Welcome! I suppose that before I mention "Hello, Autumn," I should first say, "Hello, readers!" It's been a while. . . Summer tends to disrupt schedules and take on a life of its own at our house, and I'm guessing that it may be that way at your house as well. Since posting last, I spent several days in Texas with my sister's little ones while she recuperated from surgery, and then we've been headed to two-a-day football practices with my fifteen-year-old since then. Perhaps most of you are already accustomed to the trappings that are part of high school life, but we've always home-schooled. . . until this year. I've, ahem, volunteered to work at the concession stand for the opening varsity football game this coming weekend. Pretty soon I'll be traveling again with Copic Workshops (Alexandria/Chantilly Virginia area on September 11-12, and Chicago/Schaumburg area on September 25-26). So, it's time to get my head back in the game!
Today and Wednesday I'm privileged to guest post for a new company, Joy Clair. I really enjoyed working with both of the sets of stamps that I used, and I hope that you will like them too! Today I've used the Joy Clair Hello, Autumn clear stamps set.
I stamped the leaf images on PTI Rustic Cream cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, then colored the leaves with the Copic markers shown above. See that little flower-shaped marker in the bucket? I used a Kirarina White Pearl Wink pen to add highlights to my leaves after finishing all of the coloring. (Think white gel pen that actually works!)
I used a Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles die to cut and emboss my focal sentiment, which I stamped with an old Kaleidecolor ink pad--anyone still have those except me? I love them! Rustic Twine, as well as Plum Pudding and Kraft cardstock, are from PTI. I used a generous application of distress ink on the edges to age my cardstock and give it an Autumn feel.
Would you like to see more creative projects with the Hello, Autumn clear stamps set? The blogs below all feature Hello, Autumn today--enjoy!
Finally, for a chance to WIN the Hello, Autumn stamp set,
leave a comment telling where you found out about
Joy Clair Stamps
on the Joy Clair Blog--good luck!
Joy Clair Blog
Debbie Olson (HERE)
Heidi Blankenship
Michele Kovack
Darsie Bruno
Kathy Jones
Kristi Schurr
Angela Barkhouse
