Happy Autumn with Frogs, Ferns and Leaves
*Supplies*
Stamps –
Frogs and Ferns stamp set, Happy Autumn block stamp, plus Reverse Wild Grape Mini stamp, Reverse 3-Leaf Mini stamp, and Reverse Oak Leaf in Mini and Tiny
Chalk –
Eggplant, wedgewood, sage, and moss, light yellow
Inks –
VersaMagic Eggplant, Night Sky, Spanish Olive, Sage, Purple Hydrangea, Coffee Bean; Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy, Brilliance Gold
Paper –
Burnt orange cardstock
Half-sheet of cardstock, folded, for card base
Gold cardstock (I used a simple designer paper)
White cardstock, 4 x 5.25
Embellishments – wide translucent ribbon (I used a ribbon with a gold metallic trim on the edges), thin translucent ribbon, mini brads, brown embroidery thread
Scalloped Oval die (I used Spellbinders)
Tombow MonoMulti glue
PopIt! Shapes (Square)
*Instructions*
1. Using the chalks listed above, randomly smudge the outer edges of
the white cardstock to create a muted background for your stamping.
2. Next, stamp the Mini Jumping Tree Frog in Eggplant ink. Follow
this application with the same stamp and Night Sky ink.
3. Now stamp the Tiny Perching Treefrot in Spanish Olive, then in
Night Sky.
4. Stamp the Mini Fern in Sage and follow using Brilliance Gold.
5. The Itsy Six Petal Flower is next, using Purple Hydrangea, then
Gingerbread, and last in Night Sky ink.
6. Round out the border with the Tiny Baby Ladybug in Pearlescent
Poppy. Set aside.
7. Find the yellow or gold cardstock and tear the edges. In the paper
I used, the torn edges were white. Create some depth by smudging
the edges with Coffee Bean ink.
8. Place this torn piece of paper on top of the border you created
earlier, fasten it down and trim away the excess. Set aside.
9. On the wide ribbon, stamp a random pattern on the wide ribbon
using the following stamps and inks: Mini Jumping Tree Frog in
Night Sky and Eggplant; Tiny Perching Tree Frog in Brilliance
Gold; Tiny Mini Fern in Tea Leaves; Itsy Six Petal Flower in
Coffee Bean
10. Fasten the wide ribbon to the card front using six little brads,
making sure to fold the ribbon under where the ends cannot be seen.
11. Now fasten the thin ribbon around the entire card between the top
two brads. Then tie the brown embroidery thread around the card,
on top of the thin ribbon.
12. Using PopIt! Shapes, attach the be-ribboned card-front to the
pumpkin colored card base. Set aside.
13. Stamp the Happy Autumn stamp in Coffee Bean on white paper. Center
the text in a scalloped oval die and cut out. Smudge the oval just
a bit with Light Yellow chalk. Set aside.
14. Stamp various Reverse Leaves using the following colors: Coffee
Bean, Brilliance Gold, Pearlescent Poppy, Tea Leaves.
15. Cut out, leaving a thin white border around each leaf block.
16. Edge in Coffee Bean ink.
17. Arrange and glue to the scalloped oval, at the bottom of Happy
Autumn.
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