Year of Leaves Blog Hop

Good evening!

Tonight we're showing Melanie's beautiful new stamp set called Year of Leaves. The two cards I'm sharing tonight both have heat embossing with Versamark and clear Embossing powder on them. Do you do that sometimes too - get in a certain mood to stamp with specific products and end up using them on several cards at once? I had decided to play with my Versamark ink and clear embossing powder - so these are the end results of that playtime! lol!

My first card shows embossing with clear embossing powder & Versamark two different ways. The first is the traditional stamping with the ink & embossing. I used the polka dot image from Gina's Ribbon Stripes stamp set for the background on this Chocolate Kiss mat. Then, I rubbed my Versamark ink directly over the Nestability circle die cut & colored leaves and embossed them with the clear embossing powder. The shine on this card is really cool in person...

The leaves were colored with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with blending stumps & odorless mineral spirits. Then, I stamped the polka dots on the leaves too - why, I'm not sure... lol! Then, I embossed them as I mentioned above.

My next card is super simple - the only ink used on the outside of this card is Versamark! I love that ink pad and highly recommend it. Again, I embossed all the stamped images with Clear embossing powder for some added shine and elegance.

This photo may show the shine a little better...

Even though the insides of these cards tonight are super simple, I wanted to show them to you to show how quick and easy it can be to finish off the insides and make them all ready to be sent out!

For even more inspiration, please visit our Illustrator of the Year of Leaves stamp set, Melanie Muenchinger's blog. You'll want to leave a comment on her blog because she is hosting a drawing for her gorgeous stamp set there tonight!

Melanie has asked her two guest designers to join in on her blog hop too:
Selma Stevenson
Karen Knegten

Also showcasing Year of Leaves stamp set samples tonight are these GinaK Designers:
Gina Krupsky
Carolyn King
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Theresa Momber

as well as our CenterStage Spotlight Designers:
Geri Utterback
Shelly Wilson
Tina Gilliland

I hope you'll be able to check back in with me tomorrow night, because the Design Team from PaperCraft Planet will be hosting a special blog hop featuring both of Melanie's new stamp sets that she released this month. I have two more Year of Leaves cards to show as well as a card from her School Sports Spirit! stamp set.

Hope to see you then!
Jessica