Autumn Mum Greetings- A Glorious Time of Year

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a wonderful week so far!  I am sharing a Mixed Media card that I created using Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Autumn Mum Greetings Clear Stamp Set along with SNSS Doily Border Dies.

I love all of the colors of fall- a glorious time of year.  All creation seems to be splendidly showing off before winter arrives- what a fabulous site to see here in the Northeastern United States!

I decided to incorporate a few online challenges into the design- The Flower Challenge #1 “Anything Goes” (brand new challenge site) along with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #rrbc48 “Tie Me Up” (I used cherry grosgrain ribbon along with paper lace as well as the previously released Autumn Mum Greetings Set – I have not used this set in over a year).

To create this card:

Ink the large mum image from SNSS Autumn Mum Greetings Clear Stamp with Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink, stamp repeatedly over a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock (re-inking the stamp as needed) and use a Distressing Tool to distress the edges.

Stamp the sentiment from SNSS Autumn Mum Greetings Clear Stamp Set with black archival ink and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Mount the stamped panel along with a piece of designer paper with a sewing machine using a zig zag stitch onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock (trim close to the edge).

Die cut the SNSS Doily Border Dies from Very Vanilla cardstock and age a bit with Old Paper Distress Ink.

Add the SNSS Doily Border Die cut with 1” Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain Ribbon (wrapping the ends of the ribbon behind the card panel) before mounting the entire card panel to the Early Espresso card base.

Add the strip of pearls over the ribbon and set aside.

Ink the large and small mum images from SNSS Autumn Mum Greetings with black archival ink and stamp onto white cardstock, heat set the ink before adding color with a water brush and ink from Cherry Cobbler and Cajun Craze Classic Ink pads.

Color the leaves with Wild Wasabi and Old Olive Classic Ink (again, using the water brush).

Fussy cut the flowers and leaves, use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the blossoms as well as the stamped background and mount the flowers to the card front using dimensional foam.

Finish off the card with a few pearls to the flower centers as well as the corners.

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a blessed week, sweet friends!

Autumn Mum Greetings Clear Stamp Set

SNSS Doily Border Dies

Faith In God- Truth Quotes

Hi Sweet Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a fabulous week so far! Today I am featuring a brand new clear stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps, Truth Quotes 1  along with the previously released Autumn Mum Greetings stamp set for this quick and fun card.

The main panel is just one layer mounted onto a few layers before adding to the card base so I consider this a simple Mixed Media card :-).

I will be linking this card to TheDaily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge- Day #3 as well as a few online challenges at Splitcoaststampers- the All Occasion Card Challenge for July and the USEIT2016 Challenge (I had not inked Autumn Mum Blessings in quite a while).

If you have not had a chance to visit any of the challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the Autumn Mum Greetings large flower image (I omitted the leaves from some of the images) using Basic Black Stampin’ Archival Pad ink and stamp onto watercolor paper.

Also create two masks for the flower image, mask the flowers and repeatedly stamp onto the watercolor panel (adding a few leaves as you create your flower pattern).

Use an AquaPainter™ with ink from Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to color the flowers and add shadows with the Picked Raspberry Distress Marker.

Watercolor the background using the AquaPainter™ along with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Ink and the leaves with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and Distress Marker.

The dark purple made this card a
bit difficult to photograph

Use the Heat Tool to dry the panel and use a modified version of the Vintage Watercolor Technique to add the darker shadows (my modified version uses the Elegant Writer® Black Pen by Speedball® to outline some of the areas along with the AquaPainter® to pull the ink out into the background, leaves and flowers...the main modification is that my panel has color versus all neutrals).

Again, use the Heat Tool to thoroughly dry the background panel, de-static the area for the sentiment with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the sentiment from Truth Quotes 1 with Versamark™ Ink, stamp onto the panel and heat emboss with white embossing powder.

Apply Clear Wink of Stella® to all of the blossoms.  

Trim the panel, mount onto a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock, trim again and mount onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock before adding the entire panel to the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

Stamp Sets:  Truth Quotes 1, Autumn Mum Greetings  (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink:  Versamark™, Basic Black Stampin’ Archival™, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Ink- Spun  Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Mowed Lawn; Speedball® Elegant Writer® Black Pen;  Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper: Watercolor, Wild Wasabi, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder

Thanks again for stopping by- I am so encouraged by your visits and comments!  Have a blessed week, my friends!

Truth Quotes 1- Sweet ′n Sassy Stamps

Autumn Mum Greetings Clear Stamp Set