Sponged Background Autumn Cards

Here are more distress ink sponged backgrounds.

I know these are similar to my Halloween cards,

but I was on a roll and having fun with this.

Stamped tree with walnut stain distress ink.

Used Michael Strong's Pumpkin Harvest set

fussy cutting the pumpkin and adhering with dimensional foam.

Stamped cherish and friends (unknown stamp manufacturer) 

with Stampin' Up! close to cocoa ink on white cardstock,

trimmed then sponged with fossilized amber ink.

Sponged distress ink on scraps of paper and punched tiny leaves

adhering them with liquid adhesive.

Used a script stamp (unknown manufacturer) with pumice stone distress ink 

and stamped randomly over the background.

Colored the vine part of Michael Strong's Pumpkin Harvest stamp

with mowed lawn distress marker.

Stamped and fussy cut one of the leaves and adhered with dimensional foam.

Pumpkins stamped in distress carved pumpkin ink.

Distress inks: 

mermaid lagoon, stormy sky, fossilized amber, fired brick, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, pumice stone

Thanks so much for visiting!

Dots Stampfest on November 18

For our November 18 stampfest, 

Lynette and I made fall tree cards.

Inspired by Michelle Zindorf's card

we used Judith's dots stamp AAA-04 to add various colors to a little fall scene.

We started out by stamping a tree stamp on a small piece of white cardstock

using either Penny Black's Fantasy tree

or Rubber Stampede Posh Impressions Tree Frame Z283-F.

 Used a circle punch and a post-it, to create our sun mask.

LEFT-Lynette used Versafine black onyx ink on the Tree Frame stamp.

After stamping, she added extra branches by hand with distress black soot marker.

RIGHT-Lynettte colored distress black soot marker directly on Fantasy tree branches.

After masking the sun with our circle

we stamped dots, starting in the upper corners with blue.

Then we used the yellows circling the "sun"

going from lighter in center to darker toward edges.

At the bottom we used blues, lighter to darker.

To create the sun, we sponged yellow using the reverse post-it with the circle opening.

Finally we sponged the edges with various blue distress inks.

LEFT- Used SU's chocolate chip on the Fantasy tree stamp.

RIGHT-Used Versafine black onxy on the Tree Frame stamp.

Inks for the dots and sponging

Distress-

scattered straw,squeezed lemonade,fossilized amber,

spiced marmalade, broken china, salty ocean, chipped saphire

Stampin' Up!-old olive

 

My Pentel fine point correction pen was clumpy

when I tried using it to add white highlights to my tree

so we switched to a white Sakura souffle pen.

Pumpkin Harvest

The cloisonné pumpkin used on these two cards

is part of a Michael Strong Stamp set, Pumpkin Harvest

that I won from the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group Summer Challenge.

This background was made by first pressing distress ink pads directly onto my craft sheet,

then spritzing the inked areas with water.

Then my paper was place on the inked areas.

 

For this background I sponged distress inks onto paper,

then flicked some water on top.

Used Viva décor green glitter and clear pens on both pumpkins

which were stamped in distress abandoned coral.

Tree stamped with distress frayed burlap.

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Stampfest from September 2

Lynette had a stampfest at her house way back on Sept. 2.
The two cards on the right were blogged already:
 Michael Strong Halloween 2015 blog hop.
 I'd like to show you the rest of the cards we made that day.

Lynette designed our tri-panel card which was inspired by
Kathy's leaves card on her The Daily Marker Blog
We used Lynette's Stampin' UP! markers:
glorious green, rocket red, only orange, yoyo yellow
using lighter colors first.


Here Lynette used leaves which were fussy cut.
The Sizzix Birch tree embossed layer was sponged with white ink.
Then accent lines were drawn with brown marker.
Used Stamped Michael Strong's Cloisonne Alphabet for the word, FALL.
Added green crepe paper beneath the leaves.

These flower cards are made with the Tim Holtz Flower Garden set.

We both love flowers and flower stamps!

The images were stamped first.

Then an aqua brush painter was used to pick up color scribbled onto the craft sheet

to add color to the "white" areas.

 

Thanks so much for visiting!

November 5th Stampfest with Lynette

Lynette and I spent the day stamping at her house last Wednesday.
You can see our cards and also her latest amazing Owl ATC printer's tray.

Inspired by Jette Pedersen's Flickr Card.

STAMPS
Hero Arts- Real Dill

Stampin' Up!-Garden Silhouettes,
Aged to Perfection (oval),
Travels Abroad (postage stamp),
Carte Postale (Bonjour)
Inkadinkado-Chelsea Sentiment (merci)
Wendy Vecchi-A Form of Art (ledger text)

INKS
SU-creamy caramel
Distress-faded jeans, pumice stone

Inspired by Margaret's Isle of Scraps Autumn Leaves card

A variety of stamps used along with the faux postage template.

 INKS:
Distress-scattered straw, ripe persimmon, spiced marmalade, wild honey, rusty hinge
SU-old olive and mellow moss

 

Inspired by Sylvia Nelson of Sylvia's Stamp Corner

STAMPS-Rubber stampede

INKS

Distress-tumbled glass for background

spiced marmalade, rusty hinge, wild honey, 

peeled paint including the peeled paint marker.

Inspired by Lisa Addessa's I'm In Haven

Trimed off portions of Tim Holtz Branch Tree

Punched leaves from printed paper

INKS-really rust, rusty hings

When Lynette showed me the leaf card she made, I just had to make my own.
We used the marker thumping technique with her distress markers.
Debbie Naylor of Unfrogettable Stamping! has a nice video tutorial.

Here is Lynette's latest and greatest AMAZING

7 Gypsies Printers Tray

featuring her little Owl Friend.

Here we are after a great day of stamping and visiting!

CSF Fall Card Swap-2012

Here are cards from the CSF Fall Card Swap. Creative Stamping Friends is a yahoo stamping group that has been around since 2001.

Created by Jane Giggy.

Created by Jinny Boyce.

Created by Anne Case.

Created by Sue Erickson.

Created by me (Laura Holm).

Dare I post another Fall Tree Card

The tree is Fantasy from Penny Black.
The fall "leaves" are made with Itty Bitty Background from Stampin' Up!
The 2 birds are Bird Trio from Savvy Stamps (used marker to color in just the 2 birds).
Used Distress Inks: vintage photo, shabby shutters, scattered straw, barn door, broken china  and my new vintage photo distress marker.

Again, this card was inspired by Heather Telford's lovely autumn card 

Fall Tree Card

I have been mesmerized by Pinterest...what about you? So many great ideas for cards and crafts and home decor, etc. etc. This card was inspired by Heather Telford's lovely autumn card

Stamps by Hero Arts, Rubber Stampede and Stampin' Up!-(used a flower part of Spring Garden)
Distress Inks by Tim Holtz