Fall-ing Leaves Friend Card

 Hi there. Hope everyone is well. Just gonna slip in this Fall card amongst my Christmas cardmaking, as I needed to mail off one more of these. 

I told y'all I printed two Gecko Galz Leafy Ladies images and so if you think you are seeing double, well, almost but not quite. I'm using the second one on today's card. 

   

I chose to use Split Coast Stampers Sketch 123 from years ago because it's laid out like the embossing folder I wanted to use for the background. Thought it was a pretty good match, don't you? I resized it to A2 in PSE.

Papers: DCWV white core card stock, SU card stocks, Springhill digital, misc. paper stash scraps

Images: Gecko Galz

Ink. Palette Hybrid, Promarkers

Embossing Folder/Dies: Darice A2 Fall Square Collage; Spellbinders Label

Other / Stash: skinny blue satin ribbon, sanding block, Victorian corner punch, 

I embossed a piece of brown white-core card stock with the folder and then sanded the embossed panel while still in the folder. I wiped it off and then took various color cubes of Palette inks and swiped over the raised leaves only. The Palette ink pads are fabric and not squishy so they work very well for this. 

I then removed the embossed panel and cut off the sentiment, as I wanted to trim it some before adding back to the card. I chose the closest shade of blue ribbon I had to match the blue base mat and I adhered it in the embossed channels with Scor-tape. I corner punched the blue mat.

On the inside I used the same poem that I used in the first card I did, written by yours truly and printed out from PSE. I used a Spellbinders Labels die to cut out.

For the back, I raided my blue paper scraps drawer. Stamped the IO siggie, colored with a Promarker. Corner punched all the layers.

And a final view. I do enjoy ink-swiping embossed surfaces, seems like I've done my share of it lately. At any rate, I hope you enjoyed your visit and I thank you for it! May we all have fab weekends! XXO

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

1.   Split Coast Stampers Sketch SC123

2.   Crafty Creations #415: AAG

3.   Aud Sentiments #263: Sentiment + AG

4.   Arty Divas #31: ATG

5.   Crafty Calendar Nov. Challenge: AG

6.   mIX iT uP #43: AG + Opt. DIY Background -- Option played

7.   Classic Design #11: AAG

8.   Outlawz Twisted Thursday 11/5-11/11: AG + Opt. Twist from Past Year -- I chose Embossing and Leaves

9.   Sparkles Monthly #133: Hello Autumn

10. Creative Crafters #33: AG

11. The Crafters Cafe #254: AG