colour me happy: Simply blended stitched leaves

Leaf themed cards using Stampin Up Stitched Leaves and All Together paper. Sentiments from Biggest Wish, Inspired Thoughts & Peaceful Moments stamp sets. Cards by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - die cutting - clean and simple cards

Hello & welcome. As promised last post when I shared this leafy card, I have 2 more cards to share made with the Stitched Leaves dies. Both are very clean & simple and include blended ink panels, one with patterned paper and one with the Timber embossing folder. Let's take a look.

These are both good examples of why simple cards makes me as happy as their more fancy shmancy friends. The negative leaf shape - together with it's lovely stitched outline was left over from the last card. I simply squared off the paper and raised it on Dimensionals.

The leafy background is a print from the black and white All Together paper which I coloured in two ways. First, I coloured some of the stems with markers (either Stampin' Write water based markers or Stampin' Blends - I used both) to create graduated colour, getting lighter going up the card. Then I used a Blending Brush and Soft Sea Foam ink pad to add lighter graduated colour, fading out to white.

I stamped the hello sentiment from Biggest Wish - still my favourite sentiment set in black and fussy cut it. A single rhinestone from the Holiday rhinestone pack finished it off. You can see the stitched outline better in this pic too.

The All Together paper pack is only available until May 2nd so if you're a lover of black and white prints, get it now.

The second card includes both a positive and negative image, teamed with another ink blended and embossed panel.

First I blended Pool Party, Just Jade(retiring) and Daffodil Delight ink onto a white panel, embossed it with the Timber embossing folder, then cut out the leaf. I've never tried blending these colours together but I was really happy how the piece turned out.

From another piece of Gold brushed foil card I cut the stitched leaf and used added another foil panel mat for a bit of luxe.

The sentiment is from another fave - the Inspired Thoughts stamp set, which I stamped in Crumb Cake ink. You can see the lovely embossing & stitching better in this pic.

I couldn't let the blended leaf go to waste, and it looked great carrying the theme inside the card.

So that's two more ideas for you to try using the Stitched Leaves dies. If you don't have them yet, rush to my store to get them before they're gone from May 2nd (and many other retiring goodies for $30.50 plus s&h (that's 50% off original price). You can easily recreate these card styles using many other die cut shapes.

Here's a final look at all three cards together. Which one catches your eye more? Are you going to try this idea? Do share and leave a comment if you do.