September challege



 

 Hello  crafters

    Thank you for stopping by.

.I am so honored to be the guest designer this month. The theme this month is Fall. I started my card out with a piece of glossy card stock. Then I mixed some of the Distress Ink Pad Refills with a small amount of hairspray and some Pearlex. I put it in Mini Misters - Assorted Colors - 3 pc and sprayed the paper. Before the droplets dried I used a can of air and spread the colors around. After that I dried the cardstock with my heat gun. Now it was time to stamp.

       

I used the Ultimate Crafter's Companion tool to measure and make the folds for the card and used the CleverCut 5-in-1 Paper Trimmer (which is our prize for this month) to cut the brown and orange card stock for the framing of the design. I used the Extra Strong Permanent Tape Runner to put the card together.

         The next stamp I used was Flower Fairy Unmounted Stamp Set - Zinnia, the zinnia flower is one of my favorites. I stamped 2 of them on cream colored card stock and colored them with water color pencils. After cutting them out, I glued one down with Mono Multi Glue and used the Double Sided Adhesive Foam Strips - 33 Pieces to create a 3-D effect. I like the strips because you can cut the size you need. I added some little 3-D acorns inside and out.



        I then stamped A Little Bit Sketchy Stamp Set - Autumn Leaves (now my favorite fall stamp) and used Rock-A-Blocks 4 Piece Set so I had the right size for every stamp. I also used the StazOn Ink Pads. Stazon works well on glossy paper. It gives you crisp lines and it dries fast so you can stamp over it with no fear of blending colors.



       The last thing I wanted was a piece of ribbon to put on the front. I didn't have the color green I wanted so I made the color myself. I used white crinkled ribbon and on my 15" x 18" Inkssentials Non-stick Craft Sheet I put the ribbon and ink together and mixed it until I had the color I wanted. I dried the ribbon with the heat gun and tied it on the card.

clean up was easy, just wash with water. I cleaned my stamps with StazOn All Purpose Cleaner and Rubit-Scrubit Cleaning Pad. Both these products make cleaning up easy and keeps the stamps soft.

I had a great time making this card. I hope you check out all the great stamps and products at http://www.crafterscompanion.com/ and enter this month's Fall Challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with. 

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Thank you again for stopping by. Have Fun and have a scrappy day.    



Sheena Stamp a little bit sketchy



Flower Fairy's Zinnias