I’m Dreaming of a White Thanksgiving

I know a secret about you – you think in Stampin’ Up! colors.  Am I right?  Don’t worry – your secret is safe with me.  Anyway, when I say I am going to make a card with the colors of Fall, you’re probably think I’m going to use Very Vanilla for a background paper, right?  It’s a given, right?  Not today.  While I typically reach for Very Vanilla to make a beautiful, rich card, I think these leaves look really great when popped against the Whisper White background.  Here’s my card: 

 Tips, Tricks and Reminders:

• Centering Four Squares.  After they were cropped and stamped, the four Whisper White panels needed to be centered perfectly (or close to perfectly) on the Early Espresso piece of card stock.  Glue one too far in a corner, and the rest are off-center.  It can be a real doozy to get those lined up.  Here’s a quick trick – once positioned my four pieces just where I wanted them and then used a piece of temporary tape to secure the four panels in the middle.  I then flipped them over, added glue, flipped them again and glued them down.
• The Sketch.  The layout of this card was based on a card I made years ago with another Fall-themed stamp set.  It’s a classic layout, don’t you think.  When I was done, I realized it’s pretty much the same sketch as the one from this past week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  You can see it here.  Since I couldn’t find my old card to share with you (I will work on that), I will give all the credit to FMS.  Once I find it, though, I will share the card and take back the credit.  OK, I’ll just credit FMS – they are pretty awesome.
• More White.  Not only do you get a white background behind the leaves and a nice, large panel behind the sentiment, but I embossed my sentiment on Early Espresso card stock with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  I like that the punch has four points that line up with the strips between the four panels.  I also like that the punched image has a brown frame when punched – no need to snip out the image and punch another border.  Yay for white embossing powder. 

Stamp sets:  Falling Leaves, Tags 4 You  Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White  Inks:  Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum  Accessories:  White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Label Bracket punch

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Brian

October’s Best of Stamp Set.  Can you believe October is already here?  Because my blog post goes out so early in the morning, I don’t have a chance to share the new Best of set as soon as it’s announced.  The sets are posted by Stampin’ Up! here so you may be able to get a peek at it before I do.  If you don’t care to check it out now, I’ll post it with my blog post tomorrow.