Simple Stories Acorn Lane - Take three!

I know everyone is probably in holiday card making mode but I'm still feeling the fall vibes!  I really do love the Autumn Lane collections from Simple Stories so much.  Gotta keep using it!  So, I've got two cards to share with you today. 

How fun is this??  I created the background panel using all five of the Acorn Lane washi tape.  I started in the center on a white panel and then just kept adding strips of the different tapes until the card was full.

The mushroom panel and sentiment strip comes from the Journal Bits & Pieces pack.  The leaves and sprig comes from the Floral Bits & Pieces pack.  I did add foam to the back of the sentiment strip before adding it to the card.  

I did splatter the entire card front with watered down copper acrylic paint.  I also add a couple dots on the mushroom with Nuvo Honey Gold glitter drops.

Ok, let's look at my second project.

This box is a fabulous die created by Davina from Popsiclesticks in her Etsy shop.  It's called the Grace Peek-a-Boo box and I love it.  You can find it HERE.  She also has other dies and cute stamps in her shop too.  Check her out!

I used papers from the 6" x 8" paper pad.  I used items from the Floral Bits & Pieces and Bits & Pieces ephemera packs.  I splattered the box  and the inner panel with watered down gold acrylic paint. I ink blended the edges of the floral paper with brown ink.  I added Nuvo Honey Gold glitter drops in several different areas.  And I love it!  This folds down flat and fits in a standard A2 sized envelope.

I hope you've enjoyed all the goodies I've made with the Acorn Lane collection from Simple Stories.  Guess I'll have to pick a favorite winter/holiday collection next!

Toodles!

~Kristina

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Fabulous Fall

Greetings fellow crafters!  Fall has finally arrived in my area and that makes me a happy camper!  I'm lucky to live where the trees turn ALL the different colors.  Since it feels like fall, I felt a fall themed card was definitely called for.  I dug into my stash of old and new products from Scrappy Tails Crafts to create this mini slimline card.

This card actually got its start many weeks ago when I was playing with my newest Distress Mica Spray stains.  I created a couple of gorgeous panels out of watercolor cardstock.

Then I took out the Fall Assorted Leaves dies and cut as many leaves and bits that I could get out of one of the panels.

Let's talk details.  I cut the large leaf vein out of copper cardstock and glued it to the leaf.  I used the long, skinny lattice like die from the A7 Book Add-on & Fancy Oval set to cut three different colors of cardstock.  Next I used the smallest layering panel from the Slimline Shadow Box dies to cut a piece of light tan cardstock.  Then I ran the panel through my die cut machine with the Slimline Tiki Pattern die.  I splattered the panel with Walnut Stain distress ink spray and gold acrylic paint.  Once it was dry I used the Walnut Stain distress ink and a blending brush around the edges of the panel.

The next step was to use the next largest die from the Slimline Shadow Box die set to cut a panel out of a dark tan cardstock.  I also used the Hello die from the same set.  I cut it out of the copper cardstock and the shadow layer out of the same light cardstock.  Now I have a bunch of parts and pieces ready to go.

This is the easy part.  I glued the three colored strips to the left side of the light panel and cut off the extra.  Next came the large leaf.  I used liquid adhesive to add it to the panel.  I glued the "hello" to the shadow layer and added foam tape to the back before adding it to the panel.  I also took the little ball-like flowers and leaves and glued it tucked under the sentiment.

I glued the light panel to the darker tan panel and then onto a mini slimline card base that measures 3 1/2" x 6 1/2".  For the final touch I added Copper Penny Nuvo drops.  Fini!

Thanks so much for visiting today.  May your day be excellent!

~Kristina
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Tropical stenciling

Hello my friends!  I'm beginning to dream of fall but I'm here with another tropical inspired project using Scrappy Tails Crafts.  Let's dive right in!

I started by cutting a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock into an 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" panel.  I pulled out the three stencils from the last Scrappy Tails release.  Aztec, Zig Zag and Chevron.  I then picked out some bright inks and blending brushes.  I eyeballed 3 different sections on the panel and separated them with 1/2" tape.

Next I cut three leaves from dark grey cardstock using the Tropical Leaves dies.  I adhered them inside each stenciled panel.

Then I added a generous amount of black splatters.  While the splatters were drying I worked on the sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Tropical Birds set.  I stamped it on a scrap of Bristol Smooth cardstock so my whites would be the same color.  I used my Mini Misti to stamp it first with a dark grey ink.  Then I stamped it with Versamark ink.  I sprinkled on clear embossing powder and melted with a heat tool.  The final step was to use the coordinating die to cut it out.  I did add some foam tape to it before adding it to the panel.

After that I used liquid glue to add the panel to a dark grey card base.  I did go back and add several dots with Midnight Sky Nuvo glitter drops.

Since I had so much fun making the slimline version, I wanted to try it in an A2 size.  I mean, why not!

On this panel I actually used skinny white cardstock strips to separate the stenciled panels.

And here they are together.

I loved using more than one stencil on my cards!  Which one of these cards is your favorite?  I totally can't choose.

Be on the lookout for the next Scrappy Tails release called Harvest Blessings.  It's coming on August 12th!  You're going to love it!

Toodles!

~Kristina

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