Fall Leaf–Quick Card

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I thought I’d share with you a QUICK and EASY card I created!
I LOVE when something comes together so simple…and this was one of those items!

Take a look at this card…

Products used
A1130 Quick Cards-Bountiful Season
X7160B Flirty paper pack
Z1375 Kraft Cardstock (my new FAVORITE base paper)
9035 Make It From Your Heart, volume 1
Z280 Natural Hemp
Z1483 Bronze Glitz Glitter Gel
Z2104 Barn Red ink
Z2114 Cocoa ink
Z2123 Goldrush ink
Z726 Sponge Daubers
3D foam tape

Here is a close up…

I simply stamped the entire Quick Card leaf image in Barn Red ink onto my Colonial White paper.  Then I stamped it again on a separate sheet of paper.

Next I cut out the leaf part, colored with my sponge daubers and goldrush ink pad.  I used my wonderful 3D foam tape to pop up the image on top of the originally stamped leaf quick card!

I also used my FAVORITE how-to book!!!  

I used Pattern #21 if you have this VERY helpful book! 

(if you do not have this, you need to add it to your next order!  It's SO inspiring!)

If you would like to re-create a similar card, feel free to click on the image below to take you to my online website where you can order the products you need!

Remember the FABULOUS November special that you can take advantage of called

“Capture the Savings”!

Purchase $50 in CTMH product,

add on the $5 November Stamp of the month

and you QUALIFY for a stamp set of YOUR CHOICE for 1/2 price!!!

That’s up to a $14.98 savings!!!

That’s NOT ALL ~~~ in an effort to help those that were victims of Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart has committed to giving $1.00 to the Red Cross for EVERY November Stamp of the Month(SOTM) that is SOLD!!!! 

THANK YOU Close To My Heart for allowing us to be able to help out in this small, but powerful way!!!

Blessings to each of you!!!

Krista J

May SOTM–Friendship Bouquet

I created another card using this Month’s stamp of the month!! J
I wanted to create a card with these sunflowers, but I wanted to find an EASY way to color in the flower…so this is what I came up with! J


Here is the card…

Any ideas on how I colored in the flowers? 

If you look closely, you’ll see it’s not a “perfect” coloring job.  It looks “shaded”. 


I used Sponge Daubers to color in my flowers!!!


Lightly ink your dauber, and go in small circles to shade in the sunflower image. 




For the leaves….I used the masking technique…


First, I stamped a sunflower on my card where I wanted it…and then masked the leaves.


To mask – stamp the sunflower image on scrap paper – cut it out and then place that image over top of the stamped flower already on your card. 


Next, take the leaf stamp and stamp the leaf where you would like it to be on the sunflower. (you will stamp partly on the scrap sunflower). 


Finally, pull away the cut out sunflower image…and TA DA!!!  You have a sunflower that has leaves growing behind it! J


To color in my leaves…I did something different  J   I turned over my actual clear stamp…inked it up and stamped the solid image it created!!!  It’s FUN to turn over your stamps and see what shape they will ink to be!!!  

Other items I used to create this card…
Honey Mini medley
Basic Asst. Brads
Dry Embossing Stylus
Bronze Glitz Glitter Gel


I hope you were able to purchase this May Stamp of the Month stamp set!!!  Sunflowers remind me of summer, but I know I will use this stamp for MANY different occasions!! 


If you haven’t purchased this stamp set…you may be interested in a way you can get this stamp set AND be entered into a Mystery Hostess Drawing!!!  Everyone that places an order from the special link on my website and makes a qualifying order will be entered into the contest! J


Read ON for details!

Have you joined my Dotty for You Contest this month?

You could be

one of TWO Mystery Hostesses earning $40-$100 in CTMH Product!!!

 

J There is NO limit to how many times you can enter.  It is based on how many MAY specials you qualify for and order!!!

DETAILS…

**Place an order on my website using the special link that says “May Orders with Krista” at the bottom right,

 **Purchase the May SPECIALS (May SOTM & Dotty for You paper pack)

…and YOU will

EARN tickets to WIN $40-$100 in CTMH Product!!! 

I will be pulling TWO names on June 1st and they will be my MAY mystery hostesses!!! 

CLICK HERE  for YOUR chance to be one of TWO Mystery Hostesses !!!

Want to know MORE??? 

CLICK HERE for additional information on Krista’s Dotty for You Mystery Hostess Contest and view my APRIL Mystery Hostess! J

Blessings to you for a beautiful evening!

Krista J