Remember When for Pals Paper Arts

It's hard to believe that it is Thursday already, and time to play with the Pals at Pals Paper Arts!  This week, we have a perfect fall color challenge:  More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso.  Of course, I reached for my favorite "Go-To" fall stamp set, French Foliage, and coupled it with a concept I saw in this month's Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator magazine, Stampin' Success.  Enjoy!

The Stampin' Schach Design Tips:  A Modified Window Card
This finished card measures 5-1/2" wide by 4-1/4" long.

• Peek through the window!  A Labels Collection Framelit was used to cut a "window" in the fabulous Mustard Gingham pattern from the Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper.  The Pickup from the Countryside stamp set was inked in Crumb Cake ink, stamped off once, and then stamped onto Very Vanilla.  Next, the Remember When sentiment from Word Play was inked in Early Espresso and over-stamped on the truck image.  This was then positioned behind the window and adhered to an Early Espresso card base.

• A trio of leaves! The three challenge colors were used to ink the trio of leaves from French Foliage. They were then snipped out and clustered together.  I added a snippet of retired Hemp Twine and a Garden Green button.  Doesn't that little "pop" of green make quite the visual statement?  And if you need a snippet of Hemp Twine, just email me.  I bought three packages before it retired and I will share a snippet with you!

• A signature pearl! A single Early Espresso leaf on the right of the window,  offsets the "heaviness" of the left side.  And of course, a single Basic Pearl makes the "pearl-fect" accent!

I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed creating it.  This is the first time I attempted any type of window card.  I was afraid they would be difficult.  But you know what...it was easy. And I love this design.  Can you imagine all different types of images with over-stamped sentiments?  I sure can!  What images do you think would look great?  Won't you let me know in today's comment?  And of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away!  I will leave you with a picture of two trees, in their glorious fall foliage, that Muffy and I saw on our daily walk.  Until next time...

Coming Soon:  Using Illuminate Ink, Blog Candy, The Paper Players Design Team Card

Stamp Sets:  French Foliage (W 120845, C 121166), Word Play (W 120308, C 120651), Countryside (W 116998, C 120495);  Inks:  Cajun Craze (126965), More Mustard (126964), Early Espresso (126974), Crumb Cake (126975), Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker (120967); Designer Series Paper:  Orchard Harvest (126895); Card Stock:  Early Espresso (119686), Very Vanilla (101650); Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Labels Collection Framelits (125598), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Sponge Dauber (102892);  Glitz and Glam:  Regals Designer Buttons (119744), Basic Pearls (119247), Hemp Twine (Retired)