Autumn Postcard - Stampin' Up! Autumn Leaves

   I tend to send out a handful of Thanksgiving cards so I like to design a few fall-ish cards that can work for that purpose.  The Autumn Leaves stamp set and dies that came out last year and are still available work perfectly for cards for this time of year.  I designed this one for my local stampers to make at a recent class and I made a few extras for my own needs too.  I love this color combo as well!

  One of the current In Colors from the 2023-2025 set is Copper Clay and let me tell you it's a superstar in the autumn card arena!  It's just the right amount of brown and orange!  I used it here for the card base as well as the ink for the oak leaf.  The next layer is a piece of the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP that was released with the new scrapbooking line in a perfect subtle Old Olive pattern.

  I used Very Vanilla and the Perennial Postage die set to make the main panel for the card.  If you want an easy way to add some pop and detail to your designs think about using dies that add a different edge to your panels.  A stitched detail, a cut out or this "stamp" edge is just an easy way to bring your cards up a notch.  My favorite dies that do this are the Perennial Postage dies, Spotlight on Nature dies, Stitched Shapes dies and Deckled Rectangle dies.  Give them a try and see!

 I stamped all of my leaves around the edge and stamped off some of the images so there would be a variety.  The veins of the leaves are stamped next in Pecan Pie ink.  I used the same ink for the sentiment from the Iconic Imagery set as well as the sponged edge of the panel.

  Natural Tones linen thread in Copper Clay is used for a nice bow and then 2 Earth Tones Shimmer Gems are added near the sentiment.  My stampers at class actually used the Faux Glass Dots for their embellishments because all of those colors matched this card so they had a choice of which color to use.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Paper: Copper Clay, Very Vanilla, Sweet Days of Autumn DSP (Scrapbooking Line)

Ink: Copper Clay, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies,  Natural Tones linen thread, Earth Tones Shimmer Gems (or Faux Glass Dots)