Morning all!
I’m over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a project featuring some items from the new Harvest Fest release from The Greetery.
The first thing I wanted to try as soon as I unpacked my order was the Round About Fall Foliage die, as I’d recently ordered all 3 sets of Distress watercolour pencils with my birthday money.
It seemed like the perfect time to give them a go.
Stamp: The Greetery – Wildwood
Dies: The Greetery – Wildwood Sentiments, The Greetery – Round About Fall Foliage, The Greetery – Shiplap Builder
I cut the Round About die twice from watercolour paper, then used various Distress Watercolor Pencils to lay down colour and went back in with more layers and then regular pencil for some extra detail.
The new Herringbone Parquet die may be currently out of stock, but I was still determined to create a woodgrain background for the frame, so I pulled out an older set from The Greetery: the Shiplap Builder dies.
This die cuts 6 planks in one pass. I cut them from watercolour paper and then blended them with a few shades of Distress Oxide before spritzing with water to get that aged look.
Once they were dry, I glued them on a piece of brown cardstock with the planks arranged like floor boards. The design I used features all 6 planks cut with that one pass. You’d probably be able to fill the whole card front with just 12 planks if arranged this way.
I used PTI rustic cream cardstock for the backdrop to my card, and splattered it with metallic copper paint. I also painted the frame in copper too.
Finally, I needed a sentiment that would fit inside the frame but wouldn’t conceal the woodgrain background strip. This is when a close-cut sentiment comes in handy, and it grabbed the separate sentiment dies that coordinate with the Wildwood stamps and cut them all in one pass, so I could stamp them together and decide which one fit the space best.
I’m still tempted to add some subtle sequins or enamel dots, but we’ll see…
Until next time, happy crafting!
 The Greetery – Wildwood stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Wildwood Sentiments dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Round About Fall Foliage die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Shiplap Builder dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Frayed Burlap Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Old Paper Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Vintage Photo Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC |
 Jackdaw Express – AM534 – Premium White Watercolour Card 300gsm Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Brutfuner 120 Colouring Pencils Set Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Distress Watercolor Pencils – Set 1 Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Distress Watercolor Pencils – Set 2 Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Distress Watercolor Pencils – Set 3 Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Bearly Art – Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Ranger – Mini round ink blending tools Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC |
 Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Royal Langnickel – Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
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