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Welcome Fall

Happy Thanksgiving!  Today's fall card was totally inspired by Nichol Spohr.  She made a card that was so beautiful that I wanted to do my own version of it.  She used a couple of Hero Arts Dies that were out of stock (probably because everyone watched her video).  
Since I couldn't order the die set, I designed the card in Cricut Design Space.  I took a combination of 2 different pumpkins so that I could have a decent looking pumpkin top as well as a large pumpkin.  I cut the pumpkin pieces on creme cardstock and shaded the pieces using alcohol markers.  I cut a variety of sunflowers, leaves, and foliage out of several colors of cardstock.  I also die cut flowers using my Big Shot.  
Nichol used a wood plank stamp set.  I did not have the stamp set, but I did have a 3-D wood plank embossing folder.  I inked the embossing folder with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and embossed a light brown piece of cardstock.  The grains of the wood did not stand out enough so I used an ink blending tool to ink the raised portions with Ground Espresso Distress Ink.  The combination of the 3-D embossing folder with Distress Inks created a realistic-looking wood plank.  
The last element of the card was the sentiment.  I found a beautiful "Welcome Fall" sentiment in Cricut Design Space.  I cut the sentiment and some foliage using rose gold foil cardstock.

Once all the elements were cut, I adhered them to the wood-grained panel.  I popped up the pumpkin and the sunflowers using foam tape and then tucked in the leaves and foliage.  I used brown and gold bling in the centers of the flowers.  The wood-grained panel was adhered to a creme card base.

I had plenty of flowers and leaves die cuts leftover, so I decided to embellish a sentiment on the inside of the card.  I die cut a small intricate circle from the rose gold foil cardstock and used StazOn Jet Black Ink to stamp the sentiment "Autumn Blessings" near the top of the circle.  I used a flower and a couple leaves to embellish the bottom of the circle.  I glued the circle to the inside of the card.


My creation is not as beautiful as the Kristina Werner version, but I love it just as much as her version of the card.  This is one of those cards that is so pretty and worthy of a frame and a place on my craft room wall.

Welcome Fall
Supplies:
  • Card Inspiration - Nichol Spohr's Pumpkin Die Cut Card - https://youtu.be/hMEDEDVaT6U
  • Recollections and Paper Studio Cardstock in a variety of fall colors
  • Recollections Rose Gold Foil Cardstock
  • Cricut Images
    • Wheat #M78693F4
    • Sunflowers #MD38983 and #M396C6
    • Leaves #M1898127 and #M8A1CAC2
  • Alcohol Markers
    • White Pumpkin (E40, E43, E44)
    • Sunflower (E57, E59)
  • Sizzix 3-D Lumber Texture Fades Embossing Folder
  • Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso
  • Tim Holtz Funky Floral 1 Thinlits
  • Foam Tape
  • Want 2 Scrap Self Adhesive Bling - Gold and Brown
  • Hello Bluebird Fall Buddies Stamp Set
  • Momenta Intricate Squares Cutting Templates
  • StazOn Jet Black Ink



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