AUTUMN DAYS

Autumn is my favourite time of year - I love the colours and the hedgerows bursting with fruit that I can forage and turn into chutneys.  So just a little warning that there may be lots of autumnal type cards on my blog in the next few weeks!  I hope you will forgive me!

I'm starting with a very old set from Stampin Up - It goes back to 2009 eek!  It's called Autumn Days and it is one I will never part with - in the part of Hampshire where I live in the UK we have lots of pheasants roaming around - they are the lucky ones who have escaped from the shoots that happen a lot around here.  

I wanted to drag this set into the modern style but I think I must have still been in nostalgia stage as it looks quite old-fashioned to me.  How strange that crafting can have an age!

I started off by embossing the bird in some very old Rust Embossing Powder from SU - from around about 2009 also.  I then made a mask and stamped the various grasses around the bird using a mix of Really Rust, Old Olive, Mellow Moss and Crushed Curry.  I used the tag framelits to cut out the piece and a backing piece in Cajun Craze.  The backing paper is not SU but a lovely green piece I found in my stash and I ran it through the Big Shot with an embossing folder which shows pine leaves.  I love how it came out - the white popped through and has such a lovely texture.

I added some Jute Trim from Docrafts to the bottom.  I cut out some leaves with the Colourful Seasons framelits and sponged them in Old Olive and Crushed Curry.  I added a bow of baker's twine in Old Olive and a few buttons from the Regals collection.  The little thank you is from another old SU set called That's the Tag.  I turned it into a Thank You card with Thanksgiving on my mind.  Although we don't celebrate that holiday here in the UK I did enjoy it when I lived in the US.  The brad is from my stash.

I love how this turned out and am going to enter it into a few challenges:

Retro Rubber - #rrcb119 - Fall Colours  
Inspired by - Signs of Fall
Addicted to Stamps - Holiday
Male Room - Autumn