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Autumn Thanks

Written by Jessica Frost. Posted in Eye Candy (Projects)

Good morning, Jess here!  I realize I’m probably totally in the minority here but I am just not a big fan of summer.  I do love the yummy fruits and veggies that we get during the summer months but I live in Virginia and I hate the heat and I detest the humidity.  So, as we’re finishing up another week of 90+ temperatures I find myself longing for the fall.  Crisp nights, changing leaves, apple picking, pumpkin picking, and fall chrysanthemums on the porch…*sigh*.  Even if you love summer you know you love those fall traditions, too…right?  Today’s card sums up my deep, DEEP longing for October… 😉

mpjuly1I love the Beautiful Bouquet series from WPlus9.  Dawn has a knack for creating gorgeous floral arrangement stamps.  All you have to do is stamp and color them…no masking required!  To start my card I stamped the Beautiful Bouquet: Mums onto off-white cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Then I colored the image with copic markers.

(Quick disclaimer: I have heard that it’s not good to use copics with embossing powder because it can ruin the marker tip.  I’m not 100% sure if it’s true but I have a crafty hack for that.  If I really want to use my copics with embossing powder I do one of two things: I either color with the broad nib if possible or I color using dots instead of my normal strokes so that my nib isn’t rubbing against the embossing powder.  The gold tinsel embossing powder does have glitter in it so I tend to be a little more careful to make sure that my nib doesn’t rub against the embossing powder; however, if I’m using clear or white embossing powder I don’t stress as much.)

Next I die-cut the Hello word from WPlus9 with matte gold cardstock and adhered it to the card panel with glossy accents.  I mounted the panel on a white card base and then added a sprinkling of metallic gold sequins to finish the card.

Whew, I feel better now…time to go face the heat and water the garden.  Thanks so much for visiting and I hope your day isn’t nearly as hot and humid as mine! 😉

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    Lisaerica

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    Hi Jess, I looove this! The colors are just perfect, and that glitter embossing powder is dreamy. I’m a summer girl mysel! Even with the weather being so hot, I’ll take 90 degrees over 12 degrees any day. I love spring, summer and fall, wish I could hit the fast forward button the day after New Years, lol. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

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    Ellen Mancuso

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    Gosh this is pretty! I think if I ever needed to color around glitter embossing that I might use my Spectrum Noir markers with the bullet tips. Or even the cheapo no-name markers. I know the embossing tears up colored pencils. Again, this is so pretty!

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    Patt H.

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    A totally awesome card! Your coloring is superb & the added Hello in gold is perfect. Thanks for sharing.

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    Bevelry Jordan

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    LOL!! We are having record highs here in Florida, in fact, higher than since 1905!!! And I just hedged my front yard so spent hours in that heat! Yes! Am ready to see your gorgeous (fall) colored flowers!! And making plans to go somewhere in the fall already so that I can at least look forward to some cooler weather!!

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    Oh You Made Me Ink

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    Oh my! Your card is absolutely stunning! The colors are perfection!! Small tip from Jennifer McGuire (I think): She stamped the image in a light ink with the Misti, colored it with Copics then restamped it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed so your nibs don’t get messed up! Voila! Another fabulous use for the Misti! Anyway, your card is gorgeous! I can’t wait to CASE it! LOL!

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    Cyndybr7

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    That is beautiful! The colors, the glitter and the dimension it gives the flowers. Thank you for sharing

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