Good Morning & Happy Sunday :)
Today sees the start of a new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and this fortnights theme is 'Autumn Breeze'. The winner will as always receive a brilliant £20 voucher to spend online, so well worth joining in with your seasonal projects ! :)
I used this gorgeous Country Kitchen - Crab Apple stamp set and totally enjoyed doing something completely different for me. I was aiming for a bit of a grungy look and thats my excuse for learning to paint with Distress Inks - lol. I used MME papers, MS butterfly punch, and Spellbinders dies.
Now, I am quite an experienced and enthusiastic die-cutter, but I have to say that that wheat die is the most fiddly, time consuming die I have ever used. It took me a good hour to finally get one piece out without tearing, but I wasnt going to let it beat me. Most fiddly dies get better with use, but this one proper had me pulling my hair out and kicking off !
The embellies were found in my pot pourri bowl, so the card even smells nice too ! :)
Thanks so much for looking at my blog today and have a smashing Sunday
It might have been a faff, but it was so worth it. This is the most gorgeous, grungy, autumns card ever! Have a lovely Sunday. X
ReplyDeleteWell it looks fabulous. I'm sure after an hour it felt like it was well used, love the butterflies too. I've got some of those mini pegs and never know what to do with them. I like it on your country kitchen card rustic type card.
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What a gorgeous card Alison. The image looks fab and I love the autumnal colours. Your dies always look great and your patience has paid off!
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Lorraine x
This is beautiful...gorgeous image and colours.xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunner Alison. Love the image and you seem to have mastered DIs! The die was worth the effort its perfect with the image and how clever to use the pot pourri! x
ReplyDeletestunning hun, love the image the colouring and all those beautiful embellies and I know what you mean about dies I just purchased the new nestie fancy octagonal one and can I get it to actually work - I have tried baby powder and alsorts but still struggling with it but then don't we crafters love a challenge
ReplyDeleteHugs Kate xx
Smiling here Alison. I bought the set of 21 dies on C&C tried a couple of them, even used wax paper and still had problems with them, especially the wheat and gate so sent them back.
ReplyDeleteThis card is GORGEOUS !!!!!!
Love the image and the rich colours you have used. Fabulous layout and your embellishments are PERFECT.
LOVE IT !!
Eileen x
Oh WOW Alison this is just gorgeous, i love all the dies even if they did frustrate the hell out of you, was well worth the effort. Genius using the bits out of pot pourri. Love it! xxxx
ReplyDeletestunning card - as always - Alison! love all those embellishments too.
ReplyDeleteKim x
This is gorgeous love the design and the colours are beautiful. Caroline xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning Alison. I love the colours and beautiful embellishments. Well worth all your hard work!
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue
Absolutely STUNNING card Alison.
ReplyDeleteYou have WAAAAAAY more patience than me . . . I'd have thrown the die out the window if it was THAT fiddly!
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An intriguing combination & I'm surprised you have any hair left at all after tackling those wheat die-cuts.
ReplyDeleteThe card looks good enough to eat - the shine on those apples.
Paula (PEP)
Stunning alison! What a gorgeous design and I just love all of the beautiful details on this...so earthy :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful card Alison, so much detail and love all the added colours and embellishments. Hugs, Claire x
ReplyDeleteoh wow Hun i love love this too bits,the detail is simply stunning,and love those dies,so worth the effort Hun,if you use grease proof paper in with the die hun makes it easier to get out,hugs Cherylxxxxxx
ReplyDeletestunning card and beautiful done Alison.
ReplyDeletea great autumn card.
greetings karin
Oh what a stunner of a card Alison, love all the details.
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Debby
Beautiful hun...and loving all your embellies...:o)
ReplyDeletebig hugs Vicky xx
Oh WOw Alison!!!! This is brilliant! Love the use of pot pourri! Judy x
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! This card is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteLove all the decorations!!
Hope you will have a wonderfull week.
Hugs
oh wow alison.this was really worth the faffing.the design and colours are stunning and i love all those fantastic details.really love it all :D
ReplyDeletexx coops xx
Absolutely gorgeous Alison, beautiful image and love all the embellies.
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
Wow! this is so gorgeous Alison… it's Autumn in a nutshell… love the fab image and scrummy papers… and Wow! those embellies are awesome… Love the berries and leaves…and the wheat was well worth the effort!! it's a real corker of a card - I love it! :-)
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Sue xx
gorgeous card Alison, so worth the effort with that die, trouble is when I have trouble like that, you do not want to use the die again?
ReplyDeletepam
Holy Schmoly! Amazing creation!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creation.
ReplyDeleteGr Elly