Simon Says........No Designer Paper

It's time for a new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

Our theme this week is "No Designer Paper", and the Design Team are using Taylored Expressions products.  I fell in love with one of their embossing folders, and made you 2 cards.

supplies: Taylored Expressions Leafy Vine embossing folder, white cardstock, cracked pistachio distress ink, Memory Box Grapevine Wreath die, kraft cardstock, Wplus9 Folk Art Florals dies and Hand Lettered Hello stamps, Audrey Blue ink and cardstock, May Arts twine, Spellbinders circle die

Using the faux letterpress technique, I inked the flat side of the embossing folder with distress ink, then inserted a piece of white cardstock and ran the whole thing through my cuttlebug.  That piece was attached to a kraft card base, and then I added the die-cut and stamped elements to it.

And since we are officially now into the Autumn season, I couldn't wait to pull out some fall colors.

supplies: Taylored Expressions Leafy Vine embossing folder, 3 colors of Core'dinations cardstock, kraft cardstock for card base, Simon's Christmas Blessings die, Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves die, cut from various Tim Holtz Shattered kraft core cardstock, sequins

 I embossed a panel of each of the 3 colors, sanded them lightly to bring out the secondary color in the papers, then cut them vertically into thirds and then those strips horizontally in half,  and re-assembled them so that the pattern continues across the card.  Then I die-cut some maple leaves and my sentiment and added them atop the embossing, along with a sprinkling of sequins.

Now it's your turn!  I can't wait to see what you make!  We have a $50.00 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store for one lucky random winner of our challenge!

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