Autumn Leaves in Our New Catalog!

Today is New Catalog Day! We’ve been building up to our new Fall & Winter Mini Catalog for a few weeks now, and hopefully you have saved some of your favorite samples that you’ve seen. Today is the day you can purchase the items you need to make those favorites! If you haven’t yet seen the inside of the catalog, you can do so today by clicking HERE. There are lots of things I love, but today I want to draw your attention to pages 42-44 and the Autumn Leaves in our new catalog! I wrote this blog post a couple of weeks ago. Instead of re-writing it, I’m going to leave it as is. So here we go….

I’m playing with Autumn Leaves today. I thought I’d walk you through my card, then give you some tips that I hope are helpful as you play with this set. First of all, I love a good leaf set and this one is terrific. There are lots of dies, all different types of leaves, with beautiful details. I nestled a trio of leaves in the middle of a frame cut from All About Autumn DSP.

This particular sheet has Pretty Peacock, Old Olive, and a Rose Gold/Copperish Foil. So that’s what I cut my leaves from as well.

First the Frame

Pretty Peacock Cardstock base, 11″x 4-1/4″, folded at the top at 5-1/2″
All About Autumn Specialty DSP, cut with the largest die in the Online Exclusive set, Radiating Stitches Dies
- This die doesn’t cut out the middle, so I centered the next largest of the Radiating dies and cropped a hole to make the frame.
- Attach this to the card base with Dimensionals or Foam Adhesive Sheets.
Very Vanilla Cardstock, same 2nd largest die from Radiating Stitches Dies, approx. 4″x 2-5/8″
- Stamp the greeting from Autumn Leaves Stamp Set near the bottom with Copper Clay ink.
- Glue it into the hole using Stampin’ Seal or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The Leaves

Crop one Old Olive maple leaf and coordinating veins/stem.
Also crop one Pretty Peacock oak leaf and coordinating veins/stem.
Last, crop one small maple leaf from Copper or Rose Gold Foil.
- Attach all three leaves with Dimensionals.

The Finishing Touch

Three copper Brushed Metallic Dots

Now My Tips!

I tried several ways to successfully adhere the veining to the leaves, and found the easiest was to cut it with cardstock that was mounted on an Adhesive Sheet.
Try texturing the large leaves before adding the veins. I didn’t do that on these, but wish I had. Here’s a picture of the same leaves run through the Emboss Machine with the Distressed Tile EF.

Another idea I am going to try is to emboss the veins into the leaves using the die and a silicone mat. If it works out, I’ll let you know.

I like it! And I recommend it, even though you may have older leaf sets. I think this one is my favorite ❣️

For my September Host Gift, I’m offering the Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins. They are perfect for Fall projects with copper, silver, brown, and gold colored sequins. Place an order or multiple orders totally $75 during the month of September, and I’ll send you a pack of these beautiful sequins!

Product List

Autumn Leaves Bundle
All About Autumn DSP
Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder
All About Autumn Suite Collection

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [150880] $10.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $10.50	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100702] $10.00	Rose Gold 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159139] $10.00
Copper Clay Classic Stampin’ Pad [161647] $9.00	Radiating Stitches Dies [161595] $30.00	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $9.00	Stampin’ Seal [152813] $8.00
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00