Roses in Plaid

Today I made a card for the Kraft Journal Make It Monday Welcome Fall challenge.  Say that three times fast.  For details on this week's challenge and to see some great Fall cards, click here.

I almost always use a sketch for my inspiration when I make cards, but this time I used a real life object that I set out in my home every Fall.  An inexpensive table runner I got at Target that has a really vibrant orange and red plaid pattern.

Every time I pass by that table, I am drawn to those colors and patterns.  I decided to practice making something similar using my Waltzingmouse Stamps Pic-nic Patterns stamp set. 



Pic-nic Patterns

 It has two different sizes of plaid strips in it, and they are LONG.  So easy to stamp up a whole piece of cardstock.  I used Orange Zest cardstock and Cranberry AMuse pigment ink with the smallest width plaid strip.  let it dry and then stamped the largest rose three times from Waltzingmouse stamps Roses in Bloom in French Roast AMuse pigment ink and clear embossed them.

Roses In Bloom

 That brown really pops against the plaid background.  A little different rose than usual, don't you think?

Teeny Trees

For the leaves, I stamped the smallest leaf from Roses in Bloom in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink onto cork and them cut them out.  Surprisingly, you get a really sharp and crisp image stamping on the cork. 

The images are layered over a dark chocolate strip embossed with a Sizzix emboxxing folder.  The kraft layer is stamped with a Market Street background stamp (Bit of Burlap) in versamark.  The panels are zig-zag stitched and I added a little brown stickles on the flower center for sparkle.  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Teeny Trees stamp set.  

Thanks for taking a look at my Welcome Fall themed card.