I can hardly believe the last days of summer are upon us! I'm not at all ready to let go of summer. I thought I had better share these summery makes with the new Darkroom Door Small Ferns Stencil while we are enjoying these last warm moments.
For this card, I made an inky background, then masked off portions of the stencil with tape and squished my Versmark ink pad into the stenciled design.
This process lends a stencil to work more as a stamp, which I love! I did some gentle background stamping with the new Fine Leaves Stamp Set and French Script, all to create some subtle texture in the background.
I colored the parrots with markers DTR and gave them a light spritz of water before stamping. They are layered over the Mesh Texture Stamp and a sentiment from Simple Sayings Vol. 2.
A simple embellishment of a Prima marbled flower and some loopy twine finished this one off.
For this card I was trying to do CAS. I painted a background panel with acrylics, then used a cosmetic sponge stencil in the ferns. I cut with a TH die and layered onto a burlap panel. This was very fun to make! I love playing with paints and hope to more of this.
Do check out the Darkroom Door website to view all of the new releases and subscribe to the blog for inspiration overload! :) Thanks for visiting today, Autumn
I'm sharing my parrots with:
Feathers! for their beauty and grace
Beautiful ! Loved the inky n stenciled background n first one a lot !
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours here Autumn and fabulous result.x [aNNie]
ReplyDeleteA lovely choice of fresh colours Autumn and the touches of orange from the birdies beaks carries across to the pretty bloom.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend.
B x
Love your use of the fern stencil! Love them both, but your inky background with those adorable parrots is just awesome! Your flower just pops...so darn cute! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great a tutorial for using EP and stencils, Autumn! Loving your fabulously jungle-like color choices and the dimension in both cards! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteVery creative use of that stencil indeed!Love the tropical look of your card. But the CAS card is a looker too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Autumn! Funny, I just put that stencil on my wish list-hoping to place an order this coming week;) Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love the bright colors. It reminds me of a island theme! So pretty.
ReplyDeleteKate
Fabulous background you created love the water colour effect parrots and beautiful flower--brilliant CAS card too great fern stencil
ReplyDeleteCarol x
These are both stunning!! I love how you've used the stencil on both!! Those parrots are fabulous and I love the marbled flower!! They are both so gorgeous, my friend!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)
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Hi Autumn, It's always a pleasure to see one of your works of art in the W2CB gallery! And, I must say, you've absolutely rocked that stencil. Both cards are great, and the texture and dimension of that tropical card are amazing. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Words 2 Craft By. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, lovely and bright, thanks for joining us at MAWTT and craft rocket xxxxx
ReplyDeleteI just love the wonderful 'tropical' feel to the first card, the colours are gorgeous. The leaf card is beautiful, I love the simplicity of the design, it really is very effective. Hugs, Anne xx
ReplyDeleteHi Autumn, I'm back with my W2CB DT hat on! As I said earlier, love these cards! Your backgrounds are always amazing and I especially do love those adorable parrots - too cute! So glad you shared this with us for our "Vacation" theme. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards- love the watercoloring feel!
ReplyDeleteJackie xx
Great use of the stencil come stamp x Gorgeous colourways and thank you so much for the inspiration x
ReplyDeleteA lovely card. Thanks for joining AYLI challenge. Elaine
ReplyDeleteSuper sweet card - I've always been drawn to the fern motif!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, love all the wonderful colors and detail! Thank you for sharing with us over at Star Stampz! We hope to see you again!
ReplyDeleteSherry x - DT for Star Stampz
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love those birds, your wonderful colors and pretty stencilings on this great summer creation Autumn! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteLove your parrots. So cute and amazing"
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at our present challenge at Craft Rocket and good luck! Hope you will join us next month again.
Hugs
Alex
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Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at MAWTT, good luck!!! Amy DT
ReplyDeleteStunning cards.....very pretty colours, love the birds!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty bright colors! I love the sweet birds amongst the ferns. If I wasn't on a spending freeze right now, i would rush out and buy all those supplies! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card - love the background, parrots and flower - and all the details!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with Addicted to Stamps and More!
Susan
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Gorgeous cards..especially like the second one! So simple yet so fabulous! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely cards, looks like you have had great messy fun! Thanks for joining in with our challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge,
ReplyDeletehugs Samantha :0)