We have another catalogue--already! This one is chocked full of fall and winter images, paper and embellishments. I'm not quite ready to dive wholly into Christmas for real, but fall is my favourite time of the year, so I decided to focus on the beautiful new Plaid Tidings DSP and the Stitched Leaves Dies (because who doesn't love EVERYTHING stitched?!).
I used a resist embossing technique on my background along with a stencil of winter trees from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks pack. These stencils can be used with embossing paste, sponge daubers, or ink pads, but I decided to rub a Versamark pad over the stencil and heat emboss the trees in white on some watercolour paper. I then watercoloured a mix of inks over top to make my fall background....a combination of Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Crumb Cake. The heat embossing resists the water/ink, so that the trees seem to pop right off the page.
I absolutely love stitching on dies, it is a simple way to add a bit of texture and detail. These dies are pretty unique though, as the stitching is a separate die....so you can choose to add the detailing or not. Also, the outline dies leave stitching on the negative piece, so you end up with a cut away leaf opening and stitches around it.
There are so many great plaid designs in this paper pack and I can't wait to use them all. One side of the paper is more Christmasy colours, and the other side is plaid suitable for fall or other times of the year (there is a great magenta piece!). I layered a piece of neutral plaid behind my watercoloured piece, and then die cut two leaves out of other matching prints for my focal point.
I added a stitched circle sentiment and lots of gemstones, as well as a tied linen thread bow as embellishments.
I kept the inside of my card blank for now but added a strip of the matching background DSP across the bottom. I'll add an appropriate message inside before sending the card to a recipient in the future.
That's it for me folks, thanks for stopping by! Please leave me a comment below before hopping on to the rest of the pages:
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