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Nothing says Graduation better than candy and glitter! Oh and the word GRAD literally spelt out on the table for everyone to see. You can grab the tutorial on how to make the Cardboard letter trays by visiting this link. DIY GRAD Letter serving trays.
Melissa’s stunning Autumn card starts with a stamped and stenciled background on a kraft cardstock base. In the center is her stamped and die cut sentiment on a circle with a wreath of die cut leaves peeking out. There’s also die cut pumpkins and metallic gems too. Learn more at The Greetery blog.
Hurray, Autumn is here! It’s time for pumpkins, warm drinks, cooler temperatures and changing Fall leaves. It’s also time to change up your card designs by incorporating everything this time of year has to offer on your handmade crafts. I love an elegant Autumnal style with rich colors, idyllic patterns and touches of metallics so today let’s take a look at some beautiful cards using fresh new Fall stamps, stencils and dies.
Kelly’s beautiful card has a gold foiled frame on a burgundy card base with layers of Autumn dies. On the die cut fancy frame she die cut and colored a large pumpkin, with a stamped sentiment, leaves, and florals. On the dies she sprayed Distress Oxide Spray and added glitter too for texture and shine. Find step by step direction at the Papertrey Ink blog.
Cathy used rich colors of ink pads and detailed leaf stamps for her lovely design. She overlapped her stamping, creating a corner to corner diagonal pattern then added ink splatter and gold gems too. In the center is her gold heat embossed and die cut sentiment and it all sits on gold and plum cardstocks that mimic the colors she stamped in. I came across her card at the Gina K. Designs Instagram page.
Melissa wonderful design has book page and pumpkin pattern papers on the base with a trendy die cut arch of red plaid and white with a wreath over top. The die cut wreath has ink blending for the color and she also use Distress Oxide Sprays, I think this is going to be a very popular technique (and easy way to add texture) this Fall! Take a closer look at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
This darling girl is dressed up in her Autumn finest to take a stroll through the Fall foliage. The card base has a die cut textured frame with a dry embossed pattern for the sky, the rest of the scene is die cut from colored cardstocks with a stamped sentiment. Find this and lots more examples using this die set over at the Spellbinders blog.
This rustic farm scene is full of country charm with a stenciled barn design. Die cut pumpkins, flowers, clouds, trees and a fence add extra details and layers, with a sweet stamped sentiment too. These products can be found at Concord and 9th.
Sophie’s sweet sweater card has a stenciled and gold foiled plaid background full of color and shine. The sweater is die cut from rich neutral shades of cardstock with a polka dot scarf. A few gold gems and a heat embossed sentiment finish off the design. I came across her idea on the Pink and Main Instagram page.
I love the lace and plaid details Carol added to her Fall pumpkins! They’re sitting on a dry embossed brown panel that has grids of additional Autumn images with paint splatter. There’s a subtle leaf pattern on the base and a heat embossed sentiment too. These items can be found at Honey Bee Stamps.
Rub-on transfers are a quick and easy way to create an elegant card in no time. This design has a a truck full of pumpkins with a golden sentiment on a die cut arch with golden scallops around the edges. It’s on a stunning pattern paper full of pumpkins and foliage and a dark card base. Shop for these LDRS products at HSN.
Gaylynn used watercolors in browns, burgundy, orange and white to color in this beautiful stamp with a scripty word background behind Oak acorns and leaves. She die cut her stamped panel with a trendy large faux postage die. Learn more at the Unity Stamp blog.
This heartfelt Thank You card is bursting with Fall flair! There’s so much depth and layering with dimensional Mum flowers and foiled swirls stacked on colorful leaves with a rub-on sentiment. You can watch an intro video to these and other new Autumn products at the Anna Griffin blog.
Amy’s wonderful card goes edge to edge using a large pumpkin pile stamp, she heat embossed the stamp in bronze and colored it with OLO alcohol based markers. The large part of the sentiment is die cut and ink blended and the rest is heat embossed in the same bronze, there’s splatter and gems for more texture too. Watch her video tutorial on the Prairie Paper and Ink blog.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this stroll through these elegant Autumn designs!
-Heather
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