The weather has been pleasant the last few days here in Central Virginia so I was starting to feel all the autumn feels! 80 degrees and lower humidity definitely signals that the end of summer is near even if we still will have some more 90+ degree days. So now it's time for some seasonal stamping so I brought out the carry over stamp set Autumn Leaves to get started. The Color Hues challenge has the colors of yellow and orange this week so I thought that was perfect timing!
I pulled out various oranges along with Crushed Curry and some DSP that is actually Daffodil Delight but it goes nonetheless! And then I realized after the card was put together that the DSP uses Basic White and I did all my stamping on Very Vanilla. Oops! I usually just use one or the other on a card and always coordinate using the one in the DSP. I must have been interrupted mid-design...that's my story at least!
Crumb Cake worked the best for the card base as all of the colors that I tried were just "too much". I had this Bee Mine DSP already cut so I left it as is and then added the rest of the elements.
The color combos for the leaves are from top to bottom; Peach Pie and Pumpkin Pie (yum!), Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze. Once the leaves were stamped and die cut I got to work on the sentiment.
I stamped the 'Hey' from Saying Hey stamp set in Cajun Craze and then fussy cut it and then stamped the smaller sentiment in Pumpkin Pie on a narrow strip and then layered that across the card front. The leaves are adhered next and finally the 'hey' is popped on dimensionals.
And a blast from embellishments past; I used some long retired Pumpkin Pie candy dots to accent around the leaves as well as some retired Crushed Curry baker's twine for a bow.
This was a fun color grouping to work with and perfect for some autumn leaves!
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Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Saying Hey
Ink: Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry
Paper: Crumb Cake, Bee Mine DSP, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Autumn Leaves dies, dimensionals, candy dots (retired), Crushed Curry baker's twine (retired)
Your leaves and background paper are such a pretty pairing; perfect for Fall. Thank you so much for joining us at Colour Hues.
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Amanda, I am a huge fan of Fall leaves and this card certainly got my attention in the gallery at Color Hues. The mix of patterns is just perfect as is the sentiment. So happy you joined us.
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful leaves in yellow and orange look fantastic on the DSP! Thanks for joining us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit envious of your cooling temps. I love the autumn plus country feel to your design. Thanks so much for playing with us at Color Hues!
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