PP458 Ann's Pretty Colors

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope your weekend is going well so far!  Time for another Paper Players challenge with the talented Ann as our hostess!  She has a pretty fall color challenge for us this week:

Some of these colors are in the new Come to Gather DSP, so I paired a few of the patterns with some Merry Merlot DSP to come up with this:

It follows the Fab Friday sketch:

and I used some strips to create the horizontal elements; I used the woodgrain paper for my background, and I cut an open circle from the Merry Merlot DSP, along with a MM leaf diecut, for a focal image.  I hand-cut a little tag from the same woodgrain paper and stamped a sentiment from Here's a Card, then added some sequins, a faceted element and a little twine bow!

As I do often, I created another card with a totally different feel using the same colors!  This one uses the sketch from FMS, the CAS on Sunday challenge to use a diecut sentiment, and the Festive Friday Inspo challenge;  I used stripes, a bird, and pearls:

And here we go!  For this card, I hand-painted some stripes in Pretty Peacock on a piece of diecut Whisper White, then  used my Stamparatus to ink flowers from Perennial Birthday in Merry Merlot and Versamark, then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and watercolored them in.  They're not too hard to fussy-cut, so after doing that, I mounted them on a "wreath" from Sweetly Swirled, stamped in Cajun Craze:

I masked off part of another sentiment from Here's a Card and stamped it on the striped piece to go with my diecut sentiment and bird, which are both from the Well Written dies, and I added some speckles and pearls to finish it off:

Please be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to see the fabulous creations the DT has made, then share yours with us as well!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Card One Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Here's a Card
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Come to Gather DSP, Merry Merlot DSP, Merry Merlot
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Twine, Faceted Embellishment, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies, Seasonal Layers Dies

Card Two Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, Here's a Card, Sweetly Swirled
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White
Ink	Merry Merlot, Pretty Peacock, Cajun Craze, Versamark
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Aquapainter, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Well Written Dies, Stamparatus