Apple Picking / Cocoa Daisy / Process Video

I'm back at it! Stamping on my layout! What do you think about stamping on your projects; are you a fan or not? Are you scared or is it totally in your comfort zone? Somewhere in between, perhaps? I started out petrified. What if I make a mistake and it ruins the page that I spent hours creating?... I found ways to make it more workable for me. Sometimes, I don't like the way it looks and I chuck the stamped cardstock in the bin or recycle pile. Other times I think, I'm so glad I did that! It's like knitting or a sport, the more you practice, the more comfortable you are the better the results. Keep at it!

The stamping on this layout was done with a sentiment stamp from the main September Cocoa Daisy Memory Keeping kit. It was inspired by on of the patterned papers that is an exclusive this month and had a subtle handwritten sentiment in the background. I fussy cut the leaves from that same patterned paper and wanted to reproduce the look of the sentiment.

You can see the ombre, fading effect better in these close up pictures. I used the cats eye stamp that came in the kit and just kept on stamping, overlapping, a few times. The sequins collection is an exclusive for Cocoa Daisy from SpiegelMom Scraps. I NEED more of those leaves! There is something about sequins on fall pages that looks so fitting. Especially those yellow/golden bits. It's like the gold hue I love so much during the Fall (or Autumn).

Mixed media comes into play for this layout. I used one of the subscriber exclusive cut files as a stencil or mask and applied Shimmerz Texturz paste for a little added "umph" to the layout. If you watch the process video, you will see that the stencil itself looked really cool after I was finished with it. I liked it so much, I saved it and used it in another Cocoa Daisy layout.

More fussy cutting! Aren't those toad stools adorable? I love the organic effect that the thread ball tucked into the ripped paper provides!

I hope watching my process and seeing others stamp on their projects encourages you to try it, practice it. Stamping can really add so much to a layout or card!

Thanks for stopping in today and give your stamps a chance!

Comments

[alexa]

I admire how much experimenting you did at the start to find the effect which was most pleasing! It all came together very nicely, with those little golden dots.