Gorgeous Leaves - Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Gardens Dies

   My stampers had a great time doing some ink blending at my last class.  After just starting with some plain Basic white cardstock they ended up with their own versions of this beauty!  It was fun to see how each persons card turned out depending on how they blended their ink!

  The card starts with a Basic White thick card base, then using a layer of Basic White we aded color with blending brushes.  We used Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock.  Next we flicked some water drops onto the blended ink using a water painter and a dish of water.  The excess water was blotted with a paper towel to create a fun detail.

  Next, using the Gorgeous Gardens dies we cut the leaf pattern on the blended ink layer.  Look at how lovely the effect of the inks and large panel die cut is!!  Quick tip for this card front sized die: all die cutters are different so you may or may not need a shim when cutting with this die.  If you find you aren't getting clean cuts you may want to add a shim to your die cutting sandwich.  I used a piece of cardboard packing from a pack of DSP and ran it twice through my die cutter and all the pieces come right out.  If you've tried different shims/sandwiches/multiple times through and you're still having trouble getting a clean cut definitely contact your demo about it! 

  To finish off this card; we used the Stylish Shapes circle dies to cut 3 circles; one in Lemon Lolly, one in Pretty Peacock Soft Shimmer paper and one in white with the sentiment on it.  The sentiment is in the Layering Leaves stamp set and is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.

  The circles are grouped together to the side of the card front and a branch from Layering Leaves is stamped in Pretty Peacock on Lost Lagoon cardstock and punched out.  It's then popped on mini dimensionals over the circles.

  The embellishments are a ribbon knot out of Lemon Lolly Sheer ribbon and a Lost Lagoon Tinsel Gem.

  All of the products used to make this card can be found in my ONLINE STORE.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Layering Leaves

Ink: Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock

Paper: Basic White, Basic White thick, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock Soft Shimmer paper

Accessories: Gorgeous Gardens dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Bough punch, dimensionals, Sheer ribbon, Tinsel Gems