It's time for our Fancy Friday Blog Hop. Our Fancy Friday team consists of some of the most talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators around. If you are hopping with us, you should have just arrived from visiting my good friend, Susan Wong
Our challenge this month is to take the colors and technique inspired from the Painted Autumn Suite! This beautiful suite is found of pages 48-49 of the 2017 Holiday Catalog. However, there is one tiny little problem...I don't have anything from this suite. I meant to get around to placing an order, but before I knew it, it was too late for this hop. So instead, I decided to "be inspired" by this awesome suite of products.
After a bit of research, I took some stamps that I already owned and tried my best to capture the feel of the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper. Naturally, I couldn't do an exact copy, but my goal was to use similar natural elements and colors.
To accomplish this I used the Blooms and Wishes stamp set from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog. It is a great set with lots of natural elements. I started by stamping the flower in Daffodil Delight, the flower centers in Cajun Craze (using a pencil eraser), then the branches in Early Espresso, and finally the leaves in Lemon Lime Twist and Peekaboo Peach on a Very Vanilla card base. Next I added hand-drawn accents using Stampin' Write Markers in the same colors. I also used a Tangerine Twist marker to color the berries on the branches and finally I flicked Crush Curry splatters over the entire piece. I distressed the edges of the panel and heavily sponged practically everything on the card with Early Espresso ink.
For the sentiment I stamped the beautiful greeting from the Count My Blessings stamp set in Early Espresso ink and die cut it with the Stitched Layers Framelits. I added an Early Espresso scalloped circle die cut with the Circle Layers Framelits.
I wrapped a strand of twine from the 5/8" Burlap Ribbon around the card panel and then added a doily and the sentiment on top. One tiny detail that you might miss is that I also used one of the branches from the set and stamped it tone-on-tone around the edges of the Early Espresso card base. The result is very subtle, but I love the look it gives to the finished project.
I can't wait to see what the other Fancy Friday team members have created. Be sure to hop on over next to visit my amazing friend, Krista Frattin.
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Have a blessed day!
