Ok, are you ready for what I made with the leftover parts from yesterday? Remember I had used the Blending Brushes on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to make a circle of Mango Melody. I also had seven leaves in different sizes and colors made with the Love of Leaves stamp set and coordinating dies. I also thought it would be fun to use a different fun fold to make this card. So that's just what I did.
I hadn't made a book binding fun fold in forever, and thought this would work well with the pieces I had too work with. I started out with a card base of Cajun Craze cut at 11" x 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2" and a second score line at 6 3/4". After folding on the scored lines, I folded in half. Then opened on the side to put Multi Purpose Liquid Glue on the space between the two scored lines, and closed it up. When it dried, it now opened like a book with the binding area on the left. Great start.
The Very Vanilla cardstock that had the Mango Melody soft circle on it was up for the chopping block next. The piece was 5 1/4" x 4". I cut off the 4" that included the Mango Melody circle to end up with a 4" x 4" square for the front of the card. That left a piece 1 1/4" x 4" that I trimmed down to 1" x 4". I had a lot of fun playing with the stamp that looked like alcohol inking yesterday, so I tried it again on that 1" piece. This time I used Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Cajun Craze inks. Granted there were only small portions of each color, but it gave me the look I wanted.
The leaves I had to work with were all inked with a rock 'n roll technique using mixtures of Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Bumblebee, and Crumb Cake. Each leaf has at least two colors and some have three. After shuffling them around on the Very Vanilla square of cardstock, I found I had two problems. One, the background space was too bare. To fix that problem, a Blending Brush was used to add some Mango Melody on the outside edges with a bit of Pumpkin Pie added in. The second problem was solved by die-cutting a branch from Soft Suede cardstock using the Harvest Dies. I love using that branch (as a whole or cutting pieces from it) to tuck in some interest on so many cards. It's a natural addition for florals, but it works well for a Halloween special effect too.
Here is the card standing up so you can see how it's put together.
The sentiment was stamped on the small strip of Very Vanilla cardstock. The words are from the Love of Leaves stamp set and I used Cajun Craze ink to stamp it. The Banner Pick-a-Punch was used to trim the left edge. I added a bit of Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie ink to the edges with the Blending Brushes. Have I mentioned how much I love those things?! This was added to the card front with Multi Purpose Liquid Glue and Dimensional on the left edge to keep it straight.
A double bow of Linen Thread was added to the tag with a Mini Glue Dot. The same Linen Thread was wound around the book binding part of the card four times and tied off with a bow.
The last thing to do was finish the inside of the card. Another 4" x 4" square of Very Vanilla was cut to fit. The Blending Brushes came out again with Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie inks to add a good amount of color all around the edges. It was then attached inside the card with Multi Purpose Liquid Glue. There was just one small leaf left over from the stash I was working with. So it landed in the corner here.
After much thought and deliberation, this has ended up being a bling-free card. It just seemed like it was already beautiful with all that bright, glorious color. What more could be added to make nature even better?
It was fun doing these last two projects. They truly didn't end up the way I envisioned either one when I started out, but that surely does keep things interesting. Creating cards is a process where many things can end up going sideways instead of forward. And this is how we learn as we go. I once read that either you continue to learn something new each day, or you die. So I'm planning on doing lots more learning for a good long time! *big grins*
If you're thinking of placing an order soon, please use the Current Host Code that you'll find in the upper right corner of my blog post. Thank you in advance for all your support. I'd love to hear from you, whether it's a question or comment about any of my projects, or just to let me know that you're hanging out with me. If there's something you'd like me to tackle, just ask. Not sure if I can always figure it out, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for stopping by again. I miss all of you, my friends. Hopefully I can get myself up to Michigan again soon and see you.
Happy creating and stamping,
Sharon
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