You Warm My Heart

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With the lovely cooling weather outside the theme is....Fall!!

I created this super fun fall card:

I used the Perfect Blend stamp set for my coffee cup and sentiment!  I decided to leave my coffee cup white, as I wanted it to stand out from the kraft paper!  I decided to pair the fun coffee set with the lovely Tangle Leaves stamp set!

I stamped one of the leaves on my karft cardstock using VersaMark ink to create the fun leaf paper!  I also then used the ink and leaf stamp set to create the two leaves behind my coffee cup!!  I also used the coordinating Fall Leaves die set to die cut them out!!

I also used the Mug Die set to die cut the steam from a piece of vellum paper to add above my coffee cup!  I love the look!!

I may not be a coffee drinker, but I sure love my cappuccinos this time of year!!

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Thanks with D2BA

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I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

It is so hard to believe that it is almost the end of October already?!

The views here are absolutely gorgeous with the leaves changing colors!!  I just love it!

So today I am once again featuring the Tangle Leaves stamp set!  Such a lovely stamp set for those fall cards!!

I started by collecting a few supplies:

I used some scrap paper and painters tape to create a rectangle mask across by white cardstock layer.

I used my blending tool to add ink to the masked section in circular motions...

I started with adding Sunset Yellow and then added Bright Pumpkin around the edges!

I then took the masking off as I wanted to add the "Thanks" sentiment and one of the large leaves from the Tangle Leaves stamp set!

 As you can see from my photo, I added the sentiment just under the inked rectangle I created!  I also stamped the large leaf so that part of it was outside the rectangle as well.  They were both stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink!

I then used some large post-it notes for masking, so I could then go back and add the smaller leaves in my inked rectangle.

 I stamped them in Sunset Yellow, Bright Pumpkin and Pomegranate!

Such a fun technique!!

Here is my finished card:

I just LOVE how it turned out!! The added pearls add a nice touch!

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Autumn a Second Spring

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

With Fall in the air here in WI, I thought for my post today I would feature the beautiful Tangle Leaves stamp set!

I collected a few supplies:

Paint Brush

Ink (Totally Black, Pomegranate, Bright Pumpkin, Sunset Yellow)

Watercolor Paper

Water

Stamp Set (Tangle Leaves)

I started by first deciding what leaf I was going to work with from the Tangle Leaves so I would know how to make the watercolor background!

I then used my paint brush to dip the tip of it lightly in my water and then lightly brushed the water on my water color paper where I was first going to add color.  I then lightly pressed the tip of the paint brush on the ink pad to grabbed some color!  Then you can brush the color on the paper where you added the water!

 Continue working with the color and water till you get a watercolor piece you like!

I was really happy with this:

 Now the hard part...letting it dry!  

I personally hate this step!  LOL.  I just would like to stamp the leaf right away, but warning if you would the ink tends to bleed a little because of the water used!

So if you are really impatient, like I tend to be sometimes, you can use your heat gun to make it dry faster!

After letting it dry I stamped the gorgeous leaf and sentiment! 

My finished card:

Isn't it beautiful?!

I sure think so!

I just love the lead images in the Tangle Leaves stamp set!!

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Thanks for stopping by! 

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Have a beautiful day!