Autumn Flowers
Hi Debby here today with a take on how to stretch our beautiful flower stamps from the spring and summer in to the autumn. Don't get me wrong, I don't want for the weather to change just yet but it's always good to work ahead slightly. Flowers bring me great joy; I love to photograph them, paint them and stamp them so in my opinion the longer I can use flowers on a card the better.
Ink Swatches
Recently I took the time to swatch out my inks and having all the lovely rainbow of colours in front of me got me thinking of colour schemes that I can use to take my flower stamps through in to the autumn months. If you avoid the fresh greens and bright colours and instead go for a more muted palette then I think you can stretch your flower stamps that bit further.
I chose a colour scheme of Perfect Peach, Rouge and Grapvine for the flowers from the Blissful Bud set along with Evening Gray and Lava Rock for the leaves. I stamped out three of each on white card and trimmed them out with scissors. There is a matching die set for Blissful Bud though.
I used a glue pen and copper guilding flakes to add highlights to the flowers and leaves and also to add copper splatters to a white panel of card. Then I stamped a sentiment from the Blissful Bud set in black ink and grouped the florals together, adhering them with foam adhesive. I mounted the panel to a Pale Gray card base and then as a final touch added some shiny droplets.
I love how the peachy colours combined with the warm greys and copper give an autumnal feel to a stamp set you would normally associate with other seasons.
23 comments
Such a beautiful card!!
This beauty ‘leaves’ me swooning! LOve the Altenew greys for my own leaves, too! Gorgeous way to bring the blooms into the Autumn season!
=]
Gorgeous…both design and colours! Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful and very delicate card !
So prettY!
Beautiful card!!!
Your color selections are perfect for fall!
Very pretty, Debby! These colors would be so nice for a wedding. Love the copper flakes!
Absolutely stunning.Such a great switch in season.This is stunning and the copper really pops it.
Gorgeous! love the gray leaves I had never though of that. Thanx for the inspiration
A very beautiful card
Thank you for sharing
Beautifully done. It’s hard to leave summer behind, but I do adore the autumn colors.
Beautiful!!!!!!
So pretty! Thank you for sharing.
What a stunning color palette! I love how you have changed up the colors and made theses flowers even lovelier and more versatile than before this tip!
Breathtaking and gorgeous! TFS!
This is so pretty! Love the colors!
Such a pretty color combo! Love the softness.
Debbie, this card is so lovely. The touch of coloring with the neutrals is exquisite. Thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful! Love the colors and the leaves off the base.
Just love the colourway and that little touch of copper/ rose gold adds another dimension, beautiful x
What a stunning card Debbie! It looks like a Protea flower. Very tropical!
What a beautiful Card Debbie…Love fall, just not quite ready yet, but this gets me in the mood. Thank you
Delicate and lovely.