Hello there! Hope you are all doing well on this gorgeous day! I'm really getting into fall mode here. Made my first pumpkin pie of the season. So yummy! It got me focused on fall themes again, so here we are with another Autum Leaves card. This time I thought I'd try using Wild Wheat as the base of the card and pair it with the All About Autumn DSP. Love it! Wild Wheat is not one of the colors listed to coordinate with this paper, but for this print, I really like the looks. Hope you do too.
Wow, in the picture it looks like Old Olive for sure. But take my word for it, it really is Wild Wheat. It seems to make everything look a little brighter and warmer than Old Olive, and I love how this turned out. Let's get to the specifics!
Card base is Wild Wheat that measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". It's scored and folded in half. Next there is a 5 1/4" x 4" layer of Wild Wheat cardstock. This is die-cut with the large maple leaf and one of the small ones too. (Keep these for later use.) I made sure I had room at the bottom for adding my sentiment later. After die-cutting this layer, it was embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder found in the Mini Catalog on page 75. I love the tiled look, but the uneven distressed look really adds so much to the overall look. After embossing, a Blending Brush and Wild Wheat ink was used on the edges to darken a bit and make the detail really stand out.
The next step was to add the layer of All About Autumm DSP behind the leaves. For this I chose the print looking down on the colorful forest of trees. The DSP was trimmed to about 3 3/4" x 4 1/4". There was no point in covering the whole back of the layer when only a portion of it would actually show. (Now I've got more to use on another project!) I thought of attaching it to the card base and the Wild Wheat layer added with Dimensionals above, but changed my mind and attached it to the back of the embossed and die-cut layer. This way it showed up better than having the shadows darkening it.
The veining for the large leaf was cut from the Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP. I love the mottled look of this so the veining doesn't smack you in the face. Used here, it's more subtle than a solid gold or copper paper.
A small maple leaf was die-cut from Cajun Craze cardstock. This was added slightly off-set over the small maple leaf on the card front using just one Dimensional. I didn't want to totally cover the DSP, but I also didn't want it to be just the DSP showing like the large one. So this was a good compromise. There was also a 4" x 1" strip of Cajun Craze cut for the card. I had a piece of the DSP left over from another project that measures 3 3/4" x 3/4". Figured this would make a nice band across the bottom of the card. I planned on adding the sentiment over this, but you can see I changed my mind on that idea. This strip was attached to the card front with "green glue" right near the bottom edge. At this point, the Wild Wheat layer was attached to the card front with Dimensionals.
The inside of the card has a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock that measures 5 1/4" x 4". This is left plain, but a little Blending Brush and Wild Wheat ink could be added here. It was attached inside the card with adhesive. There were two leftover leaves from die-cutting the front layer. These had a little Wild Wheat ink added to them with a Blending Brush. The sentiment from the Autumn Leaves sets was added across the large leaf stamped with Cajun Craze ink. Both the leaves were attached flat to the inner layer.
The sentiment for the card front was inked with a Cajun Craze marker to get just a part of the sentiment. It's stamped onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock. I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut around the sentiment. It's added to the card front with Mini Dimensionals.
To finish the front of the card, the copper ribbon from the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack was tied into a smallish bow. It's then attached to the card front with Mini Glue Dots.
For the bling, three copper sequins were added. They're from the Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins found on page 141 of the Annual Catalog. These copper sequins have been a must-have embellishment for my autumn cards!
That's it for today. I keep sneaking in more fall cards and I've been putting off really diving into my Christmas cards. Since this is basically the end of October (yikes!!), I really need to get motivated on that! I promise I'll get creating on them very soon! Come back and see what's happening here and keep me focused on those Christmas cards!
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Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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