Rose Gold Changing Leaves

Hello my stamping friends!  Today's card features a retired metallic, the inside of a Paper Pumpkin envelope, a cool hybrid embossing folder and die set.  Sounds like a little bit of everything!  That's how I end up making so many of my cards, a little of this and a little of that until it comes together into something that pleases me.  Let me share this one with you.

This is one of the cards I've made lately using the Changing Leaves Bundle which is a current Online Exclusive.  For some reason when I looked at the set, I saw Petal Pink, Copper Clay, and rose gold metallics for a really elegant look.  I love how all these colors just blend together and make me happy.  Let's make this together.

I started with Petal Pink for the card base.  It measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  It's scored at 4 1/4" and folded in half.

Next is a layer of Copper Clay cardstock.  I love how these two colors work so well together.  Both of them are favorites, so this is perfect for me.  The layer measures 5 1/4" x 4".   Set aside for now.

The next layer is the 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" piece of retired Rose Gold Metallic Paper from a few years back.  I love the warmth the rose gold color gives to the card and works perfectly with these colors.  Using either gold or silver would necessitate using different cardstock colors for the card.  This really would be pretty but wasn't what I was planning on today.  I need to try a color palette in silver, grays, and black just to see how it looks.

As you can tell, I really struggled to keep myself out of the mirror background of the metallic paper when picture taking.  But there's my hands!  Ok, I really got off-topic there.  I embossed the Rose Gold Paper with the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder, but didn't use the cutting die for this layer.  After embossing, it was attached to the Copper Clay layer using Tombow Liquid Glue to hold in place.  Then these layers were added to the folded card base using Dimensionals.

The leaves were all made next. The solid leaf is Petal Pink cardstock that was both cut and embossed with the Hybrid set.  After cutting, a small amount of Copper Clay ink was brushed over this with a Blending Brush.  This really enhanced the detail from the embossing.  The double skeleton leaf is cut from Petal Pink and the single leaf is cut from Copper Clay.  These were not enhanced with any extra color.

When arranging these leaves on the card for placement, they just got lost on the metallic paper.  Looking around for possible additional contrast on the card, I found a scrap piece from a Paper Pumpkin envelope.  Many times, the envelopes have a design inside that I cut out and use for other cards.  This is one of those pieces.  The pinkish-brown woodgrain look has some Petal Pink coloring that seemed to work well with the colors of the card I already used, so why not?  The piece is an odd shape, 3 3/4" long, about 1 1/4" at the top and about 1 5/8" at the bottom.  This was attached with Tombow Liquid Glue about 3/4" from the left edge of the rose gold piece.

The solid leaf was attached flat with adhesive first.  Next the skeleton leaves were attached with touches of the liquid glue on the center spine of the leaves.  

The sentiment also comes from the Changing Leaves stamp set.  It's stamped with Copper Clay ink onto a Basic White strip of cardstock.  It measures 5/8" wide and 3 1/4" long.  After stamping, I used a Blending Brush and Copper Clay ink to add a little color on the edges.

A 1/4" strip of Copper Clay was attached across the card front to anchor the sentiment.  Adhesive was used for this.  Then the sentiment layer was attached over this using Dimensionals.

This gives you an idea of the dilemma of what bling to use.  It seemed that anything with a metallic shine really got lost in the design.  I chose to use the Adhesive-backed Speckled Dots in a Copper Clay color.  They showed up nicely on the mirror finish and matched perfectly the colors I had used.  As you can see on the photo the bling hadn't been added yet.  The design really needed the extra color dots.

Thank you for stopping by again to see what's being created lately.  I tend to skip around the different sets I have, but I'll try to get another card or two made using the versatile Changing Leaves Bundle.  We'll see how that works out.

Don't forget about my 50th Anniversary special going on for any customers this month.  If you purchase $50 worth of merchandise from me before the end of the month, I'll send you a card and a package of embellishments that are current right now.  Please use the Host Code at the top of this blog post.  Thank you!

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon