Have you studied the Harvest Meadow Suite of products in Stampin’ Up!’s July-December 2021 Mini Catalog? If you have, then you will recognize several items in the card I’m sharing with you today. I thoroughly enjoyed working with these Fall-themed products to make this sweet card:
My card is inspired by the last card on page 54 of the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog. While the Stampin’ Up! artist who made this card watercolored the background on the flowers they cropped out the images, I took a slightly different approach. Using the watercolor stamp in the Nature’s Harvest stamp set, I built the textured backdrop for my flowers.
On this piece of Thick Basic White cardstock, I stamped the watercolor “splotch” over and over with Calypso Coral, first stamping off on a piece of scrap paper to build a light layer of splotches. Then, I randomly added fully-inked splotched to the pattern to create a beautiful pattern that looks like this:
The ink splotch is part of the Nature’s Harvest Bundle. I then cropped my flower with the Harvest Dies, also part of this bundle. I did the same with Bumblebee Ink for the image behind the Calypso Coral flower. Here’s a closer look at the finished product:
I mounted the flowers on a large circle of the Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper, which is GORGEOUS! This paper is NOT corkboard thick – it’s a super-thin piece that’s perfect for your card making or scrapbooking. If you look carefully at the picture above, you can see the added layer of Misty Moonlight cardstock I added behind the cork layer so I could pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really loved working with this paper and couldn’t be happier with the natural look. Here’s a look at the Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper:
The cork and beautiful flowers are mounted on a beautiful Misty Moonlight patterned paper from the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in this incredible back of papers:
If you like this mix of Bumblebee, Calypso Coral and Misty Moonlight that I pulled from the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:
Bundles: Nature’s Harvest Stamp Sets: Nature’s Harvest, Little Delights Papers: Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper, Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper, Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight, Thick Basic White Inks: Calypso Coral, Bumblebee, Versamark Accessories: Harvest Dies, Layering Circles Dies, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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Beautiful card my friend.
You are an amazing splotcher! This is gorgeous….love how it turned out!
Pretty technique you did there ! Plus ME TOO on the Cork Paper ! I plan to get more because it is perfect for woodsy looks ,guy cards ,etc. Plus it is thin like DSP which makes it easy to die cut or punch . And I like the mix of patterns in the Harvest Meadow DSP and great colors .
I like your card ! Might try your ARTSY technique soon ! Smile !
I love this beautiful card, Brian, with the wonderful color combination. I’m always learning something from you. This splotchy technique is amazing. It definitely looks like watercolored paper. Enjoy your day!
I agree with all the above! When I first looked at your card, I was wondering where you found the great paper to cut your die cuts from. Little did I know you created it! Here’s hoping this set makes the cut, and sticks around next year. Love your card and the color combo. Thanks for another brilliant addition .
Brian, this card is simply beautiful! Thank you for all of the inspiration you provide, I check your blog daily and I just love your cards.