Virginia’s View Focal Point Challenge

I’m getting in just under the wire for Virginia’s View Focal Point Challenge.

I actually have two sets of cards ready for the challenge, but only time enough to post one of the them. I was inspired to make these cards by the beautiful fall card Alexandra posted a week or so ago.

I used a Simon Says Stitched Circle die to cut a circle in a piece of Rustic Cream cardstock by PTI. The leaves are from Paptertrey’s Leaf Print set. I stamped them with a variety of Distress Inks, and then spritzed them with a bit of water before stamping them on watercolor paper. I don’t own the dies for this set so they were fussy cut by hand. The three-dimensional acorn is by Little B and was included in the October Simon Says Card Kit. The sentiment from Birthday Style (PTI) was stamped on Canyon Clay cardstock, and then I layered the Rustic Cream with leaves on top with dimensional tape. Three rainstones finished it off.

Of course when I finished I had a circle of Rustic Cream, and it seemed a pity to let it go to waste.

The only differences here are the cardstock (not sure where I got it) and a few splatters of Tim Holtz’s Distress Mica Spray in bronze on the circle before I added the leaves which are stamped with the same process.

The sentiment here is a partially inked one from Simon Says “You Matter” set which was sitting on my desk at the time. I edged the hand-cut banner with Chai Tea ink from Papertrey. Off to link up with the challenge before it closes!