Simple Ways to Add Color to Black & White Designer Series Paper: Rustic Harvest Cards

Hello! Today's video and cards are about ways to incorporate color easily to those Black & White Patterns in the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper.

I am also using some of the beautiful Fall paper as embellishments in the case of the card with the pumpkins and gourds as well as the beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Add color by drawing lines with Stampin' Blends
Cajun Craze Dark & Evening Evergreen Light
on Rustic Harvest DSP

Same technique with the Stampin' Blends but this is
Daffodil Delight Dark and Evening Evergreen Light

I also have a Halloween card idea and this one is pretty not scary. There is a spider but that's optional!

Have fun playing your Black & White Designer Paper patterns. Consider:

• Blending Brushes
• Stencils
• Specialty Paper
• The Halloween Washi Tape
• Stamping Patterns
• Ribbon

These could also really add some fun, colorful elements if you want to dress up the black & white DSP!

Add strips of cardstock: Pumpkin Pie in 3/8" pattern
for a nice easy pop of color!

CARD MEASUREMENTS:

• Card Base: 4-1/4 x 11, score at 5-1/2" (Basic White Cardstock)
• Black & White DSP: 4 x 5-1/4"
• Add desired embellishments, stamps, die cuts

    For the Halloween Card:

• Cut 3 or 4 strips of Pumpkin Pie cardstock to 3/8 x 11" and start adding to stripe pattern on DSP, trim edges and repeat as needed
• Stamp 3 Pumpkins in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and cut out
• Add "boo" and "spider" stamps to one of the pumpkins
• Color the stem of pumpkins with Basic Black Stampin' Blends (I liked Light Basic Black)
• Stamp Leafy Wreath in Pumpkin Pie Ink
• Stamp Branch Wreath in Memento Tuxedo Black and Die Cut
• Die cut 5 leafy branches from Cottage Wreaths Bundle in Basic Black Cardstock
• Place wreath top center on dimensionals
• The three pumpkins go under the wreath

    For the Fall Cards:

    Same design, different patterns:

• With a ruler, draw lines with Stampin' Blends markers along the plaid pattern, 1 color one direction, the second color, opposite direction so it looks plaid
• Fussy cut gourds and pumpkins from that piece of designer paper to use as embellishments
• For the flowers, trim across the top edge of all flowers and also trim off stems at bottom, so just the flowers will fit on about half of the card
• Stamp banner sentiment and die cut or fussy cut (I used Cajun Craze ink on Basic White)
• For the gourds card, add a pop of sparkle with gold shimmer ribbon, a leaf and then the banner
• Place gourds around sentiment to frame in and add embellishments
• For the flower card, Banner will go at the top and place embellishments where desired

I hope you enjoyed today's card ideas!

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