Gather Together bundle caught my eye when playing a few weeks ago with some of my down line friends. I already have the Stampin’ Up! set Vintage Leaves and since we went Tiny I decided not to get the bundle and kept my Vintage Leaves. Who needs more leaf stamps and dies right? How wrong I was. Isn’t this set the bomb? It has everything fall except Halloween. I do not really celebrate that but if I needed to I could use the pumpkins and create something that would work. The thing that sold me so much on the set was the dies. Three of these leaf dies not only cut out the leaf but emboss the veins into the leave at the same time. That to me is just amazing, saving time and making the leaves look realistic. I will finally get to see the leaves change here this year. At least I am hoping to. The weather is not cooperating anywhere too, my knowledge.
The Card.
It came about because we were working with embossing powder. So I showed them how to layer and give it a worn tin tile look. I did this on the Pretty Peacock paper. The technique is called Tarnished Foil you can check out my post here about how to do this. This technique looks fabulous with the Gather Together.
The effect is amazing and works so well with the fall colors. What is your favorite fall color? Mine is Cajun Craze I have no idea why orange is not really my thing.
The Inside
The inside did not come out as I had planned. When creating the inside I lost the ripped pieces of Tin Tile and decided to just go with a torn look instead.
I really wanted to put this Rooster on the front of this card. When creating it finding the Home to Roost stamp set was not easy, it seemed to be missing in action. Turns out it was in my drawer all along. I knew I would not put this one in storage.
The Techniques
Most of this card is just layering with sponging, tearing and the Tarnished Foil technique. I tend to do a lot of one technique and then have them when I want to create. I could use this Tin Tile Embossed look on just about anything. One thing is it sure looks good for fall. It brings me back to my NOLA roots.
The Supplies
Don’t Forget to get some free paper while it lasts! You have until September 30th, 2019.
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