Hello Fellow Stampers ~
How have you enjoyed this week's "Part 2" installment to our "Fall Is Calling . . ." series? I have been having so much fun sharing with you. And there is so much more to come!!
Today I want to share with you a new stamp set bundle that, to be honest, I wasn't sure I was even going to purchase when I first saw it. The Falling for Leaves stamp set was SO reminiscent of a set we had several years ago, that I was actually quite surprised; and not really drawn to the set. BUT . . . yes, there's always a "but." It has a coordinating die set that's just marvelous - and of course, I started to see ideas pop up out there that totally "enabled" me, so here we are!!
And today, we're going to CASE the design on page 45, because it is quite unique and uses a "texture" that you might not even have thought about or noticed in the original picture. So let's go play!!
Design Colorology . . .
Stamps, and Ink, and Paper . . . Oh, My!
Stamps: Falling for Leaves* [147680 - photopolymer]
Paper: Crumb Cake (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"); Blackberry Bliss (scrap); Cajun Craze (scrap); Whisper White (scrap); Very Vanilla ( x ); Copper Glimmer Paper ( x )
Inks: Shaded Spruce [Item #147088]; Blackberry Bliss [Item #147092]
Other: Santa's Bags [Item #147812]; Nature's Twine [Item #146342]
*Order this item in the bundle and save 10% [Item # - 149938]
"CASE-Out" Design Guide
1. Score the 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Crumb Cake cardstock at 4-1/4" and gently burnish with your bone folder. [Reminder: Fold "inward" on your bump - bump goes to the inside - to get that nice clean professional look]. Use your bone folder gently so as not to "crack" your cardstock. Note: This is a top-fold card.
2. From your Blackberry Bliss cardstock, cut two of the detailed larger leaves using the thinlit from the Detailed Leaves Thinlits Dies. Note: Run your piece back and forth through the Big Shot several times to help the "cut" and then it should "pop" right out. Also using the large leaf framelit from the set, cut out a leaf from Cajun Craze cardstock.
3. On your Whisper White cardstock "scrap" (I'd use a piece about 4" x 5"), use a dauber or a paint brush to spread a nice layer of Bright Copper Shimmer paint across the surface. (Fill it in full and nice). Then using Blackberry Bliss ink and the larger "detailed" leaf in the Falling for Leaves stamp set, stamp the image in the center of your Bright Copper prepped piece. Then cut out the image with the framelit from the die set.
4. Stamp the "pine bough" image across the front of your Crumb Cake cardbase using Shaded Spruce classic ink, stamping, and stamping off to create a "background".
5. Cut apart a Santa's Bag, and then cut a piece approximately 3-7/8" x 4-7/8", and by pulling the threads both horizontally and vertically, fray out the edges. Some Tips/Tricks on cutting your Santa Bag: Snip/cut (if you are a quilter, use a ruler and your rotary cutter), off the top of the bag (the part that has the drawstring in it). Do this right close to the sewed seam at the top. Next, snip the threads in the seams on the sides of the bag and open up the bag (do NOT cut off the seams). You can use an iron to flatten out the crease in the seams and the fold at the bottom of the bag. This will give you a big enough piece of muslin to cut the size you want for the front of the card.
6. Using your paint brush, "splatter" Bright Copper Shimmer Paint across your frayed muslin piece.
7. Using Tear and Tape, attach the finished muslin piece to the card base front.
8. Attach your leaves over the muslin with glue dots and dimensionals (this will help vary the heights and give dimension to the card front).
9. Stamp the sentiment on a 3/4" x 3-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock in Shaded Spruce, then cut, adding angled cuts on either end.
10. Cut a piece of Copper Shimmer 1/4" x 3-1/2", and snip banner tails at either end. Attach toward the bottom of the Very Vanilla Sentiment so it peeks out using SNAIL.
11. Attach the finished sentiment to the front of the card centered across the leaves using dimensionals.
12. Finish off by wrapping your card front with Nature's Twine and embellishments of your choice.
I think that's it for today's fun project. Hope you enjoyed it and will give this a try; it was so much fun to play with the Santa's Bag and try something new! Oh, by the way . . . LOVE LOVE LOVE that new glimmer paper pack!! LOL I love to read your comments, so please leave me your thoughts and inspiration as well!!
Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,
