Hello, friends, and welcome! Turning to those first few days of fall when the sunflowers are still blooming and the leaves are not quite turned... there may even be a ripe pumpkin or two in the sunniest patch. No matter the season, they can all come together on our cards. That's something to celebrate.
The up front star of the show is a new-to-me Cottage Cutz die called Fall Centerpiece. Maybe it's from last year, but it came to me during their Labor Day sale. The little "hello" is from a different Cottage Cutz set. All the CC dies were cut in Neenah 110 lb white and colored with inks and brushes.
The card base is cut from shimmery white, including the Tutti Designs Maple Vine Frame which I glued to the base and brushed over with inks. The background colors are not true in the picture I'm viewing on my laptop. It's actually a soft pale-orange (SU Apricot Appeal) blended into a darker warm-orange (SU Really Rust). Both colors retired in 2010.
The arch is also shimmery white, cut with the new-to-me Spellbinders Essential Arches which I decided were essential indeed. Not fancy, just functional. I was on a shopping hiatus for a while, but... sales happened, sigh.
- I was going to leave off the sentiment but when I saw The Sisterhood of Crafters "Hello" theme I added it to my card and it looks just right.
- Of course, I have to send my card over to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #66 with my never-been-used Fall Centerpiece and Essential Arches.
- Additionally, I'm sharing in Vicki's A Cut Above September Challenge which closes on the 28th. It's all about die cuts as a focal point. The optional theme is "monochromatic", which I had in mind when I made the card base, but then it looked like such a nice background for the Fall Centerpiece.
Stamps: None Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 110 lb for main image dies, shimmery white for base and arch Ink: Various Stampin' Up Coloring: Blending brushes Dies: Cottage Cutz Fall Harvest, CC Telephone for sentiment, Spellbinders Essential Arches, Tutti Designs Maple Vine Frame Other: Dimensional tape for one sunflower
6 comments:
This is absolutely stunning. I love how you have used the white arched die cut to help make your sunflowers pop and that die on the background looks wonderful inked like that. I have never thought of doing that. It really is very effective. Thanks so much for the inspiration xx
Beautiful Autumn card, love all the fabulous die-cuts.
Carol x
This is so lovely! I can see the shimmer in the background inking. Beautiful sunflower, foliage and pumpkins. Your coloring is always so impressive. Lots of layers and dimension with those die cuts. Thanks for sharing at A Cut Above's September Anything Goes With A Die Cut and optional Monochromatic Challenge.
Your card definitely made me smile! I love everything about it especially the beautiful flowers nestled in the pumpkin. Great background! One thing about fall is the gorgeous sunflowers! Enjoy your weekend!
This is STUNNING, Leslie. LOVE this die set, especially in your talented hands. Beautiful card that had me oohing and ahhhing! xx
Oh that is so pretty. Very well put together. Happy fall. although it's getting too close to winter. We've still got nice sunny days. Have a great day
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