Thankful Wreath for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  Wow, we're sure moving quickly towards the holidays.  Are you ready?  I'm not yet.  At the Paper Players this week, the lovely LeAnne has chosen a wonderful theme that is definitely appropriate for this time of year.  

Paper Players

In the fall of 2024, I attended the Altenew Cozy Comfort retreat, where we made many very beautiful fall and Christmas themed cards.  But one class, with the amazing Jacee Gaspar, was a wee bit early for me, so I opted to watch recording of the class.  Fast forward to 2025, I finally did that, finished the card, and I decided to share his beautiful design for this challenge.

We began by cutting a number of leaves with four different dies from three shades of cardstock, then doing a gradient of ink blending from the bottom to near the top.  Those were arranged in five groupings that we used to create the wreath on the Burnt Orange panel.

Next is where I varied from the class instruction.  Rather than stamping the pumpkins, I chose to gold heat emboss just three, colored them with the coordinating stencils according to the class instruction, then fussy cut them.  They were mounted on the wreath, with the die cut sentiment layered across the top.  Jaycee had the class add splatter, but I opted not to do that. I really like the wreath as is and felt the gold embossing and die cut sentiment added enough extra interest.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I encourage you to check out the bounty of beauty and thankfulness my teammates have created over at the challenge.  It will run until Friday, November 7th at 3pm EDT.  I hope you'll join us!

Stef

• Altenew Mixed Foliage, Pistachios, Hazelnut Branch and Stylish Greetings dies
• Altenew One-Go: Sweet Pumpkins stamp and stencils
• Altenew Green Onyx, Sagestone, Red Jasper, Mandarin Burst and Raw Amber inks