A Color Challenge This Week!

It’s Thursday Challenge time at Create With Connie & Mary and we are all using the three colors shown above. These colors speak fall or autumn to me! See what I did here with my card?

I created a Z Card Fold and added lots of diecut leaves and veins from our Autumn Leaves Bundle. I even embossed one of the larger leaves with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder:


Stampin’ Up! Products Used:
- Stamps: Autumn Leaves
- Cardstock: Mossy Meadow, Wild Wheat, Calypso Coral, Basic White
- Designer Paper: All About Autumn
- Inks: Mossy Meadow
- Tools & Accessories: Autumn Leaves Dies, Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots, Distressed Tile Embossing Foler, Double Oval Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Card Recipe:
- Card Base: Mossy Meadow Cardstock 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. Score at 2-1/8″ & 4-1/4″. Fold Z shape.
- Layer 2 Inside: Wild Wheat Cardstock 5-1/4″ x 4″. Glue to inside of card base.
- Layer 3 Inside: Basic White Cardstock 5″ x 3-3/4″. Glue to inside.
- Layer 4: All About Autumn Designer Paper 5″ x 1/2″. Glue to the right edge of the white layer.
- Layer 2 Front Flap: Wild Wheat Cardstock 5-1/4″ x 1-7/8″. Glue to front flap.
- Layer 3 Front Flap: All About Autumn Designer Paper 5″ x 1-5/8″. Glue to front flap.
- Veins: Cut leaf veins with all three cardstock colors with the two smaller dies and glue to flap front vertically.
- Leaves: Cut (2) leaves leaves with the die and Wild Wheat Cardstock. Emboss one of the leaves with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder. Glue both leaves with Stampin’ Dimensionals over the veins.
- Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Mossy Meadow Cardstock with Mossy Meadow Ink. Cut with the Double Oval Punch. Glue between both leaves flat.
- Bling: Add Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots to the embossed leaf.
Check out what the rest of our team is up to this week but visiting Create With Connie & Mary!

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