Hello, it’s time for the Stamptastic Friends September Blog Hop and this month we are going full on Autumn. Our weather has certainly changed, leaving the summer behind and giving a huge welcome to Autumn. I have to say that, other than all the rain we have been having, I much prefere this time of year. The Garden is still blooming with colour and the temprature is much more to my liking.

I have chosen to use the Branching Out Bundle and create a fun autumn background using alcohol markers. The Branching Out Bundle is a beautiful bundle and suitable for all year round crafting. The stamp set contains a variety of sentiment for many occasions, as well as some gorgeous branch and fern images. I have enjoyed playing with this bundle and created many cards, all of which are very different in style.

How to create an autumn background.

Using a selection of autumn colours, I have used Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie, and Pumpkin Pie dark Stampin’ Blends, add colour to a large acrylic block. I used the E block, but it will depend on how large you need your background to be. Add rubbing alcohol to a Stampin’ Spritzer and spray onto your coloured block until you are happy with the bleed/mix of colours.

Either lay a piece of Basic White cardstock on top of your block or stamp the block onto your Basic White. If you choose to stamp onto your Basic White your colours will run futher as you turn your block over. Allow your card/block to sit for a few seconds before removing, this will allow the colour to soak into your card. Remove and allow to dry.

Once your autumn background is dry add splatters of the same colours for added texture. Die-cut a panel using the second largest frame die from the bundle. Adhere this to a larger frame die-cut from gold foil. Create an A6 cardbase, measuring 14.9cm x 10.5cm, using Cherry Cobler cardstock. Adhere your fames using Stampin Dimensionals.

Die-cut two fern sprigs from Shadded Spruce cardstock and using a blending brush, lightly add ink to create variation and dimension. Repeat with small berry sprig and Pecan Pie. Die-cut three pinecones from Early Espresso and a long berry twig from Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Use an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to colour the twig, leaving the berries Cherry Cobbler.

Layering your foliage, adhere to your autumn background frame. Heat emboss your sentiment on Cherry Cobbler cardstock, using gold WOW powder. Trim to required size and add to your card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finish your card by adding a Linen Thread bow and several Pecan Pie Neutral Matte Dots.

Here is a video of me creating this card on a recent Facebook Live!

I hope I have inspired you to get creative with Stampin’ Blends and rubbing alcohol. All the products used are listed below and available to purchase from my online store.

Please do continue to hop round for lots more creativity and inspiration. I can’t wait to see what the other demonstrators have chosen to share with you.

Happy Crafting

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Branching Out Bundle (English) [165776] £45.00	Neutral Matte Dots [165561] £7.50	Linen Thread [104199] £4.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] £4.75	Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154879] £10.25
Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] £10.25	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674] £10.25	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] £10.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] £14.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] £10.75
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] £10.75	Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock [161726] £10.75	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] £10.75	Versamark Pad [102283] £9.00	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] £20.00
Stampin' Spritzer [126185] £5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £5.75	Paper Trimmer [152392] £27.00	Heat Tool – Uk Plug [129054] £30.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £121.00

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Hello and welcome to this months Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This months theme is Autumn and what a lovely theme it is. I love Autumn and all the warm colours it brings to mind.

I can not believe that we are more than half way through September already. The Summer is over, Autumn is here and our daughter is back at school. Year 10 and GCSE work is in full swing.

Autumn Drybrush Card

For my project I want to share a card, featuring a colour combination, that just screams Autumn to me. It uses the normal yellows and oranges, but also purples and teals. I really hope you like it and feel the warmth, as I do.

Cut a piece of ‘Whisper White’ cardstock, measuring 9.5 cm x 13.9 cm. Using ‘Daffodil Delight’, ‘Mango Melody’, ‘Crushed Curry’, ‘Pumpkin Pie’ and ‘Cajun Craze’ ‘Classic Stampin’ ink Refills’ add several drops of each onto a scrunched up baby wipe. Use this to ink up your ‘Drybrush’ background stamp and stamp image onto your piece of ‘Whisper White’ cardstock.

Layer onto a piece of ‘Blackberry Bliss’ cardstock, measuring 10 cm x 14.4 cm, and adhere to an A6 ‘Pretty Peacock’ cardbase, measuring 10.5 cm x 14.9 cm.

Take the foliage image from ‘Tasteful Touches’ and the swirl from ‘Comfort and Hope’ stamp sets and stamp both image onto your card front, in the lower left quarter, using ‘Shaded Spruce’ ink.

Stamp the foliage image from ‘Comfort and Hope’ twice onto a separate piece of ‘Whisper White’ cardstock, using 2nd generation stamping in ‘Blackberry Bliss’ and ‘Shaded Spruce’ inks. Fussy cut these our and add to your card front.

Create a banner by cutting a piece of ‘Whisper White’ cardstock, 9.5 cm x 1.5 cm, and layer onto a piece of ‘Blackberry Bliss’ cardstock, 9.5 cm x 2 cm. Stamp the word ‘Hope’ from ‘Comfort and Hope’ onto your banner, using ‘Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Write Marker’ to colour just the word hope. Adhere to your card front.

Using the flower image from ‘Tasteful Touches’ and ‘Pretty Peacock’ ink, stamp the image onto a piece of ‘Whisper White’ cardstock and fussy cut out. Place this onto your card front with ‘Stampin’ Dimensionals’.

I hope you have found some inspiration and i am sure you will find plenty more as you continue hopping around.

All products used are listed below and available from my online shop.

Happy Crafting

Leighsa

Drybrush Cling Background Stamp

[152599]

£16.00

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152562]

£21.00

Comfort & Hope Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152509]

£20.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[119672]

£3.50

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147162]

£3.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131158]

£3.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[105229]

£3.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[119790]

£3.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

£7.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

£7.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

£7.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£9.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

£8.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

£8.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

£4.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Paper Snips

[103579]

£9.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

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#30DAYCARDMAKINGCHALLENGE

DAY 11 – 15

Hello and welcome.  How are you? I hope you are all staying safe.  When I was first furloughed I thought great, lots of craft time, but it just did not happen.  I had lost my crafting mojo!  After days of wanting to craft, but no having any thought on what to do, I saw that @Martin’s Mayhem had put together #30DAYCARDMAKINGCHALLENGE.  I made the commitment to participate and this got me crafting and it has definitely brought my mojo back.

Today I will be sharing my cards from day six to ten.  I will be continuing to post the following days on a Tuesday and Saturday, so I do hope you will pop back.  I hope you find some inspiration and enjoy.  A list of products and techniques will be below each card.

DAY 11 – Autumn

Stamp, heat emboss and die cut your leaves.  Add extra texture to your skeleton leaves using a dauber or sponge.  Brayer a background, stamp and die cut your sentiment and add an embellishment to finish.

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set (£33.00)

Seasonal Layers Dies (£40.00)

Stitched Shapes Dies (£36.00)

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (£9.00)

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (£9.00)

Day 12 – Winter

Brayer a background and spritz with water to add texture.  Heat emboss your tree image, tear a piece of white card and heat emboss for added texture, wrap with tulle ribbon and knot.  White heat emboss your sentiment and add basic pearls to finish.

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set (£28.00)

Label Me Bold Cling Stamp Set (English) (£21.00)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad (£9.00)

Sponge Brayers (£9.50)

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (£7.25)

Day 13 – Pack A Punch

Add a little pigment sprinkles to your watercolour card and spritz with water, repeat until you are happy.  Stamp and punch out your butterflies, white heat emboss your sentiment and finish with glitter enamel dots.

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set (£25.00)

Butterfly Duet Punch (£22.00)

Pigment Sprinkles (£21.00)

Stampin’ Spritzer (£3.50)

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (£7.25)

Day 14 – Colour Combo – Whisper White and Very Vanilla

Die cut a stem and several clusters of flowers, adhere using a mix of wet glue and dimensionals for texture.  Stamp and die cut your sentiment, add ribbon and a bow.  Finish with basic pearls.

Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set (£33.00)

Bouquet Bunch Dies (£14.40)

Whisper White 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon (£6.80)

Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (£9.00)

Pearl Basic Jewels (£6.00)

Day 15 – Very Much Vintage

Emboss your background, layer and wrap with ribbon.  First stamp your swoosh image, using second generation stamping, followed with your flower image in first generation stamping.  On a scrap of card stamp your flower image again, adding second and third generation stamping with the splodge image.  Fussy cut and dimensional onto first flower image.  Stamp and fussy cut your sentiment and finish with basic pearls.

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set (£25.00)

Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder (£11.00)

Pretty Peacock 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon (£9.75)

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad (£9.00)

Pearl Basic Jewels (£6.00)

I hope you liked my cards, please leave a comment below and remember to pop back Saturday for days 16-20.

Make sure you use this months Host Code when ordering through my online shop.

Happy Crafting

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Friends of SUBA October Bog Hop – Theme Autumn

Hello and welcome to this months ‘Friends of SUBA Blog Hop’ our theme is Autumn.  You may be wondering what SUBA stands for and what it is all about.  SUBA is Simply Unique Business Angles, owned and run by Louise Sims and Pip Todman, they offer technology training for entrepreneurs.  Check out their website here.

Whether you have hopped over from Ginny or are starting with me, I am sure you will find lots of inspiration as you follow the hop.  There is a full list of participants at the bottom of my blog, please take a look and leave us a little comment to bring a smile to our face.  We all met whilst attending SUBA training.

My Autumn Project

With the launch of the new Holiday catalogue, we tend to forget about the Annual and use our new supplies. I have decided to go back to the Annual catalogue for my project and have picked out the ‘Colorful Seasons’ stamps set and co-ordinating ‘Seasonal Layers Thinlets Dies’.  This is an extremely versatile set as it contains images that represent all four of the seasons; leaves, snowflakes, blossom and a deck chair.  Therefore it is perfect for our theme Autumn.

How I made my card

Take an ‘Early Espresso’ card base, measuring 10.5cm x 14.9cm.  Cut a layer of ‘Whisper White’, measuring 10cm x 14.4cm, using a sponge brayer, with ‘Crushed Curry’ ink, cover the layer with an ombre of colour.  Follow this with ‘Pumkin Pie’ ink just above halfway.  Finish off with a small amount of ‘Cajun Craze’ ink to the very bottom.  Adhere to your card base.

Stamp your sentiment in ‘Early Espresso’ ink onto ‘Whisper White’ cardstock and cut out using the largest of the ovals from the ‘Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies’.  Glue flat onto your ombre layer.

Stamp and die-cut various leaves in ‘Crushed Curry’ and ‘Cajun Craze’ ink.  For the detailed leaves brayer over once cut to fill any white areas, this gives a nice textured look to your leaves.  Stamp a single, small leaf with ‘VersaMark’ and heat emboss using ‘Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder’.  Layer these onto your card front using ‘Tombow’ and ‘Dimensionals’.

To finish your card add three copper sequins from the ‘Metallics Sequin Assortment’.

Thank you and I hope I have inspired you to revisit the Annual catalogue and use some of the products you may already have.  Please hop over to Carrie by pressing the ‘Next Blog’ image.

All products used are listed below. Click on image to be taken to my shop.

Happy Crafting

Carrie at The Inky Nook

Deborah at DJC Creativity

Gina at Emerald Kreations

Ginny at Celebrate the journey

Leighsa at Leighsa’s Loft

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set (£25.00)	Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies (£31.00)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£28.00)	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (£7.00)	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (£7.00)
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad (£7.00)	Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (£7.00)	Versamark Pad (£8.25)	Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder (£4.75)	Early Espresso A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£9.00)	Metallics Sequin Assortment (£4.75)	Sponge Brayers (£7.50)	Heat Tool (Uk) (£28.00)	Big Shot (£102.00)

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