Autumn Stamping Project--A Variety of Cards!

Whew! I didn't think that I would finish my September project, which turned into an October project and finally became the November project.

As we cope with working from home, missed loved ones and celebrations, I want to remind everyone that crafting of any kind is so restorative. A few minutes a day by yourself or over over Zoom--the arts keep us in touch with ourselves and others. They allow us to indulge in our imaginations and fantasy lives, help us grow confidence and give ourselves a bit of control too :)

Here are the supplies I used to make four cards:

• Life Is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
• Autumn Goodness + dies bundle
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Cinnamon Cider cardstock
• Plaid Tidings DSP
• Cinnamon Cider ink
• Pumpkin Pie ink (Petal Pink will also do--I used Peekaboo Peach forgetting it was discontinued, whoops!)
• Seaside Spray ink
• Early Espresso ink
• Assorted Stampin' Write and Stampin' Blend markers
• Stamping Sponges

The idea I had in mind changed a little bit. Stamping the wheat stooks in Peekaboo Peach pushed them into the background. I used a 2" circle punch to make a mask and sponged around it for the sunset. 

Originally, Life is Beautiful was not on my to-buy list, but I realized it had a lot of potential. I stamped the leaves on and off with Cinnamon Cider and Peekaboo Peach for a layered look and then sponged the empty space with Peekaboo Peach. It's a little hard to see in the picture.

Sometimes when I have a hard time getting started, I just stamp! This is how I ended up with a lot of die cuts from the Autumn Goodness set. Again, the leaves from Life is Beautiful made a nice ground and some more Peekaboo Peach sponging knocked back the brightness of Very Vanilla. The two colours go surprisingly well together, which was a nice surprise.

I wasn't sure how the fourth card would turn out, so I just stamped all over the Very Vanilla panel. A little Seaside Spray ink on the panel and the plaid DSP brought a cool green to the card. Add a doily from the stash, and voila!

Now that my autumn cards are done, I can finally start on some Christmas designs :)