 
Good morning sweet friends. I’ve been diligently producing Christmas cards left and right and I looked up for a moment to be mindful that the seasons seem to be flying by (except summer, summer lasts forever). I don’t think I’ve savored a fall more delicious than the one we’re in right now. Although the leaves aren’t changing here yet, the air is crisp and the sky seems bluer with frothy clouds that tumble through the sky without the threat of rain. Yep, it’s fall and today I’m sharing a sweet fall sentiment from Quietfire Design called How Beautifully Leaves Grow Old.
I have to be honest folks, I’d be hard pressed to find a great orange in my stash. But fall has browns and golds with the tips of leaves colored with a splash of purple or or yellow. I’m sharing a card with an awesome pairing of Spellbinders Oval Bliss and Spellbinders Sparkle topped with Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG and embellished with Spellbinders Moroccan Accents.
Here’s how I made it – step by step:
- Start out with a 5-1/2″ x 7-1/2″ card base. (Card base is made with two pieces of 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″‘ paper scored and glued as in this Hinge Video.)
- Mat a 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″ piece of cream cardstock with gold cardstock cut to 5-1/4″ x 7-1/4″
- Mat a 6-5/8″ x 4-1/2″ piece of design paper with gold cardstock cut to 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ adhere to previous layers with two layers of foam tape.
- Place ribbon and lace across card and two matted layers horizontally and tape on backside. Adhere to card base with two layers of foam tape.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Oval Bliss and attach with two layers of foam tape.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Sparkle, adhere to card base, add two pearls.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG and stamp sentiment, distress with Brushed Corduroy Ink.
- Trace around outside of oval with Krylon Gold Leafing Pen
- Adhere oval to card base using two layers of foam tape.
- Glue a bow embellished with flowers and leaves to the right side of oval
- Cut one corner with Spellbinders Moroccan Accents, adhere to card and add pearl.
| CRAFT SUPPLIES I USED |
Rubber Stamps: Quietfire Design called How Beautifully Leaves Grow Old
Craft Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural White – 80 lb smooth, Gold, Prima – Stationers Desk
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.
Accessories: Spellbinders Oval Bliss, Spellbinders Sparkle, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG, Spellbinders Moroccan Accents, Cream Grosgrain Ribbon, Brown Satin Ribbon, Lace, Mulberry Flowers, Prima Leaves, Paper Studio Pearls, Krylon Gold Leafing Pen |
By the way, I noticed Suzanne at Quietfire is running 20% off on stamps right now – I hope you’ll pop by and see if there’s anything that tickles your fancy. In the meantime, enjoy your week and thanks so much for stopping by!
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Hi there friends! Take my word for it, you should ‘never’ say never! I’ve been seeing cards with sequins everywhere and I simply shook my head unable to understand what anyone would see in them and here we go, today it was the perfect embellishment for my card. It just needed a little sumpin’ sumpin’ and that did it. My card today is a kind of novelty card. I looked at the Spellbinders Picture Perfect die template, loving how it feels like you are looking into a scene! I decided to make a peek-a-boo kind of open aperature card. It was tons of fun and again I used the red, white and kraft that I love. You might just notice that I didn’t use any stamp! Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments comes right in handy for a quick sentiment.
Mind you this isn’t the kind of card that you’re gonna write a book in but it will be a nice card to show off in the Christmas Card line up on your entry table.
I framed the card with diagonal candy stripe paper using Spellbinders Grand Labels One and finished off with a red bird cut from Spellbinders Birds on a Wire
Here’s how I made it – step by step:
- Start out with a 6″ square card base – line the inside of the card with design paper and add several red sequins.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Picture Perfect centered on the front of the card without the Labels One Shaped border.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Picture Perfect along with it’s companion Labels One Shaped die from kraft cardstock, adhere to center of card base.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Grand Labels One # 1 and #3, adhere to front of card with two layers of foam tape.
- Tie a bow, snip off tails, adhere to bottom left hand corner with a button and bells.
- Cut a strip 1″ x 3″ and cut notch out of end, adhere to card.
- Cut/emboss words from Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments, adhere to strip.
- Cut/emboss Spellbinders Birds of a Wire – adhere one bird to tree.
| CRAFT SUPPLIES I USED |
Rubber Stamps: None
Craft Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 80 lb smooth, PTI – Pure Poppy, Kraft, Teresa Collins – Santa’s List
Ink: None
Accessories: Spellbinders Picture Perfect, Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments, Spellbinders Grand Labels One, Spellbinders Birds on a Wire, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Paper Studio Button, Red Bells, Red Sequins |
Thanks so much for stopping by! I have read and savored each comment you’ve written, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on my last post! Sending hugs!!
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Hi there friends! Glorious Sunday morning to you!! I have a card for you today and a little bit of chit chat about what’s going on with me. First the card, using another new design by my sweet friend Suzanne Cannon with Quietfire Design and her lovely penmanship turned to rubber. The sentiment is A Smile is the Best Christmas Decoration and I layered it up with my favorite Spellbinders in a colorway I simply love (I have another card already made up using the same).
Lots of Layers
I love to add bits and pieces for layers but they are only suggestions, certainly a more simple card can be created using less but I have them – why not use them, lol! From the bottom up I used Spellbinders Gold Elements One, Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, Spellbinders Grand Ovals, Spellbinders Fleur de Elegance, the small piece from Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG. I simply stacked them up with two of the Gold Elements separated into two corners as a base to build on.
What’s Up with Me
I haven’t had much to say lately but want you to know that this is a very, very good sign. This has been my year. I tell friends that it’s almost like I’ve been in a deep freeze or a coma for a long time and this year I woke up and realized how much work I have to do. I’m coming up on the four year anniversary of John’s passing and the last five have been a blur I barely remember. I consider myself a functioning crafter, meaning the past years have been so very hard to put one foot in front of the other but somehow the one thing I could manage to do was to sit at the craft table for hours on end and create. I was so fortunate to find an outlet for my grief and hope to encourage others to do the same.
Joyful Distractions
Lately, periods of silence found me diligently working behind the scenes on my dreams, fixing up my house and even yesterday I savored a day of pajama lounging (although I was getting work done). Last week I had a milestone birthday that has me smiling and rejoicing simply being alive. In this awakening I find myself teased by all the things I like to do – am I going to the beach? picking up my crochet? renovating the house? reading that book? sitting at the sewing machine? going out with friends? or making a card? As you might guess, over the past months I’ve found time for all that and even caught up with old friends! Oh, and yes, I’m still passionate about papercrafting. With age I’m consumed with living each day to the fullest and consciously choosing joy. The wonderful thing is that it’s still there. it’s been waiting for me all along :-) Thanks so much for letting me jabber on about my life – many of you ask so I thought it was high time for an update….
| CRAFT SUPPLIES I USED |
Rubber Stamps: Quietfire Design – A Smile is the Best Christmas Decoration
Craft Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Natural White – 80 lb smooth, PTI – Pure Poppy, Kraft
Ink: Tsukineko MementoLuxe – Love Letter
Accessories: Spellbinders Gold Elements One, Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, Spellbinders Grand Ovals, Spellbinders Fleur de Elegance, Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG, Hobby Lobby Satin Ribbon, Paper Studio Button, Paper Studio Pearls |
Thank you so much for stopping by!! I’ve reached out to folks on Facebook and Instagram and continue to work on my blog in the background. I’m looking forward to some changes that will make it easier to engage with you here. I’ll get there, it might take me some time since I wear all the hats here, but I’ll get there!! Stay tuned!!
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I rarely use Orange either, Becca. BUT, this sounds like a color to step out of your comfort zone with! LOL Your card is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) (As ALWAYS!) I LOOOOVE the colors you’ve chosen! And BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT! (((HUGS!)))
Beautiful autumn card and I love the use of gold accenting too!
Hello Becca
Here in the UK we have had remnants of the latest hurricane and its has made the air damp and sometimes crisp too! It seemed to be a long summer… but now its changing to the lovely colours of Autumn…. time for warm jumpers and scarves!
I really like this card and will look forward to the release of these Dies so that I can copy you lol!
Take care Becca
WAUW this is so beautiful work here again Becca, really gorgeous and sooo well made.
Oh Becca, this is lovely! I actually just got these stamps and haven’t had a chance to use them yet! Thanks you so much for inspiration! I can’t wait to play with them now!
Another stunning card!
Enjoy the lovely fall days, Becca! Autumn is well and truly here in the UK and the colours are glorious. We have had some lovely mild days, but with the tail end of the hurricane, there is a definite chill in the air and the grass is damp. But I am still picking my autumnal raspberries – yellow in colour (so the birds don’t notice them so much!) and seedless. Everything is still in full bloom, but maybe not for much longer. Our clocks go back this weekend, so winter is well and truly just around the corner!
Hugs
Anne (UK) x
Stunning !
I just got this stamp last week, and can’t wait until I can play with it. Along with fall and Thanksgiving, I think it will make a lovely sympathy card. I will probably take some inspiration from your gorgeous card as a
I design…thanks, Becca!
Great card – love the sentiment and adore that oval. I am currently trying to finish off 7 bday cards using the watercolour technique background card I made – although I didn’t really like my watercolour efforts when you cut them up and mount them on black – hey presto – they dont look bad – It’s a miracle of sorts me thinks – will send you a foto when they are finished – 2 down 5 to go! That will then sort all the Bday cards needed till 2015 so I can focus on Christmas – I’ve also used sequins on them and they are a great tone on tone embellishment – I didn’t cover the holes up as you can hardly see them and a tiny weeny pearl just didn’t look right I thought. Thanks for sharing and inspiring as you always do.
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
One word, STUNNING
Breathtakingly beautiful…..as usual!
Beautiful card love the layering and the sentiments thanks for sharing
Beautiful card….beautiful sentiment, Becca.
Lovely card Becca.
Hi Becca,
How beautiful is this card? It is breathtaking and your accessories are always so pretty.
Autumn is all lovely colours and conkers, hot chocolate and warm clothes. Gorgeous. I think the only time that I use an actual orange card is Halloween, another great time.
Wrap up, keep warm and happy crafting xx
Hi Becca, As usual, this card is absolutely gorgeous !! The muted autumnal colours are really ‘delicious’.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Beautiful card Becca. I was wondering if I needed the Sparkle die….I can now see why I do :))
Hi Becca. Beautiful card and I really like the colours. It’s spring here in New Zealand and the weather is getting much warmer.
Absolutely stunning Becca, love the leaves and flowers too.
Love & hugs
Jacquie J xxx
And how beautifully you’ve showcased a lovely sentiment!
How beautiful is your card and sentiment Becca , loving the layers and Autumn colors .
God Bless
Elaine H X
Hi Becca. Beautiful card and lovely sentiment.
I love the gorgeous colours that Autumn brings, but I don’t like the colder weather and the darker days : ) Take care.
Good morning Becca,
What a beautiful card and the leaves, well they are exquisite in their colours. The Sparkle border on top of the Bliss oval looks so lovely that you wouldn’t know that it could turn into the hugger at the top and bottom of the oval. So pretty and different, thank you Becca,
Love and crafty hugs
Norah (Glenochil, Scotland)
An amazing card. I love the look of burlap along side the elegant touches. I really love the extra that the Sparkle die cuts make. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Hello Becca!
I love your cards and don’t take time to reply to each one. You have a special talent for unique and beautiful cards. I appreciate you sharing all that you do with us.
Mary
I guess I’m late because unlike Mary before me, I usually reply within the first 10-15 bloggers. This is beautiful and I guess no one uses orange very much – except for Halloween. I love, love love the oval bliss dies and will have to put them on my want list. We just came back from a “foliage” trip to North Carolina (Cherokee) on Sunday and the leaves were getting really pretty!
Hugs,
Mstgane
Ann
Hi Becca,
Just surfacing again after 5 deaths (3 very good friends and sister and niece) plus having to have my lovely cat put to sleep (I know she was a good age but it’s so heartbreaking – but I didn’t abandon her).
Your card is lovely (as is your previous post), I hope you are enjoying life a bit more now and that every day will bring sweet memories and a smile remembering.
Hugs, Rose
Absolutely gorgeous! LOVE this sentiment from Quietfire! TFS!
Such a beautiful card! I’m new to cardmaking but, have always been crafting something. I feel a little intimidated by it. But with your help, I am slowly gaining ground. Thank you so much!
Becca,
Gorgeous card, just gorgeous. You always use such gorgeous ribbon, and those embellishments are beautiful. Another amazing card.
Stunning!
Becca…can I have this? hahaha Love it! :)
Becca, awesome techniques used hope to apply that to some of my creations one day. Is the Becca bow maker still available? I could really use one, poor ole fingers just can’t make pretty bows any more. Glad to hear u are doing well, miss seeing ya.
such a beautiful card, love the sentiment x