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Congrats to Rebecca, the newest Featured Stamper (FS657) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the fall leaf theme w/ the  big central leaf, but I used different images, different colors & a different technique.

For my fall card, I started by die cutting a large leaf shape & using the negative as a mask to sponge Distress inks in the fall colors. Then I stamped the Single Fall Tree in Distress oxide ink in ground espresso. I used a water brush & more of the distress inks to add a little splatter. 

For the larger bg, I used the woodgrain bg, but not in the conventional sense. I used a technique I learned probably 15 yrs ago but I don’t see it used these days. I wanted the bg to look a little more solid, so I used a hair dryer to slightly heat a piece of fun foam then pressed it to the woodgrain bg. What I got was a solid version of the woodgrain. (See pic below.) The green block is made of fun foam & I inked it so you could see it better. This works w/ any stamp, it just looks better w/ some. I will caution you, do not use a heat gun..it’s just too hot & will melt the foam into a solid hard mess. I have an old, not very powerful hair dryer I kept just for things like this 😀 . I used my solid foam “stamp” & Distress inks in vintage photo & walnut stain for the bg.

Here’s the inside.

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Supplies:

 

Single Fall Tree 468F	Woodgrain Bg 626P	Beauty of Autumn 704D	Goodbye Summer 350F 207G
Open Leaf 584D	MISTI	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D
RN Splatter Leaves dies 3019D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Distress Oxide Inks

It’s my pleasure & my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC718) & we’re headed to Piper Classics. They have a lot of lovely items & I was inspired by the colors in THIS picture.

I saw a similar card, a very long time ago but I can’t find it for anything, now that I’m looking for it. I think it was probably by Michelle Zindorf, but I’m not certain. Doesn’t it always happen that way? Anyway, it stuck in my head & I thought this would be a great way to use this Single Fall Tree image.

After I masked off the water area & sponged in the ground & bg tree line, I reversed the mask & sponged in the water. I used a few yellow & orange Copics to add the trees/bushes in the distance, then I put the tree image into my Misti & stamped it w/ Distress oxide inks in walnut & espresso. First one was stamped, then I moved the panel to stamp it again, & again, & again. I turned it upside down, lined the trees up, & stamped them in tea dye for the reflection trees. After all the trees were stamped, I added some white lines w/ a gel pen in the water & sponged a little walnut around the edges.

Here’s the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Single Fall Tree 468F	Give Thanks 345D	Deco Thanksgiving 341G	Pumpkin Pile 781H	MISTI
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Distress Oxide Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
White Gelly Roll Pen	Ribbon

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC717) we have a tasty site full of beautiful cakes. I chose THIS cake for my inspiration. I really liked the woodgrain look & fall leaves on this cake.

On the bg, I stamped the wood fence bg onto kraft paper then sponged a couple of brown distress inks onto it & stamped a splatter bg in the same colors. The leaves were die cut out of another sponged bg I made using green, gold & red inks. The greeting was stamped w/ the Versaclair & popped up a little on a larger white circle w/ a kraft circle frame.

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RN Splatter Leaves 3019	RN Wood Fence Bg 1123-03	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN 3 Maple Leaves 5215D	RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D
RN Rectangle Combo #3 die 5218D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Circle Stitch Frames dies 5120D	Versafine Clair ink	Distress Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Sequins