Wishing you Autumn Blessings

Ok I know that I will get some flack for this being an Autumn card when clearly that is months away and I am definitely not trying to rush it, but often when I get to creating I end up with bits and pieces of stuff that I hang on to, including sometimes a card that is already backed with pattern paper.

The later was the case with this card and honestly I tried to find a use for it but nothing but Halloween would stick in my mind, so why fight it. I used My Favorite Things Autumn Harvest stamps and dies which were colored with my copics. Along with the negative piece of the scallop stitched die for the background and also added some grass using MFT dies along with a tree.

The background I created by daubing or sponging on some distress inks. But I have to tell you that I have tried this fifty ways to Sunday and honestly I never liked the results. Finally I used a watercolor card panel, sponged on my ink..and the secret I misted my sponge with water and then dabbed that on top of my sponged background.  The result is that there is no evidence of the circle sponge marks and a more smooth background.