Gorgeous Leaves

 Happy last day of August! I'm back from my two-week-long sabbatical and have to say it was SO good to take time away to recharge before the craziness of the school year starts up again tomorrow. I am refreshed and raring to go with lots of fall-inspired projects over the coming weeks. This week I am all about the Gorgeous Leaves Bundle from the Holiday Mini catalogue. 

Check out this elegant card I made...

As much as I love the rich deep regal tones of fall, there is something about leaves in mixed metallics that is so clean and elegant. Here, I've embossed my Very Vanilla background panel using the Timber embossing folder and then stamped the larger spatter stamp from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set in Crumb Cake ink. I added some beautiful die-cut leaves, cut from the Brushed Metallic foil sheets. The sentiment is from the Pretty Pumpkins stamp set and is heat embossed in gold and then punched using the Label me Lovely punch. 

I added some Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots, again, mixing up the metals to coordinate with the leaves. 

It doesn't take a ton of effort to create beautifully elegant projects with this bundle. Join me for my Facebook Live today at 5 pm ET over on my business page for more with these fabulous products. If you miss me live, the recording will be available on my YouTube channel later this evening. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today...have a fabulous week!

Product List

Gorgeous Leaves Bundle [158609] $60.25	Pretty Pumpkins Cling Stamp Set [156472] $30.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237] $11.25
Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $20.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.25
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Timber 3 D Embossing Folder [156406] $13.50	Label Me Lovely Punch [151296] $24.00
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $12.25	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $13.50

Gather Together

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was crazy-busy...much like my week was last week. I don't know whose idea it was to launch the new Holiday Catalogue on the second day of the school year, but it sure made for a hectic few days! I am looking forward to a slightly quieter week this week ;)

With school well underway, it certainly feels like summer is over and fall is here. The leaves are starting to change here in Southern Ontario and the air is definitely cooler. This week's featured product is sure to put you in the mood for sweater weather! I am featuring the Come to Gather Suite from the new Holiday Catalogue...

I am absolutely smitten with this suite of gorgeous products! The Designer Paper is simply stunning and those leaf dies...positively perfect! Here is a project I put together using several products from this suite...

I drew my colour scheme from the beautiful DSP, using Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz and some Champagne Foil for added shine. The pumpkins are stamped in Pear Pizzazz and then coloured using the light Mint Macaron Blends. The marker blurred the stamped images a little, which I quite like the look of. I used the Stitched Nested Labels dies to die-but the sentiment label, stamping the sentiment from the Gather Together stamp set in Crumb Cake ink. I also added a few wheat sheaves, stamped off in Crumb Cake peeking out from behind the die-cut leaves.

Speaking of the leaves, I used the Gathered Leaves dies and discovered that the embossed pattern is much more pronounced when one first spritzes the card stock with water before running through the machine. These leaves were cut without spritzing first...a mistake I won't make again!
The beautiful lacy edge on my Crumb Cake panel was die-cut using the Delicate Lace dies.

On the inside of the card I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Gather Together stamp set in Crumb Cake ink and a wheat sheaf in Mint Macaron, stamped off once.

I'll be demonstrating this card in this week's episode of Tuesday Live @ Five. All of the measurements and cutting dimensions will be included in the video description. I hope you'll join me live, but if you can't you'll be able to catch the replay on my Facebook Business page or on my YouTube Channel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a fantastic week!

Product List

Come To Gather Suite Bundle (En) [153484] $94.25	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $12.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $10.25	Mint Macaron Light Stampin' Blends Marker [147020] $6.00
Delicate Lace Dies [147053] $39.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $48.00	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50

Coppery Thanks

Happy Sunday! As hard as it is to believe, this is the last true weekend of summer. Next weekend is Labour Day, which signals the end to carefree summer days and the beginning of fall. Today also marks the beginning of a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Check it out...

Since fall is on my mind, here is what I came up with for the Design Team:

I have to admit, the product I am most excited about in the new Holiday Catalogue is the Copper Foil Sheets. I LOVE them...especially when they're embossed. Here I first die cut one corner of the 4" x 5-1/4" panel using the Botanical Builders Framelits and then I ran it through the Big Shot with the Petal Burst TIEF. SO pretty! I layered the embossed copper sheet on a same-sized-piece of Cajun Craze card stock. The leaves are from the Vintage Leaves stamp set, I stamped one in Early Epresso ink on Cajun Craze card stock and the other I heat embossed in copper on vellum card stock. I die-cut both using the Leaflets framelits.

I added some Delightful Dijon ribbon from the 3/8" Ribbon Trio Pack in the Holiday Catalogue...it is so soft and has a lovely sheen...gorgeous ribbon! I needed a sentiment but didn't want to add another layer to take away from that embossed copper, so I pulled out an Expressions Natural Element (retired) from my stash...so glad I hoarded held onto some of those!

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla card stock panel on which I stamped more leaves from the Vintage Leaves stamp set in Early Espresso ink.

This sketch has so many possibilities. Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's ideas and then share your own take on it with us over at Sunday Stamps.

Have a super Sunday!


Product List

Vintage Leaves [138802] $32.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684] $10.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $10.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25
Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.25	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $10.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25
Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625] $44.00	Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141493] $10.00	Ribbon 3/8" (1 Cm) Trio Pack [142021] $14.50	Expressions Natural Elements [138395] $6.25