Leafy Branch with Greens and Tan

Simple and serene with tan and a few shades of green.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) spring moss (light green), ripe avocado (dark green), fine linen (tan), and the bitty dots print from PTI simply chartreuse (medium green) pattern pack.
• Dies are Elizabeth Craft thanks and Savvy Stamps tall branches with leaves.
• I die cut the leaves from the tan panel, colored them roughly (dabbing/ swiping in patches) with Copic markers, and then laid them back into the negative cut.  
• Copic colors are YG21, 23, and 95.
• The corners of the leaf panel are rounded with Crop-a-Dile 1/4" corner chomper.

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Green Vines with Berries

Today's "all stamping" card is one of my favorites.  Twisting vines and berries frame the sentiment.  Three dotted lines emphasize the "just a note" theme and help to connect the colors.

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white.
• The ink cubes are PTI ripe avocado (green), scarlet jewel (deep burgundy), and lavender moon (light purplish pink).
• For my circle stamp for the lavender moon berries,  I cut craft foam with the PTI pencil blooms die (the flower center).
• The other stamps are all PTI, as follows: The sentiment is from botanical silhouettes.  Vines are from turning a new leaf.  Berry centers are the large and medium three-dot clusters from bigger blooms and mini blooms.  The stamp with three dotted lines is from limitless layers: labels, masked to make a shorter length.

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Green and Rust Leaflets

Another "all stamping" note card.  It's been fun for me to try making some cards with no dies or layers. 

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card. 

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white.
• Bottom corners are rounded with Crop-a-Dile 1/2" corner chomper.
• The leaflets are from PTI turning a new leaf, stamped with PTI simply chartreuse (green) and terra cotta tile (deep rusty red) ink cubes.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the leaflets with simply chartreuse first, then inked with terra cotta tile in some areas and restamped.
• The sentiment "just a note" is from PTI botanical silhouettes, stamped with PTI terra cotta tile ink cube. 

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Autumn Branches - Orange and Burgundy

Autumn branches glow against a muted sky.  These shapes and colors work well together, and the patterned paper adds a veined effect to the leaves. 

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) ocean tides (muted teal), fine linen (tan), and in bloom 8x8" patterned paper in scarlet jewel (burgundy) and orange zest.
• Die is PTI branching out.
• The sentiment "thank you" is from PTI keep it simple: thank you, stamped with PTI scarlet jewel ink cube.

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Blue Flowers on White

My third card with this stamp set.  See my previous two posts for the others.  I've enjoyed using these graceful lines and shapes.

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white.
• Embroidery floss is DMC #703.  It's wrapped around the card front, so to keep it in place, I used a McGill 1/8" circle punch to notch the card stock.
• The sentiment "thinking of you" is from PTI botanical silhouettes, stamped with PTI blueberry sky (medium blue) ink cube. The flowers and stems are from the same set, stamped with PTI new leaf (green) and orange zest ink cubes.  (In real life, the orange zest ink is less red.)
• The small green dots in the flower centers are Copic marker G14.

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Rusty Orange with Green and Yellow

Another simple note card, using the same stamp set as yesterday.  In real life, the flowers are less red.  The colors together have a lovely autumn glow.  

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) canyon clay (orangey brown card base), ripe avocado (green), and stamper's select white. 
• Embossing folder is Lifestyle Crafts diamonds and dots.
• The leaves and flowers are from PTI botanical silhouettes, stamped with PTI terra cotta tile (deep rusty orange), summer sunrise (yellow orange), and ripe avocado ink cubes.

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Pink Flowers on White

Just a pretty note card.  All stamping, no layers or die cuts, which for me is very "new and different."

Note: the gray is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) stamper's select white.
• Bottom corners are rounded with Crop-a-Dile 1/2" corner chomper
• The sentiment "just a note" is from PTI botanical silhouettes, stamped with PTI smokey shadow (dark gray) ink cube.  The flowers, from the same stamp set, are stamped with PTI pinefeather (dark green), hibiscus burst (pink), and smokey shadow ink cubes.

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Love Heart with Birds - Aqua and Red

A bright and cheerful anniversary card with red birds perched on a heart-shaped frame.

Card details:

• Card stock is Stampin' Up soft sky (light aqua), Papertrey Ink (PTI) Hawaiian shores (medium aqua), PTI pure poppy (red), stripe print from PTI soft stone (light gray) pattern pack, and hearts print from Avery Elle everyday 6x6" pack.
• Dies are My Favorite Things heart full of love, PTI heart border, and PTI heart-2-heart #9. 
• Embossing folder is Sizzix retro cirque (retiring).
• I added the birds' eyes with a black Copic multiliner pen.

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