This card was created using the two leaf stamps in Stampin Up's September Paper Pumpkin kit "Layered Leaves".  I stamped the leaves using a technique I saw on Jennifer McQuire's You Tube channel.  I set up the 2 leaves on my Misti and used sponge daubers to apply inks, one color at a time, stamping the leaf and then applying the next color.  I used Garden Green, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight inks.  The leaf on the center pop-up was from Stampin Up's Colorful Seasons stamp set,  colored in using one of their blender pens, and cut using their square stitched dies.  The process takes some time and in this case I was not always able to tell what color was where but I loved the effect.

A special thanks to Kathie from Beary Wishes for all her Alternative uses for the items in Paper Pumpkin kits - this time the September kit "Layered Leaves".  I loved the pumpkins she demonstrated on her You Tube channel.  I created this card with pumpkins using that technique, added them to the one half of one of the pillow boxes in the kit, sponged with some Stampin Up Tranquil Tide ink, added some fall colored fabric ribbon I had on hand and a few sequins. This is one of many favorite cards I made using this wonderful kit.

My sister was up for a few days to make some fall cards - here is one she created using the same pumpkin technique applied to a couple of the card fronts in the kit and some die cuts from Cricut Design Space that I cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2.

Here's another card created using a combination of elements from Stampin Up's Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin Kit for September 2017 and from their Seasonal Layers Thinlits dies.  I took one of the embossed  pillow boxes in the kit, cut it open and then used a sponge dauber to apply some Garden Green ink to the front and Cajun Craze ink around the edge for some contrast.  The leaves are from the kit as well - but I sponged some Pumpkin Pie ink on the yellow leaves before applying them to the card.  The other leaves were die cut from some gold foil paper I had on hand. The sentiment was from Hero Arts stamp set #CL351 and then cut with Stampin Up's stitched oval dies.

Another Pinterest inspired project, this card was CASED from a beautiful card made by Gretchen Barron.  It features the large leaf stamp from Stampin Up's September 2017 Paper Pumpkin "Layered Leaves" and the smaller leaves and sentiment were from their Colorful Seasons stamp set. The large leaves were stamped in Crumb Cake ink, the smaller leaves in Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi & Cajun Craze inks, layered with Crumb Cake ink. The die cut Adirondack chair and branch were from their Seasonal Layers Thinlits set.

Another Pinterest inspired project this card was CASED based on a beautiful card I saw made by Laura Milligan.  It was created using a combination of  leaves stamped in Tranquil Tide ink from Stampin Up's September Paper Pumpkin Layered Leaves kit and die cuts from their Seasonal Layers Thinlits dies.  The sentiment is from their Best Birds stamp set.

I have spent the last few day with my sister working on pinterest inspired cards.  These 2 were CASED from a card by Karen Angel and using some new techniques I have recently seen online.

The background was created using Stampin Up's Pumpkin Pie ink which I sponged onto a plastic place mat, spritzed with some water,  and then laid down a piece of water color paper to soak up the  ink.  You can get all sorts of different effects depending on how much water you use.  

I used a die cut vase for the container that I cut on my Cricut Explore Air 2 using images from their Design Space.  It is holding some leaves that were cut using Stampin Up's Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies, and a daisy stamped from their Delightful Daisy stamp set in Daffodil Delight ink and punched with their coordinating Daisy punch.

This 2nd card was basically the same except that I cut the leaf shapes from a piece of paper that I had water colored with Tranquil Tide, Tangerine Tango, Perfect Plum, and Daffodil Delight inks. The daisy was stamped with their Tranquil Tide ink.

And here's another one, made by my sister Susan. 

Here are a couple of Anniversary cards I recently made using flowers from Stampin Up's Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamps and their coordinating punches.  On this first one I used their Perfect Plum ink. The leaves were cut using one of the May Flowers Framelits dies and then I used a stylus to put some veins on the leaves.  For the  left border I used Anna Griffin's Deer Run Edge embossing folder. And of course finished it off with some "Wink of Stella.  The sentiment on both cards is from their "Best Birds" stamps set and cut with an stitched oval from Stampin Up.  

For this second one I used the same stamps and punches for the flowers but used Flirty Flamingo ink.  The leaves were stamped from Stampin Up's Flower Patch stamp set using Pear Pizzazz ink and die cut with their Flower Fair Framelits. For this 2nd border I used Anna Griffin's Nordic Trees embossing folder. And lastly added a few small butterflies from SU's Papillion Potpourri stamps set and coordinating punch.

This card was created a variety of stamps sets.  The butterflies were stamped using a multi-layer stamp set from Hampton Art #SC0750.  The layered flowers are from Stampin Up's Flower Shop and Petite Petals sets and then punched with their coordinating pansy and petite petals punches. The background flourishes are from their Falling Flowers stamp set. The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics.  All were stamped with their Wisteria Wonder ink.

This card was created using Stampin Up's Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies with a sentiment from the coordinating Colorful Seasons stamp set.

These birthday cards were created using Stampin Up's Butterfly Basics stamp set using several ink combinations.  This first one was Dapper Denim, Pear Pizzazz, and So Saffron and was my favorite color combination of the 3.  I used my Sweet Petunia Misti to align the stamps.

For these other two I used Rose Red, Island Indigo, and Emerald Envy, and then Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, and Rose Red.

This sympathy card was made with stamps from Stampin Up's Falling Flowers stamp set and May Flowers Framelits Dies using Berry Burst Ink.  The sentiment is from their Thoughts and Prayers stamp set.

Another birthday card using the same technique to cut out the Happy Birthday sentiment as I did on some cards a few weeks ago, but this time using Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight inks from Stampin Up!, and then cut out with their Happy Birthday Thinlits Die. The background was sponged with the same ink colors. And the flowers were stamped using their Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy Punch. The leaves were cut with their May Flowers Framelits Dies.

Here is a similar card using the same ink colors, made this time with the Daisy Delight stamp set and coordinating Daisy Punch.

The flowers on this card were stamped using Stampin Up's Daisy Delight stamp set with their Sweet Sugarplum, Garden Green and Rose Red inks. I felt I had to try another card with the small daisies in this set as I wasn't entirely pleased with my first attempt several weeks ago. The butterflies were stamped with their Papillion Potpourri stamp set with Crushed Curry ink and punched using their Elegant Butterfly punch.The sentiment is from their Best Birds stamp set.  Overall I think this design came out much better.  This is an A7 size card.

A note card to use for any occasion created using Stampin Up's Grateful Bunch stamp set and punched out with their Blossom Bunch punch.  The ferns are from their Butterfly basics stamp set. Sweet Sugarplum and Tranquil Tide inks and enamel shapes. 

This second version used Tempting Turquoise and Sweet Sugarplum inks.

Another birthday card using the Balloon Adventures stamps set and Balloon Pop-up dies from Stampin Up.  A fun and easy birthday card to make.

Another Christmas card, this time using a holiday colored bird and branch stamped with Stampin Up's Best Birds stamp set and die cut with their coordinating Birds and Blooms Thinlits Die.  The circles were cut with their Circle Stitched dies.  This sentiment is from Hero Arts stamp set CL722.

Made this Halloween card for a little friend for the upcoming holiday.  It was customized from a Cricut Design Space project and then cut on my Cricut Explore.  Simple but fun.

Three bright and fun cards. First I created a print and cut image with a bird nest and branch using my Cricut Explore.   The birds and sentiments were stamped using Stampin' Up's Best Birds stamp set and colored with Bermuda Bay, and Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight  Inks.  The various flowers are from the SU Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies.  These are A7 size cards.

Made several cards using the new Happy Birthday Thinlits die from Stampin Up with my sister-in-law this past week.  I used several combinations of ink and applied them to watercolor paper with my aqua brushes. 

Let them dry and then die cut them.  I love this technique. 
And then on this one we embossed the background mat using Stampin Up's Confetti die.  And lastly added some fun little sequins and die cut butterflies.


 Look at all the A7 size cards we made.

A simple Christmas card.  The background mat was embossed using Anna Griffin's Holly Berry Swirls.  The cute little snowgirl image was found on Google and a print and cut done using Cricut Explore and Cricut design space.  A couple of red rhinestones and some clear Wink of Stella and you're done.