrating an early Fall season by sharing Halloween and Autumn projects using our wonderful Stampin’ Up! supplies. We hope you enjoy our creations!
You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Jane Knudsen at See Jane Stamp, number 14 on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects.
Today I am showing a Fall Card as not only is Fall my very favorite season of the year, but where I live in Maryland we are starting to see the beauty of the changing of the leaves. Isn't it just spectacular to see the beauty of nature?
You might be surprised that I am using a color that you do not see a bunch. It is Always Artichoke and I am personally a fan of it. WHY? It will fool you as it looks great with many different colors…try it!
This is a super easy card to make and also this would be a great card to make many of (I think that this might be my Thanksgiving Card). The star of the show is the fabulous Lighthearted Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set and you know me and my sentiment die cuts ~ LOVE THEM…..FAST~EASY~DONE….that my motto and I am going to stick by it!
The always artichoke piece is ¼” smaller than the base and then I took it to the simply scored and scored it 1 notch in and then 2 notches it….as super fun and easy technique that carries a big punch!
After I completed the scoring, I adhere this to the very vanilla before putting dimensionals on the vanilla piece.
I stamped the leaf on a scrap of Very Vanilla and then used the framelit to cut it out! While I had the framlit out, I went ahead and cut out (2) more leaves in the vanilla coaster board to give the leaf some lift!
Now for the FUN part…coloring – go back to your childhood and have FUN.
No rules, just pick some colors that you like and go to town! The markers that I used today are Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Hello Honey. It is both fun and relaxing to color and you will always end with a huge smile on your face!
The soft and simple bow was made my simply pulling 3 strands of threads from the burlap ribbon and adhered with a glue dot. I think that this makes the sweetest bow as it is so natural and always lays great!
The sentiment is from the Seasonal Frame Thinlits Dies. A true keeper of keepers and along with the vanilla coaster board…you are good to go with a SUPER SIMPLE yet CLASSIC look! I did the same thing that I did with the leaf. cut one in the very vanilla and (2) in the coaster board. I use the "green glue" to adhere the layers!
I adore lined envelopes and today is no difference. Using the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack and the envelope liner framelit….love this look!
This card is not only clean, crisp and classic….it is so much fun to make and super fun to change up the colors for a totally different look!
The next stop is Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty, number 16 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting; I hope to see you on next month’s Pals Hop!
Have a fabulous day….have fun HOPPING and find some "me time" for you to create some beauties! Until tomorrow.
Blog Hop List
1. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
2. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards
3. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
4. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
6. Karen Hallam at Karen's Stampin' Habit!
7. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
8. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
9. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
10. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
11. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
12. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
13. Ronna Butt at www.cardstockcastle.com
14. Jane Knudsen at see jane stamp
15. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
16. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
17. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
18. Kim Jolley at Stampin' Artfully
19. Becky Volpp at Inkblossomwithbecky
20. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
21. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
22. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
23. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
Blog Hop Line-up:
Sold! I really want that stamp set! Your card is beautiful!!!
I hope you have a lovely day!
Cyberhugs!
(9 days from now I’ll be leaving on a jet plane! Home again, home again, jiggity-jig!)
Stunning card, Susan. Love the muted colors!!
Beautiful card.
Such a warm and inviting card Susan. Great use of colors.
So beautiful! The colors are so serene. Very calming to me. Thank you for a wonderful idea!
Very smart and tailored. Very fallish!
Before I hop along I gotta tell you this card is stunning! Sort of softly colored but what impact it has! I love how you matted the layers plus the scoring. I would never do both, well I doubt if I would! For one, I would not have thought about it but it makes it look so rich and elegant! Great explanation of how you made the card pop. Of course the envelope liner looks so festive with the leaf that looks like it has polka dots but actually the green and white are squares but on my monitor they look like polka dots. Of course the bow is a natural!
Warm wishes for safe travel for Bridget next week!
Beautiful! This is the perfect card for this time of year! Give Eddie our love. 🙂
Love this clean and simple look! Beautiful!
Love your card! Could you tell me what the measurements of the rectangle in the framelits set? I am trying to justify buying this set.
Love your blog. Keep up the great job?
This card has such an elegant look to it! Love the colors and your coloring is always beautiful!
How did you get the Big Shot to cut the coaster board? I tried and it would not go through. I did use the Magnated board. I bought some because I like the look of your cards when you used the coaster board. Thanks for the help Alyece
I love this card Susan. Terrific layout, fabulous colors and I love the scored border
Love the coloring on the leaf. Love that everything is popped up on coaster board. Awesome!
Love this card Susan!
prettiest card in the hop!!! I love it
Perfection. Everything about this project is wonderful.