Many of my Stampin’ Up! team members (not only those with blogs) share their gorgeous projects in our team’s Facebook community – there’s such amazing and inspiring creativity in this group! I’m always excited when my team’s blog hop rolls around, though, because I get to share some of their amazing work with you. I’m just as excited to see their projects as you are, and I am proud to share them with you.
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s September Blog Hop! This month’s blog hop is dedicated to leaves. As the weather begins to cool, the leaves begin to change colors and fall from the trees. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Leaves for a Christmas Season
Fall is an amazing season for leaves, but leaves play an important role in all seasons. While Fall is my favorite time of year, I was drawn to the gorgeous, green leaves in the Christmas Season stamp set. I created this card with three greens, a sweet sentiment, gorgeous papers and a pile of Christmas leaves:
The leaves on my card are stamped with the Christmas Season stamp set and cropped with the Seasonal Labels Dies, both carried forward from last year’s Holiday Mini Catalog into the 2022 Annual Catalog. Here’s a look at the gorgeous images in the Christmas Season stamp set:
And here’s a look at coordinating dies in the Seasonal Labels Dies along with the the versatile, layering labels dies:
The sentiment and coordinating banner at the heart of the card are stamped with Sweet Sorbet ink and cropped with the Christmas Banner Dies. I built the greenery around a banner and then glued the collection to the Soft Sea Foam panel. I added another banner with Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop it up from the beautiful greenery beneath. Here’s a closer look:
Here’s a look at the Christmas Banners Bundle, new in Stampin’ Up!’s July-December 2022 Mini Catalog:
The Shaded Spruce stripes along the sides of my focal panel are one of the patterns from the Santa Express Designer Series Paper. I added thin strips of Sweet Sorbet to the edges of a Soft Sea Foam panel and glued them all together for a beautiful backdrop for this arrangement of leaves. If you like this combination of Soft Sea Foam, Shaded Spruce and Sweet Sorbet as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:
Other than Basic White, I only used Soft Sea Foam, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet and Soft Succulent on this card. Say that five times fast! ♥
Bundles: Christmas Banners Bundle Stamp Sets: Christmas Banners, Christmas Season Papers: Santa Express Designer Series Paper, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet, Soft Sea Foam, Thick Basic White Inks: Soft Sea Foam, Shaded Spruce, Soft Succulent, Sweet Sorbet Accessories: Seasonal Labels Dies, Christmas Banner Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Brian
Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
- Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
- Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
- Jessica Atchison at Stampin with the Atchisons
- Katie Ferguson at Cottage Paper
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
Here are links to all of the products used in this project:
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A powerhouse of greens and traditional holiday style.
This is a great twist on leaves. And a gorgeous card.
I love all the elements on this beautiful Christmas card, Brian. Enjoy your day!
Wonderful combo of color! Love it!
I just got this set and I’m anxious to use it. Great idea with your leaves. I might have to CASE it.
Very festive! Love all the different leaves you used.
All those leaves!!! Amazing design and color palette. I was just playing with this banner. One of my favorite holiday sets. Fun hop today!!!
I love the large focal image and your color combinations. I would have never thought of using Sweet Sorbet.
Brian-I love these colors and these sets. Your card is amazing, so festive.
Thanks for organizing our hop.
This card is esquisite. I love, love, love. This is a set I want soooo bad. This Christmas catalogue is the best one yet. I want almost every single stamp and die set. My next order will be the slices of wood with the coordinating stamp set. Off to see the other blogs.
Wow, your spray of foliage/berries behind the banner is stunning. Love the stripes added as well.
Beautiful holiday card! The gorgeous collage is very unexpected (for you) but stunning, as is the color combination. As always, thanks so much for organizing this for us!