It's been a little while since I took part in a creative challenge so I visited all of the challenge websites I follow. I saw this Clean and Simple Fall challenge #132 over at The Spot and thought this one would be fun to enter!
I purchased the Love of Leaves bundle from Stampin' Up! a little while ago so this challenge was the ideal opportunity to use this set for the first time.
I decided to use the beautiful Peony Garden DSP and chose patterns which featured the colours Petal Pink and Basic Gray, selecting cardstock to match.
You'll notice that the layers I've created are only marginally smaller than each other.
I feel the layer of white is very much needed here, it brings everything together - the white in the DSP and the white in the heat embossed sentiment.
Before I assembled my card, I took one of the stitched dies (see bottom left, in the image below) and cut through the coloured cardstock.
The outline dies create this beautiful stitched effect around the outside of the leaf shaped hole.
I then used the same die to cut a leaf shape from the Peony Garden patterned paper, using the inner die (see the die in the top right corner in the image above). This created a stitched effect on the surface of the leaf.
I applied the die cut leaf to the empty space on the cardstock and used dimensionals so it was slightly raised from the surface.
I didn't want to add much more to this card design, so continuing with the clean and simple theme, I added a short but sweet sentiment 'hello'.
Thank you to The Spot for setting this great challenge!
I am really happy with the simplicity of my design card and I now adore the Stitched Leaves dies (I'm also hoping they will carry over).
Before I go, I have a quick shout out to Anuj, the founder of Feedspot - Feedspot is a content reader where you can read all of your favourite blogs, RSS feeds, YouTube channels and social sites accounts in one place.I'm thrilled my website is featured in their Top UK Craft Blogs. I'm currently ranking in at number 29! There are lots of well know brands featured in this list plus many Stampin' Up! demonstrators (and ex demos), including several bloggers that I've admired from afar from a long time.
Welcome to the Trimming the Town Blog Hop!
If you have arrived from Sara's blog, thank you for visiting Handmade by Kim! Wasn't Sara's project just lovely?
I'm Kim and I live in Somerset in the UK. You'll find lots of inspiration here today from Stampin' Up! demonstrators and papercrafters from The Netherlands, Australia, Canada, USA and the UK.
If you've already been hopping along, haven't all the projects been lovely? The Trimming the Town suite of products from Stampin' Up! is great to work with for all papercrafters - whether you're new to card making or not!
You can either buy a) the whole Suite of products, b) the Coming Home stamp set and Home Together dies as a bundle or c) just the patterned paper.
I've predominately used the Trimming the Town DSP for my project today. I've not done any stamping as everything you see has been taken from the patterned paper.
I have added Pool Party Sheer ribbon. I've lightly coloured it with my Misty Moonlight blends so the colour matches the cardstock better.
I decided to feature a section from the top of the patterned paper with the snowy town scene and I've made a few alterations - did you notice?
I cut away the daylight sky behind the mountains and replaced it with a snowflake sky at night. This was so easy to do and it works well with my Misty Moonlight cardbase.
I have used the Home Together dies to easily cut out the house and trees from the patterned sheet below on the left - but note this can also be easily achieved by fussy cutting using your scissors. This is exactly what I did for my sentiment which I took from the patterned sheet below on the right.
I hope you've enjoyed my project today! If you have the time I'd love you to leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by.
Next up is Stephanie aka The Crafty Medic and she has a lovely project to show you. Simply click on her name in the list below to visit her blog and then reapeat, working your way down the list and back to the top, until you end up back here!
Come back on Saturday for a set of clean and simple fall cards I've created for a challenge over at The Spot!
Welcome to the Stampin Dreams blog hop!
]To view all of the other projects, scroll down this page and find where it says 'You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!' and click the button underneath. Then simply click each photo in the gallery to check out each spooktacular creation!
We do hope you find lots of inspiration here today for your Halloween papercraft projects - to see more of my Halloween themed projects using the Magic in This Night Suite click here
Today I'm featuring another pattern from the fabulous Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper - this damask like design in Pretty Peacock is simply stunning and definitely not just for Halloween.
I love this patterned paper so much I actually ordered another pack in the DSP sale - this is so I can freely use my first pack, knowing I've got more stashed away!
To decorate my card (and aside from the ribbon) I've only used products in the Magic in This Night suite. Stampin' Up! make coordination so simple and that's why I won't go anywhere else for my papercraft supplies.
I die cut a label from the Halloween Magic dies and then embossed it with the Cobweb 3D embossing folder. I picked out the detail of the web using my clear Wink of Stella pen.
I used the Hallows Magic Night Stamp Set to created the centrepiece using Black Memento Ink and Pretty Peacock ink, die cutting the bats with the coordinating dies.
To complete my card and add a bit more sparkle, I added Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog to see what I've created!
Now it's time to check out the other projects!
But before you go, I'd love to hear from you! Come and say hi by leaving a comment below!
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