Twofer Card Challenge #9 ~ Leaves

Hello Stamplings!

I hope you had a fantabulous weekend and you're ready to face the week with relish. Mustard and ketchup are included on the side bar!

And here we go with the new challenge for September at Twofer Card Challenge!

Before the deciduous trees get naked in the Northern hemisphere and as new leaves are budding in the Southern hemisphere, we want to celebrate LEAVES this month!

Onefer

This OLC design was very easy to make. First I die cut several NBUS Garland Greenery leaves from Memory Box from some leafy pp and Hammy sprayed them with gold shimmer. The base is made from a hammered pale blue fold card I've had since back in the day. I heat-embossed the sediment from PTI in platinum and then simply laid on the die-cut leaves. You might get a glimpse of the glimmer and texture of the card if you click on the photo to enlarge. Or you can just stay where you are and put your nose up to the screen and cock your head just a tad to the left. Now try the right.

Twofer

If you don't mind me crowing a bit, this card is unbelievably gorgeous IRL! I have several sheets of stunning handmade paper with real leaves and stems that I have a hard time using. But I'm at that age of "use it or lose it," so you'll be seeing handmade papers more often. It's hard to stop looking at them. I'm surprised I haven't caressed those leaves right off the paper and, of course, Hammy wants to eat them! I used more of the die-cut gold-sprayed leaves tucked under the sediment panel which was in my stash. This card is intended to encourage a friend who is having a hard time.

Threefer. Wait. What?

Don't worry, I promise it won't become the Threefer challenge! What happened was this particular handmade leafy paper comes in three forms: a vellum, a mulberry, and a heavier mulberry. I know, right! Ooooooh. A while back Cas(e) This Sketch had this layout which I liked it, but I wasn't able to play that week. I saved the sketch and used it for this card. The base panel is from a paper pad from Mike. The little tag and sediment are from My Creative Time and again, more of the same glimmery die-cut leaves were used as embellishments.

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The three cards I showed here today are all conventional uses of my leaf die to show you that you don't need to be designing "unconventional" uses for your leaves in order to play in the challenge!

I hope you are sinpired, I mean, inspired! Break out one of your leaf/leaves stamps or dies and come up with two different designs for two different occasions to build your stash! And remember, "design" is just a fancy way to say "layout," so we want you to make your layouts different for each card to stretch your design skills!

Over at the Twofer Card Challenge, you will find lots more incredible inspiration from our very talented Design Team and Guest Designers, Linda and Susan! I look forward to seeing what you make!! Mwah!

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Card Onefer Challenges

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stamp It On For STAMPtember.
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything goes. (Feminine.)

Card Twofer Challenges

• Cardz for Galz: Beautiful backgrounds.
• Stinkin' Inkers: Leaves are falling.

Card Threefer Challenges

• Mix It Up Challenge: Anything goes + optional three or more layers.
• Pixie's Snippets Playground: Anything goes, but must use snippets.

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