Autumn Leaves Twofer

Hello friend!  I've been lured back to play with the Autumn Leaves Bundle again.  I can't seem to get enough of this fabulous bunch of products.  I love the shape and size of the leaves, the sentiments are great, and the DSP is just indescribably gorgeous!  Yes, do you get the feeling that I like this a bit?  The card I made for today started out one color, then I thought maybe it would look better in another color.  So, it turns out that you get to see both.  I'm still fond of both for differing reasons.  Let me know which one you prefer.

For this card, Old Olive cardstock was used for the card base and a layer.  This layer measures 5" x 3 7/8" and is embossed with the Exposed Brick Embossing Folder.  After embossing, I used a Blending Brush and a little Old Olive ink to darker the outer edges lightly.

Next a layer of Very Vanilla layer that measures 5 1/8" x 4" was cut.  This piece also has color added on the edges except this time I used Crumb Cake ink.  After adding the color, the Old Olive layer was attached with "green glue".  Then a 6" length of natural ribbon from the Copper & Natural Ribbon combo was wrapped around and attached to the back.  I thought the natural ribbon was a nice organic touch to this fall card.  Both layers were attached to the folded Old Olive card base using "green glue" also.

A Very Vanilla cardstock piece was die-cut using the smaller tag die in the Autumn Leaves die set.  The edges were darkened slightly with Crumb Cake and the Blending Brush.  Then the sentiment from the Autumn Leaves set was stamped in Old Olive ink.

I've got lots of smallish pieces of the lovely All About Autumn DSP pack.  It was so quick to die-cut the different sizes of leaves from these scraps and also from some Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper.  The veining on the larger leaves was die-cut from the same Oxidized Copper paper.  It was fun playing with all the different leaves to get a layout I liked.  Some leaves are attached flat with adhesive, and some leaves were popped up with Dimensionals.  The sentiment was added over the ribbon with Dimensionals.  

Even though the card already had a ribbon trim, I liked the look of a double Linen Thread bow that was added to the sentiment area.  It's attached with a Mini Glue Dot that's rolled to make it small enough to fit under the knot.  

For bling, I used the Adhesive-backed Speckled Dots in the Copper Clay color.  They seemed to show up nicely and didn't clash with the other bits of copper and gold already on the card.  Very subtle, but still noticeable.

Here is the Pretty Peacock version of the card.  As you can see, I followed the card layout pretty carefully.  There are a few minor changes.

First, the embossing folder used on this card is the Leaf Fall design.  The embossed leaves flow at a diagonal across the card. I thought it went nicely with the gorgeous leaves on the card.

The Very Vanilla layer and label both have a little Crumb Cake added with the Blending Brushes to the edges.  The embossed Peacock layer has a little Pretty Peacock ink blended onto the edges to darken it.

The leaf dies I chose to use are the same on both cards, but the All About Autumn DSP prints were different.  I used Old Olive and Copper Clay on this card and Pretty Peacock and Copper Clay on the other one.  I think all of these colors and prints are simply beautiful and any of them would work with this card design.  

This card also used the Copper Clay Adhesive-backed Speckled Dots.  I think they really stand out beautifully in contrast against the Pretty Peacock background.

FYI - in case you've been waiting for the All About Autumn DSP and the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo should be coming back in stock at the end of October.  Be patient please!

So that's it for your two versions of this Autumn Leaves fall card design.  Thank you for stopping by to see what's been happening around here.  These cards just bring the scenic beauty I love inside and gives me an opportunity to share it with you.  

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon