Creative Stamping with Lori: September 2023

Welcome to September's Coast to Coast Creators Hop! This month we are sharing our creations using the September - December 2023 Mini Catalogue products!

I chose to use the beautiful All About Autumn Suite Collection. The All About Autumn 6" x 6" Specialty Designer Series Paper has some of my favourite colours in it. I used Copper Clay for my card base, Very Vanilla for the next layer and Pretty Peacock for the circle.

I embossed the Very Vanilla layer with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and added strips of the DSP on the left side. I wrapped the copper ribbon from the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack around this layer and adhered it on the back.

The sentiment from the Autumn Leaves Stamp Set is stamped in Pretty Peacock ink on Very Vanilla, and die cut with the label from the Autumn Leaves Dies.

The leaf was die cut from Oxidized Copper 12" x 12" Specialty Designer Series Paper. The veins on the leaf were die cut from the new limited edition Silver & Gold 12" x 12" Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper in Gold. The circle was die cut from Pretty Peacock with the largest stitched circle in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I topped it off with 3 copper Neutrals Adhesive-Back Sequins.

Be sure to hop around to see all the projects by my talented teammates!

Welcome to this month's Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! Each month, a group of demonstrators from all over the world create projects based on that month's theme. You will be able to hop around below to see all the wonderful inspiration!

This month, the theme is Let's Take A Walk. I just so happen to take a walk almost every morning with some ladies in my neighbourhood in Hope, BC! We often walk to Kawkawa Lake where we can see beautiful mountains, trees and water. This inspired my card for today's hop!

I used the brand new, Forever Forest Bundle, from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalogue...perfect for this theme!

The card base is Blackberry Bliss with a layer of Calypso Coral.

With Small Blending Brushes (you can also use regular size), I brushed on a light coating of Calypso Coral ink on a layer of Basic White Cardstock, some Berry Burst ink near the top and bottom, and finally some Blackberry Bliss ink at the very top and bottom.

I masked off the top half with a Post-It Note (or you can use Stampin' Up! Masking Paper) and lightly added some more Berry Burst to create the water line.

I stamped the smaller set of five trees in Calypso Coral, Berry Burst and Blackberry Bliss along the bottom at varying heights. I also stamped the dots background in the sky with Wink of Stella brushed on the stamp. You could also just use Versamark Ink for the dots.

I die cut the mountain out of Blackberry Bliss and cut a piece off near the right side of the first mountain. I then rounded the edges with Paper Snips and moved that left piece over to the right side of the card. I trimmed both pieces to fit, leaving a space between the mountains, and adhered them just covering the water line. I added a touch of Wink of Stella to the tops of the mountains.

I stamped the birds, in Blackberry Bliss, from the On the Ocean Stamp Set. You could also use the birds from the Beside Me Stamp Set.

I adhered the layer to the Calypso Coral layer and wrapped some Calypso Coral Braided Linen Trim around the layer, hinging it in the front and taping the ends on the back.

I stamped the sentiment from the Above It All Stamp Set in Versamark Ink on Blackberry Bliss and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. I fussy cut the sentiment with Paper Snips and glued it just above the trim.

I adhered the whole layer to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals, and added 3 Berry Burst sequins from the Adhesive-Backed Sequins Trio.