Hello, friends! Fall is officially here and my children are asking to decorate for Halloween, so I figure that it is time that my cardmaking reflects the season change, too. I love Halloween, but the cute, fun parts - pumpkins, the changing leaves, the joy of a child dressing up. This card embodies all of those things.
Another thing I love is stamping backgrounds, so why not combine all the things I love onto one card? I pulled images from Pretty Pink Posh's Boo and Autumn Wreath stamp sets and stamped away starting with the largest images first and filling in with the smaller ones.
I love how freeing this kind of stamping is. No precision needed. :) This is also a classic autumn color combo that I come back to year after year. I used inks from a variety of companies: marmalade (Concord & 9th), really rust (Stampin' Up), onyx black (Versafine), honey drizzle and silver stone (Altenew).
I finished the card off by die cutting the smaller rectangle in Pretty Pink Posh's Storybook 5 die and embossing a sentiment from their Boo stamp set. I did mask the sentiment a bit to use just "Happy Halloween". It makes me happy when I think to do things like that. Such a simple way to stretch your stamps.
Happy sigh. I'm smiling big here. I have a few more cards using these stamp sets made, so stay tuned. Have a happy week, friends!