Truly Organic

Hello All! It’s me again..

I’m back today with another tutorial, but this one is a short one. It is a card that I created for the Stampers Anonymous Facebook Live that was a couple weeks ago and uses the new Tiny Toadstools stamp set (CMS377).

I created this card entirely with bits and pieces of things from my scrap box, a background that I had created months ago, and simply stamped and colored one of the Tiny Toadstools onto a piece of the scrap.

It’s amazing how many scraps and pieces of little papers you can gather while you’re creating, and I save nearly every tiny scrap. Especially if they are pieces of Sizzix dies, old books pages or backgrounds that I’ve stamped and blended.

The background of this card was from a day of playing with my Oxide Sprays and the Stampers Anonymous Fragments (CMS368) stamp set. (I know, I am very drawn them as the previous post used exactly the same set, but when you like it, you like it!)

But I gotta tell ya, this background was one that I REALLY didn’t like. It happens, more than you know!!! But I kept myself from pitching it and I’m so glad that I did. It really has a mushroom or organic look to it..weird but true, at least to me.

So here are some of the details…

I dug into my scrap bin and found, the small piece of paper that had been stamped with the Newsprint Background stamp (CMS266) and it had one of the Ornate Trims (CMS326)  already stamped on it. I stamped the mushrooms and handwritten text with Black Soot Archival Ink and colored the mushrooms with some Distress Oxide Inks and a Detail Water brush.

I found a piece of the Sizzix Intricate Lace that had been torn and a couple of the small Sizzix Planks. The lace had been smeared with crackle texture paste and all were had been blended with various Distress brown inks. I also found a piece of vintage book page and a couple of pearl vintage buttons. This became my jumping off point.

I stamped the small specimen stamp onto some scrap and cut it out with a circle punch. Then found the background in my stash.

I added a stick from my yard, and a little bit of floral moss to give it a true organic feel.

Then added some messy stitching with my sewing machine and adhered it all together.

I matted it on a piece of Distress Watercolor Paper that had been embossed with the 3D Lumber Texture Fade and spritzed and sprayed with Peeled Paint Distress Spray Stain.

With that, my card was complete…a truly organic card.

Thanks so much for stopping by… Have a great day!

Creatively yours,

Stacy

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Gather Your Supplies-

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous-  Tiny Toadstools (CMS377), Fragments (CMS368), Newsprint & Type (CMS266), Ornate Trims (CMS326)

Tim Holtz/Sizzix-  Intricate Lace, Planks, Lumber 3D texture fade

Tim Holtz/Tonic- Tonic Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tonic Shears

Tim Holtz/Ranger- Distress Watercolor Paper, Black Soot Archival Ink

Distress Spray Stain- Peeled Paint

Distress Ink- Various Colors

Distress Tools/Mediums- Distress Sprayer, Media Mat, Heat it Heat Tool, Blending Tools, Distress Collage Matte Medium

Other-  Sewing Machine and Black Thread, Vintage Book Page, Stick from my yard, Floral Moss, Vintage Buttons