It's that time of year - beautiful colors, crisp cool air, sunny blue skies, and crunchy leaves underfoot. Yes, I know that means extra work with raking leaves, and that days are shorter, and that winter is just around the corner, but I still LOVE the Fall.
Here's a card I taught at a recent workshop at my friend Carolyn Seabolt's house in Westminster, MD. The guests had fun using the Big Shot die cutting machine to create the leaves for the project. They're covered with Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!, of course, but this one is called Juntos, and you won't find it in the main catalog. It's a hidden gem in Celebrando Creatividad, the Spanish-language catalog, and no, you don't have to speak Spanish to be able to order it.
The colors I selected were Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, and More Mustard. It was very easy to pick the palette - the Juntos papers were my guide. They are beautifully coordinated and take the work out of picking a color scheme.
The DSP is adhered to light-weight chipboard (recycled from backings on packs of church bulletins someone gave to me) with glue stick. I really prefer the Stampin' Up! Anywhere Glue Stick for sticking DSP onto chipboard. In my opinion, it can't be topped.
There are some textural details you'll notice better in the close-up below. The Really Rust piece is pierced, the Very Vanilla strip is distressed, the leaves are embellished with natural hemp and buttons, and the greeting is punched out with the oval punch and popped up with a dimensional.
Tomorrow I'll share a scrapbook page I made using these left-over leaves. I couldn't let them go to waste, could I?
