Fall into Autumn at StampNation

Hi there... Spring is coming here where I live... but Northern Hemisphere is well into Fall/Autumn and to celebrate over at StampNation, we have been challenged to "Fall into Autumn"

My guest designer example was inspired by the beautiful wreaths that are created by Anita Rex Designs.  Anita makes stunning wreaths

My background was made by scoring then using the ink to paper technique used some Altenew grey inks together with some Golden Glitz ink and some Sahara Sands pigment ink.  I used some brown card and a Simon Says Stamp stitched circles to make my wreath.  The leaves are from a Winnie & Walter set  that I coloured with distress inks and then fussy cut and added to the wreath.   The sentiment is also from the Winnie & Walter set and embossed in white on the brown card.  Added a twine bow and and enamel dot to finish.

Thanks for stopping by.  I've been a bit wiped out after the marathon effort over the weekend and haven't touched my stuff all week.  And with the birthday this weekend - party on Saturday night and actual birthday on Sunday, not much will get done either.  

It's time to Celebrate with Die Cut Divas

If you haven't seen my exciting news about my new guest designer spot... please see HERE

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It's my day at Die Cut Divas again....

So here's my Fall inspired card using some Hero Arts stamps and a Spellbinders circle die.

Here's how I made this one
1. Die cut Spellbinders Die circle die out of scrap card to make a mask
2. Sponge on Distress inks in Peeled Paint and Tumbled Glass through the mask
3. Remove mask and stamp the trees (Hero Arts Color Layering Fall Tree)  in Hero Arts Cup o'Joe ink.
4. Stamp the layering leaves in Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed inks
5. Stamp the sentiment - From an older Hero Arts set
6. Layer onto black mat and then white card base.

I do hope you will join us at Die Cut Divas for the last few days of our Fall themed holiday. 

Autumn cards...

It might be Spring where I live, but it's going to Fall/Autumn in the North Hemisphere and lots of the current challenges out there are all about moving from Summer to Fall. 

So I have two Fall/Autumn cards to share today.

First up is the card I sent to LaVon as part of the September CCC - Deborah is unwell and Gail is assisting her.  I used the sketch that Deborah had designed. 

The leaves are from an older Hero Arts set which I embossed and then coloured with watercolours, before fussy cutting.  The sentiment is from a freebie set.  Finished with some sequins.

My second card uses the same embossing folder

 This time I had done some watercolouring on the background before embossing.  The leaves were die cut from old book pages with Tattered Leaves die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.  I used a variety of distress inks to sponge on them.  Sentiment is from a Winnie & Walter set.  

Although it's Spring here and Daylight Saving starts this weekend, it has been a bit wintery with some heavy rain and wind lately.  Hoping for some nicer weather coming.

Thanks for stopping by.  I really appreciated all of my visitors.

Mygrafico Monday Feature ~ Fall into Fall

Here I am back with another Monday Feature for Mygrafico.  Still continuing in our theme of Fall cards.... the team got to work with a fabulous set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff....

Not only does it have these fabulous images in JPG and PNG formats but it also has SVG cutting files for use with SCAL, MTC or other cutting software that supports SVG files and die cut machines that support SVG files.  How cool is that!  I don't have an electronic cutting machine, so I worked with the images and cut them out by hand.

I used a Hero Arts stamp ~ Square Pattern Background ~ and Kaleidacolor ink in "Autumn" and trimmed a piece for my centre panel.  I printed out the pumpkins and fussy cut.  I highlighted the shadows on the pumpkins with a glitter pen.  I added some curls of wire to the stems.   The sentiment is from a Simon Says stamp set.   I finished with some faux stitching around my card.
Entering this into Addicted to Stamps ~ Autumn Colours

Pop over to the blog to see the other's came up with.    And a heads up.... there's a DT call coming up shortly over at Mygrafico ....so if you love working with digi's and can do some fun projects and take some creative photos.... then keep an eye open and try out for the team...

I've had a great evening organising my distress inks and labelling them.   Do you know, I'm only missing one colour of distress ink... I didn't even realise I had that many!!!!!!


Dawn