The Paper Players have a fun challenge-Clean and Simple: Add a Tag! I’ve always enjoyed making cards with tags so I wanted to play along. Since I need quite a few November birthday cards, I chose an autumn theme for both of my cards.
I organize my stamps by theme so I have all my autumn stamps and dies in one place. When I flipped through them, I found some beautiful leaves that I had already colored from The Greetery’s Curio Autumn Findings so I started there. I also have a pretty large collection of pre-made tags–all of which are years old. I picked out two different ones.
The first card uses a pretty standard dark kraft tag, and I arranged three of the leaves on it, adding a die cut sentiment in gold from The Greetery that I also found in the box. For the background, I chose a piece of Papertrey Ink’s Rustic White cardstock and ran it through the die cutting machine with Altenew’s Deck Plank 3-D Embossing Folder. I stamped the sub-sentiment from Pink and Main’s Special Day stamps in Dark Chocolate ink on a tag cut from the same cardstock. Adding a double bow from Altenew’s metallic threads and a few gold pearls from Pinkfresh Studio finished off the card.
Although I would classify the first card as Clean & Simple, the second card is a much more Clean & Simple design. I have no idea where I picked up this tag, but I just love it, and it was perfect for a autumn card. I used two dies from Spellbinders’ Essential Squares die and embossed them on another piece of Rustic White cardstock. I adhered the leaf with very thin dimensional tape, and stamped the sentiment from Gossamer Blue in Dark Chocolate ink. That stamp dates back to my scrapbooking days when I often purchased a monthly kit from a company. I don’t think anything besides this stamp set has survived the multiple purges I’ve done since I quit scrapbooking. I trimmed that panel down and added it to a card base of Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink.) The autumn light is already causing problems with photographs. I couldn’t get a sharp close-up photo for either card this afternoon. If you click on the photo, it will enlarge it a bit so the details are clearer.
These cards are off to The Paper Players as well as Inkspirational where the challenge is Seasonal.
I love leaves and yours are beautiful, Karen! 2 lovely cards!
I love both your tags! The leaves are just such wonderful colours and fit in with their neutral backgrounds perfectly. Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Paper Players.
Karen… loving both tags. So much fun and color! for the fall. The design on your second card is very unique for a tag. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with The Paper Players this week.
Two beautiful cards Karen! I love those pretty and colourful leaves, so typical of autumn, and the contrast with their darker bases and the twine on your second one contrast beautifully. Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!
What lovely CAS designs on your tag cards Karen – beautiful coloring on your leaves too! thank you for joining us at Inkspirational: Seasonal! Julia xx
Both are just lovely, perfect for fall occasions! The leaves are so lifelike! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at the Players this week!
These both give off that autumn vibe. So lovely.
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