When I first saw the "Wonderfall" stamp set in the Holiday Catalog I was impressed. I thought, "Wow, that's a stamp set I've gotta have!" I'm a sucker for fall sets, love, love, love those leaves! I loved walking to and from school in the fall when I was a little girl, crunching the leaves in my Mary Jane's, trying to see how many acorns I could find along the way. My satchel would be full of them by the time I got home. (I always did like to "collect" things!)
Fall is pretty much my favorite season, although Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love how clear, bright, and blue the sky is on a warmly-crisp fall day. I love jack-o-lanterns on porch steps. I love Trick-or-treaters. I am old enough (and I know I'm dating myself, but I don't care!) to remember Trick-or-Treating all by myself, up and down my neighborhood street and one street over on each side of mine. That was my mom's limit, but I always came home with quite a haul!
Ok, I know you didn't come here to listen to a 50-something lady reminisce about her childhood, did you? Mine was pretty idyllic, before there was so much for parents (and kids) to be afraid of. I'm thankful for that.
You visited me today to see a card, and I have one for you. We made it at my "Wonderfall" Card Bonanza earlier this month, and I enjoyed the whole process with this one:
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Pretty simple, but oh, so pretty! And the inside:
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As I said, I loved this set when I first saw it, but then I was puzzled when I saw that the coordinating die for this set was not framelits, but a traditional Bigz Die. I guess I'm spoiled by the framelits already, and so I hesitated to purchase this set and the die because I thought it would be too hard to line up the stamping after the leaves were cut out and KNEW the reverse, stamp first, then cut out with the die would be IMPOSSIBLE, which I am right, but after they demostrated this technique on stage at convention I was convinced I could do it!
So here's how you do it! Ink up the stamp (in this case with Cajun Craze ink) After inking, lay stamp ink-side-up on your stamping surface. With the new firm foam pads your stamp will be really nice and inky!
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Taking the coordinating More Mustard leaf you cut out with the Autumn Accents Die, match up the leaf edges to the inked stamp edges as shown. To insure even coverage of ink on the leaf, lay another clear stamp block on top of the leaf and apply firm even pressure.
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Voila! a perfectly stamped image on a perfectly cut out leaf!
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That's it for today! I'm back up at the Mt. Vernon Teacher's Conference for one more day today, then I have my next-to-last monthly Christmas Card Class tonight!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!
p.s. I can't give you all the details yet, but I just found out today there is going to be an awesome-never-before heard of Stampin' Up! sale on Monday, October 29th only, so stay tuned here and in my Monday email for all the details. You will have to act fast to take advantage of this sale as it's Monday ONLY!
Products used for this card:
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| Wonderfall Clear-Mount Stamp Set Holiday Catalog |
Item #128087
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Price: $17.95
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Set Quantity: 5
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128087
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| Friendship Preserves Clear-Mount Stamp Set Holiday Catalog |
Item #127913
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Price: $16.95
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Set Quantity: 4
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| Autumn Accents Bigz Die
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127812
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Price: $21.95
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Versatile
fall leaves. Endless project ideas. Coordinates with the Wonderfall
Stamp Set. Largest leaf: 3" x 3". Use with Big Shot machine and Standard
Cutting Pads.
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