Seasonally Scattered Pumpkins {PP217}

Hi friends!  This week Ann has a lovely seasonal color challenge for us at The Paper Players:

A trio of the newest In Colors and I just couldn't resist using them with the fun Fall Fest pumpkins (again).  I can't get enough of these pumpkins...this set and coordinating Framelits is one of the most useful in the current Holiday Catalog!

Convention goers this year received the Seasonally Scattered stamp set and I've used it here to make a lovely background of Mossy Meadow vines.

I thought you might want to see a close-up of the pumpkins....see how they have a light area to them?  I inked them in Tangelo Twist and then used a Q-tip to swipe off some ink near the "ribs" on each pumpkin.  Then, I took a Hello Honey marker and colored straight down over the lines.  It lends a shaded effect that makes the pumpkins look a little more natural, doncha' think?!  I added some loops of thread taken from the Burlap Ribbon along with some Mossy Meadow leaves from the Bird Builder punch.  Of course, since this is Ann's color challenge I had to use some pearls which I colored with a gold Stampin' Dazzle marker.

I was a little pressed for time on this creation and didn't manage to finish the inside (gasp!) but I thought you might be happy with one more creation using these gorgeous colors:

Unfortunately, I needed a quick sympathy card for a co-worker and when I saw this lovely card, I knew it was just perfect.  I used post-it notes to mask off an area of Very Vanilla cardstock (I think it was about 2") and sponged the area with the challenge colors.  I stamped the trees with the two lighter colors in the background before removing the mask.  This really added to the forest look.  After removing the mask, just stamp the trees once in the darkest ink (Mossy Meadow) and you've got a quick and easy card.

I hope you've enjoyed my two-fer cards for Ann's color challenge!  Do check out the rest of the fabulous inspiration from the Paper Players Design Team.  Come back and play with us before the challenge ends on Friday, October 17th at Noon.   Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Andrea Whisman

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Mike Funke

Yapha Mason

  

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Wonderful Wreath for {PP164}

Happy Sunday, friends!  Sorry to be late with my post for this week's challenge at The Paper Players.  Working a weekend and hosting two stamp clubs this week really ate up my crafting time!  Better late than never, though, and the always fabulous Sandy has a great sketch for us this week:

I was itching to use some more new products from the Seasonal Catalog so I pulled together some of them to create a fall anniversary card for my SIL & BIL:

 

I love it when the designer paper helps me pick out my color palette.  This sheet of Sweater Weather DSP combines Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand and Soft Sky.  Because I wanted to emboss the Wonderful Wreath stamp, I substituted for Chocolate Chip with Early Espresso EP.  I backed it with a circle cut from This and That Epic Day DSP (Pool Party--woops!) that I stamped with Off the Grid in Sahara Sand. 

The real show stopper is the Gold Foil sentiment cut with the Expressions Thinlits Dies.  I am amazed at how well the die-cut pops out when I layered a piece of wax paper between the die and the paper--it popped right out!

To decorate the inside, I stamped Wonderful Wreath again in Sahara Sand and added two sentiments from Best of Greetings and Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip. 

Be sure to check out all the Design Team inspiration over at The Paper Players!  Stop by and give the DT some love and then come back to play along with us before Sandy's sketch challenge ends on Friday, September 27th at Noon (PDT).  Thanks for stopping by today, friends!


Supplies
Stamps: Wonderful Wreath, Best of Greetings, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Off the Grid, Mosaic Madness
Ink: Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Versamark
Paper: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla CS; Sweather Weather & Epic Day DSP; Gold Foil Sheets
Xtras: Expressions Thinlits Dies; Circle Framelits; Linen Thread; Candy Dots; Early Espresso EP;