Monday, October 24, 2016

Autumn...

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's Treat Bag/Box challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because...

and the theme for this week is...
AUTUMN
that wonderful time of the year when Mother Nature shows off her colouring skills and transforms the leaves from green to wondrous shades of red orange and gold. I decided to decorate a Tim Holtz 6"x8" Burlap Panel...
and started off by applying a coat of Grit Paste
and while I waited for that to dry...I die cut lots of leaves using Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die and Holiday Greens Thinlits...sprayed with various colours of Distress Spray Stains...scrunched them up a bit and finished off with a light spritz of Antique Bronze Distress Mica Spray...
I used the Birch and Pine and Leaf Prints stamp sets to create some interest on the background...
added some cheesecloth and the collage of leaves which I'd splattered with Picket Fence Distress Paint...
I used Letterpress and Wordplay die cuts to create the word "Autumn" and sanded them down a little to tone down the colour. I added Small Talk Stickers and a butterfly I found in one of Tim's Ephemera packs along with a memo pin.
Autumn has certainly arrived in my neck of the woods if the mountain of leaves piling up in the garden is anything to go by but no-one seems to have told the clematis...
or the Rudbekia who are still flowering their heads off...
You can find all the products I used over at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp online store...just click on the links below...


Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and our October Guest Designer Nikki. As always you all have the chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at Simon Says StampYou have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in...

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I'm looking forward to seeing what you all create this week
Have Fun and Happy Crafting
Hugs Kath xxx