{"id":17540,"date":"2014-09-12T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=17540"},"modified":"2014-09-28T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T15:31:07","slug":"serendipity-stamps-sept-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=17540","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity Stamps Sept Blog Hop!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"Autumn
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>\"9-12<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to the<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity Stamps<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September Blog Hop!<\/strong>\u00a0We are showing off some beautiful new fall leaf\u00a0images & dies! If you arrived here from\u00a0Jenny’s Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to go to\u00a0Mary’s Blog<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and start from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prizes:
\nYou\u00a0have until \u00a09-15 to leave a comment. \u00a0Mary will announce the winner on her blog on 9-16
\nThe Prize? \u00a0A $20 gift code off their next order. \u00a0You also have\u00a0a second chance to win – Like us on\u00a0Facebook<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Share. \u00a0Facebook winner will also receive $20 off their next order.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn
\n<\/a>For my Autumn Leaves card, I started with some coated card stock I’ve had for ages..it’s actually the backside of some Kromekote & it’s glossy on the other side, clay coated on this side. I’m pretty sure it’s been discontinued so I’m using some I’ve been hoarding. This side is very soft, smooth & absorbent so it really soaked up the ink &\u00a0the color is not as saturated as it was when I first brayered it. Before I brayered it, I stamped the wood background image using resist ink, then used a brayer & rainbow ink pad to brayer over it. The greeting was stamped & heat embossed on a section I stamped some of the leaves with resist ink & brayered as before. It was die cut w\/ a diamond shape and the backing layer edges as well as the lg background layer edges were embossed with the same powder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The leaves & acorns were embossed, die cut and on one of each, I stamped the solid leaf\/acorn versions using the same ink. For accents, I also inked some brads & embossed them each 3 times by dipping them back in the powder while still hot. On the 2 left brads, I dipped them in a micro bead\/glitter mix while the embossing powder was still hot. I snipped off the brad prongs & glued them on because I didn’t want the prongs to make the card stock bumpy underneath.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Autumn
\n<\/a>On the inside, I used the narrow left over frame from the front background and some leaves I didn’t use for the front.The greeting was stamped on more of the same background as the front greeting. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I’ll send you on to<\/span> Karen’s Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

If you get lost, here is the blog hop order:<\/span><\/p>\n