Vintage Leaves Wreath Card

So many leaves, so little time....

I could seriously design with the Vintage Leaves stamp set for a month - I love these images! 

Emma and I were driving home the other night and the idea of making a wreath out of these smaller leaves seemed like a fun idea to try - here's the result: 

I used the larger of the two leaves inked in Old Olive and stamped it in a circle shape on Whisper White card stock. It's stamped 8 times and the stem of each leaf is layered on the outside edge of the leaf behind it so they overlap a bit. 

The last two overlap a bit more, but it's the perfect spot for the bow! 

Next, I used the Leaflets Framelits with my Big Shot and cut out 8 of these smaller leaves that I'd stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on more Whisper White card stock: 

Each one had a Stampin' Dimensional added to the back. 

I then adhered them to the stamped leaves, tucking the stems slightly under the tip of the leaves behind them. 

Once all the leaves were attached, I used my 2 Way Glue Pen and dotted glue all over the leaves and added Gold Glitter for a bit of gleam. 

The bow is made with 24" each of Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine and Gold Metallic Thread. I adhered it to the wreath with Glue Dots. 

The greeting is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and is from the Joyful Season stamp set. 

Mossy Meadow card stock was used for the card base and a mat layer of Cherry Cobbler completes the color scheme. 

Here are your measurements: 

Mossy Meadow: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded to make a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base. 

Cherry Cobbler: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Whisper White: 4" x 5 1/4"

Here's an alternate version using Basic Rhinestones for the "bling":

It's a little more simplistic, but if you're not a glitter girl - and I know you're out there! - this is a good alternative to adding some sparkle with no mess. :)

See how I'm always thinking of you? HeeHeeHee

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So, what else can I make with these leaves? 

Any ideas? Leaf me a comment! 

Vintage Leaves 2 Ways!

Howdy crafty peeps! 

It's been a month....I know....and I'm hanging my head over here. 

But let's not dwell on my lack of posting but on these two cards instead! 

(See how much I love you guys?? I'm back and giving you a twofer!)

My latest stamp set obsession has been Vintage Leaves along with the matching Leaflets Framelits. I seriously can't stop creating with these amazing images. I stamped both of these beauties yesterday - and did a live broadcast on Periscope too - and got back in the studio last night and made yet ANOTHER card that I'll show you tomorrow. 

Here, check them out: 

This card was born because I wanted to challenge myself to make a Christmas card with non-Christmas stamps. I sat down at my stamp table and pulled a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock from my serendipity pile (too good to toss pile). I saw the oak leaf stamp still on the acrylic block sitting there and the light bulb went off!

Gold embossed leaves on Cherry Cobbler turned out to be gorgeous! And I embossed the greeting from the Wonderland stamp set in gold as well on the strip of Tip Top Taupe card stock to match the mat I'd chosen. But...it was still missing something....

So, I pulled out my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and White embossing powder and voila! Snow!

To say that I was doing the stamper's happy dance was an understatement. :) 

The greeting was super simple, by the way - I simply hand cut the embossed piece from the card stock it was stamped on and flagged the ends with my Paper Snips. A bone folder was used to curl it and I attached it with Glue Dots. Easy-peasy! 

And just like the greeting on this card I made next:

I had finished my Periscope broadcast and wanted to try reversing the colors I used, putting Tip Top Taupe on top. 

(Say that 5 times fast! LOL!)

It seemed like it would be perfect for a fall themed card, and I think that yeah, it was! 

I used Cherry Cobbler embossing powder to emboss the leaves this time and then took out my Sponge Daubers to color them in. Delightful Dijon and Cajun Craze were the perfect colors to add Autumn color so I added the Dijon first and then the Cajun Craze as an accent. 

No snow on this card tho', I used the speckle stamp image to add some background filler with Tip Top Taupe ink - perfect! 

The greeting on this card is from A Dozen Thoughts, a great alternative greeting stamp set - love it! 

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Have a fantastic day everyone - go craft something fun!