Hello and welcome to the latest challenge at The Paper Players! LeAnne's Harvest themed challenge last week brought some gorgeous entries into the gallery. I'm hostess this week with a colour challenge for you, and I hope you'll enjoy playing with it. Will you make an autumn card with these rich colours or something else entirely?
I'm really enjoying the Friendly Foliage bundle, one of the new Online Exclusives for November. I've done a few things with the framed leaves stamp and die and wanted to concentrate on using the extra leaves in the die set. There are a couple of skeleton leaf type dies in the set. Ever since I saw my team-mate Joanne make a card that inset the dies, I was wanting to have a go at something like it.
For this inlay die technique you need three things.
- You have to be slightly mad
- You need to have some patience
- You need to own a take-your-pick tool.
I started by cutting out several of the leaves in all of the challenge colours, making sure to keep all the little bits that fall out of the leaf outline.Then I picked three long pointy skeletons and two of the rounded leaf ones and adhered them to the Basic White card front, evenly spaced out.
Then came the part where steps 1-3 come in. I had a smear of liquid glue on my silicon mat, picked up random pieces with the sticky end of my take-your-pick tool and inserted it into the corresponding place in the outlines. Carry on like this until all the outlines are filled in.
Once that was done, it was plain sailing. Add the sentiment in Early Espresso. Adhere the panel to a pice of Mossy Meadow DSP. Adhere to an Early Espresso card base. Add embellishments - in this case, three of the green Sparkle Dots.
It really isn't as pernickety as it sounds to do this, especially if you can lift off the skeleton outlines of the leaves and leave the cut out bits still sitting in place on the cutting plate. Then it's easy to see where they fit back in. Anyway, if you give this a go I'd love to see how it turns out for you. 😀
You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry on The Paper Players page.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
Jan Clothier - You are here
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Gorgeous, Jan! The inlay technique really shows off how gorgeous these colors are together. They are right up my alley. I love the simple layout and the natural, organic vibe. You truly have the patience of a saint to create this inlay card. I may have to give this technique a try! Thank you for the fabulous challenge! Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteYou and Joanne are really well on your way to convincing me that I need that particular bundle, I love what you've done with the leaves! Thanks for a very fun color challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a beautiful card you created. It is like a art mosaic. You had to have a lot of patience to create these leaves. I love the colors you selected this week. They shout Fall! Have a great week, My Friend!
ReplyDeleteYou & Joanne are making me want this set even more! I LOVE the bold retro feel to these leaves--just so fun and a cool way to use your colors! I agree, you probably need to be a little crazy to do the inlay (I like to use adhesive sheets but that can be tricky too) but the end result is so worth it!
ReplyDeleteJan, you did a brilliant job with the inlay! I feel your pain (madness?) of dealing with all the fiddly bits, but so worth it for the gorgeous design that you created and still managed to keep CAS too. Love this card! Thanks for the great color combo to play with this week!
ReplyDeleteOf course I love this card - as they say, no pain, no gain - the piecing is so worth it, even if it is fiddly! In these colours I think these leaves have a slightly native American feel. Just gorgeous!
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