Hello Fellow Stampers ~
We're more than halfway thru my week (I don't work on Fridays - yeah!), and boy am I ready. It's been a week for sure! Thankfully we're warming up a little and all the snow from this past weekend is just about melted off. The Halloween decor has been stashed away until next year, and Thanksgiving is making an appearance. It's time to celebrate Fall in all its glory and count our blessings!!
I am going to kick off the month of November with a beautiful card that's been "in progress" for the past week or so on my work table. I originally started this design as I was preparing for the Annual Halloween class, and quickly decided it wasn't going to work for that theme; and started actually envisioning something totally different in my mind. It's taken a little bit, but I think things came to fruition very nicely.
This card showcases the beautiful Fruitful Blessings stamp set and dies bundle. And I get to showcase the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder as the "canvas" for my design. I adore this new embossing folder!!
My color picks for this card are a little unusual. The card base is from Pumpkin Pie cardstock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" -- top fold card).
I have a peek-a-boo mat of Lemon Lime Twist; and the main background overlay is Wild Wheat.
Then the images are all stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, and colored with Stampin' Blends in Wild Wheat, Old Olive, and Pecan Pie.
The White & Black Checked Ribbon was colored with a Dark Wild Wheat Stampin' Blend (yes, you can color your ribbon with Stampin' Blends!), and then wrapped the two layers before they were put on the card base front.
As I pulled the ribbon around the layers to be tied in front, I added the frayed pieces of a section I cut and frayed from the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack. I love how this ribbon frays so nicely, and I literally tied the "bundle" of frayed linen pieces into the ribbon's "faux" bow knot. The effect is wonderful!
The sentiment is fussy cut, of course - LOL. And the stamped, colored, and die cut pieces are layered using glue dots and dimensionals on a Deckled Circle die cut of Basics Vellum, and then it's all adhered to the front of the card. I finished off the stamped pieces with Wink of Stella, and added Speckled Dots for finishing.
It's all really pretty and elegant.
The inside of the card emulates the layered colors from the front of the card, another piece of the colored ribbon, and finished off with a stamped/colored/die cut acorn, and some die cut leaves.
I love how this card turned out. I hope you have snagged this beautiful bundle; there will be more fun with this set of products over the next several weeks.
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Hugs, . . .
