Boo!
Yikes! It’s September!
Already!
Fall always seems to sneak up on me each year when I’m not looking. I’m sure it’s just me sticking my head in the sand and not wanting to think about how quickly the summer flies by. I’m determined to turn a blind eye to it at least until after Labour Day on the 5th. School starts on the 6th and once it arrives, I’ll sniff a little but be glad to settle back into a schedule and enjoy a quiet house during the day. There is a list as long as my arm with things I have to do waiting for me. But it will wait. Right now it’s still summer in my mind and the time with my kids is precious.
Today’s card uses the Thankful for You stamp set by Avocado Arts. I may have told how much I love this stamp set but it bears repeating. I just couldn’t put it down and made three cards with it back to back. Since this summer has been so busy, finding the time to do so was almost a miracle in itself.
You might not know it from the above photo but I’ve put this fun little scene together with quite a few different stamp images. The trick to this is careful masking. Masking is an easy technique if you just take your time and cut precisely. Since there are quite a few steps, I thought I’d list them for you in case you want to recreate this little scene.
Stamping and Masking steps…
- stamp the stem and then mask
- stamp the pumpkin and then mask it
- stamp the spider web
- stamp the pumpkin face
- stamp the sentiment and cut out. adhere with a pop dot after watercoloring the image.
Supplies: Black Cardstock by Bazzill, solar white cardstock by Neenah, Thankful for You stamp set by Avocado Arts, Grape patterned paper from Stationery line by Lily Bee Design, Jet Black Archival ink by Ranger, Eclipse Masking Tape, Dusty Concord Distress Ink by Ranger, Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink by Ranger, Crushed Olive Distress Ink by Ranger, Glossy Accents by Ranger, Waterbrush by Niji, Glass Glitter by Melissa Frances, Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz
Ready for some fabulous designs by the rest of the Avocado Arts team?!
can you send me some of your magic mojo? Everything you make is so gosh darn pretty!
xoxo
tisha
OHMYWORD!!! Julia!! That is just SO STUNNING! I would never have thought of doing a purple background and it is awesome!!!!!! You are amazing!
cute little scene!
WOW! I love that glitter and your shadowing for the image! What a fabulous card:)
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love this Halloween card… Love how you colored the background… Very cute..
Pretty, pretty, pretty!!!! Love the little pumpkin in all it’s pretty colours and the popped up sentiment. The glitter is so gorgeous! I like how you backed it with the black and purple. It’s just all absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing!
Love this card- such great colors and layout! And thank you so much for posting your stamping/masking order, so we can CASE on auto-pilot. ;P
This looks fabulous, I really like the color combination used in it. Thanks for the post.
This is so fun & perfect! Hope you’re well.. enjoy your weekend my friend.
That is a great looking stamp!! thanks for breaking down your steps!
Playing catch up here!
I simply adore this card, and can’t wait till the crazies die down here so I can play with my set! ;o)
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