We’re closing out the month of August and our week of In the Woods card designs. I’m still reeling over the fact that today is the last day of August! But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised since the temps here in North Texas certainly reflect the usual magma-level heat we’re accustomed to in late August.
Today, we’re trekking through the woods at dusk. We’re pairing up the Frosted Forest dies with a fun new Stampin’ Blends background technique. This card was inspired by a recent Stampin’ Up! Artisan (@thecraftyoinkpen) spotlight on Frosted Forest. And I decided I wanted to create my own dusky background using Stampin’ Blends to finish up my projects for a current Luv 2 Stamp Group team challenge. So let’s see how this all comes together.
We get started with a base of Moody Mauve cardstock. Our focal panel is a piece of white cardstock that has been “painted” with Stampin’ Blends using an acetate rub technique. I used a combination of Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Pool Party Stampin’ Blends to create the dusky background. I’ll be sharing more on this Stampin’ Blend acetate rub technique in the next episode of Terrific Tuesdays, so be sure you tune in this coming week to learn all about it! I created a continuous panel of trees from Early Espresso cardstock using the die from the Frosted Forest die set and the extension method and then adhered it to the blended panel using a fine tip glue pen. The sentiment from Courage & Faith is heat embossed in gold between the two groves of trees. The focal panel is matted with Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon and the darker woodgrain panel from the Country Woods designer paper pack and adhered to the card front with dimensionals. For a little extra twinkle, I added some brown sequins in opposing corners.
Isn’t this just a beautiful backdrop for the trees? I just love this new background technique and can’t wait to tell you all about it on Tuesday! Speaking of which, next week is All About Autumn. I hope you’ll stop in each day to see how we’re putting some of the new items from the Holiday Mini Catalog to a unique use for our design theme!
Products used in today’s card:
Moody Mauve, Early Espresso, Basic White cardstock
Country Woods DSP
Courage & Faith stamps
Frosted Forest dies
Gold embossing powder
Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon (coming soon!)
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Song Sparrow Papercrafts 
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