This Gather Together Fall Leaves Card is a fairly easy one to make to show off the beautiful colors of autumn. I’m pretty sure I got this idea from another Demonstrator but I think I changed it up a little bit. I don’t remember where I saw the idea, but of course, the internet is full of ideas if you don’t have your own!

Fall is such a great season with all the beautiful colors and symbols such as colored leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows, fall flowers, etc. For this card, I made colored leaves by stamping with Stazon Ink in Black and then coloring in with various colors of Stampin’ Write Markers. I believe I used a little bit of yellow, a couple of greens, and some orange. If you start with the lightest color then you can color over with increasingly darker colors without picking up dark ink on a light marker.

The leaves are stamped with the Gather Together Stamp Set. I don’t own the Gathered Leaves Dies so I just cut out the leaves by hand. The greeting is also in the stamp set. It is stamped in Early Espresso Ink and layered on a scalloped circle of Early Espresso. The Crushed Curry Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon is placed in a fun way. Just go back and forth behind the greeting and hold it down either with Snail Adhesive or put Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back.

The card base is Early Espresso and the cardstock layer is (I think, cuz I already mailed it!) Garden Green. You could use any green that you like. It is embossed with the very pretty Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder. This folder can provide a beautiful background for many cards.

On the inside of the card, you may need to put a Whisper White or Very Vanilla layer so you can stamp a greeting or especially write a personal note with the dark cardstock. Stamp a leaf or something from the stamp set inside or add a matching strip of cardstock to decorate the inside a little bit.

Here is a closeup of the card so you can see the nice embossing design.

Have fun coloring some fall leaves and decorating your cards or projects with them. If you want to use Stampin’ Blends for coloring, stamp with Memento Ink. We are in the thick of autumn right now so you can make cards like this Gather Together Fall Leaves Card for birthdays or even the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Just change the greeting for whatever occasion you need.