Let's Watch the Leaves ft. Kate Hadfield Designs

 

 

Hello everyone!  Fall is barely hanging on as temperatures start to

drop.  Still time to make fall cards, though!  Today I'll be showing you

how to make this cute card project using products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

 Fantabulous Fall stamp set 

 Animal Pals –Foxes stamp set

 This is what I call an  “off the edge” card.  I don’t think I’ve ever made one of 

these types of cards, although the technique has been around for a while.

Let me show you how I made it!

 

 

Since I needed to fold the card on the left side, I had to be careful as

to where my elements were placed on the card.  I placed them horizontally

at the bottom.  This insured that I would have enough room to

to actually cut off part of my card and it would be positioned correctly

on the front.

 

 

I did choose my background paper before starting to color.  I decided

to use my Prisma Color Pencils so that no color could bleed through

like Copics would cause and because I hadn’t made a card using

them in a while!  I used light layers to gradually build up my color.

 

 

You can see my pencil line as to where I would cut the card.  I just used

scissors to trim this out and around the fox and squirrel I used a

black marker after the cutting was done.  

 

 

I cut a strip of the plaid

paper that was 1 ¾” wide and used a scalloped edge die on 

the left side for the inside of my card.  I stamped a sentiment that 

I had in my stash and then adhered tiny leaf sequins around 

my image.  I also used a white gel pen for a few highlights.  And

that finished my card project!

 

 

I hope you’ll give this card a try.  You could use so many

different images for all kinds of occasions!  You can find the stamp

sets that I used and so many more at

Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Supplies used:

Fantabulous Fall Stamp Set

Animal Pals – Foxes stamp set

Fancy Edge die

Patterned paper

Leaf Sequins

White gel pen

Prisma color pencils:

917, 1002, 918, 118, 1084, 1033, 921,

1032, 943, 1072, 1074, 944, 913, 911,

1076, 935, 912, 941, 912

 

Til next time…

 

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

  

 

 

 

 

Autumn Border with Rachel Vass Designs

 

Summer Fruit Background Border with Rachel Vass Designs

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is doing well.  It's New Release Day at

Rachel Vass Designs

Summer Fruit Background Border

This is such a great summer design!  Let me show you how I

created my colorful version!

I composed and then printed my design on Stonehenge White which is a

smooth paper with a weight of about 95 lbs.  This paper is excellent for

colored pencil work.  My panel measures 4 1/4" x 3 1/4".

I started coloring my image with Prisma Colored Pencils.

I wanted my images to be very colorful and I used lots of colors!

Blueberries: 1087, 133, 208, 933, 944

Orange Slice: 914, 918, 921

Lime Slice:  1089. 989, 913

Strawberries: 1004, 913, 109, 923

Blackberries:  1030, 996, 1078

Raspberries:  994, 195, 930, 1029

Apples:  989, 913, 1093

Apricots:  940, 1034, 1003, 1032, 1014

Plums:  989, 912, 120, 956, 996, 1008, 934

Background:  140

After the coloring was done, I trimmed my panel down and backed it with

some black card stock and left a narrow edge showing.  I used an A2 size white card

base that was folded in half and I adhered my background paper to cover it

completely.  This paper is from the Rainbows paper pack from Whimsy Stamps.

As a bit of embellishment, I adhered tiny iridescent flowers all over.

And my card was completed!

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  It was fun to color and it's  nice

way to tell a friend you are missing them!

If you haven't seen Rachel's other designs, please visit her shop!

Rachel Vass Designs

Thanks so much for spending time here today!  I appreciate you!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

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