Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop

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The theme for this month’s Papertrey Ink Blog Hop is to take your inspiration from all things fall-colors, patterns, symbols, etc. I decided to combine one of my new PTI fall stamp sets with an unusual texture for my blog hop card.

I used my crimper to make a piece of faux felt to use as the large panel for my cardfront. To do this, I repeatedly ran a piece of Dark Chocolate cardstock through the crimper in different directions, then started at one corner of the paper and peeled the layers apart. What you see on the cardfront is the inside of the paper after it’s been roughed up by the crimper. Cool, isn’t it? I stitched the faux felt piece to a cream cardstock panel with my sewing machine, then attached it to a kraft card base.

I used one of the images from the new Autumn Tags 2009 set as my focal image. I stamped the image in Scarlet Jewel ink, then punched it out with a 1 ¾” circle punch. I layered it on a slightly larger Scarlet Jewel mat, then added a coordinating button as an accent. I added a ribbon strip as an unusual background for my sentiment. I’ve found that the Palette inks stamp nicely on grosgrain ribbon, so that’s what I did here. The cream ink makes a nice contrast to the deep scarlet ribbon. Two copper brads finished off the design.

Materials Used:
Autumn Tags 2009 stamp set, Scarlet Jewel and Vintage Cream Palette inks, Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, and Vintage Cream cardstock, Scarlet Jewel grosgrain ribbon, Scarlet Jewel button, twine (Papertrey Ink); 1 ¾” circle punch (EK Success); circle die (Nestabilities); copper brads (Making Memories); dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!)