2nd Spring • 09.22.10
While browsing the ‘net I happened upon a quote by Albert Camus: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” and I loved it! Seriously – with the changing of the season the bright green foliage transitions through a cascade of reds, yellow, and oranges before “falling” away completely… So, I HAD to create an Autumn themed card, and since it’s time for another Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff creation and Lindsay has a couple of fabulous Fall sets (and a super 2-day ONLY 40% off sale – extended through Friday)– well you know where this is going… 
I started with Lindsay’s Sketchy Leaves digital stamp set and a couple of digi-papers from Kim Broedelet’s Shabby Twang kit in my trusty Photoshop – after playing with layer/blend styles and fonts my Autumn card began taking shape. I printed out the layers, added a few embellishments, some sparkle (I traced the leaves with Spica markers) and shine (then coated the leaves with Glossy Accents), and adhered it all together – viola my work of heART completed. Even my DH liked this one (he doesn’t “dislike” any of my creations – but a “That’s really nice” is always appreciated).
Recipe:
- Digital Stamps: Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Sketchy Leaves
- Digital Scrapbooking Kit: Kim Broedelet Shabby Twang
- Ink: HP Inkjet; Spica Markers
- Cardstock: SU Old Olive and Very Vanilla
- Other: Tombow Mono-Adhesive; Fiskars Paper Trimmer; Fiskars Glue Dots; Ranger Glossy Accents; Adhesive Pearls; Offray Narrow Organdy Ribbon; Big Shot; SU Dots Texture Plate; Martha Stewart Embroidered Floral Edge Punch
; Photoshop
Challenge I Played In:
- Sew Many Challenges – Embossing
- Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge – Anything Goes
- Paper Sundaes – Fabulous Fall
- Paper Playtime – Autumn
- My Sheri Crafts – Autumn
- Glitterbabe – Anything Goes
- Everybody Art – Autumn
- Creative Card Crew – Autumn
- Craft Your Days Away – Autumn Doodles
- By The Cute and Girly – Indian Summer
If you haven’t already been to Lindsay’s blog, be sure to stop there – she’s known to have a freebie as well as the links to the rest of the DT projects. Don’t forget the 1-day sale either!!! 
She’s released 2 new stamp sets – so NOW would be the perfect time to snag them! Have a fabulous day!
I used lots of Glossy Accents on this one as I as my goal was a single layer – easy to stash in a lunch box and not be smashed sort of card. With that in mind, my “layers” were created in Photoshop – combing several digital scrapbooking products with Lindsay’s stamp set (even my “brads” are faux – created with Spica markers and Glossy Accents). I had to improvise a bit on the card base since my printer and I couldn’t agree on the sizing – I said borderless, it printed what it wanted – which meant the scaling wasn’t consistent (though scaling was NOT checked either!!) – one of these days I’ll get it figured out. 
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