Artistic Leaves from the Online Exclusives in White Craft Ink
July 14, 2025
I'm a sucker for leaf stamps. The Artistic Leaves set in the Online Exclusives quickly had my attention. I've been wanting to share a card, but I'm just not ready for fall leaves. I've been trying to think of how I want to share the set. I decided to add the images in white on a dark background. My first thoughts were Night of Navy or Secret Sea. But why not use Shaded Spruce? There is the winner.
Stampin' Up! sells white craft ink in a combo package. You get an uninked pad and the refill. Find it as Uninked Stampin' Pad and White Craft Refill. Make sure your pad is well inked. Stamp beginning with the large leaf. Stamp leaving room for the smaller leaf here and there. These stamps are two stamp, but for this application, stamp only with the more detailed stamps. It's OK to stamp off the paper. In fact, that's what you want to do. Stamp in a deliberate fashion. In other words, don't hurry.
My next step was to think of the color of my frame. I'm somewhat using some of the samples on page 52 of the annual catalog as inspiration. I tried many choices, but was not happy. As the craft white dried, I noticed that is looked like Pool Party so I went with that color for the frame. It's not what you would think of, but I like it! Use the frame from the Gallery Blooms dies. This die cuts a larger frame, a smaller one, and a rectangle. I used the smaller frame. I embossed the frame with the Timber EF. To add, cut Foam Adhesive Sheets into strips and add along the sides.
Cut the large stem from Beautiful Motifs dies in Shaded Spruce. Rub a little Craft White on the tips of the flowers. Glue to the frame. Some will extend beyond the frame.
It's time to stamp the leaves. Here we will use the two step stamping. Stamp the large leaf and two small ones in Shaded Spruce on Basic White. Uing the second step stamps, stamp in Pool Party. Notice that with the photopolymer stamps you can look through them and match where to stamp. This set is pretty easy to match. When done with stamping, cut out the leaves with Paper Snips. I left just a little of the white edge around them. Add to the frame. In some places just go ahead and put glue on the frame. You might need dimensionals where the leaves extend beyond the frame.
The saying is from the Artistic Leaves stamp set. Stamp in Shaded Spruce on Pool Party. Trim and add the Hello on dimensionals and glue the rest of the saying. I did cut these apart.
Here is the inside of the card. All is from Artistic Leaves.
I hope you like this card. It's a little bit different for me. This stamp set can be found in the Online Exclusives. The Gallery Blooms dies and the Beautiful Motifs dies are found on pages 52-57 and are part of the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection. It's pretty spetacular! Have I said recently that I appreciate you! What's sharing without anyone looking?
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