Apple Blossoms Archives - Inkspired Treasures

Welcome to Create with Connie and Mary’s Creatively Simple Challenge! Each month Mary and I will pick a theme. This month the theme is Summer Fun!

APPLE HARVEST

Towards the end of August, the orchards around here start gearing up for apple picking! Green apples are one of my favorites!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Basic White cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Bubble Bath c/s was added on top.
A 3 x 4 piece of Delightfully Eclectic Designer Paper was added across the center.
The Countryside Corners Die was cut from Basic White c/s and the greeting stamped at the bottom with Pecan Pie Ink and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Two apples were stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White c/s and colored with Lemon Lime Twist Combo, Granny Apple Green Combo, Old Olive Combo and SU100 Stampin’ Blends. They were cut with the Apple Blossoms Dies (still available on the Clearance Rack, so make sure to grab them!)
The branch was cut with the Apple Blossoms Die from Pecan Pie cardstock and adhered towards the top. I cut the branch off so I could get a little more distance between the branches for the size of the apples. The apples were added with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A small and large flower was cut with the dies from Basic White c/s and colored with the Blending Brush and Bubble Bath Ink. They were adhered around the apples with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Four leaves were cut from Old Olive c/s and tucked around the flowers. They were added with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Two yellow Four Pack Tinsel Gems were added to the center of the flowers.

This card was lots of fun using the bright green apples with the new Bubble Bath pink! LOVE the colors together! Make sure to check out Mary’s Creatively Simple card over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Supplies:
Stamps: Apple Harvest
Inks: Memento Black, Bubble Bath, Pecan Pie
Blends: Granny Apple Green Combo, Lemon Lime Twist Combo, Old Olive Combo, SU100
Cardstock: Basic White, Bubble Bath, Old Olive, Delightfully Eclectic Designer Paper
Accessories: Apple Blossoms Dies, Countryside Corners Dies, Four Pack Tinsel Gems, Blending Brush, Adhesives

Make some "hay" designing your cards and projects with Stampin' Up!'s darling TRACTOR & CO BUNDLE! Stamp and fill the tractor and wagon with pumpkins, corn stalks, trees or hay and finish with a birthday, thinking of you, thanks or holiday greeting! The TRACTOR & CO DIES will help you build your tractors in any color and design you want. We've used the bright colors in the FULL OF LIFE 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for our cheerful farm. In our TRACTOR & CO COLLECTION, you'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...four cards and two cute favor or gift card holders for the farmer or gardener in your life! See more details HERE!

These CHARMING DAY STAMPS have beautiful rose and anemone flower designs that were hand drawn with a calligraphy pen, resulting in open line art that’s perfect for coloring. These sweet florals will highlight your spring, summer or fall projects! Add the CHARMING DAY DIES to enhance your paper crafting projects with gorgeous floral and greenery cutouts. We've also used the coordinating FLORAL CHARM 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER to give a modern twist on these vintage designs. In our CHARMING DAY CARD COLLECTION, you'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT card projects. See more details HERE!

Stampin' Up!'s new DistINKtive style PERFECTLY PEARS BUNDLE makes creating quick and easy with the two-step stamping! Stamp the outline in a dark color, then color it with the solid image that fits inside...the shading is already done for you! You'll love the vintage fruit, delicate flowers and timeless sentiments included in this bundle! The PERFECTLY PEARS DIES even include some stand-alone greenery images and a couple labels to cut out your sentiments. We've used the PAINTERLY PEARS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER included in the PAINTERLY PEARS SUITE on our projects. You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX card projects...four regular and two cute-as-can-be favors! See more details HERE!

This week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday CCMC111 Challenge is a Back to School Theme! Back to School makes me think of chalkboards. I remember in elementary school that is was fun to be chosen for the assignment of cleaning the erasers! I used to make patterns on the sidewalks with them…hmmm, early stamping! OK…so I'm easily amused!

We invite you to play along with the Create with Connie and Mary Back to School Challenge this week, and to entice you, we are offering BLOG CANDY! Yes, by playing along this week, you could win a cool Stampin' Up! bag made from a nice vinyl with the Play Date Designer Paper pattern on it! Your creation could be anything…a 3D item, card, scrapbook page…whatever you want…just upload your creation to InLinkz over on Create and refer back to Create with Connie and Mary CCMC111 Challenge on your blog post or gallery.

For my Challenge card, I wanted to use the cool new apple in Stampin' Up!'s Level 2 Hostess stamp set, Apple Blossoms. I love the 4u that is written on it (sorry, the light caught it wrong!). I inked it up with my Real Red, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Markers, then cut it out. The books are punched with the Word Window punch and the stripes and MATH written with the Basic Black marker. I punched teacher owl from Early Espresso cardstock and the tummy from Crumb Cake cardstock that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Impressions Folder for texture. I made black eyeglasses by first punching the medium circle on the Owl Punch in Basic Black, then punching the larger circle around the medium to make rings (you have to do them separately because of how they are spaced). Then I just cut small strips for the ear pieces and the nose piece out of Basic Black. I layered the glasses on medium Whisper White circles, then the small circles for the pupils. The Owl and the Apple are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The numbers, plus sign, line and chalk were cut from the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies with the Big Shot and Whisper White cardstock. I cut the # symbol to make the plus sign, line and chalk.

For the rest of the card, I layered the "chalkboard" of Basic Black onto Marina Mist cardstock, then the base card of Daffodil Delight. I'm pleased with how it turned out with the new Owl punch!

Check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team did this week! Their ideas are fabulous! And don't forget…play along for a chance to win BLOG CANDY!

Don't forget! Create with Connie and Mary is looking for FOUR new Design Team Members for the next session of Create with Connie and Mary, featuring the Holiday Mini! We'd love to have you apply! If you applied last time, try again! We had so many great applications last time it was very hard to choose! You can find out more information over on Create with Connie and Mary!

CS104 – Apple Harvest

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