Yeay, it’s November crafty time!! This month’s inspiration photo just has all the fall feels…
My project this month is set on a 5 x 7″ cardstock base in Very Vanilla cardstock from Stampin’ Up!.
I used some good ol’ fashioned wood block stamps in my Stampin’ Up! ink pads to stamp around the area of the card base that will be exposed from shifting the layers to the bottom right. I will never get rid of my wood block stamps–still love them so much!!
I knew I wanted to use layers on this card, but I thought, layers don’t always have to be in the middle of the card. I absolutely love how setting these layers down into the lower right corner gives so much more structure to this card. The layers are also from Stampin’ Up!
Now, I try not to show retired Stampin’ Up! products, but when it comes to holiday crafting, I don’t hold back, because there are so many sets out there and it’s a shame, they retire every year. So, keep in mind, brand doesn’t matter, you can re-create this leaf design with any leave die-set. I, however, did use a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp and die set. So, to create the feel of falling and piled up leaves, I first chose cardstock and matching inks that recalled the colors from the inspiration photo. I then stamped and die-cut as many leaves as I could handle, because, even if I don’t use them all on this project, I can use them on another.
I really wanted to balance the shiny gold dots with leaves on this card, so I chose to run the pile of leaves alongside left of the layers and placed them so a bit of the dark orange layer showed. First, I laid down the solid leaves and used press and seal to help me keep them in place for glueing.
Once i removed the press and seal, I tucked in the cut-out smaller leaves to bulk up the pile of leaves. I loved this!!
With the leaves set, all that was left was to center the sentiment in coordinating dye ink on the right-side f the card face to give some finishing balance.
I hope you were inspired by this project! And I hope you join in the Inspiration Station Blog challenge this month! You can hit the blog here to check it out and all the other monthly projects:
https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/
Good luck on this month’s challenge, and I can’t wait to see you for December!
