Autumn Thank You

The past few days it seems that I've been alternating between a parka and a fall-weight coat. Accordingly, I have been creating both Christmas and fall cards!

Today I created a card which allows me to enter it into two different card challenges.

Over at the Paper Craft Crew blog, they posted a sketch challenge today; at Stampin Up Only Challenges, the #109 challenge was a theme: "Thanks" or "Thanksgiving."

Because I wanted to use a particular color scheme, I focused on finding that first. I had pinned this color combo about a week ago:

I love the contrast between these colors!

Once I knew my colors, it was simply a matter of deciding which color would go where. In the end, I stayed pretty true to the sketch and color scheme I had selected, with the exception of some Mossy Meadow on the pumpkins and the addition of Whisper White and the neutral tone of the Burlap Ribbon.

I used Tangelo Twist for the card base with a matte of Blackberry Bliss which I embossed with the now retired Vine Street Embossing Folder.

I mounted a piece of Back To Black Designer Paper on Basic Black card stock and adhered it to the embossed matte. Over that I ran a piece of Burlap Ribbon topped by the skinny Basic Black ribbon, complete with a bow.

The pumpkins were stamped with Tangelo Twist and the stems colored in with a Mossy Meadow Stampin Write Marker. I used the framelits to cut out the pumpkins and then popped them up with Dimensionals.

I used two different banner framelits–one from the Banners Framelits themselves and one from the Snowflake Card Thinlits Dies–for the sentiment. The sentiment was from the Lots Of Thanks stamp set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss.

To complete the card, I added three Candy Dots. Though they were Pumpkin Pie in color, they blended nicely with the Tangelo Twist.

What blogs host your favorite card challenges? Let me know in the Comments below!

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Blendabilities–Foray Into Foil

Blendabilities can be used in many ways; they aren't just used for coloring stamped images. They can be used to color buttons, sequins, acetate, glass, rhinestones, pearls, muslin bags . . . the list goes on.

Today I used them to color foil. The markers give an interesting texture of their own by adding streaks and sometimes pools of color.

For this card I embossed a strip of foil using the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder. I used Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Old Olive to color the stripes.

A matte of Daffoldil delight was embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder and the colored foil strip was adhered to it with Fuse Fast.

I'm used a variety of punches—Blossom, Pansy, Petite Petals and the flower from the now retired Itty Bitty Shapes Pack—to create the flower. The centre uses a Candy Dot from the Brights collection. I also used the Bird Builder a Punch for the leaves.

A Mossy Meadow ribbon was adhered to the matte and then the matte was mounted on the Bermuda Bay card base.

The flower was built with Dimensionals and adhered to the card front.the leaves were added using glue dots.

The sentiment comes from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set. It was stamped in Daffodil Delight on Whisper White and then punched with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. Th edges were inked with Bermuda Bay.

Here's a close-up of the card:

Let me know in the comments below what you have colored with Blendabilities.

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