Folksy Fall Florals

Morning all!

I'm back today with a new card for a new season!

It's hard to believe, but August went by in the blink of an eye, and I now have my autumnal supplies at the ready!

In case you missed it, there's also a brand-new challenge for you to join in with all on the theme of Shades of Autumn. There's a £10 voucher up for grabs for the lucky winner!

My card today is very much inspired by that challenge, in fact the shades of autumn that were showcased recently for The Greetery's new Autumn in the Air collection.

While I was compiling my wish list for that release, I decided to pull out an autumnal set from last year.

The Fall Folk layering stencil set contains five layers for creating a folksy background that really reminds me of Basic Grey designs from back in the day.

As always, the stencil set comes with a handy colour guide for the five steps and also helps you visualise how colours will appear together.

I used Distress Oxides to lay down the colour on cream cardstock in this order:

1. Seedless Preserves

2. Crackling Campfire

3. Brushed Corduroy

4. Wild Honey

5. Aged Mahogany

I then went in with coloured pencils to add line and dot details in a darker shade over the stencilling.

Once that was done, I splattered some dark brown ink over the entire background and used my light brown blending brush to age the edges, then I took some Antique Linen regular Distress Ink to blend more ink around the corners and edges.

I finished off the card with the bold Thank You sentiment from the Opposites Attract stamp and die set, and also stamped one of the mini sentiments in the Little Labels set in a darker shade of brown ink.

We hope you enjoy playing along with the challenge this month!

Until next time, happy crafting!