Continuing with a fall card to mitigate the summer heat (!), this Beauty of the Earth Fall Card for a Friend is easy because of the designer paper. The other day when I was making another fall card, I saw this paper in the package and wanted to use it next.

This designer paper, Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper, is very interesting and different. You can do so much with it. This particular sheet of paper is like a reflection, with the images strongest at the top and bottom and more white space in between. So I just cut the sheet in half at 6″ x 12″, then at 4″ wide, and then trimmed it down to 5 1/4″ long to fit on my card. You can trim off a little of the white area or a little off the bottom leafy area, depending on the look you want for your card. I trimmed off some of the white at the top. You can see on my card how the coloring fades at the top and is darker at the very bottom. Very interesting to use.

The card base is Merry Merlot. I could have chosen from a lot of colors, but I rarely use Merry Merlot so thought this was a good chance! I just adhered the designer paper to the card base and added the greeting. So easy!

Now I did make a little fancier greeting, but I could have just stamped on a rectangle and been done. The greeting is in the Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set. I stamped on Basic White with Merry Merlot ink and die cut it and a piece of Merry Merlot with dies in the Tasteful Labels Dies and layered them. Just for something different, I took two pieces of the 3/8″ Fine Art Ribbon and frayed them at the ends to put underneath the greeting. And then I couldn’t resist adding some Genial Gems to the greeting.

Here is the card I made the other day with some other paper patterns in this Beauty of the Earth DSP. It didn’t work to cool me off, but I liked it anyway, especially the red birds, just as we were seeing cardinals in our backyard!

Remember that this paper is on sale through Monday, August 2 along with eight other select papers at 15% off in the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale! I hope you will be inspired to make something like my Beauty of the Earth Fall Card For a Friend.