Twice Blessed For The Paper Players 217

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for another Paper Players challenge, and Ann has a wonderful seasonal color palette for us featuring three of SU’s newest In Colors:

Aren’t they wonderfully fallish!?  I pulled out my favorite (sadly retired) fall set, French Foliage for my card today, and I CASEd a style I saw on Pinterest lately; you can see Lyssa’s card here.  Normally I try not to CASE something here when I do my challenge card, but it was so striking, I couldn’t wait to try it!  Here you go:

Lyssa stamped her flowers on a sheet of Typeset DSP but I had an old botanical book I picked up at a thrift shop, so I tore out a piece of that and began stamping my leaves on it.  Actually, I’ve used a bunch of sets on this card!!!  (I’ll list them all at the end)!  My diecut is from Papertrey, and I cut it from a piece of Mossy Meadow to which I adhered a piece of adhesive sheet; then when I pulled the diecut out, I just peeled off the adhesive and the whole thing was very easy to attach! Everything else except the twine is SU.  I used my Envelope Punch Board to create the tab for the top and I added some stitching around the sides, as well as a little diagonal embossing on the corner:

Despite a few little issues going on in our household, this pretty well sums up how I am feeling these days….blessed!  And this also qualifies for the Shopping Our Stash challenge, which is fall colors, and the As You See It challenge, which is also fall!

 

Now, when I pulled out the sentiment, I was left with this negative piece; blessedly, I had centered it pretty well on a little strip that already had a little scallop popped out of it, so I went to work again, loosely using the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch for this week:

My sentiment is not in quite the right spot, but I just love how this turned out:

I used the gingham from Six-Sided Sampler to make the center of my flower, and a little retired die called Merry Details for my bird!  Isn’t he cute?!

I sure hope you have as much fun with these colors as I did…can’t wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure to check out all the samples from the DT as well:

• Andrea
• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Yapha

A couple weeks ago I came into my craft room to find this little scene:  a piece of ribbon, a pin cushion and several pins!

Cassidy told me she was making a dress for Cinderella…if you remember the Disney movie, the mice decorate a dress for Cinderella with pins, ribbons and bows!    Hmmmm….maybe sewing lessons are next?  Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details for Both Cards
Stamps	Gorgeous Grunge, Kinda Eclectic, Project Life Holiday Cheer, Truly Grateful, Six-Sided Sampler, French Foliage (ret), Tiny Tags (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Basic Black
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist
Accessories	Twine, Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot,  Sponge Daubers, Stripes EF, Tiny Tag Punch (ret),         1 1/4" Scallop Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Finishing Touches Edgelit, Candy Dots, Sewing Machine, Merry Details Diecut (ret), Blessings Diecut (Papertrey)