Season of (Fall) Friendship

My SU! holiday mini catalog pre-order arrived yesterday and I had to ink it up to try out some of my new stamps. I decided to use the new Season of Friendship stamp set for Kristina's latest color challenge--Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, and a neutral.

Since these colors have such a fall feel to them, my plan was to create a fall tree for the main image. Since the tree image is so large, I ended up creating a 5 1/2" by 5 1/2" square card to accommodate it.

I stamped the tree in Chocolate Chip ink, then added leaves by inking the leaf image with Pumpkin Pie ink then rolling it in some Bravo Burgundy for a two-toned look. I used a sponge to add some grass to the bottom of the panel using Old Olive ink. I also inked the edges of the image panel with some So Saffron ink. I layered the stamped image on Chocolate Chip and Bravo Burgundy panels, then added an Old Olive scallop edged strip to one side of the image and a photo corner on the other.

I created a panel for the left side of the cardfront with a piece of dotted So Saffron Prints series designer paper, edged with just a narrow strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The dots in the patterned paper pick up the dots found on the tree and leaf images. Since I didn't really leave room for the sentiment on the image panel, I stamped the sentiment from the set in Bravo Burgundy ink on a scrap of So Saffron cardstock, then used a Nestabilities die to cut it out. I added a matching copper brad to one end, then attached it to the cardfront with a dimensional to finish the card.

Materials Used:

Season of Friendship stamp set, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and So Saffron Classic inks, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, and Very Vanilla cardstock, So Saffron Prints Series designer paper, Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge punch, photo corner punch, sponge, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); tag die (Nestabilities); copper brads (Making Memories)