Splendid Thoughts and leftover papers

I had this paper leftover on my desk from the cards I made using pumpkins as the focal feature that I shared in yesterdays blog and decided to use the papers but change up the focal image for the leaves from Splendid Thoughts.

The first card I layered the two papers onto the background then used the Fern embossing folder to emboss the whole panel. Then I stamped and embossed the image a couple of times onto white card.

I inked up the image using a couple of colours that I thought would work with the papers and die cut them. I also die cut the long thin leaves from brown along with a couple of labels to go under the sentiment.

I stuck the leaves down and then used some waxed thread through the label and tied a bow and adhered it into place.

I embossed the sentiment on the scrap of orange and die cut it using the smallest circle die from the stitched framelits.

I added the little flowers from the stash with the beads as I thought they worked well and then added it all as a panel to the orange card blank.

The second card I changed up a little with the book print as the base for the stamped leaves and this time rather than ink blending I used the stamps in the set to add two colours to the leaves to ‘colour’ them.

I took the sentiments from a Lawn Fawn set mixing up the stamping for the strips on the yellow and the coloured ink on white for the die cut. I die cut the word four times to stack it so it’s very chunky!

I die cut the two ovals (I used ovals on the pumpkin cards so they were sitting there saying use me again!) to sit behind the sentiment to give it a base and some definition.

Again added the flower embellishments – oh and a nest of the waxed thread behind the sentiment cluster for some different texture! This second card I did as a swap card over at UK Stampers Forum too – so it is leaving my house this week for a new home!

Cute autumnal feel cards (and you can probably guess who the second card is for!)

Happy crafting!

Catherine