Heart's Delight Cards: Colorful Seasons Bundle

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Layered Leaves with Layers of Leaves

Layered Leaves, Stampin' Up!, Thinking of You card, Die cuts, Big Shot

Using up more useful bits today, and I wanted to show you my "Oops!" moment that lead to a slightly different look for the card.

I started out adhering the leftover Layered Leaves embossed piece (from this card) to an Early Espresso mat, and then laid leaves from the Box o' Useful Bits on top to get a feel for how I wanted to place them.

Then disaster struck! (cue intense movie music) Apparently my grip stuttered when I stamped the greeting, and this wasn't a case of an opportunity for embellishment. I could have stamped the greeting on a label and covered it, but that wasn't the look I was going for.

So, I added another mat; this time copper because copper makes everything better (as does chocolate, but that would have been messy) and moved the leaf panel down a little bit so I could stamp the greeting above it.

You can bet I was very, very careful this time! I think I like this "Oops!" card better than the one I had planned.

Measurements

Leaves: Shimmery White scraps, sponged or stamped
Embossed layer: Very Vanilla 2-1/4" x 5-1/2"
Mat: Early Espresso 2-3/8" x 5-1/2"
Second mat: Copper Foil 2-5/8" x 5-1/2"
Card base: Crumb Cake 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Inky Friends Suite Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to this special edition of the Inky Friends where we are each featuring a different suite of products! You my have just landed here from Mickey at Paper Conversation where her focus was the Naturally Eclectic Suite. Weren't her creations gorgeous?! To take the whole tour, just click on the links at the bottom of each blog.

The suite I chose is the super versatile Colorful Seasons Suite. It can be used for any season, and includes the Colorful Seasons stamp set and coordinating Seasonal Layers Thinlits, as well as the Color Theory DSP stack, Glitter Enamel Dots, Mini Chevron Ribbons, AND the Memories & More Color Theory Card Pack! I'm starting with the card pack so you can see how quick and easy you can make a card, even if the pack was intended for memory keeping!

There is no stamping on it at all! The greeting was already printed on the cardstock, as was the snowflake pattern on the background. All I had to do was cut the greeting with the Stitched Shapes Framelits, add a Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper mat, some snowflakes cut with the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, and some Glitter Enamel Dots to finish it off. Super simple!

I don't know about you, but I'm about done with the heat and humidity of summer, and I'm looking forward to chilly fall nights, and apple cider, and leaves changing. That was the inspiration for my next project, a simple but elegant card. After trimming the ombré Color Theory DSP to fit the card front, I used the leftover scrap to cut a couple of the filigree leaves, and added a Copper Foil leaf for some shine.

My last card continues the Autumn theme and uses the card pack again. The pre-printed leaves made this another quick and easy card. I stamped the greeting and added the Chocolate Chip mat, then used the coordinating pattern from the DSP pack for the background. To complete the card, some Old Olive Mini Chevron Ribbon was added, and a Chocolate Chip filigree leaf added balance. The products used on all these cards are listed below.

That's it for Colorful Seasons! Up next is Betty at Kitty Stamp, featuring the Wood Textures Suite. I know she's going to inspire you!

https://kittystamp.blogspot.com/2017/08/inky-friends-suite-designs-blog-hop.html

http://www.paperconversation.com/2017/08/inky-friends-suite-designs-blog-hop-naturally-eclectic.html

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Colorful Seasons & Barnwood

Besides the spectacular views, one of the things that attracted us to this house, when we were looking online at properties, was the beautiful barnwood wall in the living room. I'm sure this house has a great story to tell, if only the walls could talk! We know that the wood was taken from an old barn down by the river, although we're not sure where. I do know the oak plank walls in my craft room were from an old oak tree that used to stand right next to the house.

Since we had to have the dead ash tree cut down, I'm hoping to use some part of it to preserve its memory with the homestead, too. Though I haven't figured out just how, yet.

So, the beautiful barnwood walls, as seen in the photo above, were my inspiration for today's card. Some Shimmery White cardstock was embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder, then I dragged Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, and Basic Gray ink pads lightly over it to give it that weathered look.

The Hearth & Home Framelits die window frame was cut from Whisper White Thick cardstock, and the cat was punched in Basic Black. Yeah, I know, it doesn't look like my Punkin at all, but I was fresh out of orange tabby cardstock, LOL.

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