Earthen Textures is Fantastic

Hello there!  It's good to be home again and I'm brimming with ideas to share with you.  It seems I've always got more ideas when I'm stamping with someone else.  It's just that back and forth of "what if..." and then jumping from here to there with ideas.  You know what I mean?  So, of course it was fun stamping with my sister over a long extended weekend.  Let's get started right away.  The card I'm sharing is the Earthen Textures Bundle which I wanted to order as soon as I laid eyes on it.  I had so many ideas spinning around and I've already made some of them, but certainly not all of them by any means.

I love how earthy the colors on the card are with a pop of brightness so it's not too dark.  This card starts with a base of Crumb Cake cardstock measuring 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half for a basic card.  The next layers are made this size because the piece of Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper was 4 1/8 x 2 3/4".  The Pecan Pie layer measures 4 3/8" x 3 1/8" for a nice frame.  The Early Espresso layer measures 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" to give a skinny frame of dark color to balance the dark in the design.

I love these die-cuts from the set!  The tall pot is stamped on Pecan Pie cardstock with Pecan Pie ink.  This gives it a wonderful, mottled look.  The shorter pot was stamped with Pecan Pie also, but this time it was off-stamped to give a lighter, more subtle look.  Isn't it fun how the tone-on-tone inks look so different simply by off-stamping one of them?  These both were die-cut and sort of arranged on the DSP layer.  

It was too blah at that point, so the two extra pieces were die-cut from Distressed Gold DSP.  Wow, what a difference adding that pop of old gold to the pots.  I wasn't sure the gold handles would work on the taller pot, but I just added them lower where they fit better.  They're both attached with adhesive.

I love these big palm branches and cut several from Early Espresso cardstock.  Two seemed to fill in the card without being too busy.  These were attached behind the short pot using adhesive.  After having these pieces ready to go, I attached the tall pot where I wanted it flat with adhesive.  The short pot was attached with Dimensionals to pop it up a bit.

The sentiment is from the Earthen Textures stamp set.  I like the nice simple font used on these.  It was stamped on the bottom right of the card base with Early Espresso ink, so it stands out.

I tried several different embellishments and thought the gold sequins from the Pastel Sequins set worked the best.  Two of the larger size and one of the smaller size were added.   The brushed gold on them was a good compliment to the Distressed Gold accents.

After the card was done, I felt it still needed a little something dark near the bottom of the design.  There was a cute little branch in the Timeless Arrangements bundle that was a good size.  It's die-cut from Early Esspresso cardstock, then attached with adhesive near the bottom of the pots.  I think it made a great balance with the colors.

Hope you like this edition featuring the Earthen Textures Bundle.  Has it given you any ideas that you'd like to try?  How about a few more ideas?  

This design was made by my sister Connie.  She used the coordinating DSP for the background with an added pop of the More Dazzle DSP.  Love the sentiment too.  It is another one from this same set.

Another design from Connie with this set.  I love how the feel of the cards is different just because of the colors used and the placement of all the pieces.  I'm absolutely thrilled with the versatility of this set.  So many ways to use this.  And think outside of the usual earth tones when using this set.  I'll have more to share in the future, of course!

Just a quick reminder of the Designer Paper that's on sale this month.  Lots of interesting paper packs to choose from. 15% off.  The DSP on sale is shown on pages 129 through 132.  Check it out!

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Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon