hoarded: noun

A hidden fund or supply stored for future use

 

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It's no exaggeration, that I love Page Maps sketches. I always find inspiration in them. This one is for the Moxxie Card Contest.

 

 

I love vellum, and this card has 2 pieces of it.

 

Fall Leaves - NRN ( it's old but still have several sheets in my hoarded stash! )

I did use Helmars V2 spray to hold it down while I stitched over the edges.

Adhesive Backed Vellum -  Colorbok ( which is the way to go with vellum, then you don't have to worry about which adhesive to use under it, I wish all vellum came this way!! I cut this piece in a circle to soften the background of leaves.) I then stamped my Hero Art's Fall background stamp onto it.

 

I wanted to add some texture to it, so I added twine.

 

The circle of twine was created by winding the twine 3 times around a peanut butter jar lid, adding drops of glue on top of the twin to keep it held together, let dry before removing it. I used my Aleene's Tacky Glue and held it with my hand, it only took a moment to set up. In the mean time, I laid a line of glue around the outside of the circle and let it also set up before laying the twine on top. Worked like a charm!

 

Then I  altered an embellishment so that it would fit my card.

 



Next I had to trim the top of the cornstalk from Outdoors and More because it was too long for the card, and outlined the cut off edges with my Pitt Pen to make it blend in with the image. I also cut off  2 leaves on the right side of the stalk so that they could be laid up and over the twine while the cornstalk itself laid flat on the paper.





 

Then I needed some dimension.

The scare crow came from Best Creations and I used Helmar Liquid Scrapdots to elevate him up to the same level as the twine.

 

The last touch was adding the sentiment.

 

I used  a stamp from CardzTV, Make a Wish set, sanded the banner and used the back of my scissors to curl the banner, under and outer curl. In other words, a nice wave to the banner. Stamped with Stazon.

Orange paper from My Minds Eye.

 

Also entering this card into

Try it on Tuesday - October Challenge #1, Autumn Colors

Divas by Design - Challenge 56, Anything Goes

Art with no Boundries - October and Halloween