My love affair with autumn continues. I made this card a while back for the Frantic Stamper's A Crisp Fall Day release, and I've been hanging onto it waiting to post it for when I really needed a dose of autumn. I'm really tired of summer, ya'll. I want autumn. I want cooler temperatures and no humidity! So maybe if I post this card, it will come? Please? Lookie:
GOJUS! I wanted to put a great background behind this beautiful die, so I pulled out a stencil from Crafter's Workshop called Aspen Trees and got the new Claritystamp stencil brushes out that I had bought and not used yet. I chose some Distress inks and started stippling away. I LOVE these brushes, and I love this stencil too!
I ran a line of embossing around the edge of the stenciled piece.
To help the greeting pop off the background, I double cut it, once from dark brown card stock and once from gold card stock, then placed them on top of each other, slightly offset.
I added a couple of little brown jewels in the lower left corner.
So beautiful!
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Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Autumn Calling
Crafter's Workshop Templates, 6x6 Aspen Trees
*The Crafter's Workshop MINI ASPEN TREES 6 x 6 Template
Claritystamp STENCIL BRUSHES Set of 4 ACCBR30006XX
Ranger Core'dinations Cardstock, Tim Holtz Kraft Core, 6x6 Nostalgic Collection
*Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC ColorCore 6 X 6 Cardstock GX-1920-28
Curious Metallic - SUPER GOLD Paper - 80lb Text - 8.5 x 11 - 50 PK
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk
*Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger Fall TIM32830
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Ripe Persimmon
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Fossilized Amber
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Ranger TIM43225
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CRUSHED OLIVE Ranger TIM27126
Distress Ink Pad, Crushed Olive
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS Ranger Fall TIM32823
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Gathered Twigs
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Ground Espresso
Tombow Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive Runner & Refill
*Tombow Adhesive Craft Stamp DISPENSER & REFILL Dot Pattern Runner 62143 Permanent
Bo Bunny MOCHA Jewels Double Dot 11707524
Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Mini
*Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool 42-05013 New 2012
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425
Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray
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