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Stitched Leaves dies Fall card

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I just love the detail the Stitched leaves dies add to a fall card. The Stitched leaves dies by Stampin' Up! contain more than 5 leaves to stamp and cut out. I can't resist stamping the watercolour look of the Love of Leaves stamp set first and then die cutting with the leaves, but you could also use the stitched leaves die cuts without the coordinating stamp set.

Once again, I have used the gorgeous fall Cajun Craze colour. I can't resist leaves in that beautiful burnt orange shade. Today's card features touches of gold to add some sparkle.

Cajun Craze make a beautiful fall card featuring Stitched Leaves dies by Stampin' Up!

When adding metallic accents, I always try to repeat the sparkle in a few places on the card. Repeated colours, including gold in this case, make your cards look more professional. I used the brushed metallic adhesive backed dots to add some sparkle to the front. This ties in well with the gold metallic paper in the background and the gold hidden in the fine art ribbon.

To finish the card, I added a small bow made with linen thread. The rustic look pairs well with the cork specialty paper. I love this paper and have used it in several cards. See a few more examples with this fall wreath card featuring sparkle of the season stamp set, a thank you card and this fun floral squares card.

Create it yourself with products from Stampin' Up! If you live in Canada, you can help out my business by purchasing supplies from my store. See the list of the main items used HERE.

What are your favourite fall colours? Should I try this card in Cherry Cobbler?

Happy Stamping,

Amy

Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights Winners

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I'm so excited to be posting for Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights Winners Hop for those you voted to be in the top ten! Thank you to everyone that voted for me, it is much appreciated. I featured the "Sparkle of the Season" bundle from Stampin' Up! for my winning card that you can see HERE. The cork paper is so amazing that I wanted to use it again today for this winners hop. You will notice other similarities as I continued to use the amazing wreath dies found in the Seasonal Swirls dies by Stampin' Up!

Thank you card featuring Sparkle of the Season

Make it yourself:

Using your favourite patterned designer series paper is the easiest way to choose colours for cards. This pattern is from the Blackberry Beauty 12x12 designer series paper by Stampin' Up! It is the most gorgeous paper ever! It coordinates perfectly with the Cork 12x12 specialty paper and the Brushed Metallic 12x12 cardstock.

The gold shine adds additional beauty to the wonderful patterns found in the Blackberry Beauty designer series paper. To coordinate, I chose to die cut the wreath with Cinnamon Cider cardstock and used Blackberry Bliss cardstock for the main card. Adding gold and copper leaves from the Brushed Metallic 12x12 cardstock creates a beautiful wreath. The gold shimmer ribbon adds some additional sparkle and pulls it all together. I love the texture the cork adds to the cord and the contrast with the gold elements. In fact, I love it so much I created a completely different card featuring gold and cork HERE.

Very Vanilla paper adds a soft touch to the background and is embossed to give additional texture. If you live in Canada, I am happy to help you order all the supplies you need to create this card yourself. Contact me HERE for help with ordering and to ask questions.

Ensure you scroll down to download the complete instructions in my card recipe.

Follow the rest of the hop below:

Thank you very much for joining our hop!

Happy Stamping,

Amy

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Thank you card featuring Sparkle of the Season

Blackberry Beauty Thank You card.

Create a gorgeous thank you card using the Blackberry Beauty patterned paper. The colours and texture combine for a pretty card to thank the special people in your life.
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Print Instructions Pin Recipe
Level of Difficulty Intermediate
Total Time 20 mins

Tools

Supplies
  

  • Sparkle of the Season bundle
  • Blackberry Beauty 12 x12 designer series paper
  • Cork 12 x12 specialty paper
  • Blackberry Bliss cardstock
  • Very Vanilla cardstock
  • Cinnamon Cider cardstock
  • Blackberry Bliss ink pad
  • Gold shimmer ribbon

Instructions
 

Cut paper to the following sizes:

  • Blackberry Bliss: 5½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4¼”
  • Very Vanilla: 4" x 5¼"
  • Blackberry Beauty designer series paper: strip 1" x 4¾"
  • Cork 12x12 specialty paper: strip ¾" x 4 ½"
  • Cinnamon Cider: approx. 3"x3" for die cut

Die cutting and Embossing:

  • Emboss the top three quarter's of the very vanilla paper with the Thanks embossing folder.
  • Die cut the fall wreath from the Cinnamon Cider cardstock
  • Die cut a variety of leaves from the gold and copper cardstock

Stamp and Assemble:

  • Stamp the sentiment using Blackberry Bliss ink at the bottom of the Very Vanilla layer as shown.
  • Cut a notch out of one end of the Blackberry Beauty strip. Repeat with the cork strip.
  • Adhere the gold shimmer ribbon to the bottom of the Blackberry Beauty strip as shown. Wrap the end around the back and adhere. (It may be easier to wrap the end around the very vanilla piece after adhering the strips to the card layer)
  • Thread both paper strips through the wreath as shown. Adhere to the Very Vanilla card layer
  • Adhere the Very Vanilla layer to the Blackberry Bliss card front.
  • Use glue dots or mini dimensionals to adhere the gold and copper leaves to the wreath.
Keyword autumn card, fall, Stampin' Up!, thank you
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Sparkle of the Season Fall Thank You Card

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Welcome to Kylie Bertucci's International highlights - I am aiming to be one of the top 10 for August! If you love my Sparkle of the Season card as much as I do - please vote for me HERE. The link will take you to this month's gallery where you can vote for your 5 top favourites. Be sure to read to the bottom and download the free card "recipe".

photo of fall card using Sparkle of the season from Stampin' Up!
Sparkle of the Season Fall Thank You Card

My card features Stampin' Up!'s new Sparkle of the Season bundle. It is perfect for creating thank you cards for the upcoming fall season. The matching Seasonal Swirls dies create three different wreath templates along with coordinating bits and pieces to create beautiful cards for Christmas and Thanksgiving. The sentiments included may be used for Thank-you cards, Halloween along with Christmas. Today's card uses the saying "thankful for you". This sentiment fits nicely into the tag. I enjoy using tags for sentiments as then you never need to worry about stamping crooked!

Colour hints:

The fall colours I chose for the card are based on the jolly felt pack in the new July - December mini catalogue from Stampin' Up! I think the felt was meant for Christmas cards but I feel the colours are perfect for Fall leaves. The card base is Basic white with Old Olive as the first layer. The felt leaves are in Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Bumblebee. I also used the bumblebee colour for the gingham ribbon. Anytime you can repeat colours it helps to pull the card together creating a more professional look.

I used Cinnamon Cider for the wreath as it paired well with the new Cork 12x12 Specialty paper. The Cork paper is amazing! It is soft and has an almost velvet texture. It cut very cleanly and easily. I was also pleasantly surprised by how easily the Seasonal Swirls dies cut through the felt. I recommend trying both these new products.

Jolly Felt, Cork 12x12 Specialty paper and Sparkle of the Season bundle from Stampin' Up!

The "Sparkle of the Season" stamp set coordinates wonderfully with the Seasonal Swirls dies. I recommend purchasing it as a bundle to save 10% of the purchase price. This was the first bundle in the new catalogue I knew I wanted to play with! I created another card featuring the cork and fall wreath that shows you a different look by altering the colours. See it HERE. I appreciate how versatile it is and am looking forward to creating Christmas cards with it as well.

The card below is the same as above but I focussed on the Bumblebee and Old Olive and omitted the Cherry Cobbler. Which one do you prefer? What are your favourite fall colours? Leave me a comment below and I will randomly pick a comment to mail this card to.

Make it yourself!

Do you live in Canada? If so, you can help support my business by purchasing the products needed to create this card from me HERE.

Sparkle of the Season

Sparkle of the Season Fall Thank You Card

Seasonal Swirls dies create this Thank you card that is perfect for fall. Adding some felt leaves and cork specialty paper adds gorgeous texture.
Print Instructions Pin Recipe
Level of Difficulty Intermediate

Tools

Supplies
  

Instructions
 

Cut paper to the following sizes:

  • Thick Basic White: 5½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4¼”
  • Old Olive: 4" x 5¼"
  • Cork: 3" x 4"
  • Basic White: roughly 3"x4" then die cut scalloped rectangle die, scrap for tag
  • Cinnamon Cider: roughly 3 ½ x 3½" then die cut wreath and small circle for tag

Stamp:

  • Stamp the "thankful for you" saying in Old Olive onto the tag as shown.

Assembly:

  • Emboss the Old Olive cardstock with the Tasteful Texture embossing folder and adhere to the folded Thick basic white cardbase
  • Adhere the Cork layer
  • Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the scalloped rectangle
  • Use the Fine tip glue pen to adhere the Cinnamon Cider wreath. Use glue dots or mini dimensionals to adhere the felt leaves.
  • Glue the Cinnamon Cider circle onto the tag. Pull the Bumblebee gingham ribbon through. Adhere with dimensionals.
Keyword autumn card, fall, papercrafting, Stampin' Up!, thank you
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Love of Leaves Thank you Card

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The fall colours are almost finished in Southern Ontario where I live. I love the leaves all decked out in oranges and reds. Yellow has never been my favourite but rather I view it as a backdrop to make the reds more vivid. I created this card to showcase the new Love of Leaves stamp set bundle from Stampin' Up! The stitching is what sold me - I couldn't resist the detail the Stitched Leaves dies provide.

This stamp set is perfect for masculine cards. The Love of Leaves bundle not only makes beautiful fall theme cards but is fantastic for the men in your life. This post is titled "thank you card" but could easily be used for a birthday card for your Dad, brother or of course, your husband.

Do you send more thank you cards at Thanksgiving? I missed sending by the holiday this year, but that won't stop me from sending a card as a random act of kindness.

Love of Leaves card
Love of Leaves Bundle
Create this card yourself

This card is simpler to make then it looks thanks to the Love of Leaves bundle by Stampin' Up! Three leaves are stamped in Early Espresso ink, Mint Macaron ink and Cajun Craze ink colours. The stamped image is then run through the Stampin die cut and embossing machine with the coordinating die to make the stitched detail on each. A small strip of Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper is added to the bottom - with matching colours. Some linen thread adds some nice texture to the card and draws attention to the saying "I'm so glad you're in my life."

Download the instructions here:
Project Sheet Available Here
Product List
Love Of Leaves Bundle (English)
[155195]
$64.75
Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper
[153520]
$20.00
Lovely Labels Pick A Punch
[152883]
$31.00
Linen Thread
[104199]
$6.75
Cajun Craze 8-½" X 11" Cardstock
[119684]
$12.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
[147085]
$10.25
Crumb Cake 8-½" X 11" Cardstock
[120953]
$12.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
[147116]
$10.25
Very Vanilla 8-½" X 11" Cardstock
[101650]
$13.25
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad
[147106]
$10.25
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