PPA142 - Falling For Your Birthday

Stampin' Up! French Foliage & Curly Cute

It's time for the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  This week it's Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, and Elegant Eggplant.  What a wonderful fall palette!  But this wasn't the ONLY fall project I've taken on.  I decided to change rooms and revamp my crafting space.  I have been told by some people that they feel I enjoy organzing my craft supplies more than actually using them.  While that may be true, I am surely looking forward to completing this project so I can get back to creating on a regular basis.  Look for some progress pictures in the days to come! 

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• French Foliage Clear Mount (121166)
• Curly Cute Clear Mount (120510 )
• Confetti Clear Mount (120465)

Ink -

• Elegant Eggplant Classic (126969)
• Lucky Limeade CLassic (122935)
• Pumpkin Pie Classic (126945)
• Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Marker (123002 - set of 5 In Colors)
• Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker (105115)

Paper -

• Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
• Elegant Eggplant Card Stock (105126)

Accessories -

• Elegant Eggplant 1/2'' Scallop Dots Ribbon (124143)

Tools -

• Apothecary Accents Framelits  (127003)
• Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)
• Paper-Piercing Tool (126189)
• Stampin' Pierce Mat (126199)
• Sponge Daubers (102892)
• Color Spritzer (107066)

Putting It Together Tips:

• Creating your own designer series paper is as easy as having the correct tools! 
  
  • To create the background for this autumn card, start by stamping each leaf style in its own color.  Be sure to stamp images off the edge of the paper to give the illuision that the pattern continues.
  • Start with the largest leaf and finish with the smallest leaf. 
  • Next, using the Color Spritzer, apply the two lightest colors to fill in the open Very Vanilla card stock space. 
  • Finish off your masterpiece by applying the warm color, Pumpkin Pie, to the edges using a Sponge Dauber.  Using a circular motion, start off the Very Vanilla card stock and color the edge.  Starting off the edge eliminates the danger of a blotch of intense color. 
• To accent the Happy Birthday, I used Confetti leaves across the entire sentiment.  This reduced the starkness of the contrast.  I also edged the Framelit die cut using a Sponge Dauber and the technique described above.  Finally I used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack to create a border around the die cut.
• The Framelit mat was created by cutting a rectangle 1 3/4'' x 3 1/4'' out of Elegant Eggplant.  Then I trimmed one of the other Framelit die cuts from the same set to accent the tabs on the end.
• While I certainly like polka dots on ribbon, the dots on THIS ribbon were just too much.  So I flipped it over for a more subtle look.

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Comments

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[Terry Blais]

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Lovely fall card!

[Rae in Reno]

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Love it Mike. It feels like I'm outside with the crisp air blowing against my face. Beautiful.

[Terri]

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Love the fall colours. Neat idea of the 2 framelits.

Ter ;)

[Sandra Conner]

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That is a great card Mike! I love how you used the two different framelits on the sentiment, very clever.

[Barb in Ontario]

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Wow Mike! The way you used these colours is just stunning!

[Lucy]

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GORGEOUS CARD and love the colors!

[Patti MacLeith]

8.

Another cool fall card to remind us that it will eventually cool off.

[Margaret Moody]

9.

This is gorgeous, Mike! It makes me think of leaf impressions you can sometimes find in concrete sidewalks, only this is much prettier because it's in color! Love the tiny leaves used behind the sentiment!

[Cathy Warhank]

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Great card, Mike. I love the soft look - so perfect with the delicateness of the leaves. Clever of you to use the confetti leaves on the greeting label. Beautiful work!

[D Sparks]

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Gorgeous card. Love the way you created your own DSP.

[Carol Carriveau]

12.

While I don't have any of these sets, I am happy to look at your lovely creation!!!

[Jessica]

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This is beautiful Mike! It wasn't what I expected. But I love Fall, and all the colored leaves. Gorgeous job.Looking forward to seeing the progress of the room change. I love seeing other peoples spaces.
Hugs, Jess

[Doris D.]

14.

This is such a happy card with bright fall colors. I love this stamp set. You did it proud.

[Sharon J.]

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Very pretty card...I love the colors.

[Ann Schach]

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Beautiful random stamping, Mike! Your distressing and spritzing are perfect!

[Diane Oliver]

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Mike great card, great colors and great tips! Just beautiful. love the tiny leaves behind the sentiment... and the flipped ribbon was a surprise. hugs

[Terry]

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Mike, I too have been accused of organizing schtuff and craft room more than creating.
BUT, I do get a burst of creativity when I'm done!! Hubby says I should do it once a month. Arrrgh....don't think I could have that many bursts.
The card is stunning. This I will CAS.
Love it.

[Wendie]

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Love this, Mike. Isn't the color spritzer a great tool? I'm looking forward to seeing your reorganizing pics and any tips you might share. Enjoy the process!

[marsha]

20.

Beautiful, love the colors. Can not wait to try and CASE this, thanks so much for sharring with all of us.
Marsha

[Linda Callahan]

21.

Beautiful fall card - and I love those teeny leaves on the sentiment panel!

[Dawn Tidd]

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Lucky for us, projects never end! Love all the layers with the papers, ribbon and labels. Can't wait to see pix of your other project too.

[Judy]

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Beautiful card, Mike. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Have a great day.

[mary fish]

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stunning use of these colors for fall. very chic how you layered the mini leaves with the sentiment!