Gorgeous Leaves - Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

September 16, 2021

Gorgeous Leaves - Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another blog hop with Crafty Collaborations. This month our theme is Autumn and I will be using a bundle called Gorgeous Leaves for my project.

If you are starting here with me at Craftyducky HQ or have hopped over from Robbie in the USA, welcome - we have lots of lovely projects to share with you this month.

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Autumn is my absolute favourite time of the year, there is nothing better than crisp and sunny Autumn days, a stroll along the river with a swish amongst the leaves and I am one very happy craftyducky!! I love hot chocolate too but I have mine without the marshmallows.

As soon as I saw the Gorgeous Leaves bundle I knew I had to have it.

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As well as the Gorgeous Leaves in this stamp set there are also some very useful background images - two of them remind me of my all time favourite stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge. There is also a very pretty little trio of leaves which can be used to create quick and easy borders.

Here is my project:

Clean and simple and, with a change of sentiment perfect for those difficult male birthdays too!

The colours I used:

Bumble Bee

Cinnamon Cider

Early Espresso

You will need:

10.5 cm x 29 cm - scored at 14.5 cm Basic White Thick (BWT)

8.5 cm x 12.5 cm BWT

BWT scrap for the leaf

The leaves:

I was unsure which colours to use for the leaf so I had a bit of a play! I inked up the leaf with Bumble Bee ink and stamped onto BWT. I then added Cinnamon Cider ink to the second leaf using a sponge dauber. For the final leaf I also added some Early Espresso ink, this was the leaf I used for my project.

You can see on the image above what a difference using a dauber makes. I cut the leaves out with the coordinating die. Don't worry, I won't waste the other two leaves!

To assemble:

Wrap two pieces of thread around the bottom of the BWT panel, adhering on the reverse with double sided tape. Tie a know around both strands of thread and trim off excess.

The sentiment:

This lovely handwritten script sentiment if from a set called Nature's Harvest. I am looking forward to playing with this set very soon!

Stamp the sentiment below the linen thread using Early Espresso ink.

Adhere panel to card base with dimensionals.

The inside/envelope:

Using the same three inks as above, I stamped a leaf over the flap of the envelope and on the inside of the card too for a coordinated look.

The completed project:

I then created two additional projects adding extra details to each one to step them up a level each time- I will share details of the other projects on my blog soon.

Thanks for hopping along with us, I hope you are enjoying our Autumn themed projects as much as we are enjoying creating them to share. Next up is Candi Suriano from the USA - just clink the link below to hop over.

Happy Autumn!

Susan xx

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