Autumn Vibes #7

 A project for Country View Crafts 

October Challenge Autumn Vibes #7

Take Six Stamps

and make 7 panels - this is 7/7

Here is the link to the first panel where the vital information is. It refers to the colours and process steps for all the panels 1-7

http://www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com/2026/10/autumn-vibes-2.html

Having started with 7 pieces of card postcard size, 14 x 9.5 cms, I am so pleased with the results and these have inspired me to work more often in multiples using the same collection of stamps, stencils, colours, mediums etc.

I love choosing palettes of colours and experimenting with tones and shades and this style of working will give me plenty of opportunities to mix and match in my own way.

It's also enabled me to experiment with using pens, brushes and products to extend and enhance the finished designs by adding more details and drawings of my own to complement the stamps and stencils that I started with, ie as I have done on these 7 panels by extending lines and patterns and drawing some of the flower heads myself. 

I have also been able to make little box palettes and swatch labels with just the brown and blue stains, and also add arty embellishments to bring both my love of art and craft together.

It's amazing how creative you can be with just a small amount of materials to use.

Process steps

Stamp individual stamps on all pages first.

Dip and dry each page using distress spray stains.

Use black permanent pen to add more details - particularly the small flowers.

Use stain, gesso and Dr PH Martin's white ink/gesso to hand paint the flowers.

Used my own swatches and box palettes to add as embellishments.

When the panels were completed I added them to my A4 sketchbook. These are the two pages with 4 1/2 panels on each page.

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Supplies

Stamps - - - - - -

Tim Holtz - Classics #3 SCF003, Correspondence CMS225, Flower Jar CMS297, Botanic Collage CMS447, Victorian, CMS300.

Katie Pertiet - Chronicle Remnants

Alison Bomber - Poppy Edition EAB37

Dies - Tim Holtz - Specimen 665930

Distress spray stains - walnut stain, vintage photo, stormy sky

Distress inks - stormy sky, Chipped Sapphire

Decoart - white gesso

VersaFine Clair ink - Nocturne, Pinecone

Ranger Archival ink - Coffee

Idea - ology - Transparent Moths, Postmarked Sticker Book, Remnant Rubs

49 & Market - Crafty Garden Essentials Rub On Transfers