When I first saw this inspiration piece ten days ago, I was determined to participate in the blog hop this month. It's been quite a few months since I've been able to.
Nicole challenged us to try Betsy Veldman's chalkboard technique, and that's one I've never tried. It took awhile to find appropriate stamps and to get the design the way I wanted it, but after that it went pretty quickly. I used stamps from the "Wee Folks" Mini Market kit, "Modern Wood Mats", and "Natural Beauties." It's definitely not my CAS style, but I'm pretty happy with the end result.
To keep with the fall color scheme, I mounted it on a Canyon Clay card, and added three small leaves punched from scraps. A wooden button from MME holds them together.
While I had my supplies out, I decided to try a much more traditional card, using one of the techniques from the Online Card Class on watercoloring. I tried a couple of things, but finally inked the image, then spritzed it with water before stamping it on the watercolor paper. The wreath didn't really bleed that much, but the berries did enough to give them a sense of dimension.
This card is very much CAS, and definitely my style. I added a bit of Clear Star gelly roll pen to the berries which give them a nice shimmer.
This card uses one of my favorite sets: "A Wreath for All Seasons", and "Think Big Favorites #16."
I also spent quite a bit of time trying to create a card with this week's Make It Monday technique. I finally gave up for today, but may be back if I can find a sentiment that will work better than I one I wanted to use.