SSS November Card Kit

I received my November Card Kit from Simon yesterday and got right to playing!

supplies:  wood plank design paper, Flower Frenzy embossing folder, Delicata Celestial Copper ink cube, Thankful Heart stamp set, flower paper clip, all from the November kit, my own metallic copper cardstock

I've been loving wood plank design papers, and was thrilled that one of them was in the kit.  I trimmed it to A2 card size, embossed it with the included folder, and then lightly used the ink pad to add color to the raised parts.  The little cube is perfect for doing this.  The panel was mounted to a card base, and then I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine ink and embossed it to keep it from smearing on the copper panel.  I also die-cut a circle from the same copper to insert inside the flower clip, and that's where I added some adhesive to make it stick to the card.  I photographed my card with the beautiful copper metallic envelope that is also included in the kit.

Here's the kit - beautiful for fall!  It's called Thankful Heart, and includes everything you see:

Simon Says.........Totally Resistable

Welcome to another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

This week, our theme is "Totally Resistable" - use some kind of a resist technique for your creation.  We are showcasing Impression Obsession products.

I bought this stamp set just for the sentiment I used......Autumn Leaves is a song that is dear to me, not only because of this season that I love, but because it's the theme song for our Bluecoats drum and bugle corps.  

supplies: vellum, pearly metallic copper cardstock, Impression Obsession Autumn Leaves, Ranger Super Fine Detail Copper embossing powder, board background made using Hero Arts Woodgrain background, Martha Stewart scoring board, and distress inks, Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangle dies, adhesive foam squares

I had made this board background some time back and never used it, but I liked how the copper embossing looked against this color.  To make this background, I stamped the woodgrain stamp in a dark brown ink on white cardstock.  Next I turned the panel over and scored lines to make the planking.  And finally, I used a mix of blues, greens, and browns distress inks to shade over the woodgrain.  The leaves were then embossed in copper over that.  To finish, I stamped the sentiment on vellum, framed it in copper cardstock, and popped it above my card base.  The little leaf was also fussy-cut and popped above its panel.

I used that same sentiment, mixed with some Simon leaf dies, for my next card:

supplies: kraft card base, white cardstock, Impression Obsession Autumn Leaves, Simon clear embossing powder, Simon Stitched Maple Trio dies, distress inks, Stampendous Aged Scarlet embossing enamel, sequins in fall colors

After stamping and clear heat embossing the sentiment, I trimmed my panel and then die-cut the leaves in a cascading design.  They were sponged with various distress inks.  Next I sponged the background using fossilized amber and carved pumpkin inks and used the negative of the die to stencil more leaves along the diagonal.  Then I reinserted the leaves, popping up 4 of them (1 of which was embossed in an enamel), and adding some matching sequins.

Now it's your turn - I can't wait to see what you create!  Heidi has provided another $50.00 gift voucher

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!

Warmest Blessings

The ReRun challenge at Winnie & Walter this month is using their Renee's Leaves set, and I was wowed by all of the samples presented to us!  I'll be making multiple entries for this one, but for my first, I was influenced by Heather's card.  I'm a paper-aholic, so I was delighted to see her card that incorporated a pattern paper as a main ingredient!

supplies: white and shimmery copper cardstock, vellum, pattern paper from Jen Hadfield's Warm & Cozy 6" pad, Winnie & Walter The Big, the Bold and the Blessings clear stamp set, copper embossing powder, Paper Smooches Dots & Dashes dot die to make stitching holes, gold thread, DieNamics Blueprints 20 and Simon Stitched Rectangles dies, sequins

Heather started with a new piece of pattern paper, and that's where I started also.  She used a bigger piece of vellum than I did, but I felt that covering up this design took away from the vibrant colors, so my vellum panel was added to the bottom third of my card.  I stamped and copper-embossed the sentiments, and then was faced with how to attach it.  After some thought I decided to stitch it on, but I was too lazy to get out my sewing machine, so I used a die to make stitching holes across the top and bottom and, using some gold thread, I hand-stitched it to my paper, adding a bow in the center of the top stitching.  I liked the look of the copper so well, that I went hunting in my stash for some copper cardstock, and ended up trimming it into a little scalloped frame which I overlaid over the card front.  To finish I just added some more sparkle with a scattering of sequins.  

I'll be back again soon!