Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jaydee to host this week and she has a seasonal clean and simple challenge for us to work with:
Clean and simple foliage - perfect for this time of year. Today I have a sneak peek for you of a new set that will be released with the November drop of Online Exclusives products - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
Those pretty little foliage dies are part of a larger set called Friendly Foliage that consists of both a stamp set and dies. I had intended to use the main stamp and die in this set, which is perfect for a clean and simple card, however when I saw the inspiration photo over at Inspired By this week, I thought I'd have a go at creating some little panels inspired by those in the photo - can you tell which ones I chose? I followed the sketch too, using 5 diecut swirly rectangles in Basic Beige as my base (cut with the retired Beautiful Shapes Dies), masking each one and adding ink with a blending brush where required. I then added my diecut foliage, having paper-pieced in the sections in a variety of different colours:
I'm not going to lie, for a clean and simple card this did take quite a while to create due to all of the diecutting and piecing involved, but I'm very pleased with the result! A thankful sentiment (from the retired 'Good Greetings' stamp set) in Night of Navy completes my card - and also means I am linking up with the team over at Addicted To CAS where their new codeword is 'thankful'. The Friendly Foliage stamp set and dies make for beautiful and simple designs and you can be sure you will be seeing more if them in the coming weeks.
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
This card is headed to one of the lovely ladies that took advantage of this month's great joining offer to welcome her as a member of my Stampin' Up! team - I am thankful for her and all the other lovely ladies that have chosen to share their Stampin' up! journeys with me. A reminder that you still have a couple more weeks to take advantage of this offer - click here for a reminder of the offer details here or here if you're ready to enjoy all of the benefits that joining Stampin' Up! has to offer.
Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
1. Create a new paper project
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4. Have FUN!
Enjoy your day; I spent much of my day yesterday in the garden, preparing it for winter, so I'm hoping today once I've finished my ironing that I can squeeze in a little crafty time too! I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
