Highdesert Stamper – Artistic Inkspirations

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I saw a card made by Michele Zindorf..(see her tutorial for the Reindeer card here).. the Queen of brayering and distressing.. and wanted to make a similar card but in a FALL theme since I have a bunch of November cards to send out to a RAK group I am in. So I came up with the following Leaf card.. using the Gently Falling stamp set, and an old, old punch I had. I never get rid of my flowers, leaves, or snowflake punches. They just don’t make new punches like the oldies..

Here’s the Original version I cased from Michele Z using the Winter Post stamp set which is ON SALE THIS WEEK!! If you don’t have this set…better get it while on sale!!

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Snowflake punch used on card:

Now here is my Fall Leaf version

I used the Spice Cake designer paper, and the leaf that was punches out, was used as a mask to sponge around so I could stamp inside it’s border. I think the recipients will enjoy these cards..

Spice Cake paper: Gently Falling stamp set:

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I teach some classes on how to use up cards you may get in the mail from charities and other companies who always insist on sending what I call MASS made cards. They’re plain.. some have some designs, some not so much. But you can take a basic card of any kind and embellish it.  I saw where one gal had taken our SU brown  packing paper and made little gift bags with it.. I decided to try to make some paper flowers with the brown paper to see how their textured worked  with all the layers.

I tried stamping first and cutting next, and cutting first and stamping next. Either way works, but if you’re going to make a lot of flowers… the STAMPING the design FIRST works much more efficiently.  I use the BIGSHOT FUN FLOWERS die and some of the other flower dies to cut out the different layers. Then I layered them up and put one of the glimmer brads in the middle. The flower with the turquoise brad is one of the IN-COLOR BRADS.

Then I selected one of my generic cards and started playing with colors of the lace border punch, and ribbons.

This card had a black and cream design, so I used the black stamped flower for it.

I added the lacy border from Crumb Cake paper and the sentiment from WORD PLAY with a crumb cake (sponged) scallop oval punch mat. The ribbon is some of our 3/8″ taffeta ribbon, tied in a simple knot and dovetail cut.

Here’s my “RED” version: I did cut a few layers from regular cardstock to add some more color.

Here’s a blue version: This one needed the Bermuda Bay retired polka dot ribbon for the extra color.

So next time you get some generic cards, or want to use up some of those designer paper scraps (just cover the front of a plain card), or receive some “freebie cards” in the mail.. DECORATE them! If you don’t have any of the “brown packing paper” that comes in our SU BOXES…. HOLD a workshop and you’ll get it as a bonus in your order!!

I have some other versions of “recycling cards” which I will post later on.. I’ve taken a plain card and stamped and embellished. My friends asked how I made it.. so I will share with you at a later time.

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