Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Autumn at the Old Grist Mill


Welcome to Artistic Outpost's October blog hop.  Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Our October theme is autumn and I'm again using the Old Grist Mill plate which has become a favorite go-to for my fall crafting needs.

For this piece, I stamped a vanilla CS panel with the flower and the old newspaper stamps from this set in Coffee and Sepia archival ink.  Then I ran Picket Fence DS over it to soften the shades a bit.  I like the whitewashed effect it created.  The main image of the grist mill was stamped in Coffee archival on vanilla CS.  I embossed and sanded some Core'dinations Kraft Core with the Thankful Backgrounds and Borders texture fade.  I used some of the little leaves I created with the Mini Tattered Florals die for embellishments.  That's it, no special techniques, just some vintage country goodness to celebrate the season of harvest.

Here is our blog hop line up.  It's a short one so no excuses for not stopping by each of our lovely design team members.


Thank you so much for coming by today.  I hope you enjoy your tour through our autumn spender!








16 comments:

Yvonne Garner said...

Gorgeous, Linda!

Michelle Webb said...

This is really gorgeous Linda, I love this card and its Autumnal feel. I like the way you've placed your embellishments too. Love it. Michelle x

Viktoriya Porechnaya said...

I love your vintage Autumn !

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Beautiful card Linda, your layout and placement is stunning and I love the bow and all your layers of interest. A beauty. Tracy x

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful country fall card. The layers and details as always are inspiring! I love that burlap leaf with the touch of white wash.

joy said...

Linda, your card is wonderfully assembled into a little masterpiece! I love that vintage lace die and it almost looks like velvet on your card! Thanks for the inspiration.

Pam said...

Gorgeous card! Love all the elements and layers. Great bow.

LeAnne said...

SWOOOON! LOVE this.....that pumpkin embossed border is just wonderful....as well as those gorgeous vintage images!

Lisa Somerville said...

Stunning Fall themed card! Love the use of the smaller stamps to created your own background! Beautifully embellished!

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Fabulous and Fallish!!! I love the country look...you rock gingham!

marda said...

This just really speaks to me.. love the colors and the whole theme. Beautiful work as always Linda.

HappyCrafter said...

Gorgeous, and so inspiring, I love it!

Words and Pictures said...

Completely love this card, Linda - ticks every single one of my boxes!! Gorgeous textures, images, autumn colours, layering... yum!
Alison x

Conniecrafter said...

Gorgeous Autumn card, terrific layering, papers and love the grist mill!

Kathy/NorthCarolina said...

Oh my goodness...so lovely! Fabulous stamped image, and then all those lovely little details: gingham ribbon, pumpkin, die cut leaves, mesh, twine...button...so much to love here, and all laid out so harmoniously. You really have a gift!

Lucy Edmondson said...

I absolutely love this! Your composition is so perfect,

Lucy x

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