Tasteful Touches: Beautiful Leaves

As if someone flipped a switch, fall has arrived in north-central Illinois. Yesterday, it was 55° at 6 a.m. — amazing and wonderful, especially after weeks of heat, humidity, and drought. I have the Fall Projects list on the fridge, which includes some landscaping and gardening adventures.

This was my first attempt at this August camp card, and I was immediately smitten with the contrast of the autumn leaves against the dark card base.

The first step is creating a Very Vanilla panel full of splotches of color using Blending Brushes. Subsequent versions of this card (you saw them in progress here) were much more fall-ish, but it was early in August when I first designed this and still deep in summer. The stampers’ versions of this card were absolutely stunning. Once again I used Vellum to give that sheer transition between sentiment and background because I couldn’t bear to cover up any more of those leaves!

Just a note: this large die is a breeze to cut with the Stampin’ Up! Cut & Emboss Machine. From the scraps, we cut some of the tiny leaves in this die set to use inside the card

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Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562] $23.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $7.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $7.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $7.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $8.75

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $9.75

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $10.00

Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00

Beautiful Leaves Dies [156468] $34.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00

Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $35.00

Metallic Pearls [146282] $7.00