It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players! This week, Jaydee has a fun theme challenge for us: Leaves are Falling! You simply need to create a project using either leaves or trees. As for me, I grabbed my French Foliage stamp set and paper snips, and got busy! I hope you enjoy today’s shabby card!
This card measures 5-1/4″ square.
- Leaves! The leaves from French Foliage were stamped in Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, and More Mustard. They were then snipped and distressed with Crumb Cake ink to produce a fall bouquet of leaves focal point!
- Clip and Curl! The Thoughts of You sentiment, from the Loving Thoughts set, was inked in Soft Suede and stamped onto Naturals Ivory card stock. A few snips transforms it into a banner which takes on even more personality when curled and distressed.
- Pearls! Using the Diagonal Plate and my Simply Scored tool, the base was scored every inch on the diagonal, in both directions. Pearls were then added at the intersections!
It was fun getting down and dirty with all of this distressing! Yes, I know…there are tons of pearls on it. But if you don’t want to use the pearls, the diagonal scoring provides an interesting touch! And with just a switch of a sentiment, you would have a card which would be perfect for a fall wedding or birthday! As always, your comments are important to me, so won’t you please let me know what you think of today’s card? And of course, never hesitate to email me if you ever have questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use. Until next time…
Quick Note: I will not have easy access to the Internet this weekend. I am accompanying Muffy and Lexi to a four-day dog show. Brody and Dad are going to be having bonding time while the girls are away! I’ll be back home Monday night.
Stamp Sets: French Foliage, Loving Thoughts; Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze, More Mustard; Card Stock: Naturals Ivory; Tools: Sponge Dauber, Paper Snips, Simply Scored with Diagonal Plate; Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls
I LOVE this card! I thought I could make do with my old fall stamp sets, but may have to now purchase French Foliage.
Beautiful – I love the scoring with the pearls~!
Your cluster of autumn leaves is just gorgeous, and all those little pearls are sensational! Have fun at the dog show 🙂
Gorgeously breathtaking, as usual, Ann! XOXO
oh my! Ann this is gorgeous! That may be my very favorite stamp set and your card is “WOW”! Have a safe trip and have fun!
Ann – this is gorgeous!! You are the queen of all things “French Foliage” related. I love this card – you rocked it.
Hope the shows went well and that the traveling went smoothly!
When I saw your card on the Paper Players blog, all I was able to mutter was an emphatic “Wow!!”. This is a stunning card, Ann!
Beautiful card: I love those leaves. They look real. . .and make me look forward to fall.
Absolutely stunning, Ann! Love the scoring and the pearls. I ADORE the treatment with the block stamping and text stamp…just gorgeous. Hope the girls had a great weekend! ((hugs))
Gorgeous as usual, Ann! Love the scoring and pearls….and oh, so pretty, the way you “highlighted” the little French words. One of my favorite things to do! Beautiful!
Love, love, love this card.You are so talented with all your posts.
Love, love, love this card! Wonderful colors and textures galore! I am woindering, would the pearls distress too? I know you usually use a permanent marker on them but I am wondering about taking just the clean white edge of the pearls off. But, then again, they wouldn’t the center of attention, would they? Distressed pearls or not, this is one honey of a card. Hey, why doesn’t SU come up with a color called honey? With the realistic appeal of those leaves, thank goodness there is not a squirrel around to look for the acorns!
Chris R. from Iowa
What a beautiful card! That is my all time favorite leaf set.
Beautiful vintage look. Love all those leaves and the colors you chose. And wow, those pearls give it just the right touch of elegance.
this card ann is beyond beautiful. those pearls took my breath away and your stamping is gorgeous. i thought there was gesso on them. wow you do the mixed media/vintage so well without the typical tools. a pro!
Love the color choice and the way your pearls almost look like snow 🙂 Well done mf~
Beautiful!!
*gasp!* This is just gorgeous!
Love the card Ann. The leaves look so real, I can almost hear them crackling. I really like the scored background, sure adds texture. I hope you had fun with the girls this weekend.
Ann OMG this has got to be one of my all time favorites of yours. The French Foliage leaves are so real looking and the curled banner is just right. But the stamped and embossed background is So gorgeous… I LOVE the BG embossing but the added pearls takes if over the top for me.
Hugs.
Good Luck this weekend at the show.
I love fall! And I am so ready…it was 96 degrees here yesterday. Too hot! So your lovely falling leaves provided me with a wonderful reminder and promise that cooler, crisper days are ahead. I love the way you distressed the leaves…beautiful!
Your card actually took my breath away Ann when I first looked at it. It is drop dead gorgeous! An incredible work of art. I can’t say enough about it!
Wow!! This is absolutely stunning Ann! That scored background with the pearls is soooo pretty (must try that SOON!) and I love how the autumnal colours pop off the neutral background. Thanks for the inspiration and also for your kind and encouraging words – they mean a lot!
So glad you had fun getting down and dirty!
The scoring and pearls make a great background.
I wish the girls and boys a fun weekend.
Beautiful card. Love the scored background and the leaves.
You took my breath away with this autumn beauty! Love how you scored…I thought it was an embossing folder. 🙂
Gorgeous card. I love everything about it but I have to say the pearls and diagonal lines are genius.
Oh my goodness Ann, this is gorgeous! Your scoring and adding those pearls(although probably took patience and time) look wonderful!!! Perfection!!
Enjoy your weekend away at the dog show with the girls!!! Safe travels!
This is lovely, Ann! I adore the scoring with pearl accents. Brilliant idea!
As always, your cards amaze me. Love the pearls, just the right touch and only you could do it. The leaves look so real…nice job
Oh my! Gorgeous as always dear friend! Those pearls just make the card!
Stunning Ann…just stunning! I’ve enjoyed all your cards created with French Foliage, but this one is my favorite. The leaves pop against the soft scored background. A truely beautiful card, I love it!
Oh Ann, this is truly awesome! Those leaves are gorgeous, I love how you layered them! And that scored background with all the pearls is truly elegant! What a wonderful card for any occasion!
Hope you and the girls are having fun, good luck to both of them! And I know Dad and Brody are having some great “man-to-man” time!
Your card is gorgeous…I love those autumnal coloured leaves and the faux quilted bkgd, a fabulous mix of textures :0)
Jenny x
That is one beautiful card Ann.
Beautiful card, Ann! Love those French Foliage leaves and your scored background.
As always, your card is Gorgeous Ann; right down to the pearls. They add a very nice touch to your card.
ColleenB.
Oh my word! You have gone way beyond “crafter” to artist! What a truly magnificent card. Seriously. When the image first came up on my screen I actually caught my breath – then my eyes started racing from one treat to the next to the next. Amazing!! Your imagination works in wonderful ways. Good luck at the show.