Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Autumn Leaves

I have always loved the Old Gristmill stamps from Artistic Outpost. As I worked on the technique challenge from Compendium of Curiosities II, I knew I wanted to use these stamps. All of the stamped images and sentiment come from that stamp set.  Our CC II challenge is Crumpled Kraft Suede from p. 40 of Tim's book. (This challenge is generously sponsored by the Funkie Junkie.) Simon Says Stamp wants to see autumn leaves. Kraft Journal's theme is bangles and bows. The monthly challenge at Artistic Outpost is anything goes.
The crumpled kraft sued technique is awesome. To feel the background panel on my card, it is hard to believe that it started off as a piece of kraft paper. Now it feels almost leatherlike. I tried to keep a very rustic feel to the card. All of the framing is done with wood paper. The copper perfect pearls adds zest to the background and leaves. For the bow, I used raffia.

6 comments:

Lin said...

Lovely card, Barbara, love that mill! Thanks for playing along with us at the Simon Says Stamp challenge this week!

~Tammy~ said...

What a beautiful image! So happy you shared it with us at The Kraft Journal this week!

Lucy Edmondson said...

Gorgeous! Love how you have coloured the Old Grist Mill,

Lucy x

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful Fall card - fabulous coloring! Thanks for supporting us at Artistic Outpost!

Tracy said...

Ahhh that we could follow that advice. LOL Lovely stamping and a pretty card. Thanks so much for joining us this week at The Kraft Journal!

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Ah, my favorite fall stamp set!~ Wonderful card, Barabara! Your old grist mill is lovely colored like that and your background turned out terrific - love the colors on it!