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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Thursday, 5 October 2017

Autumn Colour

I have several men's cards needed at this time of year and here is the first one. I used a large leaf stencil for the background, by applying Distress inks with a duster brush. The colours I used are Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Next I stamped the Crafty Individuals tree stamp with Memento Espresso Truffle, and added the birthday greeting with the same ink, using a Gummiapan stamp from Swedish House Crafts.
I cut a mat of dark brown card a little smaller than the 15cm. square kraft base card, and trimmed the image a little smaller again and inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink.

I am entering this at Stamping Sensations where the theme is Autumn Glory.

Thank you for your visit here today and for you comments, I really appreciate them all.

Jean x
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13 comments:

  1. Carole Pollard5 October 2017 at 13:16

    Gorgeous design it's so striking loving it Love and hugs Carole x

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  2. Meggymay5 October 2017 at 13:58

    Its a fabulous design, I really love the stencil leaf for the background.
    Yvonne xx

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  3. Pat5 October 2017 at 15:18

    This is a great masculine card Jean and I love your large and prettily inked leaf which goes beautifully with the Crafty Individuals tree. x

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  4. Carol L5 October 2017 at 16:23

    I love the design of this fabulous card! The colors of the leaf are gorgeous and with the tree included, it's a definite winner of a card! I love it!

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  5. mamapez56 October 2017 at 02:19

    A great card for a man Jean. I always think the Autumn colours lend themselves to men's cards. Hopefully I will see it IRL soon. I love the big stencil and you have filled it beautifully. You can give me some tips next week and then I might let you play with my new stencils the following week!! xx

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  6. Jenny L6 October 2017 at 04:59

    Hi Jean,
    what a brilliant card and so perfect for the men that we have to make cards for.
    Love your wonderful inked and stamped design it's so brilliantly created.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

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  7. MaryH6 October 2017 at 10:46

    Oh I DO like this, and your blending on the leaf is just so pretty. Wonderful card for either gender (and I have a leaf stencil too so you've given me some WOW inspiration). Overstamping with the tree silhouette was a brilliant design idea, and this is a super card. Well done! TFS & Hugs. Happy wkend.

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  8. Viv6 October 2017 at 12:00

    A great design and a fab man card Jean - perfect for our theme at Stamping Sensations this month!

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  9. Lynne K6 October 2017 at 13:53

    That's beautiful, Jean, a prefect masculine design! One of my favourite tree stamps too! Love the shading on the leaf. Just right for our autumn glory challenge at Stamping Sensations. Hope all's well with you.

    Lynne

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  10. scrappymo!6 October 2017 at 19:38

    This is a lovely card, Jean. I like the leaf with the stamped tree . Such a beautiful Fall card.

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  11. Sally H8 October 2017 at 02:41

    A gorgeous creation for our Autumn themed challenge, Jean! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month and good luck!

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  12. Sandma's Handmade Cards10 October 2017 at 07:23

    a lovely card Jean and I like how you've incorporated the Autumnal colours on the leaf in the background. The lovely tree by Crafty Individuals gives it the perfect finish. Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations and good luck. Sandra x

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  13. Barb11 October 2017 at 09:33

    This really is a beautiful Autumn card Jean. I love the tree stamp and the leaf stencil worked perfectly. Barbxx

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