Altered Fall Project

Just a quick little post this morning before I run out the door to a funeral luncheon!  I picked this candle jar up while on vacation for less than $1.00!!  I couldn’t wait to dress it up a bit! What do you think?

The birch paper came from the Tablescape kit in the mini catalog; I cut it to fit and adhered it in the back; I diecut a leaf from our canvas sheets using the Autumn Accents die and brayered it with Crumb Cake ink to give it a bit of color. 

Then I took our wide burlap ribbon and adhered two strips of it side by side, to a piece of cardstock with our Adhesive sheets, and ran it through the AA die again, making sure that the seam (the leaf was too wide for just one piece of ribbon) was running down the center of the leaf.  Finally, I added an acorn from Wonderfall which was shaded in Cajun Craze and sponged with Early Espresso:

Oh, and I added a little tag using the sentiment from Truly Grateful.  I love how this turned out! 

Be sure to come back tomorrow when I am the hostess for the Paper Players with a fresh color challenge!

Paper Players 160

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Nance is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has an intriguing sketch for us all:

Wow,  I had a lot of ideas tumbling around in my head….ever get that way?  It’s hard to narrow your choices down!  I finally settled on a very subtle pattern from Sweater Weather and paired it with some elements from Wonderfall:

For my diagonal stripes, I used two different designs of  Washi tape and a triple line of linen thread, accented with some chevrons of canvas:

I love all the diagonal movement going on here, not only in the sketch, but also in the washi, the DP and the chevrons!!  My mat is Chocolate Chip and I used Smoky Slate and Crumb Cake for my diecuts.  I think this would make a great sympathy card or maybe a masculine birthday card….I’ll leave the sentiment open on the inside until I decide how I’ll be using it!

I hope that this sketch inspires you to create something wonderful!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog and be sure to check out what the others created as well!

Grampy and Cassidy returning from a little walk to the neighbor’s pond:

I wonder what they were talking about?!!

Enjoy your day!  I will be taking a little blogging vacation for the next week or so, so I’ll see you when I return!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Wonderfall, A Dozen Thoughts
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweater Weather DP
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky (for shading)
Accessories	Linen Thread, Canvas, Epic Day This & That and Season of Style Washi Tape
Tools	Big Shot, Autumn Accents Die, Hexagon Punch, Dimensionals