“Happy Fall, Y’all!” for The Paper Players

Ann Schach is hosting this week’s theme challenge over at The Paper Players – “Happy Fall, Y’all!”  What fun!  You already know it’s my favorite time of year because the air is crisp, and it means the holidays are just around the corner.  To celebrate this theme, I created a super-simple card that has all the elements of a beautiful Fall day.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for Ann’s fun challenge:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Fun Fest.  I really like the shapes of the pumpkins in the Fun Fest stamp set – they aren’t just plump, round pumpkins you see in most Halloween images.  The fact that it comes with coordinating Framelits makes me LOVE them.  With pumpkins, leaves, a ghost and jack-o-lantern faces, you can make cute, Halloween projects or beautiful Fall projects – so versatile.  Did I say I love the pumpkins?  I clustered three objects together – you know how I love things in threes.
• Fun Fall Color Combination.  If you follow me on Facebook (click here if you want to follow me), then you know what travesty struck the Fungeon yesterday – I officially ran out of Whisper White card stock.  WHAT!?  I know.  This Fall challenge was welcomed as it gave me a good reason to use Very Vanilla.  Go Fall!  I used Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar and Old Olive to complete my Fall project.  If you like this combination, feel free to save this:
• Rounded Corners.  I layered the Very Vanilla band over the Tangerine Tango panel, allowing it to overlap a little – but not reached the edges of the card.  My rectangle piece of Tangerine Tango just looked so plain.  I decided to round the top two corners to add a little interest and to mirror the roundness of the pumpkins.  That little corner rounder really comes in handy.

Stamp Sets:  Fall Fest, Draw the Line, For All Things  Papers:  Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla  Inks:  Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive  Accessories:  Fun Fall Framelits, Project Life Corner Rounder, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed this quick-and-easy project.

Brian

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