Saturday, August 25, 2012

Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

This month's Papertrey Ink blog hop challenge is all about autumn patterns, textures, and textiles.  I went with a masculine feel with rich fall colors for my texture-filled creation using this week's sketch from I Spy Sketches.

I embossed Canyon Clay and Fine Linen cardstock strips with a herringbone embossing folder, then arranged them on a kraft card base.  For the image panel, I repeated the same striped pattern, but this time with unembossed cardstock to keep the card from looking too busy with lots of competing lines. 

The "falling for you" sentiment from the Falling Leaves stamp set is stamped in brown ink on a kraft notch-ended strip and attached to the striped panel.   I  die cut an acorn from felt using the Autumn Acorn die, then stamped the matching images on the die cut piece to give it definition.  I used kraft ink for the bottom of the acorn and brown for the cap.  It's attached it to the end of the kraft strip and accented with a twine threaded Fine Linen button.

Materials Used:
Autumn Acorns and Falling Leaves stamp sets, Dark Chocolate and Kraft inks, Canyon Clay, Fine Linen, and Kraft cardstock, Mat Stack 1, Layerz Mat Stack 1, and Autumn Acorns dies, Kraft felt, Fine Linen button, twine (Papertrey Ink); Herringbone embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

24 comments:

  1. Really fantastic card Lori, I love all the texture.

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  2. I like the color play Lori. Fun card.

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  3. Love the fall textures and colors.

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  4. Love that you used the same card stock, but didn't emboss it for the mat stack, really makes the background stand out.

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  5. I love all the elements. Really great card.

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  6. Very nicely done. Nice texture and great acorn!

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  7. This is so very striking. I love what you have done with the color blocking.

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  8. I love how you make the embossed strips and then the regular strips on the focal! This is so striking! Great, great card!!!! Love it!

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  9. So very cool! I love the stripes on stripes and the herringbone texture you added is perfect!

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  10. Can't wait to use the herringbone folder! You made it look scruptous! Very nice layout and detailing.

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  11. Super fabulous card! I love how you used texture on the base, and left it off the sentiment panel but with the same colors. It really adds to you design!

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  12. Love the texture of the herringbone! Great colors.

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  13. Great color combination, and I love all that texture!

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  14. oooh, perfect colors, perfect embossing! Nice card, Lori!

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  15. Fun design! Love the colors, and the texture -- clean, and warm. Thanks for sharing!

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  16. So gorgeous!!! Love the alternating colors and the embossing!! Wonderful. :)

    Lauren
    http://laurenslittlecraftyplace.blogspot.com/

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  17. Great use of dies. I really enjoyed your card.

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  18. Perfect combo of colors and images for fall and the embossing on the bg strips is fabulous!

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  19. Love the felt acorn with all of the textures! Thanks for playing along with us over at iSpy Sketches!

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