Fall Frolic Day #6

Welcome to the 6th day of Aly Stamp's Fall Frolic Event! Today's project is a fall card that takes on a "quilted" look putting the Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper to good use!

This card focuses heavily on the Autumn Collection style watch featured on pages 92 and 93 of the Idea Book & Catalog. Here is a look at the full pack of Autumn Traditions DSP that has taken center stage in this card:

Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series papers are absolutely beautiful and use our palette of colors and original images. Designer Series paper makes it easy to create a card or scrapbook page with coordinating background paper, card stock, and stamped images. It also covers On Board chipboard beautifully.

• 12" x 12", 100-lb text-weight paper
• 12 sheets per package (2 each of 6 designs)
• Exclusive designs and colors, with patterns based on Stampin’ Up! art
• Autumn Traditions DSP coordinates with Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive colors: Elegant Eggplant, Soft Suede, Ruby Red, More Mustard, and Always Artichoke

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• To create perfectly "faux" stitched lines, use our Mat Pack and Paper Piercing Tool paired with the White Gel Pen. Simply use the grid provided in the Mat Pack to pierce evenly spaced holes through your cardstock – and then connect the dots with the White Gel Pen in hand!
• Another good use for the Paper Piercer on this card is to "fringe" the Linen Thread — use it's tip and drag it through the ends of the thread for easy seperation.
• You'll notice that the "y" of "you" goes artfully off the oval punch out. To achieve this look, punch out the oval punch and lay it flat on the cardstock, rubbing the greeting over both pieces of cardtsock. Once the image has transfered, you can remove it, adhere your dimensionals, and line it back up.
• I prefer to use a Bone Folder for burnishing the RubOns onto the cardstock – it tends to work much nicer than the popsicle sticks that are provided.
• Sponging the edges of cardstock with Classic Ink and a Stampin' Sponge gives a wonderful weathered look, and adds another element to your card that's quick and easy!
• Do you ever have a hard time trying to determine what size cardstock to use for RubOns? Try placing your RubOns with it's protective wax paper still intact on Grid Paper. This will allow you to "play" and make your measurements before you've rubbed your images on and it's too late for changes.

WHAT WAS USED:

Autumn Days Stamp Set (115452), Autumn Harvest RubOns (115731), Orchard Ribbon Originals (116232), Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper (115668), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Kraft Cardstock (102125), Always Artichoke Cardstock (105119), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), Linen Thread (104199), Paper Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), White Gel Pen (105021), Wide Oval Punch (112082), Stamping Sponges (101610) and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

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AND… it’s time to announce the winner of the SECOND Fall Frolic Blog Candy Giveaway!

The WINNER of the FREE Natural Hemp and Linen Thread is…

Danene DiSalvo

Danene, e-mail me by Noon tomorrow to claim your prize, Congratulations!!

NOW, it's time for our THIRD and FINAL Fall Frolic Blog Candy Giveaway!

Our third prize is 12, 6×6 Swatches of Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper featured in the Holiday Mini Catalog! This is a way for you to get a sampling of each of the wonderful prints showcased here. What do you have to do? Simply leave a comment to this post below telling me what has been your favorite project shown during the Fall Frolic Event so far! You have until Saturday October 24th at 10:00 am EST to Enter! Good Luck!

Don’t forget about this week’s Deal of the Week! You only have until Monday to take advantage of these fabulous savings!

Fall Frolic Day #2

Welcome to Day #2 of the Fall Frolic Event! Today I’m going to share with you an adorable little pumpkin card.

Both pumpkins and the leaf image come from an oldie but a goodie, the "Autumn Harvest" Stamp Set. These images just scream for Aqua Painters, so I decided to try something new. Watercoloring on Colored Cardstock is what makes these pumpkins so smashing!

ALY’S HELPFUL HINTS:

• To spice up your pumpkins, just give an Aqua Painter/Classic Ink swipe where you want your shaded areas to be. With the colored cardstock underneath, watercoloring these pumpkins to perfection is very simple!
• Hemp Twine tied in a bow around the stem is what adds the perfect extra touch to pumpkin number one.
• For less rubbing stress, you’ll want to apply your RubOn before stamping the tone on tone background. Don’t worry, the ink will resist around the RubOn and you can still stamp wherever you desire — but if you apply the RubOn first, it’s going to be stubborn sticking over top of the Classic Ink.
• 6" x 3" Cards are the perfect size to hold money and checks! This particular card started with a 3" x 12" piece of cardstock before being folded in half – that way, you can tie your ribbon around the card without it’s fold getting in the way.
• This snazzy way of tying a ribbon was done by threading through the Slot Punch!

WHAT WAS USED:

Autumn Harvest Stamp Set (110372), Autumn Harvest RubOns (115731), Old Olive 12×12 Cardstock (106544), Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117), More Mustard Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (100946), Old Olive Classic Ink (102277), Really Rust Classic Ink (102549), Hemp Twine (100982), Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109051), Horizontal Slot Punch (105089), Corner Rounder (109047), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) and Aqua Painter (103954)

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Have you entered to win the first Blog Candy Giveaway Yet!? To enter to win the Silver Elastic Cord, you have until Monday! View the Fall Frolic Day #1 Post for Details!

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