Black and White

Color is so much fun, but when I am having a day that my creative juices are just not flowing, black and white can be an easy combo to work with.  The first card features the new Foil Snowflakes from the Holiday Mini catalog, and the second card using the Embossing Paste.  The little accessories, help add small details that make these easy cards work.

More Painted Harvest

Flowers can be found in so many colors and with all the colors Stampin' Up! has to offer, it leaves many possibilities.  Using the Pumpkin Pie with Crushed Curry, creates a sunflower that is a much deeper color, but still stands out.

The second card below used the new Happy Birthday Thinlit, that is just perfect for everyones birthday.  The adhesive sheets are amazing to use with this thinlit, as it cuts out the words, and makes it easy to adhere to a card.

Embossing Paste

New products are always fun to give a try and see how they work.  One new product from the main catalog is Embossing Paste.  The paste, templates, and tools are all sold seperately, but allow for several options when creating.  On the card below, I used the brick template and paste as it was in the containter.  The paste can also be mixed with ink refill drops to change the color.  It takes about 1/2 hour to dry and it adds some dimension to your background.

Sunflower

Back again with more Painted Harvest and the beautiful Sunflower.  This stamp set is available in photopolymer, and that helps to be able to line up the 2 step stamps.  One little trick I also learned with this set is that on the leaf stamps, I cut off the bottom edge of the stem, so it looks nicer stamped next to the sunflower.  I can still add both parts of the stamp to the block with I want to use the entire stamp, but I thought it was distracting having the extra overlapping on the flower.

Leaf Punch

The new leaf punch is a great new tool that is easy to use either alone or with the coordinating Painted Harvest stamp set.  The wreath below was just layering of different color punched leaves, and  creates a fun wreath that fits perfectly on a card.

Fall

This week seems more like summer than it did during the summer.  Sunflowers are blooming and actually starting to dry down for the season.  The Painted Harvest set creates such realistic sunflower images.  The coordinating leaf punch was used on this card, to create the decorative edge.  

September Club

Yesterday was my day to stamp with my club ladies, and it sure feels like fall, so the cards we created were perfect.  I am really enjoying all the fun ideas with the Painted Harvest stamp set.