Sweet Fall

Today I decided to play some more with my Distress Stains.  I used a piece of white cardstock that I ran through a Frame Cutting and Embossing Folder and colored it with a variety of Fall colored stains.  I spritzed it with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz which gave it a lovely shimmer.  I cut the center out and layered it on dark brown cardstock.  I used foam dots to pop this up on top of some rust cardstock punched with a Martha Stewart corner/border punch, then layered this on green and more dark brown.

For the image in the center I stamped and heat embossed using Versamark ink and gold embossing powder.  I painted it with bleach but it wasn’t as light as I wanted so I decided to paint it with some Smooch.  This really added some sparkle.  The image is Bird On Flowering Branch from Sweet Stamps.

This was a fun card to make and I really love those stains.  I have ordered a few more and can’t wait to get them.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps Challenge #35 – Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches Challenge – Make It Dimensional

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week 76 - No Designer Paper

Paper Play Challenge Week 40 – Autumn Colors

Simon Says Stamps Challenge – Sparkle and Bling

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge – Things With Wings

Bling It On Challenge #8 – No Patterned Papers

DYSU Challenge #40 – Use Brown

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 46 --Fall or Halloween!

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #88 – Let’s See Those Leaves

Sew Many Challenge #70 – Colors: Burnt Orange, Yellow, and Brown

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #133 – Distressing

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #87 – Animals

Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge #110 – Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant TPE120 – Inspiration Challenge!!