Hello Crafty Friends and welcome back! Simon’s latest release, Festive Fun, is live and I’m back today with a project featuring the new Abundant Leaf Background. Let’s go ahead and get into the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by cutting the Abundant Leaf Background two times from Neenah 110lb cardstock. While the die cuts were still in the panel, I did some ink blending using Honey, Latte, Limelicious, Melon and Zest inks. As you can tell from these colors, I was going for a fall vibe on this one. You’ll see later on where I did a more springy version. Once the ink blending was complete, I cut the stems apart so that I could arrange them how I wanted.

My background was created using the Chunky A2 Scalloped Rectangles with a bunch of gold splatter. I began arranging the leaves in a side arch to determine what sentiment I might use. I cut the Grateful sentiment once from gold cardstock and twice from Neenah 110lb cardstock, and cut the shadow portion twice as well. All of those were adhered together using liquid glue and set aside while I assembled the card.

The background panel was adhered to the card base, and I began gluing the leaves to the panel. The sentiment was adhered using foam strips and I added this sub-sentiment, which is from the new Gratitude Sentiment Strips, using foam strips as well. I used the included smaller die to cut green “berries” and added those to the card, as well as some gold metallic pearls in some spaces for some added shine.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Don’t forget to head over to Simon’s website to check out the entire Festive Fun release! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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