I never, ever tire of using Lovely Leaves

This is the perfect time of year to pull out an old favorite like Lovely Leaves, isn't it? I needed a birthday card for my oldest daughter and I haven't played with this set in a long time. I did the leaves by stamping on different colored ink pads with some inks overlapping. This is a bit risky, and I usually color the stamps with markers and then lightly touch the edges with a little black or other dark ink. It's better with the markers, but the ink pads really do some neat things. So I sometimes risk it. I always go light to dark when overlapping colors.



There's an interesting little story behind those dotted holes. I was doing a single row around the oval and I goofed them up. Rather than start all over I just kept adding holes and ended up with a pleasing result.



I did some matching panels on the inside as well as the outside, running the panels through the Cuttlebug after stamping them.



I'm very pleased with my leaves. This set is so amazing!



For the inside sentiment I stamped part of it in one color and part in another. Then I ran a bit of it over some black ink.



The main colors in my card are Pumpkin Pie and Brocade Blue. Does SU even sell those anymore?

Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoyed my little ode to Autumn!