Create With Stampin’ Friends Challenge 840

Changing Leaves!

It’s Thursday Challenge time at Create With Stamping Friends . It’s fall, it’s autumn and it’s pretty colors this week for our challenge:

I have lots and lots of leaves to show you. Some are stamped, some are diecut and some are dry embossed and sanded!

Did I say sanded? Yes I did! After I embossed my leaves on the designer paper layer with the Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder, I kept the cardstock in place inside the embossing folder and used a sanding black to sand the “bumps”. Our designer papers are always white core so that means white will show up when sanded. Here are a few more photos:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Changing Leaves
• Cardstock: Mossy Meadow, Wild Wheat, Cajun Craze, Basic White
• Designer Paper: Thoughtful Journey
• Inks: Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze
• Tools & Accessories: Changing Leaves Dies, Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Wild Wheat Rustic Striped Ribbon, Faux Glass Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Blender Pens
• Misc: Sanding Black

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Mossy Meadow Cardstock 11 x 4-1/4. Score and fold at 5-1/2.
• Layer 2: Thoughtful Journey Designer Paper 5-1/4 x 4. Emboss with the Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder. Keep the cardstock inside the folder and rub the bumps with a sanding black or sand paper. Glue to card front.
• Layer 3: Cut the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies with Mossy Meadow Cardstock. Snip off one side flat so the circle is 2-1/4″ wide. Glue to the left side of the designer paper.
• Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Basic White Cardstock with Mossy Meadow Ink. Cut with the label shape die. Glue to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Leaves: As follows:
  • (1) stamped leaf with Cajun Craze Ink on Basic White Cardstock. Use the inked lines to color with a Blender Pen. Glue with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • (2) larger leaves with Cajun Craze Cardstock and the die. Tuck and glue under the stamped leaf.
  • (3) smaller leaves cut with the die and Wild Wheat Cardstock. Tuck and glue around the stamped leaf.
  • (2) branches with the die and Basic White Cardstock. Tuck and glue above and below the stamped leaf.
• Bling: Add Faux Glass Dots in all three colors to the background.
• Ribbon: Tie a knot with the ribbon. Trim the ends at an angle. Glue to the bottom of the stamped leaf.

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