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Pressed Maple Leaves

Posted on August 29, 2016 7:18 PM by Julie 7 Comments

I made this for today’s Technique Challenge (TLC601) hosted by my sweet friend, Karen, over on Splitcoast. The challenge was to take something from the yard and make an impression of it to use on your project.

So….what I learned from trying to run various leaves/flowers thru my Big Shot..
1. English Ivy leaves do not work. At all.
2. Geranium leaves really don’t work much better.
3. Sweet potato vine leaves work too well. They make a mess.
4. Geranium petals work, but they also make a mess & they do not want to release from the paper.
5. Japanese maple leaves work perfectly! But after the mess of #3 & #4, I put everything between paper towels & funny enough, the paper towel impressions look the best! (See comparison below.)

For my card, I used the 110# white c/s impression for the top layer & the larger one done on plain ol’ 24# copy paper. I even found a few Japanese maple leaves that had turned red! Since it has not been cool, I’ll assume it’s from heat stroke. Added a couple of dusty purple layers & a few die cut purple leaves (to cover an unfortunate embossing incident w/ the stitched die), & a greeting.

Here’s a look at the inside.

And here are the side by side comparisons. I’m definitely going to be using the paper towel versions in the future…love how they kept the reds of the leaves.

The leaves on the right are the ones I used for all of these samples above. Only the paper towel & the tissue paper pressings retained the red color. On all the others, the red turned to shades of purple.

Below: watercolor ppr, textured w/c ppr, 110# white c/s

On the first one, the geranium petals did NOT want to let loose of the paper (the original color is a bright fuchsia..see pic below).The second one, they came off a little better, but I had to really scrub. The maple leaves on plain white c/s came off easily, but the bright red leaves turned purple.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – All Those Golden, (inside- Autumn is Second Spring)

Paper: Staples #110 white, dusty purple

Ink: Versafine onyx (Memento elderberry- inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Leaves Reverse die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, stitched rectangles

All Those Golden 306D	Autumn is a Second Spring 1142E	Leaves Reverse Die SSDIE-078-H	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
VersaFine Inkpads	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Stitched Rectangles Die Set

Autumn Tree

Posted on November 14, 2015 11:22 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Jo, the newest Featured Stamper (FS458) on Splitcoast! She has such a lovely gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept the colors & fall theme, but I used different images, a little different layout.

To make my clean & fairly simple card, instead of having a long greeting flag across the bottom like Jo has, I used a layout I’ve used many times because I just love the narrow panel. Usually I’ll inset it, like a window, but this time I thought I’d change it up & have it on top. I cut all the panels first & attached the narrow one w/ temporary adhesive, then stamped the tree. I removed the long narrow panel & stamped the leaves (using the splatter bg) w/ the four colors of distress ink. The pile of leaves was stamped at the bottom & colored w/the same inks & I added the greeting. Then I added a piece of card board behind the narrow panel & put it back.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Summer’s End Tree, Splatter Bg, Autumn Leaf Pile, Beauty of Autumn

Paper: X-Press It white, black

Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress inks mustard seed, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon, spiced marmalade

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B

Summer’s End Tree 036M	Leaf Pile 575F	Splatter Bg 855H	Beauty of Autumn 704D
VersaFine Inkpads	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132

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Happy Fall Scarecrow

Posted on November 4, 2015 11:59 AM by Julie Comment

The Sketch Challenge (SC565) on Splitcoast is an easy one. I did tweak it a bit by flipping it upside down & using the long rock fence in place of a separate horizontal band. So while the sketch is easy, my card was a bit more difficult due to all the masking I had to do. This is also for Kathleen’s HYCCT1512, Make it Tasty. Plenty of tasty pumpkins on my card!

This fall scene is all on one layer but the rock fence, the scarecrow, the pumpkins & the crow on the branch are all separate images. The scarecrow & pumpkins were stamped first, masked, then the wall was stamped. I had to do the wall twice because the wall image has a gate but I wanted to leave that part out. Then the crow was stamped. I used a reverse circle mask & sponged in the sun & colored everything else with Copics. Two little fussy cut leaves were added along w/ the greeting.

Here’s the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..That’s Tasty! Have a food item on your project. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs! You still have until 6:30 tonight to enter!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Split Scarecrow, Fall Fence (pumpkins only), Raven (crow), Stonewall, Happy Fall, Y’all Greeting – (inside- Scarecrows & Cornrows Greeting, Open Leaf, Tall Wheat)

Paper: X-Press It white, harvest gold

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (for over stamping after coloring), Kaliedacolor Melon Melody (for sun), (Distress inks scattered straw & rusty hinge used on inside)

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Misti