The other day, when I tried to use this new bundle to make a card, I just couldn’t come up with anything, but this time I came up with this Simply Leaves Trio of Leaves Hello Card and am happy with it! Sometimes it just takes a little more playing with something or coming back to it later to get all the right pieces to work together!
This new Simply Leaves Bundle is one of the new July Online Exclusives in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. The Bundle consists of the Simply Leaves Stamp Set and the Simple Leaf Punch. If you only want one of those products, you can purchase it separately. But the Bundle saves 10%, so you may as well get both!
This card has an Old Olive card base. Before I chose the card base color, though, I decided on a “distressed” or “smudgy” greenish paper in the Mixed Up Patterns Designer Series Paper, in the current Online Exclusives. It is a pack of paper with no theme, just various papers to use on almost any project. After I had this greenish paper picked out and the Old Olive card base, I decided to take a scrap of lined green paper in the package and tear along the edge. If you tear toward yourself, you will get the proper ragged edge. We used to use this all the time in cardmaking, but I think it’s making a comeback. Just a little way to add in another patterned paper with a little texture.
The three leaves are stamped on various papers and using different inks. You can play around and stamp a bunch of leaves at a time so they are ready to go. I used the Garden Green cardstock, Granny Apple Green, and Lemon Lime Twist. You could stamp on white cardstock or even certain designer papers. This paper I used for the background on the card would be great to stamp on if you wanted to but also just punch out. Maybe sponge a little green ink around the edges of the punched leaf.
The greeting is also in the Simply Leaves Stamp Set. I really like how it is written. I used a die in the Scalloped Blooms Dies. It is stamped in Old Olive ink.
For a little embellishment, I added three Moody Palette Glossy Dots in Old Olive plus tied a little bow with some natural-looking twine. I don’t think I’ve ever been out of Linen Thread, and I miss it terribly.
Check out this Simple Leaves Bundle in the Online Store because it will be great for most seasons and you know it will be really fun for fall leaves!