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Fall Leaf Wreath

Hello and Happy Fall!

I love this time of the year-the cool weather, the crunchy leaves, and the stunning colors!  I was feeling inspired by the changing leaves after going for a walk with my daughter last week so I decided to do a "just for me" project!

I pulled out my Big shot, some colored cardstock (early espresso, more mustard (retired), pear pizzaz and crumb cake), champagne glimmer paper, brushed gold cardstock, and my autumn accents bigz die.  My daughter and I cut sheet after sheet of leaves.  I decided I wanted to turn them into a fall wreath.  I started by turning the leaves into ones that were a little more realistic looking. 

Here was how I went about transforming the leaves from this

                                                                      to this   :

1.  Start with a plain leaf.  I set it on my piercing mat and used the stylus from my Simply Scored tool to add the veining in the leaf.  I started with the center one and added the side veins next.

 

2.  I added some sponging with my sponge daubers.  It brightened them up, added extra color and brought out the veins.  Each leaf I seemed to sponged differently.

3.  I stamped some water spots on the leaf using both the French Foliage set (retired) and the Gorgeous Grunge set.  You can see the spots better on the maple leaf.  Then I folded/bent the leaves along the score marks to give the leaves some dimension and "life".

 

4.  My last step with the leaves was to add some homemade shimmer mist for some sparkle and shine.

 

You could use these leaves on any project-cards, gift boxes, 3D items, and scrapbook pages.  I choose to make a wreath.

 

I got a foam wreath and hot glued my leaves on, working around the wreath in the same direction.  Because of the folds, they had lots of dimension and easily covered the spaces.  I added a tulle bow with a large button to finish it off.

 

Here is my completed project!

Here it is hanging in my porch with a banner I created a couple of years ago (sorry, the lighting isn't great in the pictures!)

 

 

I had so much fun creating this wreath and look forward to hanging it up every fall now!

Thanks for stopping by!

Go Riders! Easy Digital scrap page

Happy Monday everyone!

 

Over the summer, I created tons of scrapbook pages using My Digital Studio.  This was a quick and easy one of my son when he was about 18 months old. 

I love using the "match color" button so I could get my Stamp (Touchdown) ad journaling to be that "Rider Green" I needed.  It is definitely a great tool!  I used a few overlays on this layout, changed them to white, and lightened the opacity to give a bit of chalkboard effect.  I love MDS for getting some pages completed quickly.

 

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Magnificent Maple .

It is sure starting to look like fall here in Regina!  We have had great warm weather here (finally after a strangely cool summer) but our leaves are definitely changing!  It seems that as soon as the calendar turned, so did the leaves!  I do love fall and especially the fall colors.  Today I wanted to share some fall cards featuring the new single Magnificent Maple stamp (#131868) from the Holiday catalogue along with some of those fabulous colors.

This card was one I created for my technique club in August.  I cased the layout from Alanna Wharf (my sister-in-law and upline!).  To get the fun background, I inked the chevron embossing folder with Crushed Curry ink (which I am really enjoying playing with!).  Then I ran my vanilla cardstock through that in the big shot and you get this fun background.  I used espresso embossing powder to heat emboss the Magnificent Maple stamp.  Then I added some color (crushed curry, cajun craze, and cherry cobbler) with my aqua painters.  To embellish the card, I added the new chevron ribbon, and bitty banner greeting, and heat embossed a gold brad with espresso embossing powder.  I was really happy with the result! 

This card was one I received in a Canadian demonstrators swap that I joined.  I am not sure who created this one but I really like the colors.  I love the Sweater Weather Designer Paper.  The fall oranges, yellow, and browns are softened by the addition of Soft Sky.  I can't wait to do some scrapbooking with this!

This was a swap card I received by fellow Canadian demo Christyne Richardson.  You can check out her blog here.  She also featured the Sweater weather paper along with the Maple Leaf stamp.  It is just lovely, simple and understated.

 

Come back soon for some more fall inspired cards!

 

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Mosaic Madness!

Have you seen the Mosaic stamps, punch, designer paper and matching embossing folder yet?  If you have, you'll know how fun they are to play with and all of the pieces coordinate!  LOVE THAT!!  If you haven't seen these products, then check out this card!

The background is embossed with the Mosaic Mosaic Embossing folder (#129984).  I added a piece of the Quatrefancy designer paper (#130141) and a border of Costal Cabana paper.  I stamped 4 Mosaic pieces and the centers from the Mosaic Madness stamp set,  punched them out with the coordinating Mosaic Punch, and popped them up with dimensionals.  Then I added the stamped border and another punched mosaic piece.  I stamped a greeting from the Petite Pairs set.  I finished it off with some sparkle by adding a 4 Rhinestones.  This card was quick and easy!  I can't wait to play with these pieces even more-and I have a few Christmas card ideas I hope to share with you soon!

 

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Holiday Sparkle!!

Holiday card?! I know we are in the last week of summer but I am already creating my Christmas cards!!  I know-crazy!!  Every year I seem to leave it too long and I end up rushing to finish them in November.  This year I vowed to get them done earlier! 

Here is a sparkly holiday card I created using some more components of the "Thankful Tablescapes" kit (item #133463). 

As I said in my post yesterday, this kit is AWESOME!  There are so many projects you can create with 1 kit!  On this card I used the fun chalkboard die cut pieces.  This background one is stamped with Illuminate Watermark Ink and the front banner is heat embossed with pool party embossing powder.  They are set on a piece of Silver Glimmer paper and embellished with Basic Rhinestones for even more sparkle! The stamp set I used is the "Serene Snowflakes"set that is carried over from last year's holiday catalogue.  You can check out the carry over list here.

Thanks for checking out my blog today!  Come back soon!

Birch Bark Card

I'm ba-aack!!!

I know I have been seriously MIA on the blog front this summer but I am back!  I have all of my blog glitches fixed (after watching lots of YouTube videos ;) and doing some reading) and things are good to go!  Technology and computers are NOT my strong suit but I am ready to conquer this blog thing!

This was fun fall card to create!

Today I want to share with you a card I created for a card swap.  It features a kit you may have overlooked in the Holiday catalogue called "Thankful Tablescapes" (item #133463).

 I LOVE the components in this kit!!   It has lots of fun products that can be used for many crafting projects!  One of my favorite components is the birch bark paper.  The texture on this paper is FABULOUS!

 I used that paper as my inspiration for this card and the rest of the design followed.  I used some gold embossing to brighten things up and give a bit of shine.  Gold is s big trend this season!  I also used the greeting from the "Best of Greetings" (Best of 25 years) set. (item #133485 clear).

Check back this week for another card featuring the Thankful Tablescapes kit!

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