CAS-ual Fridays The Challenge - Using Autumn Colors

It's The Challenge time again over at CAS-ual Fridays!  This week we are celebrating with a beautiful autumn color combination.  The challenge is to make a card using orange, brown and kraft colors.

This week I decided to make two cards for this challenge using the following stamps and dies from CAS-ual Fridays:

Autumn Blessings             Funky Square Tag Frie-Dies            Acorn Fri-Dies

    

For my first card I wanted to do some coloring on top of my kraft cardstock.  Let me start out by saying this is technically not kraft.  I don't usually use kraft card stock so when I'm in need I reach for the next best thing, my khaki cardstock.  As you can see, it's very similar in color.  I did some gold embossing using the leaf stamps from the
Autumn Blessings Stamp set.  I also filled in with some tiny acorns and little dots.  

For this card I also used the following supplies:

Ink: clear emboss (Versamark), onyx black (Versafine), Copic Markers

Paper: khaki (Simon Says Stamp), chocolate brown, gold foil cardstock (My Favorite Things) white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: gold embossing powder (Ranger), dimensional adhesive (3M), twine.

Next I used brown and orange Copic markers to color in my embossed leaves.   Look how vibrant those colors look when colored directly onto the khaki background!  I then cut out a tag shape from the finished background using the
Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies.  I cut a tag out in gold foil cardstock also and just trimmed off the bottom so I could use the top strip on my tag.  I popped the tag up a with dimensional tape.

For my second card I did some partial die cutting using the Acorn Fri-Dies.  Then I stamped the coordinating leaves from the Autumn Blessings stamp set.  After stamping the leaves and sentiment, I popped up the die cut panel onto the stamped khaki background using dimensional tape.  

For this card I also used the following supplies:

Ink: orange soda, soft sand (Hero Arts), aspen cocoa, found topaz, warm hazelnut (The Ton), onyx black (Versafine).

Paper: khaki (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Blueprints #15 dies (My Favorite Things), Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain (Ranger), sequins, twine.

The tape really adds some great dimension to the card.

I hope you'll play along with us for your chance to win!

All you have to do is make your own card using the the three chosen colors: orange, brown & kraft,  then link it up over on the 

CAS-ual Fridays The Challenge blog by November 15th ----------->HERE<--------------

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Have a great weekend and happy stamping!