AUTUMN LEAVES AND DRY BRUSHED METALLIC

A couple of weeks ago I realized that this beautiful Dry Brushed Metallic Specialty Paper was NOT RETIRED.  For some reason, I thought it had retired and so I had moved it to my retired bin.  This foil paper is so beautiful and I thought it would work wonderfully for a fall card.

If you have followed me at all you probably know that Summer is my favorite time of the year, so when the weather starts getting chilly and the flowers and leaves start looking worse for wear, it doesn't necessarily make me happy.  Don't get me wrong, I do love the changing colors of our trees here in Michigan.  I just don't love some of the other things that come with fall -- like putting the boat in storage, raking leaves, etc.  I know it's weird, but I'd prefer shoveling snow than raking leaves.

But the Dry Brushed Metallic Paper makes me happy, so I'm using it on this autumn themed card made with the Autumn Leaves Stamp Set and Dies.

The large maple leaf was heat embossed with Copper Embossing Powder and the DisINKtive Autumn Leaves stamps create very beautiful, embossed images.  With DisINKtive stamps I always like to make a test sample first when I want to heat emboss with one because sometimes the DisINKtive images don't work as well with heat embossing, but these Autumn Leaves images are great!  Even the DisINKtive shading shows up in the embossing.

One of my favorite color combinations is Copper Clay and Pretty Peacock, so I chose the version of the Dry Brushed Metallic Paper that has the blue shades and matted it to Pretty Peacock cardstock.  The gold ring behind the leaves was die cut with two dies from Deckled Circled dies.

The sentiments for the front and the inside of the card are from the Autumn Leaves Stamp Set.  I think I'm going to send this card to special friend for Thanksgiving.

The dark mat colors of Copper Clay and Pretty Peacock don't show up as well as I would like in the photos, but in real life it is a very pretty color combination.

Use this link to download a copy of the PDF tutorial.

A list of the products used is shown below.  Click on any of the images to learn more about that product or to make a purchase.

Product List

Autumn Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162179]	Autumn Leaves Dies [162185]	Deckled Circles Dies [162286]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]
Copper Clay 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161721]	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Dry Brushed Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [160837]
Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Timber 3 D Embossing Folder [156406]
Copper Clay 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon [161629]	Earth Tones Shimmer Gems [164070]	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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FOREVER FERN AND PUMPKINS

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This week I am featuring the Forever Fern stamp set and its coordinating dies.  This set has been around for quite a while, and it is definitely an old favorite.  I like the fact that it is so versatile, and you can use it for many different occasions. 

Today, for Halloween, I decided to use my Forever Fern Bundle to make a fall card.  Since pumpkins are often used for fall themed cards, it seemed like a bouquet with a pumpkin as the "flowerpot" was appropriate.  The challenge was, I don't have any current stamps that contain pumpkins.  Yup, weird, and probably surprising that I don't have one, but I don't.  However, I remembered that when I first discovered paper crafting over 15 years ago, one of the ways we made pumpkins was to use our Oval Punch.  Sometimes with all the dies and tools we have today, we forget about those old techniques.  So, I got out my Double Oval Punch and punched out 3 ovals from Pumpkin Pie cardstock.  Each is sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink around the edges and then the center one that straddles the other two is popped up on dimensionals.  Looks like a Pumpkin, right?

The background for this card was made using the Rubber Band Stamping Technique.  This is a super easy and fun technique to create interesting backgrounds. Last week on Connect to Create, I shared a video showing how to do this easy technique.  If you are unfamiliar with it, please take a look!  I hope it inspires you to try it.  The colors I used were Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Merry Merlot.

I also took inspiration from Kathi Ondus, Simply Cards by Kathi, in her recent Connect to Create Video.  She demonstrated the Baby White Technique.  Her cards were so pretty, and it had been a long time since I played with that technique.  So, I decided to use the Baby Wipe Technique to make some colorful fall leaves for my Pumpkin Bouquet.  Below is her video.  Take a look and you can learn two great techniques today!

The large leaves in my pumpkin bouquet were made with the Baby Wipe Technique.

I also used that technique for the leaves on my envelope flap and on the inside of my card.

I made my Baby Wipe "Ink Pad" with the same colors as I used for the Rubber Band background except, I also added a few drops of Daffodil Delight.  Aren't these colors pretty?

If you would like a FREE Tutorial for this Pumpkin Bouquet card, you can download a copy at this link.

A quick reminder.  Today is the last day of October, so today is the last chance to take advantage of the awesome Starter Kit+ Promotion.  Normally, you can select $125 worth of product for $99, but through today, you can select $155 worth of product for $99.  And SHIPPING IS FREE!  I would love to have you join my Fairless Flair Team!  If you have questions or would like to learn more, please send me an email directly at fairlessflair@gmail.com.  But today is that last day for this terrific opportunity!

The following Product List shows the current Stampin' Up! products I used for today's card.

Product List

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English) [152559]	Forever Flourishing Dies [152714]	Double Oval Punch [154242]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [105229]
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [100531]	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147170]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [119672]	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136]
Linen Thread [104199]	Sponge Daubers [133773]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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