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Friendly Foliage Cards Simple to Stepped Up

A display of handmade greeting cards featuring leafy designs from the "Friendly Foliage bundle." The cards vary in color and detail, using green, yellow, and floral patterns, layered die-cut leaves, and sentiments like "Sending love" and "Get well soon. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Thank you for joining me on my live video yesterday!! I enjoyed explaining how to use the Stampin’ Up! Friendly Foliage bundle. There are several ways you can use the dies to die cut the stamped leaf image to make beautiful handmade simple to stepped up cards!

Let me show you my Friendly Foliage cards & Tips

Below: create a very simple card by just stamping the leaf frame image onto cardstock. In this case, I die cut a shape with the Branching Out Dies. It’s layered onto Brushed with Beauty designer paper (all cards in my post today feature this gorgeous paper). This card also features the gorgeous Basic Beige cardstock base and ribbon as the neutral background.

A handmade greeting card featuring a floral background, a cream ribbon tied in a bow, and a white panel with green leafy designs and the text "Wishing you all the best." The creator’s watermark, "Patty Bennett," appears in the lower right. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

If you missed the live video, please watch the replay posted at the bottom of this blog post.

Brushed with Beauty Paper & Friendly Foliage bundle here

Below: after stamping the leaf image onto Basic White Cardstock with Garden Green ink, I die cut the outside, then used Blending Brushes and ink to color that piece. I embossed the remaining layer with the Beautiful Patterns embossing folder, then pieced the die cut piece back inside, raising it with a Foam Adhesive Sheet piece.

A handmade card features green leafy stems on a yellow-and-orange ink-blended rectangle. The background is textured white, bordered with dark green. At the bottom, “Thinking of you” is stamped in green, and three green enamel dots accent the right side. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Below: if you’d like to step up the stamped image, use the die that cuts the INSIDE of the image, then layer over some designer paper. I drew a border around the white layer with my Stampin’ Blend marker bullet tip end.

A handmade greeting card with a green marbled border and a white center. The card features leafy green die-cuts over a rectangle of floral paper. A small white banner reads "Wishing you all the best." Pink enamel dots decorate the card. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Below: the stepped up version features the leaf image die cut with the inside AND outline dies (you can cut them at once), then layered onto Brushed with Beauty paper. I tied it up with some Garden Green Chevron ribbon.

A handmade greeting card with a yellow floral border, white center, and decorative green leaf die-cuts. "Sending Love" is stamped on a small banner. Green-and-white twine is tied in a bow, and abstract watercolor art is behind the leaves. "Patty Bennett" watermark at bottom. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

A hand holds a white die-cut panel with leafy green stems. Behind it is a floral greeting card with pink, yellow, and white flowers, a white frame, and a yellow patterned border. The card reads “Patty Bennett, PattyStamps.com” at the bottom right. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Crafting Tip: Use the Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals on this image to raise it.

A crafting tip image shows a floral die-cut and a white card with a window. An arrow points to white adhesive foam dots under a white branch die cut. Text reads, “Tip! Use Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals on this die cut!” on a decorative yellow and white background. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Below is a recap of the 3 ways I used the dies. Outline only, inside only or both! Create them however you like, from simple to stepped up cards!

Three rows show three ways to use a foliage die cut. Row 1: only the outline is cut. Row 2: the inside is cut but outline remains. Row 3: both inside and outline are cut. Yellow arrows and text label each method. Brushes are at the top. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Were you surprised about 2 of my least used colors?

During the video, I shared 2 of my least used Stampin’ Up! colors and how I used them on these cards. They are Darling Duckling and Garden Green. I never used to use them much, but now I love them, especially on these Friendly Foliage cards.