Thursday 28 September 2023

Mushroom Mountain

 Hi and welcome!  I am the sketch hostess this week over at Freshly Made Sketches and here is the card I made:


Everything on this card is NBUS - the dies are from the Autumn Wonder set by Spellbinders, the sentiment is part of the 2023 Spellbinders Advent Calendar and the patterned paper is from a new pack by Lawn Fawn.  I was pleased that they play so nicely together.

I die-cut all the autumn images from white cardstock and used Distress Inks and blending brushes to add colour.  I tried to create some shading using darker shades of the ink colours.  I arranged them in a pattern pleasing to my eye and used some Press n Seal to hold all the elements together.  I used an A2 Arches die to cute the patterned paper and adhered that to a white card base.  I then added the inlaid sentiment which was die-cut from matt gold foil to match the speckles in the patterned paper.




I then added the ink-blended elements and finished with an enamel heart.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll check out the rest of the fabulous cards made by the design team.

Products used:

Dies:  Autumn Wonder, 2023 Advent Calendar (Spellbinders), A2 Arches (The Greetery)
Cardstock:  White, Black, Matt Gold Foil, Spiffier Speckles (Lawn Fawn)
Ink:  Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles, Rustic Wildnerness, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs Distress Inks
Accessories:  Enamel Heart (Altenew)

Cheers
Karren


14 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Karren, your mountain of mushrooms is stunning! I could eat a mountain of mushrooms, come to think of it!
Can't wait to play with your Sketch!
=]

Jane Harrah said...

You are amazing with color and composition! I love this card. It is warm and inviting.

marilyn said...

Seriously lovely! I initially thought for sure it was a digital image as it was colored so perfectly! Beautiful card...

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What a gorgeous card, I love those mushrooms, beautifully put together.
Faith x

Lisa Elton said...

Oh, this is pretty!

Tracy Grauer said...

What a fun and beautiful card! Great take on the sketch!

Bobby said...

Love your arrangement of all those wonderfully colored die cute, Karren.

Kim S said...

LOVE your mushroom mountain!! The arrangement - the colors - the golden "hello" - it's perfect!

Nancy said...

Your use of colour is stunning in this card! I love it!!

Judy Rozema said...

Absolutely amazing colors and design! I love the gold sentiment too. GORGEOUS! And a great sketch!

Joanne James - The Crafty Owl said...

Karren this card is fabulous - loving the colouring on your mushrooms and pumpkin - a warm, woodland feel with a fab modern sentiment die cut to finish. Gorgeous!

Jen Brum said...

This card is just gorgeous Karren! I love those dies and you've worked magic with them! Thanks for a fun sketch this week!

Linda Callahan said...

Gorgeous fall arrangement! Your shading is spot on and adds to the vibrancy of your colors! Love this!

Narelle Farrugia said...

So detailed, so gorgeous and overall a stunner!