It's finally beginning to feel like autumn. One of my favorite things to do this season is to sit outside on the bench (have one on my front porch) & sip on hot coffee while making mental notes on the next thing off my to-do list. For some reason watching the leaves change color & seeing it carried off by the wind feels relaxing. And so I'm welcoming the Fall weather with this week's inspired mini-card.
The mini-card is made up of cream cardstock, measuring at 3" x 3". The main focus of the card was to use three clear leaf stamps from Studio G (Hampton Art). I stamped all over the front of the card, making sure none of them overlapped - almost like making my own version of a pattern paper. I also punched out a 1" square on the bottom right corner of the card to place a sentiment on it.
The three colored leaves are punched & stamped on a pale blue pattern paper. I colored each leaf in with Copic markers then dimensional adhered it onto the card. Both the card & colored leaves have their borders inked with dark purple stamp ink.
I used both stamp & ribbon to create the sentiment. I love using ribbons with printed words to create a message without having the need to find the 'perfect' stamp. So when I saw this American Crafts ribbon with 'fall' written all across the white ribbon in multiple colors & fonts, I just had to add it to the mini-card.
Because 'fall' is shown twice, I decided to add double hi's/hello's to match the flow of the sentiment. The ribbon is adhered to the back of the front side so when the card is standing up, you can still see the ribbon sentiment along with the colored leaves.
The 'hi, hello' part of the sentiment was written & stamped inside the card. Also, I didn't want the inside to look empty so I stamped the same 3 leaves all around the card. I added the same pale blue pattern paper in the middle for anyone who wants to write a cute message.
I am giving away FIVE of these 'hi, hello fall' cards to one random winner. Leave a comment on this blog before 10pm on Friday, October 21st, 2011 for a chance to win. Also, email me if you'd like to purchase these cards & I'll add them to the Etsy shop.
Last week's giveaway winner was MissD. I have emailed her so I hope she reads this or the email & shoots me a reply soon.
Enjoy & Good Luck!
xoxo
vee
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