Tres Chic! Harvest Blessing by Janet

 Hi everyone. Today I have a card that's quite different from my usual. If you have visited here enough, you know that I like to use characters, critters, and always bright and cheerful colors. Today's project was made for the current challenge, Tres Chic. The challenge asks for projects made using the color palette and inspiration shown in the pictures posted for inspiration. I did my best! As usual, the end result is a bit brighter than I had intended but I have used twine and some neutral colors. Good thing the challenges are always pretty lenient! Most of the features in this card was created using 5783-Fall Leaf Frame Set.

I made this with inspiration from a video I watched from Laura Evangeline. I masked a piece of watercolor cardstock with 1" wide washi tape. Then I blended Antique Linen, Dried Marigold, and Victorian Velvet Ranger Distress inks in the unmasked rectangle. Then I splattered water, white, and copper watercolor inks over the panel. I next created my own stencil by arranging the leaf and acorn dies from the Fall Leaf Set on thick cardstock. Once done, I taped it in place over the inked rectangle I had just finished and then applied rose gold stencil paste over my homemade stencil. 

This method worked reasonably well. There was a little leaking but overall, that didn't take away from the result. Before the copper paste dried, I used a pin to draw in the veins of the leaves.

  I next cut more leaves, mushrooms and plant sprigs from the dies in the set in a few different colors. I picked some of them and arranged them as shown by gluing the stems and backs with just a little bit of glue. I used 5600-Harvest Sentiments Set to stamp the sentiment on kraft cardstock before cutting it out. I cut a circle out of vellum using the Nested Circle Dies and glued the collage and the sentiment to it. I added the crystals to the circle and to the inked and stenciled rectangle. The crystals are leftovers from a diamond art kit I had finished a while back. They worked great for this use.

I wrapped natural twine around the bottom of the card and added a bow. Then I attached the completed circle with foam tape placed strategically behind the sentiment and the collage. The last step was to attach the finished panel to a mustard gold card base. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my interpretation of the Tres Chic challenge. Be sure to go to the challenge post and upload your entries. Share your work for a chance to win a free stamp set from Art Impressions.

Thanks so much for joining me to see what I created for you today. Please visit the Ai store for the sets I used and all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. Happy creating!

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