Another Autumn Leaves Card

Hello!  What a lovely fall day we have going on here.  I'm not sure why we had no trees turn brilliant red last fall, mostly just yellow and brown.  But this year we are graced with wonderful color.  We have four of the most gloriously red trees to enjoy.  Talk about beautiful!  To honor this display of color, I decided to share one more card using the Autumn Leaves set.  I've truly enjoyed creating with this set and the lovely All About Autumn DSP that coordinates with it.  The designs almost create themselves.  So, here's the last one these (until I break down and make another one!)

Don't you love these lovely rich colors together for fall?  I sure do.  Let me tell you how it's made.  Start with a card base of Copper Clay that's cut to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half.  Next there is a layer of Crumb Cake cut to 5 1/4" x 4".  I built on this layer before putting it on the card.

Next comes the layer of the Tartan Foil Specialty Paper.  This is an Online Exclusive product and is absolutely gorgeous!  The prints I used on this card are two sides of the same Copper Clay paper.  There are also Lost Lagoon and Pebbled Path coordinating colors and they're all lovely.  A piece was cut 5" x 3 3/4".  Then 1 1/2" were cut from the bottom and flipped to show the white side.  These pieces are attached with adhesive to the Crumb Cake layer.  

A 4 1/4" length of the Natural Wavy Trim was attached where they come together.  Just run adhesive along the seam and adhere the trim.  I was worried that the stickiness of the adhesive would come through the pattern of the trim, but there was no problem.  Trim off the excess from the ends after attaching.

Using the Autumn Leaves Bundle, I stamped the oak leaf in Pretty Peacock and another in Pecan Pie ink.  The leaves that are together were stamped twice (without re-inking) using Copper Clay ink.  All leaves were die-cut using the coordinating dies.   

Using the small single leaf die, cut 3 leaves from Pretty Peacock cardstock and 1 from the Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper.  Two of the veining die were cut from the Oxidized Copper paper and 1 from Pretty Peacock cardstock.  I used these pieces as branches instead of veins.

The sentiment comes from the Autumn Leaves stamp set.  It's stamped with Copper Clay ink onto a Basic White cardstock piece.  It's then die-cut using the coordinating die from the set.  I love the notched corners and stitching on this die for extra interest.

All the leaves and branches (veining pieces) were layered up in a pleasing fashion.  Since there were so many pieces, I didn't use any Dimensionals under them.  The sentiment was placed over these pieces with Dimensionals on the ends to keep it flat.  

This whole layer was attached to the folded Copper Clay card base using Dimensionals.  The Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins were added to the card for a little extra bling.  I've been using these sequins on so many cards lately.  They are such a nice addition, especially because they're so flat and don't cause problems when mailing your cards.

The final touch was the double bow of Linen Thread that matches the Wavy Trim.  The bow is attached with a Mini Glue Dot.

I just had to share another photo of this pretty Thanksgiving card.  This photo shows the lovely tone-on-tone look of the Tartan Foil Paper off perfectly.  It truly is very pretty in real life.  You know these photos never do the specialty papers justice!

Don't forget Stampin'Up! has the Annual Sale going on right now.  Trims and ribbons, papers and envelopes, and all sorts of inks and pads are on sale November 14 - 16.  All of the sale items are from the Annual Catalog.  Plus, there are many clearance items to choose from too.  Time to stock up on cardstock and envelopes for sure!

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Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon