Hello and welcome back to the blog; it's Rick back with you today on this fabulous Black Friday! I hope that you save some time to do a little crafting today after all your shopping adventures. And if you have been out all day shopping and want to do a little crafting than my card today featuring the
Falling Leaves Dies is the perfect one to recreate.
If you remember I mentioned on Monday that I would be sharing another card with you this week using more of the leaves that I die cutting and Gelli printed. Well, this is that card! To increase the fall vibes on the card I took the leaves die cuts and ran them through and embossing folder to add just a little more texture to the die cuts. I simply attached the die cuts to my A2 card front cut from Cream Cardstock from the top left corner down to the bottom left corner but with a slight curve in the middle for added interest.
Once I had all the leaves attached and the extra trimmed off the edges. I took a black pen and drew on a few dots around a few of the leaves on the card. I also added a little gold splatter to the card front as well. Even through I have a lot of white space on the card, all the colorful leaves make it quite colorful. The little extra details add to the texture and help provide a little more interest to the card, but they are so shuttle they do not over power the clean and simple design.
For the sentiment to the card I cut out the word happy from the,
Happy Scripty Word with the Shadow Layering Die, just without the shadow layer and cut it from some gold metallic cardstock. I attached the die cut sentiment to the card front with a little liquid glue. I then took and stamped one of the sentiments from the
Happy Scripty Stamp Set. I made sure to prep the cardstock with my
Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool before adding gold embossing powder and heat setting it. The sentiment strip was stamped on a scrap of navy cardstock (also left over from a pervious project). For the sub-sentiment I popped it up with a little foam tape for a little dimension on the card. Just a little side note if you don't have on of the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tools, do yourself a favor and pick one up as a little early Christmas present to yourself. You will thank me for that little piece of advice.
To finish off the card and to add a little more bling to my clean & simple card; I added a few of the Clear Enamel Dots sprinkled around the card and on the leaves. Since this was a clean and simple design I wanted something that would add a little bling but not over power the card design. And the Clear Enamel Dots was the ticket. They provide just the right amount of sparkle and shine but do not over power the card design. I really love how on the leaves they look like dew drops from an early fall morning.
I hope this post has shown you that creating a clean and simple design isn't as hard as you may think. Sometimes stepping outside of your comfort zone while crafting can truly elevate your designs.
Remember, it's all about experimentation and finding what resonates with you. And don't forget to share your creations on social media and tag The Rabbit Hole Designs to spread the card-making love.
Thanks for dropping by today I hope you have a wonderful day and that you found this post helpful. You can find all the supplies that I used on today's cards on my personal blog!
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Rick
