Autumn Trees - Grateful For You

Hello Stampers,

I think I went a little overboard with this card. I started it to use 1 of my favorite & simple techniques called "thumping", but with the vast space it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped so I mixed in some blending.

I stamped the tree from the Autumn Trees Stamp Set onto Very Vanilla Cardstock using Crushed Curry Ink for the leaves of the tree then used Blackberry Bliss, Garden Green & Cajun Craze Stampin Write Markers & with the brush end added the colors in a thumping fashion. Remember if you use this technique you may have to *huff* to refresh the ink. I wasn't thrilled with this look as much as I had hoped, so I took a Very Vanilla Cardstock scrap piece & with my Blending Brushes added Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Cajun Craze & Blackberry Bliss Ink to the cardstock, before die-cutting the canopy part of the tree from the Autumn Trees Dies, I remembered to add an Adhesive Sheet to the back which made it way more simpler to add it to the tree. Next, I again blended those colors above onto a larger layer of Very Vanilla Cardstock then used the Amber Autumn leaf die for a background which I then attached to a layer of Pecan Pie Cardstock before attaching it to a Very Vanilla Cardstock base. I also used a sentiment from the Amber Autumn Stamp Set, which I then die-cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies. Lastly, I added a few Polished Dots to finish the card.

~Thanks for stopping by!
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Product List

Autumn Trees Bundle [165900] $56.50	Amber Autumn Bundle (English) [165893] $52.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166784] $14.00
Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717] $14.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $9.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $9.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $9.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $9.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $9.00	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674] $11.00	Polished Dots [158134] $7.50
Blending Brushes [153611] $15.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25
Paper Trimmer [152392] $28.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $140.00