It’s a color challenge at The Paper Players this week, and the colors are “cucumber crush” green, “crushed curry” gold, and “real red.”
I took a bit of a different twist with them for my Design Team inspiration card this week.
For my card, I took sponge daubers and dotted a sheet of very vanilla card stock with all three colors to pretty much completely cover it. I then heat embossed maple leaves in white over top it, allowing the colors to seep through like Autumn leaves. I then sponged Memento black ink over the entire thing, and rubbed it off the embossed parts with a baby wipe to give this dramatic masculine effect.
I layered this on top of real red and crushed curry card stock to frame it.
On a strip of vellum, I heat embossed Happy Birthday in black, wrapped it around and glued underneath, adhered to a very vanilla base, and added three black candy dot embellishments. Oh – and a Wink of Stella 😉 to give it a bit of sparkle that you cannot see in the photo, but adds just a nice shimmer and festive spirit to the card.
I added another green maple leaf on the inside, and this is a birthday card for my dear oldest son, Jake, who turns 28 this week! Where did the time go?! Seems like yesterday I held you in my arms for the first time. One of the best days of my life! Love you Jake! More than you could possibly know! ❤
Hope my stamping and paper crafting friends will join us at The Paper Players this week and you were inspired to create something from my post.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Stamp Sets Used:
- StampinUp Big Day Stamp Set for Happy Birthday sentiment
- Inkadinkadoo Maple Leaf Stamp
the creative life in between 
Fabulous masculine card!!!
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Wow! Thanks for sharing your card making process. The subtle colors are beautiful. Have a wonderful Sunday Jodi.
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Nicely made card! It’s perfect Jodi! ❤️😃 And a very happy birthday to Jake!
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Happy 28th birthday to your son! I love your card! I’m really fond of heat-embossed cards (I even bought a heat gun to do embossing with, but I think I’ve only used it once…*sigh*…LOL!).
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Awesome Birthday card!
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I am in love with those leaves! Stunning. And a very happy birthday to Jake.
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I love the colors that were used and their names! The card is very special and personal! happy birthday to Jake, My Osama is 28, I don’t know where the time went!! It was yesterday!
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It’s a beautiful card!
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Fantastic card. Thank you for sharing your process and lovely art. Peace.
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Beautiful, Jodi! What a perfect technique for Autumn leaves! Jake is sure to treasure his special handmade card. ♡
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What a nice “mum” you are! xo handmade cards are the best, better than hallmark, for sure
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My day is not complete without seeing what YOU create, Jodi!! BeaUtiFul card! Hope Jake has a wonderful birthday! 😊🎂💜
My mom always cooked up my favorite meal on my birthday – I sure miss those days! Did you cook up a special meal for your son?! 🎉 He is lucky to have such a sweet mom as you! ❤️🌈💖
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What a creative use of the colors! it turned out gorgeous, Jodi.
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Thanks Laurie! It took a different twist but I liked the results. 😊
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Jodi, this is such a cool way to use these colors! Your son will love this leafy beauty! I like how you stamped on the inside as well! Perfect fall creation!
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Thanks Leanne! It was fun to do. ☺️
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Very neat!
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Wow, this is beautiful!!!
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Jodi, this is stunning! I love the way you used the colors in this unique way! I know your son will cherish this card. The white embossed leaves looks fabulous on the background! Such a beautiful card! XX
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Thank you sweet Claire!!
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What a terrific twist on the colors and a perfectly masculine creation. Thanks for sharing the how-to, Jodi.
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Thanks Sandy! It was fun to make 🙂
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What a gorgeous way to showcase these colors, Jodi! I love how you showed a different side to these otherwise bright colors. Great technique and a beautiful card!
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What a fabulous card Jodi – such an original way to showcase these colours, those dramatic white leaves look great against the dark background. A wonderful masculine card.
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Thanks Joanne!
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Jodi, I love that you went outside of the norm and combined the colors. They create a gorgeous background to the white embossed leaves. Stunning card
hugs
jaydee
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