As the official date of Fall/Autumn approaches here in the U.S. and the last of the warm summer temps leave, I found myself decorating my house for the next season. After hanging a wreath full of rich colorful leaves on my front door, I decided a Fall celebration card should be on the agenda! This one could be used to celebrate the season, Thanksgiving, or any other Fall occasion you might have this season (birthday, anniversary, etc).
I created the door with an unlikely component -- Pretty Pink Posh's Stitched Duo 1 tag die, which includes this 6-panel stitched rectangle frame. After die cutting it once out of a piece of Ellen's Essential Woodgrain Embossed 110# Cardstock, I positioned the die so the lower two rectangles were inside the top previously die cut rectangles, allowing me to get just four more rectangle cut outs ... like this:
To be sure the die was centered in my 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" card front, I used Tim Holtz's Ruler. After die cutting, I sponged the white woodgrain card front with Antique Linen Distress Ink using the mini 1" Round Ink Blending Tool.
Next, I temporarily adhered the card front to a Peanut Fudge card base, then inked the individual rectangles and adhered them directly on the fudge card base:
Next, I applied plenty of Copic's 1/2" X-Press It Foam Tape (cut in half lengthwise) to the back of the "door" panel and adhered it over the recessed cut-out panels:
To create the wreath, I used My Favorite Things Autumn Wreath Die-namics to cut several colors of Bazzill Card Shoppe cardstock: Gold Coins, Candy Corn or Circus Peanuts (orange), and Wax Lips (red). There are also three individual leaves included in this fantastic set -- I die cut six additional loose leaves from Peanut Fudge to add in.
I found it easiest to achieve a full wreath by layering the leaf wreaths this way -- I left the gold wreath in tact to use as a base, then snipped apart the orange and red wreaths, about three leaves at a time. Then I used Copic's X-Press It Glue Marker to adhere the leaves together where I wanted them.
The wreath was attached to the door/card front, then a banner greeting created with Altenew's Label Love stamp set, heat embossed with Ranger's Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder on a banner created with MFT's Dimensional Banners Die-namics cut from Bazzill's pretty Butter Mints (ivory) cardstock. It was folded and adhered with foam tape to the wreath.
Happy Fall creating! ~Sharon
