Leaves Falling Card

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Stampendous!® Used:
Leaves Falling Rubber Stamp
Décor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp
Build a Wreath Die Set
Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies Set
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, and Mowed Lawn Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Cardstock
Red Cardstock
Raffia
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock in half.
2. Score the card at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Cut black cardstock to 4" x 5.25". Set aside.
4. Randomly sponge Distress Oxide inks onto a whole sheet of Mixed Media paper. 
5. Spritz with water, heat set.
6. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until happy with the results.
7. Heat set until bone dry, then heat set some more.
8. Using temporary adhesive, adhere the sheet to scrap paper, then secure to a stamping platform with magnets.
9. Place the 8" square Décor Cling stamp, face down onto the inked paper and press the stamp platform's cover onto the foam.
10. Lift foam, ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Repeat if necessary to ensure a good impression. Heat set.
11. Remove the stamped sheet from the platform and remove from the scrap paper.
12. Trim the unstamped area  (~3" x 8.5") from the inked sheet of Mixed Media paper.
13. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the sentiment onto the 3" strip and heat set.
14. Using one of the dies from the Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies set, cut the sentiment, then edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
15. Use the next largest die to cut red cardstock.
16. Adhere the edged die-cut sentiment to the red die-cut.
17. Use the tri-leaf die from the Build a Wreath Die Cut set to cut the unstamped but inked strip two times..
18. Trim the leaf stamped image panel to 5 1/8" x 3 7/8".
19. Edge with Black Soot Distress ink then mat with the reserved black cardstock.
20. Add raffia horizontally across the card front, securing on the back with tape.
21. Adhere the sentiment die-cut.
22. Tuck the two tri-leaf die-cuts under the sentiment as shown.
23. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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