Hello, crafting friends!
Isn't it wonderful when a craft item arrives in your craft room and the ideas for using it come flooding at you? All I need is a bit of extra time to get them onto paper! The item in this case is a layering stencil from The Greetery called Mistletoe Arches. It's designed to be used for Christmas cards but...
... I saw no reason that it shouldn't turn up on an autumn birthday card! I started this card by masking off the edges of a card base with low tack tape, stamping a background with a woodgrain background stamp and sponging yellow ink over the whole thing before removing the tape.
The next step was stenciling the arch over the background in layers using autumn coloured inks and adding detail with markers. The sentiment was made with two stamp sets from Uniko.
I added a little bird from The Greetery's Robin and Wren stamp set, stamped and fussy cut and attached to the card front.
CHALLENGES
I'm joining in with Brenda's Colours of Autumn challenge at Allsorts; also Four Seasons challenge where the theme is Anything Goes Fall; I'm delighted that Darlene and Diane have also started their new Stencil Fun Challenge and am linking up there too; I'm playing along at Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge too where Anything Goes; This is the first outing for the Mistletoe Arches stencils so I'm playing at Darnell's NBUS challenge where we show off our Never Before Used Schtuff.
Also, a heads up: Allsorts are celebrating their 700th challenge this Saturday 29th October and there are prizes aplenty to be won! See you there :)
AND IN OTHER NEWS
On Saturday, OH decided it was time to curb the enthusiasm of some ivy in our back garden and Eva was delighted when she saw him getting out ladders and tarpaulin. She sees her role as general helper in the garden and this is exactly the kind of job she feels is her forté.
Here she is shredding some bits of woody stem - but wait, it appears to be raining leaves and Eva is quickly becoming the Incredible Disappearing Dog!
Very clever stenciling and it looks extra marvelous on the woodgrain background you created! Thank you so much for sharing your project at Allsorts autumn colors challenge and helping to inform about the big celebration next week, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow- what a fantastic autumn arch you’ve created with stamps and stencils. The pretty little wren is the perfect finishing touch.
ReplyDeleteEva looks really puppy-like in your garden photos. Xxx
A beautiful card using your new stamps, such a great design and pretty fall colors! Eva appears to be a great garden helper :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining in at Allsorts and Four Seasons challenges!
Ellie
Ellibelle's Corner
So much to love, Vicky, but first bravo to your excellent design eye! The mistletoe made such a fabulous fall birthday card with your coloring and that woodgrain background! Really, who would have thought? Well, you did!👏 Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS!
ReplyDeleteI'm just agog about Allsorts celebrating their 700th challenge! 700!! That has to be a record! And, finally, thank you for the always smile-inducing photos of the adorable Eva. What a good helper she is!❤ Hugs, Darnell
This is REALLy pretty, Vicky! Love that you adapted that beautiful stamp for fall colors!
ReplyDeleteYou have captured the seasonal colours beautifully Vicky, many thanks for joining in with our Autumn theme at Allsorts challenge this week.
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I hope you've recovered well from my spooky Halloween pumpkin... ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour card is so much more peaceful and beautifully designed.
Beautifully created stenciled card (cute pup too)!! Thank you for joining our challenges at Stencil Fun and Four Seasons!
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What a wonderful idea to use this for an autumn card. It looks so lovely and with the addition of the bird and background effect. Well done on getting your NBUS used straight away.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous images and great card. This would also be wonderful as framed Art. Thanks for sharing with us at The Four Seasons Challenge.
ReplyDeleteDonna xx
How beautiful Vicky, a Super idea and colouring of this lovely card.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card using the Fall colors! Love that bird!
ReplyDeleteOOh what fabulousnessness there is in this autumnal card this is one of my all time favourite cards of yours Vicky truly beautiful.I agree with Donna defo a frameable make.
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Beautiful card, Vicky! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThis is one very beautiful Autumnal card Vicky thank you for joining us at Allsorts
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What a fab stencilled wreath, looks as though it was meant to be an autumnal one all along! The plank background and the addition of the itsy little bird is fab, a perfect autumnal birthday card. So pleased you joined us at HLS Birthday. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is an absolute age since I visited your blog! I love this card, I can see that stencil being very useful for all sorts of cards. Thank you for sharing at NBUS.
ReplyDeleteI had to hop over from your snippets post - how brilliant is this then! Your die is proving to be super-versatile! Gorgeous card Vicky - and bless dear Eva - Daddy's Little Helper indeed!
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Di xx
A wonderful make Vicky,the arch is so beautiful in autumnal colours
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