Autumn Blessings

You all know I love this die by Frantic Stamper, and of course that would be because I designed it in my head and explained it to the talented Kathy Berger who made it came to life, and it is fabulous. 
This card has been a work in progress over the last couple of weeks. The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers a couple of weeks ago was on a Pinterest Board full of Paper Art. I could not play at the time, but immediately thought of this die when I was looking at the artwork. Then I received an email about the CAS Mix Up Challenge, and back I came to this die cut. I knew I wanted to play in the challenge. But, I do not have spray inks, so I made my own. I have done this in the past and it works for me, maybe it will work for some of you rather than buying spray inks. I use my Winsor Newton Watercolours to make my sprays, and a tiny Ranger spritzer bottle. I add ink to the bottle with my paint brush, heavy on the ink and not so heavy on the water that I add, also with my paint brush. I only make a little, enough for the project I am working on, and I use the same bottle for all the colours I want to use, not cleaning in between colours. For this project I used New Gamboge, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange and Permanent Rose. As the bottles near the end of the paint they sputter, also another part of making my own that I love, it saves me the time of doing splatters with my paint brush! I watercoloured only the pumpkin, using Zig Brushes. I styled the harvest panel and propped it up on foam strips attaching to my spritzed background. I am not sure where the stamp came from, but it is for the stamping part of the challenge, which is Stamping, Sprays and "your choice", mine being die-cutting. I hope you like my card, and thank you for dropping in today.
Products: Frantic Stamper Fall Harvest Panel, Winsor Newton Watercolour Paints, Kuretake Zig Brushes.

4 comments

  1. Your sprayed background is so gorgeous Kia. Love the fall colours. And what a great idea to start with the lightest colour and then just keep adding to your spray bottle. So clever! That die-cut scene you've added on top is so beautiful. Your card looks like the perfect Autumn day. :) Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! xx

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  2. This goes to show that we don't need to go out and purchase something new. Often we can make do beautifully with what we have. After my experience with sprays, I believe this is the way to go. You have a beautiful background and I love the splatters! What a wonderful bonus! So pretty with this die cut! Thanks, Kia for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  3. Did you hear my out loud...OMGosh Kia? Stunning sprayed background and beautifully diecut framed my friend. I make my own sprays too :-) TFS and so happy you joined us us at CAS Mix Up this month. Hugs, Nancy

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  4. Oh, Kia, what a beautiful fall card, and I love the fall die! Wow, and your background is amazing! You certainly had to have a lot of fun with this one! And I know you are looking forward to the cooler weather too, right? Hugs, sweet friend! xoxo

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