Oct 01 2009
Here’s to the Harvest Season!
Even though we ‘see’ the harvest season here in Texas a little bit later than other parts of the blessed U.S.A., we still enjoy the coming of slightly cooler temps, fall vegetables, and savor the ‘move’ past the high heat of our Summer season. Okay … whether or not ‘everyone’ feels this way, it’s definitely the way that ‘I’ see it. 😉
I’ve been wanting to use this stamp for quite a while, but this week’s sketch challenge, SC248, seemed to be the prompt that I was needing. My natural tendancy does not involve ‘smaller’ single image elements, such as seen in the small squares of this challenge. As I browsed through my seasonal images, I realized that with a teeny bit of ‘out-of-the-box’ cutting, the ‘maize’ would be just right. The rest of the card seems to have fallen into place easily.
The rhinestones were standard ‘clear’, until I colored them with my Copic marker 100 (black). And I’ve shaded the raffia ever so slightly with air brushing. A wee bit of sparkle was added to the maize with a yellow Spica pen.
Thanks ever so much for your visit today! Here’s to a blessed first week in October for each of you! (It’s October????)
~Bev / Tex
P.S. Psssssssssssssst!! Do you enjoy stamping challenges? Well, please check back for sure on Saturday for a very fun sketch challenge! 😉
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Card Recipe: STAMPS = ‘Maize‘ from Rubbernecker
INKS = Tim Holtz Distress Inks >> Black Soot, Antique Linen, & Vintage Photo. Copic Markers as shown (Click to enlarge the image.). Spica Yellow pen.
PAPERS = Neenah Solar Classic White, Prism Sunflowers Dark, Chocolate Chip. Designer Paper = 7 Gypsies ‘Gypsy Market’
ACCESSORIES = Twine, Rhinestones from The Paper Studio, Raffia, foam tape
9 responses so far
Fantastic fall card, Bev!!!! I LOVE how you’ve used the raffia! Wow!! This is seriously one cool card!!!!
This is soooo cool, Bev! I had to look twice…I thought you had actually glued part of a corn cob onto your card! LOL Love it!!
Way too cool! What an great idea, 3d corn, lol! The colours of the corn are incredible.
THUUUUUUUUUUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is FABULOUS, Bev!!!!!! How cool is that to use the raffia on the corn…..WOWZER, girl!!!!! Stunning work here!!!!
The card you made is gorgeous! I love the 3-D look, really great!!!!
Pattyjo :+)
Fabulous design, Bev! I love the colors… that paper almost looks like it has a patina to it! And the corn, plus the corn husks are fabulous!
I love the addition of the husks! so pretty! what a stunning card!
and I remember those Oct. days in Texas – so much different than the ones we have here in Ohio! 🙂 but very beautiful nonetheless! gosh – isn’t EVERYTHING in Texas beautiful?!?! giggles!
Bev, I just love the raffia for the corn husks. Wonderful card.
Wow this is fabulous Bev, love the raffia, very cool idea!!