Nature/Out Doors- Blog Hop

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Today's project is all about nature or the outdoors, which is very apt for today, as our day has started with clear blue skies for the first time in a week, which is very unlike Western Australia, but we have welcomed the rain. These blue skies are actually the inspiration for today's card. Why you ask? Winter has arrived, so it's a little nippy in temperature and the fog was present very early this morning. 

The card I made is a combination of autumn tones to the sudden change of greenery that occurs when it rains in this area. That's what I have tried to achieve. I will leave it up to you to decide if I have succeeded.

The stamp set is one of the oldest stamp sets in my collection but is still available in the new catalogue its - Lovely As A Tree with the sentiment coming from Love What You Do a very new stamp set.

I have used a technique called Rock N Roll on the larger leaves which is when you stamp in the lighter colour then roll the stamp onto a darker colour. Just love the effect it creates. Then used the Stampin' Write markers for the tree and sponged Coastal Cabana to give the effect of the sky.

Products used - 

 

Card stock - Early Espresso, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Stamp Ink - Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Grapefruit Grove, Memento, Coastal Cabana

Other -  Stampin' Write Markers- Early Espresso, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals, sponge