ThePowerOfACard: September 2025

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Ready for a Taste of Fall?

Fall is my favorite season! There is so much I love about it - cooler temperatures, gorgeous fall colors in the trees, football, the availability of fall and winter craft beers, hoodies, and of course, the new mini catalog and September On-line Exclusive release! There are quite a few fall sets and while I got quite a few, I certainly didn't get all of them. I decided to give you a sampling of cards that feature four of the bundles I purchased early - Amber Autumn, Gathering Moments, Beautiful Pumpkins and Label Me Grateful. I'm also showcasing a stunning pack of DSP called Gathering Thoughts Specialty - it has gold foiling on half of the sheets and the most beautiful fall leaves! You will see how easy it is to mix and match all of these products and I know you'll love these cards.

I decided to make a masculine birthday card in the video. This one is comprised of two simple layers and is monochromatic. It would be quite simple to add more colors or jazz it up with ribbons or gems if you wanted to make it more feminine. You'll see just how quickly it comes together too!

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Beige 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", 3-7/8" x 5-1/8", 3-3/4" x 2"; Old Olive 4" x 5-1/4", 3-7/8" x 2-1/8"
Stamps: Amber Autumn, Layered Thoughts, The Right Words
Ink: Old Olive
Adhesive and Tools

Fold the card base in half and crease with a bone folder. Ink the acorn and leaf stamp in Old Olive and stamp randomly all over the large Basic Beige rectangle. Make sure you rotate the stamp and paper to get a variety of orientations for the image. If there is a gap at the edges, simply add a snippet of leaf to fill it in. While you have the stamp inky, add a cluster of leaves/acorns to the corner of the envelope too. Adhere this piece to the large layer of Old Olive and add this directly to the card front.

Stamp Happy Birthday (don't you love the sketchy look of these stamps?) on the small rectangle of Basic Beige. Usually, I would add the layer to this piece but for a different look, I added the layer to the card front. Then I added Dimensionals to the back of the Happy Birthday piece and then added that to the Old Olive layer. Finish off the card by stamping the inside sentiment with Old Olive ink. My original sample was done with Pecan Pie, but acorns are green when they are on the tree, so I did green for the video. Which one do you prefer?

For my first sample, I show a helpful tip to add stitching to the large leaves from the Gathering Moments Bundle. I used a tapestry needle (mine came from a pack that was sized 18-22) to stitch the veins of each leaf with Linen Thread. The Gathering Together Suite contains linen thread in Old Olive and Early Espresso, which would also look great. To easily thread the needle, cut a thin strip of copy paper and fold the end over the end of your thread, which will feed into the eye of the needle. Secure the end of the thread to the back with transparent tape and backstitch the veins. I fussy cut the word Gather and decorated the inside and envelope with a strip of leaves, acorns and berries in a variety of fall colors. I love the look of that!

I must confess that the whole reason I purchased the Amber Autumn Bundle was for this large leaf die! This was the first card I made once I received my order. I used Blending Brushes to color a panel of Basic White using Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red. After cutting it out and adding it to my Basic Black card base, I didn't want to cover up the pretty leaves, so I just added a small sentiment. The leaves on the inside and envelope are from Gathering Moments. Then because I wanted a card with more vivid colors, I did one with watercolor paper and some more intense colors. For a switch on the card base, I used Early Espresso instead of black. I pulled in the Label Me Grateful Bundle for the inside.

And because I just couldn't stop playing with this die, I made one more card for you. I die cut a smaller piece (3-5/8" x 4-7/8") of out Pumpkin Pie and adhered it to a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of the same color to give a textured background. The label is from the Branching Out dies (which has six nesting dies of this shape!) and stamped the words and images with Gathering Moments. Even using the die for this subtle background, I love it!

Now I'm getting into some of that gorgeous DSP I showed in the video. I know the paper has gold foiling, but I decided to use copper embossing powder (part of our Metallics set) to emboss the pumpkin grouping from the Amber Autumn Bundle on watercolor paper. I then colored this piece to pop up over the label (Label me Grateful Bundle) and Mossy Meadow & Gold Trim. I used Iridescent Foil Gems to add just a bit more bling. Love this one too!

I'm finally showing the the Beautiful Pumpkins Bundle. Again, Im using the Gathering Together Specialty DSP paper and because I didn't want to cover up so much of it, I used a die from Styling Shapes to cut out the square to add on the white panel. I tried to cut it out so that the pattern of the plaid would align and I think I did pretty good! I stamped the pumpkin in Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. I found that it is easier to stamp the more shaded stamp in the darker color first, then add the lighter stamp second. I embossed the sentiments (Amber Autumn) in gold embossing powder to highlight the gold in the paper.

Since Pumpkins some in lots of colors, I used Lost Lagoon and Soft Sea Foam for my large pumpkin and Peach Pie (stamped off for the more filled in part of the pumpkin). I did stamp my stems onto the pumpkins (rather than stamping them individually and using the dies), so I had to fussy cut the combo. I added some patterned paper from the Subtles 6" x 6" DSP pack and Pretty Peacock and Soft Sea Foam card stock and sentiments from Label Me Grateful to complete the card.

My last card shows off the stunning leaves from the DSP pack. Again, I didn't want to cover up much of the paper, so I used a small label from Unbounded Love Dies. My sentiments and leaves are from the Gathering Moments Bundle and the gems are Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems. I added a touch of Wink of Stella on the envelope berries which almost made it look like gold to match the paper.

All of these products were just released yesterday (and there are plenty more). I hope you enjoy them as much as I have in preparing for this video!

Karen

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