Today I am sharing a bright and fun fall card featuring products from Stamp Simply! Earlier this summer the Vintage Seed Packet was released, and I absolutely love the style. Today I paired it with the Sunflower Season stamp set.

I created my background first, using Spiced Marmalade and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks. I added a few water droplets and sprays, and then stamped the Seed Packet with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. I then heat set the ink by embossing it with Clear Embossing Powder. I then masked the outside of the oval and stamped the sunflower, using the same embossing technique. I added a few color highlights with alcohol markers to have a very faint bit of sunshine on the petals and green leaves. I cut the sunflower word from another piece of the DOX cardstock I had inked and cut it out with the coordinating die. I distressed the edges of both the main panel and the underlying brick paper, then added gold metallic string and a little bee charm. I love the rich colors!

   

Take a look at what my friends have made on the FMS Blog today - a lot of amazing ideas to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by! 

   

I love making fall cards! This week for Stamp Simply, I used a favorite set: Floral Clusters - Fall Flowers. I love that there are four sets in the Floral Clusters series - and ONE DIE cuts them all! 

   

While it's not "officially" fall yet, September 1 is always fall to me. So today I am sharing a "sort of" clean and simple fall card using products from Stamp Simply. AND -- because it's Labor Day Weekend, there is a GREAT storewide 20% off sale going on through 9/3 (see below)!

I absolutely adore the Eucalyptus Silhouettes stamp and die set. While it's not a set you would generally use for autumn, I wanted to show how you can use sets in other ways to stretch your supplies. 

I inked the leaves with various dye inks, spritzed the inked stamp with water, and then stamped on watercolor paper. I used a water pen to spread the ink around for a textured watercolor look.

I cut them out with the coordinating dies. I cut some of the Twigs (Vintage Ovals and Twigs) out using Copper cardstock. The card base was splattered with Copper and Gold paint before assembling. 

You can see more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply Blog today! Happy September! Happy Fall!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

Eucalyptus Silhouettes

Vintage Ovals & Twigs

Distress Watercolor Paper

Metallic Copper Cardstock

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

VersaFine Clair Nocturne (sentiment)

Tim Holtz Tag Collection (similar)

Other Supplies:

Natural Burlap String

Ivory, Dark Green Cardstock

Gold & Copper Metallic Watercolor Paint

liquid glue
foam tape

   

This seagull cracks me up. And he's saying something I have actually said many times :) Only to people I know, of course, and usually only to relatives! 

Today at Freshly Made Sketches we have a fun classic sketch from Jen T that I took to the beach! My seagull and sentiment are from Waffle Flower Crafts. Such a cute expression for "no expression." Just like they really are when they're begging!