Fall is in the Air

With my school year starting Monday, I decided to spend my last Saturday of summer vacation celebrating my favorite season…Fall. Autumn Splendor, available September 1, is a beautiful stamp set, perfect for watercoloring. This time I paired the Maple Leaf image from this set with Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper. The very versatile sketch is Splitcoast’s Sketch Challenge #241. A quick card to create, it features doubled buttons, wood cuts, and ink distressing. Doesn’t it just exude autumn in all of it’s colorful glory?

• Prepare a standard card base from textured Really Rust. Distress the edges using a Sponge Dauber and Chocolate Chip ink.
• Round opposite corners of the More Mustard pattern from Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper with a Corner Rounder, and layer onto the card base.
• For the wider vertical element, ink distress the “Small Maple Leaf” pattern from Autumn Traditions Designer Series Paper and layer onto Always Artichoke. Do exactly the same for the narrower element, this time using the “Stripes” pattern from the same Designer Series Paper. Adhere these vertical mats onto the card base.
• For the image, ink the Maple Leaf stamp from Autumn Splendor with Basic Brown and stamp onto Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Paper. Color using Blender Pens and the following inks: Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, Dusty Durango, Always Artichoke, Summer Sun. Ink distress the edges and mat onto ink distressed Wood Cuts, followed by Really Rust. Wrap with Linen Thread and pop onto the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• For the finishing touch, prepare three button accents using selections from the Playground and Button Latte collections. Adhere to the card base as illustrated with Mini Glue Dots. (Tip: My buttons were created by using flat Real Red buttons and sewing on the tiny flower buttons with Linen Thread.)

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Stamp Set: Autumn Splendor (116503—Available September 1)
Ink: Basic Brown (104315), Ruby Red (102259), More Mustard (103162), Close to Cocoa (103139), Always Artichoke (105219), Really Rust (102549), Dusty Durango (115654), Chocolate Chip (100908)
Designer Series Paper: Autumn Traditions (115668)
Card Stock: Really Rust textured (), Always Artichoke (105119), Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Paper (105019)
Tools: Corner Rounder (109047), Blender Pens (102845), Sponge Dauber (102892)
Embellishments: Linen Thread (104199), Playground Button Collection (116313), Button Latte Collection (114333)
Other: Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)