CASology: Week 64: Harvest

This card is for CASology's theme of "harvest."  I selected this stamp set from Our Craft Lounge and chose several of the components.  On watercolor paper I first stamped the corn and did this by coloring with SU! markers and then spritzing with water and letting this dry completely.  Next I separately stamped the two baskets and the corn and heat embossed them.  The coloring was done with markers and an aqua brush.  I rub the marker on an acrylic block and pick the color up with the brush.  This image was die cut and then embossed within the die cut (too much work).  I mounted this piece onto another piece of watercolor paper.  Separately I stamped and embossed the verbiage, from a different stamp set, cut it, scored it and punched a hole and attached with jute twine.

Thoughts:  In the last few weeks I have made many cards in the fall/harvest theme and this is my favorite.  I consider myself a copic gal but I so enjoy using the watercolor techniques and keep trying different methods.  Heat embossing an image makes for controlled coloring.  Since I was a young girl I have loved to color and thus the name of my blog.  The spelling of colour was used to show my English birthplace and little did I know when I chose the spelling would I encounter so many Canadians and Brits - guess the joke is on me.  I was born in England to an English mother and an American father (during WWII) but because of my father's citizenship I am an American.

Stamps: Our Craft Lounge (no longer in business) "Bountiful Harvest",  Sweet 'n Sassy "Rhubarb's Autumn Joys" (verbiage)
Markers:  SU! Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Pistachio Pudding, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Close to Cocoa
Other:  Nestabilities Classic Square die cut, Versafine, watercolor paper, jute twine, embossing powder, Scor-pal
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