Academic Autumnal Thanks

More fun playing with CTS#78 and Make the Day Special's Colour Scheme B: carrot colours. With the new academic year approaching I thought I'd better tackle some thank you cards and nothing means back to school like stomping through leaves on your way there! I've distressed my embossing paste, card and label with Antique Linen Distress Ink and coloured the leaves with lots of messy distress inks (I'm still cleaning my hands!) and a spritz of glimmer mist which I've also used as the splatters from the sketch.

 

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch #78
Lawnscaping Challenge #87: Back to School Themed Project [Honorable Gnome] 
Make the Day Special August Colour Challenge: Colour Scheme B [Runner Up]
 

Supplies  
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts, Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Barn Door, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Pine Needles,  Peacock Feathers,  Seedless Preserve,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies/Embossing: Lawn Fawn Tag It You're It Lawn Cuts, Stitched Leaves, Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe Mask
Paper: White card from stash 
Highlights: Glimmer Mist, Glossy Accents, twine, embossing pate

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you soon.

August Challenges

A spot of watercolouring using Memento Luxe inks for the monkey and balloons and for the background colourwash over the masked clouds. The leafy stamped panel with a nod to Orla Kiely is something I've wanted to do for ages but am only getting round to it now. I bought the stamp set ages ago just to do this but never got round to it. Originally I thought my tag would go on the balloon strings but the proportions weren't right so I popped it directly on to one of the balloons. Lastly lots of Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch #87 with a Tag 
Craft for the Craic August Challenge #7: A Craft Item You Have Never Used Before
Mama Elephant and Me August Challenge: Watercolouring + Birthdays

Supplies  
Stamps: Mama Elephant Up and Away, Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals, Paper Smooches Crystal Clear, Simon Says Stamp Happy Sentiments, Fresh Squeezed Stamps On Trend
Ink: Memento Luxe Morocco, Pistachio, Pear Tart, Teal Zeal,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies/Embossing: Memory Box Puffy Clouds
Paper: White  card from stash 
Highlights: Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella, black gel pen

Hope you enjoyed your visit and catch you next time I get some crafting time!