Love of Leaves Cascade Card for Creative Creases #14

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold!!

September 3 through September 19th at 12:00 PM EDT

Welcome to the new Creative Creases Challenge! Firstly, thanks to all those who participated in my last challenge! I am so happy that you all took the time to play along. If you haven’t played in my challenge before, I hope you will be inspired to join me in the challenge that’s starting today! The Top Pick for the last challenge is at the bottom of this post as well as the link to enter the current challenge with the very short list of rules to enter. My card today is an Intertwining Cascade card, using Love of Leaves and the new Sparkle of the Season bundle.

I am SO excited to partner with Double Trouble! My challenge is Thing 2 – Fun Folds. Create a card for a fun fold. Don’t forget – in your post share the tutorial link (if one exists) that you used to create your Fun Fold.

You can stop here…OR play along with Twisted Sister’s optional twist (Thing 3) to earn another chance at their random draw.  You can get all of the details on the Double Trouble Challenge website.

• Firstly, I made this Interlocking Cascade card, using a tutorial from the Mississippi McGyver blog.
• Card measurements:
  • Two DSP/Cardstock pieces: 10-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ then cut diagonally to 2-1/2″ mark on the opposite side. After that, they were scored at 1-3/4,” 3-1/2,” 5-1/4,” 7,” and 8-3/4.”
  • Then, with one piece, at the 1-3/4″ score line, cut halfway up, and at the 8-3/4″ score line, cut halfway up.
  • After that, on the second piece, at the 1-3/4″ score line, cut halfway down, and at the 8-3/4″ score line, cut halfway down. Then, use those cuts to intertwine the pieces for the cascade. Then, I glued the cut panels down to the panel behind them.
• After that, I adhered them onto the Bumblebee and Mossy Meadow background layers.

Now, the FUN Part!

• After that, I stamped the leaves using the Baby Wipe technique, taking two stacked baby wipes and dropping ink randomly with Mossy Meadow, Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider.
• After that, I stamped several leaves, cut them out with their coordinating dies and sponged the edges.
• Then, for the card front, I cut out the wreath from Seasonal Swirls in three colors, white, Bumblebee and Mossy Meadow. I only used the negative piece of the white to lay it into the Bumblebee wreath after stamping the “Grateful” onto it. Then, turning it over, I used good ole scotch tape to hold them together. After that, I adhered it to the card base with dimensionals and glued the Mossy Meadow wreath on top.
• Finally, I made a tag with the Tailor Made Tags after stamping the sentiment from Love of Leaves, so that I can sign it when I’m ready to send it. It can be placed inside the card or on the back – totally your choice!

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Four Seasons Challenge – Fall
• Sweet Stampers Challenge – Dies or Punches
• Country View Challenge – The Leaves Begin to Fall
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday Challenge – Flora/Fauna
• The Male Room Challenge – Nature’s Bounty
• Die Cut Divas Challenge

Love Of Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158245] $18.00	Sparkle Of The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156518] $17.00	Sparkle Of The Season Bundle (English) [156765] $45.75	Beauty Of The Earth 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841] $11.50	Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock [153077] $8.75
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $7.50	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [133651] $3.75	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [153120] $3.75	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [153122] $3.75
Seasonal Swirls Dies [156564] $34.00	Stitched Leaves Dies [153567] $35.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $11.00

Creative Creases Randomized Winner is…

All of the entries into the Gallery were truly great and very inspirational! I really can’t pick one out of the bunch, therefore have randomized the top pick. The winner chosen is…

Karen Finkle

Display your Creative Creases badge on your blog! AND, if you send me an email with your USA mailing address to debbie@secretstamper.com, I have a gift for you!

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I hope you enjoyed my card today! If you did, please:

• Don’t forget to visit my Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
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To play along this month, simply use the linky tool at the bottom of this post.
A few rules:

• There MUST be stamping involved in your projects.
• Use any brand of stamps/digis (no company restriction) but no “digi only” creations.
• There MUST be a link back here to my blog in your blog post and would really appreciate displaying my challenge graphic.
• Any projects that do not comply with the above can be deleted from the gallery.
• Please note that if you are chosen as a winner of a challenge and do not wish to have this challenge add a link to your blog, please email me at debbie@secretstamper.com and ask to remove the link.