It’s Thursday and time to play at Pals Paper Arts! The Pals have selected a Fall theme for Challenge #115. Thanksgiving, Autumn, Harvest or Halloween…the choice is yours! Although the Pals Design Team uses Stampin’ Up! in our creations, we welcome any and all products and encourage everyone to play along. Challenges are a perfect way to have fun while growing as paper artists. Won’t you join us this week?
- Score one for the team! Stampin’ Up!’s new Simply Scored tool makes it possible to add easy details in the blink of an eye! Add a Basic Pearl…and you have just moved from drab to fab!
- Falling leaves! Create the look of watercoloring without the fuss with the Gently Falling stamp set! Leaf images were inked in Crumb Cake (overstamped with Cherry Cobbler), More Mustard (overstamped with Cajun Craze on the Maple Leaf and Old Olive on the elongated leaf), and Cajun Craze (overstamped with Old Olive). Fussy cut and adhered to a 3″ Naturals Ivory circle punched with the Big Shot…these are leaves you won’t have to rake!
- Pennant with pizzazz! Take your sentiment pennant to a new level by curling one end. The Round File from the Distressing Essentials kit makes it a snap to curl ends and corners!
- Distress! Don’t be a fool…use the Tool…the Color Spritzer Tool! Paired with a Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker, speckles appear in a flash! After a spritz of Log Cabin Smooch, the Naturals Ivory circle takes on a nice bronze patina. And of course, don’t forget to daub the edges with Soft Suede ink using those fun little dauber do-bobbers!
I hope you enjoyed today’s fall card! I am really liking the new Pool Party color for so many seasons, from Fall to Winter, as well as Spring and Summer! It “plays well” with other colors! Won’t you let me know what you think in your comment today? And if you have not checked out the latest “From Me to You” card, won’t you please check yesterday’s post? Remember, your comments are important to me…and I always welcome your questions about the cards that I create and the techniques that I use. I am only an email away! Until next time…
Spritzing seems a natural companion to stamped leaves, doesn’t it? Love how you layered those leaves around the spritzed circle.
Hi Ann,
Pool party as the main color is amazing and so pretty framed in the darker colors. Love the detailed leaves and the elegant touch added from scoring.Stunning!
I went to the PPA site to see what the challenge was for this week. Without looking at the names of the designers I picked this card as being the one that you made. Ann, your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love,love,love your style.
Mary
WOW….stunning Ann! 🙂
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Hey I like your card, it’s so lovely! Nice inspiration…
Y’all are going to force me to get this stamp set, aren’t you! Beautiful, as always! (Card ain’t half bad either.) 😉
Mike
A very beautiful fall card, Ann! Your choice of colors is magnificent as always. And you extra special touches, what can I say? Kathy in AZ
Gorgeous, Ann! I love all the fall colors bursting from your card. The smooched circle is such a great focal point with all the leaves and the scored background is perfect! Lovely, as usual!
You are on fire my friend! your cards are just beyond gorgeous REALLY!
Certainly another one of my favorite cards that you’ve made! Love the scoring on the pool party layer, great way to add more texture.
Another beautiful creation, Ann! You’ve certainly captured the colors of autumn. We’re anxious for our color change here in CA. Spice Cake papers are so surprisingly versatile! Thanks once again!
Diane G.
Another gorgeous creation, Ann! The leaves are beautiful and very lifelike! I love the colors, too! Perfect take on the theme!
Simply gorgeous! I love this! The leaves are gorgeous with the overstamping. Simply amazing what you can do! Enough said!
Chris R. from Iowa
you are such a master of the color spritzer tool!! Love your curling hint, too!
Truly lovely and uplifting card. The colors are so fresh and the leaves gorgeous. Looks great with the scored background and touch of pearl!
Praying today finds you feeling much better!
Your card is scrumptious~!
Beautiful fall design. Thanks for blessing my day! :). Hope you are feeling better.
Miss Daisy is actually behaving and sound asleep! Love these bark less moments – LOL
I just love fall and your card! Leaves are falling here especially since we had rain yesterday and today. Pool party is my favorite of the incolors.
Love it!!!! And the curled sentiment on the pennant is so cute. New technique learned today!!!
I KNEW I would love it! That curled sentiment is just the PERFECT touch!
What a great Fall card. The leaves are lovely and such a nice layout!
So pretty! Love the use of pool party.
Hugs, M
Hi Ann! Oh, your card is gorgeous! I love the dsp frame, scoring, and those beautiful fall leaves. It is breathtaking. The 3″ circle looks like stone with the leaves freshly fallen on top. Thanks for the lovely inspiration today!
I’m with you on Pool Party – beautiful color – not just for summer anymore 🙂 The leaves are gorgeous and beautifully framed! Love this!
I just love your spritzer tool technique, it’s perfect everytime! Not to mention how perfect these colors are together! Congrats on your latest accomplishments with the Pals! Well deserved!
This new stamp set is awesome, love the pool party color, it just pops with all the fall colors. Don’t know how I lived without my scoring tool before now…great card, thank you for all the ideas.
“Don’t be a fool, use the tool”…*chuckle*…you make me smile, Ann! I always enjoy reading your posts! This card is stunning as ever. The rich fall colors really pop with the Pool Party addition. Wowza!! Love those score lines, too. All around Fall fab!! 🙂
Gorgeous, Gorgeous card! Love the color combo.
This is gorgeous. The curled end of the sentiment pennant is an artistic and unique touch. I love it!
Simply astonishing! Hmmm – I don’t happen to have the gently falling stamp set and I adore it every time I see you use it. I also am a huge fan of the new Pool Party and recently used it to make a Christmas card. It truly is a versatile “all seasons” color! Thanks for continuing to inspire me each and every day.
Fall cards are my absolute favorite…and this one is stunning. I really love the way you are grouping the leaves…and that black border paired with the Pool Party paper….they play together so well. Love it! Feeling better?
Another great card! I like the Pool Party with this. Also like the scoring on it. Hope you are feeling better.
What a beautiful rich card, Ann! Are you feeling better? Your in my thoughts and prayers.
Ann!
This is gorgeous – the colors blend together perfectly. Your sense of color and design are unmatched.
Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Hope you are feeling better.
Just gorgeous! I love how you scored the pool party panel! These colors are so beautiful together and I agree that pool party is such a versatile color and goes with so many other colors no matter what season! Also love how you overstamped the leaves with contrasting colors, gives them such a deep,rich look! Another stunning masterpiece!
I knew I was going to love it! This is beautiful! I love that you tell how you create your lovely artwork, too!
Lovely, Ann! A wonderful take on the inspiration, which is beautiful, too! Hope you’re feeling better.
I think this card is amazing. Looks like it was a fun card to make. I agree with you on pool party…it is such a nice color!
Heal fast!