' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: 7th Anniversary Autumn trees & Latte

Monday 19 October 2020

7th Anniversary Autumn trees & Latte

Welcome to the first day of  STAMPlorations 7th Birthday celebrations
A bit later than usual, due to Covid19, but every bit as good as previous years and I think even better !


Today I have a slimline card for you. Slimline cards have seen a sudden surge of popularity across the pond and manufacturers have responded with designs adapted to this format. The 8.5" x 3.5"fits the US business envelope and uses the whole width of the standard US paper size. 

I have tweaked my measurements to European size A4,  cutting the sheet of card to roughly 6"1/2 lengthwise and keeping the whole portrait width, giving a folded size of 8" by 3"1/4 (or 21x 8.9cms). Slightly smaller than the stencil and less wide than the DL envelope but still OK.
 
 
To make it I first used some Distress inks to establish a sky and grass background.
 

Then I placed the Trees – ARTplorations Slimline stencil on top and used Distress Oxides with a sponge. DOs are much more opaque than DIs and I needed this property to show up against the green of the grass!

 
Tip: to counteract the green of the grass I used Violet first and then Walnut ink.
To finish I used white gel pen over the small lines of the trees to hide the background colour.

The sentiment from the Better Than Autumn set has been inked with a Kaleidacolor ink pad and stamped on glossy card. I added 2 leaf brads and mounted it on foam pads .

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The STAMP girls are showing inspiration for all the challenges on the STAMPlorations blog so pop by and don't forget to comment along the way for a chance to win (before the 8th of November)!

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Whenever you shop for STAMPlorations products you can get 20% off with my code: STAMPGIRLCRAFTY 
AND during the Anniversary all orders placed with my code will include this not-yet-released stencil, Just Plaid square stencil (10 mil):

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Do come by tomorrow for more inspiration as the celebration continues....

   

22 comments:

  1. Loe the long tall shape Christine, DL shape used to be so popular and I still think that orientation is so elegant.

    B x

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  2. This is super. Love the colors through that stencil.

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  3. Great stencil and sentiment. Love the colors. [Bunny]

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  4. Simply gorgeous! thank you for the inspiration!

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  5. I love the birch trees! Gorgeous colors!

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  6. That tree stencil is so fun!! Love your awesome card!

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  7. So pretty and the leaf brads add the perfect touch.

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  8. This tree scene is perfect for fall. I love the look

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  9. I don't know where I've been but you've been very busy since my last visit. Great project xXx

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  10. Loving your card! The tree stencil is gorgeous and I love the slimline design too 😁. Happy autumn! Hugs, Jo x

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  11. Love the card. The detail right down to the small leaves is wonderful.

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  12. Love this beautiful scene, the trees look pretty.

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  13. So pretty. Love the tree stencil.
    BTW, not all of your images are showing. The first (STAMPlorations) is not showing and the plaid stencil is not showing either.

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    1. They are now. I suppose they were loading very slowly.

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  14. Beautiful card! Love all of the colors.

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  15. Lovely card and a really versatile design for all seasons xx

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  16. Very pretty!! Your inked scene really makes me feel like I'm out walking on a crisp autumn afternoon!

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  17. Great sentiment and love the trees.

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  18. Très très chouette celle-là encore !!! J'aime beaucoup le format de ta carte, ce pochoir arbres est superbe et ta carte vraiment adorable !!
    Bravo Christine pour toutes ces réas !!!!!

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  19. Fantastic scene. Great look to the trees and grasses.

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