I will say I slightly cheated on this one by not making the base of the card or my envelope like I normally would. And you shouldn't feel bad about that. Especially if you got a fantastic deal on a pack for $0.97! I used Recollections 5x7 in Shimmer Brown. Loved it as my fall color. When I picked up the pack I didn't realize that it wasn't a folded card but when life gives you an obstacle just add more glue! ;)
I wanted the card to be a bit divided so I grabbed some textured stock in a rust color with a white core cut it 3x5 and scored it every 1/2 inch, took a emery board and went over the raised score marks. I actually saw this affect done in a card making book and it turned out really good. For the middle focal point I kind of just eyeballed the measurements. I believe my cream cardstock was 3x2 1/2, and the beige was a 1/4 inch off top and bottom to that to give it a nice frame. I edged the cream with T.H. Crushed Olive, and the beige piece with T.H. Vintage Photo. (Yes, Ill be using those a lot since they are my only two colors. (: ) I have a leaf punch that I took some fall colors and punched just a few leaves and edged those as well. I also went around and defined the edges more with a gold archival pen called American Crafts Metallic Marker. Just something I had around.
I then scavenged a nice fall stamp from my modest collection and stamped the beige piece with Archival Black by Color Box then glued it to the cream piece which was now this mossy color. Although I cannot remember where I heard it but I believe I was told there is a rule of 3 when it comes to embellishments. So I broke out the Crop-A-Dile and some eyelets to match and just punched and pressed 3 into the top right corner. I found some cute acorn ribbon and just made a nice strip to go under the sanded white core paper before putting the assembled fall piece on top.
Now for the back. I just took some of the same beige paper, cut it 1/4 inch smaller than my main card, distressed the edges with Vintage Photo, and wrote my little sentiment to my friend Bonnie that I am long over due for sending her a card. Not liking the plain look of just that I started experimenting with the two Tim Holtz inks I had and making fall colored stamped leaves. I practiced first before applying them to my card.
Before I attached the front and back together I embossed half of the front with a Cuttlebug design. Which one? I can't seem to find it, but it was in a 4 pack when I bought it. I just made sure to stick the card just right at the edge of the ribbon before putting it through the machine. When applying the leaves. I wanted a dimensional effect. So I popped them up with a few foam squares at different points on each leaf. I feel I should have popped up the frame also but it still looks good to me. So here is the over all card. Sorry this post feels rushed. It kinda was for 1am :) but I am dedicated to this blog and will do what I can when I can.
Enjoy.
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