Gorgeous Leaves for The Paper Players

 My house is sadly empty again after having all my kids and grandkids visiting last week, all together for the first time in about five years. It was total chaos, but wonderful! I'm exhausted but missing them terribly! However it's time to get back to crafting, and I'm into fall mode here as I pull out the Gorgeous Leaves bundle from the new July/Dec Mini Catalogue and design a card to enter in The Paper Player's latest Colour Challenge:

I also tried some Cork Specialty Paper weaving for the Global Design Project's Case the Designer Challenge: 

Here's a closer look at the weaving:

• The feature of this card is the centerpiece of woven specialty cork paper. I cut strips of 1/2' of the cork paper and arranged about 6 along one strip above and below alternately, gluing them so that they would stay fixed.
• I added additional horizontal strips, alternating above and below the vertical strips. I used glue dots to adhere the ends to keep them in place.
• When done, I trimmed it on the Paper Trimmer to a 2 1/2" square and glued it to a piece of Real Red cardstock, cut to 2 5/8" square.
• I used the splatter image from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and inked it in Daffodil Delight, then used sponge daubers to add Real Red and Old Olive ink on either side and stamped it on the top right and bottom left of a 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock. I glued the woven cork square on this centering it in a diamond orientation.
• I stamped the leaf images you see above from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set on Basic White. I inked them in one of the challenge colours and added another colour by sponge daubing it on before stamping.
• The sentiment is from the Delicate Dahlias stamp set (a Sale-a-Bration Level 2 reward) and is stamped in Old Olive ink on a left-over Kits Collection label.
• The other two layers are Daffodil Delight and Old Olive on the Basic White Thick card base.

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Product List

Gorgeous Leaves Cling Stamp Set [153365] $29.00	Gorgeous Leaves Bundle [158609] $60.25	Delicate Dahlias Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156601] $0.00	Cork 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [156393] $10.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $12.00	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $12.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $12.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $10.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $10.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $34.00	Intricate Leaves Dies [153566] $38.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50