Welcome to the September 2010 Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! We are so excited to have you join us today, This month, I'm the 6th stop on the tour featuring Fall Seasonal projects made with products from Stampin' Up!. Our tour is nice and short and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers. You may have just come from my good friend Wendy Weixler - welcome!
My first project is a card I taught at my Technique Tuesday class this month that features the Faux Tearing technique.
1. Tear a piece of paper and use it ask a mask on part of your cardstock.
2. Sponge some ink on the unmasked area
3. Add some "collage style" stamping with the Fall Foliage stamp set (from the Holiday Mini Catalog).
4. Remove the mask to review the magic!
This is a great technique to use to achieve the look of pattern paper without the bulk or cost. Didn't turn out beautifully!
Dawns Stamping Supplies
(bold items available in Holiday Mini Catalog)
Stamps: French Foliage and Seasonal Sentiments
Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze,
Accessories: Big Shot, Leaves #2 Die, Stampin' Sponges, Vintage Tags, Stampin' Dimensionals
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My next project is a cute little gift project using Stampin' Up!'s new Mini Lunch Sacks
and some 3×3 gift enclosure cards.
I folded over the top of the lunch sack and sponged some cajun craze ink on it. The greeting is from the Day of Gratitude stamp set (from the Holiday Mini Catalog) as well as the 3×3 gift cards.
Dawns Stamping Supplies
(bold items available in Holiday Mini Catalog)
Stamps: Day of Gratitude
Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso
Paper: Autumn Spice Textured Specialty Designer Paper, Mini Envelopes
Accessories: Mini Lunch Sacks, Decorative Label Punch, 5/8" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals
Well, that's it for me. I hope you enjoyed this stop on the Controlfreaks Tour. Now it's on to the next stop…the delightful LeeAnn Greff!
Great fall projects, Dawn!
Gorgeous projects!
Wow, Dawn, the sponging on your card looks absolutely amazing! What a beautiful use of this stamp set and die!
Dawn — I love the faux tearing technique and you did a marvelous job with it! So very pretty! Welcome back from Founders! Hope the trip went smoothly! Blessings, Gretchen
I bought the mini sacks but have yet to use them! You’ve inspired me! Love your fall projects!
Love the faux tearing technique and French Foliage is perfect for the faux background paper!
Your fall card is just gorgeous! I love the simplicity of your bag and notecards.
You SERIOUSLY dampening my resolve about that French Foliage set … keep trying to talk myself OUT of it, but your card is talking me back in!! And your little “bag o’ cards” is just great! Great gift idea!! 🙂
Great use of the paper bag. Here in Canada we don’t normally send cards with a Thanksgiving theme. After seeing these, me thinks, I might just start a new trend.
The fall card is so simple and wonderful. I love to sponge and you have given me another way to do it. Thanks for the fun.
Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe’s mommy
love your card & the mini-lunch sack project-such an awesome setnimetn on the card
Am loving your projects and am enjoying the tour with anticipation.
Gorgeous! Love both projects!
Lovely! Love the leaves and the vintage tag is a great touch!