Here's a card using the new Autumn Harvest set that will be in the upcoming holiday mini catalog. I watercolored the pumpkins with watercolor crayons and an aquapainter on watercolor paper. Then I sat there trying to figure out what to do with them. (Gail, if you see this... these are pumpkins I didn't know what to do with the day you were here stamping.) I kept holding them up to different papers from the new Apple Cider dp to see which one looked better and trying to figure out what I wanted to add to the card. For some reason I felt completely stumped, so I decided to just set them aside for the moment. Then the next day I had the Outlaw dp sitting out and decided to go with a piece from that. I wanted to stamp some leaves to use on the card and wondered how they'd look stamped on designer paper, so I stamped some on Outlaw paper and some on Apple Cider paper. I cut them out and sponged a little Close to Cocoa on them. I mounted the pumpkins on Close to Cocoa and detressed it a little. Then came the process of deciding where to place the leaves. If you knew how long it took me to decide you'd probably laugh, but that's just how it is with some cards. : ) Some of the leaves are glued on flat and some are attached with dimensionals. Of course I had to add some ribbon to finish it off. : ) And in the end I was pleased with the results. Hope you like it. : )
Stamps: Autumn Harvest (coming Sept. 1), God's Blessings
Paper: Close to Cocoa, watercolor paper, Outlaw dp, Apple Cider dp
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Stazon Black
Accessories: watercolor crayons, aquapainter, sponge, destresser, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals
*dp= designer paper