Mystery Solved!

It's Monday and time for a new featured stamp set of the week.  This week I am having fun playing with the Love of Leaves Stamp Set and its coordinating Stitched Leaves Dies.

You might be wondering why the card shown doesn't have any leaves.  So let me give you a little background on where this card came from.

Last week I participated in a Mystery Stamping event held by TX Stampin', Sharon Armstrong.  Sharon is one of the Stampin' Up! demonstrators that is part of the Creativate Team that I participate in, and she is well known for her mystery stamping.  She gives one clue at a time and you complete each clue however you interpret it.  You never know how your card is going to turn out until you complete all the clues and the card is finished.   Since I was planning to use the Love of Leaves stamp set for my cards this week, I chose to use that stamp set for the mystery stamping.  

However, when all the clues were finished, there was no opportunity to use any of the leaves. and the above card was my result.   Only the sentiment is from the Love of Leaves stamp set.

I really liked how the layout of my card turned out (which isn't always the case with mystery stamping), so I decided to see how I could modify it slightly and use a few more products from the Love of Leaves stamp set and the Stitched Leaves Dies.  Here is my "remade" card.

Using the Stitched Leaves dies, I cut out a few leaves from the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper and added them to the front of the smallest panel.

What do you think?  Which one do you like best?  The original or the updated version?  I like them both, and I think this is definitely going to be a layout that I will use often.  The nice thing about having the three different designer series panels is that you can move them around into a different layout and have a totally different looking card.

Here is the inside of my card.  On my re-made version I used the "waterfall" stitched die to create a pattern on the left side of the card, and then I added 3 narrow strips of the same designer series paper as used on the card front.  The sentiment is another stamp from Love of Leaves.

Card Inside

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See the product list below for all products used to create today's card.

Product List

Love Of Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158245]	Stitched Leaves Dies [153567]	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718]	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776]
Harvest Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156494]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Simply Elegant Trim [155766]	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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Nature's Harvest - Sneak Peek #2!

Well, I've made it to post # 2!  There were definitely some growing pains with post # 1 on Monday, so we'll see how this one goes today😅.  

I would love to hear your feedback and comments.  

I had fun making today's card.  Usually I have a fairly clear plan for a card before I start, but today -- not so much!  It just sort of evolved.  I knew I wanted to try some blending with one of my new favorite tools -- the Blending Brushes.  So I made a couple of masks using the tree limb die from the "coming soon" Harvest Dies.  The Harvest Meadow Suite will be available on August 3 when the Fall Mini Catalog launches.

I laid the two masks on Basic White Cardstock and then used my Blending Brushes to "color" over them with Pool Party Ink.  I was happy with how the branch pattern popped and thought it would make a pretty background.  So I then moved on to figuring out what to put on top of it.  I tried a few of the dies and finally settled on using the wheat (at least I think it's wheat) and the cone flower (or do you call it a Black Eyed Susan?). 

I die cut the plants from watercolor paper and then color washed them with Water Painters and reinkers.  I thought the flower should be yellow, but I wasn't so sure about the wheat.  I started out making it yellow also, but, I'll be honest, that didn't look so great.  I had already washed the stems of both plants with Shaded Spruce, so I decided to add a very light wash of Shaded Spruce on top of the yellow wheat.  I figured if it looked terrible, I could start over because the bright yellow was definitely not working.  Anyway, I'm pretty sure it is not the color of wheat, but I liked it so called it "good".  After all, it's ART, right?  I gave myself some "artistic liberty".  I added a few splatters of basic gray ink to the cone flower and then painted the flower and wheat with Wink of Stella to give them a little sparkle.  I my world you can never have too much sparkle and shine!

Once the plants were colored, it was all about assembly and some finishing touches.  I love the new Brushed Metallic Adhesive Dots that are part of this Harvest Meadow Suite.  I used the copper color ones, and as my mom would have said "they just do something" to it.

I practiced my blending technique a little more on the inside of the card and the envelop.  My rule:  No naked insides or envelopes!  They don't need a lot of "dressing", but they need a little something.

If you would like more details and dimensional information for making this card you can access the FREE TUTORIAL HERE.

With the exception of the Harvest Meadow Suite Products, you can see a complete list of all the products I used in my product list below.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed today's card and that it gave you a little inspiration!

  Product List

Ornate Frames Dies [150664]	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Water Painters [151298]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [119672]	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088]	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147165]	Basic Gray Stampin' Ink Refill [149166]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
Bermuda Bay 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon [144183]

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Nature's Harvest Suite - Sneak Peak #1

Welcome to my new Fairless Stampin' Flair blog!  I’m excited to start this new journey, but as this is my first attempt at blogging, it will be a learning process!  Your comments and suggestions are welcome!

I've been posting regularly for about nine months on my Fairless Stampin' Flair Facebook page, so if you would like to see any of my previous projects, please visit my business page at https://www.facebook.com/FairlessStampinFlair/.

On my Facebook page my process has been to feature a different stamp set or bundle each week so you can see multiple projects made with the same set.  For now my plan is to continue with that process here.  My goal is to post a new project at least 3 times per week. 

This week I'm featuring some sneak-peaks of a new product from Stampin' Up!'s Fall Mini Catalog that will go live August 3.  It is the Harvest Meadow Suite and here are just a few of the beautiful products available as part of the suite!

Today's card showcases three of the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper patterns.  I used the two Misty Moonlight and one of the Bumblebee patterns.  

A second Sneak Peak product on this card is the Silver Foil Specialty Paper.  This silver foil comes in three different finishes which gives each sheet a very different look.  The scalloped rectangle on the upper right was made with the heavily brushed finish and was die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  The heavily brushed choice is a dark silver with a somewhat purplish tint.  It is really pretty and the picture doesn't do it justice!

The flowers, wheat and sentiment were all die cut with the new Harvest Dies.  The flowers were colored with Stampin' Blends.   With the exception of the sneak peak products, at the bottom of this post you can see a complete list of products used on this card.

We never want to have a naked inside or envelop right?  I kept the inside very simple by adding a strip of the DSP edged with a narrow strip of the Silver Foil.  This leaves me plenty of room to hand write a personalized thank you message.

If you would like more detailed dimensions and directions for this card there is a free tutorial at this link. 

FREE TUTORIAL

Since I am early in the learning process, I'm not 100% confident that this link will actually work, so if it does not, drop me an email and I'll be happy to email you a copy of the tutorial. 

Thank you for stopping by today to visit my very first blog post ever!  I hope you will come back again.

Product List

Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Misty Moonlight 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon [153624]
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]

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