Beautiful Autumn Layering Stencil - 2 Ways

 I took a one day detour from my Halloween/Autumn posting to share the Stamptember Hero Arts Collab on Saturday but now I'm back with more... Autumn!

The Hero Studio releases keep getting better and better, especially with the gorgeous layering stencils. This month's stencil can create a lovely autumn forest. You know it's difficult for me to go "traditional" so I created this card with the interesting color combos of Splash, Creamsicle, and Berry Smoothie (this last color added on very very lightly).

The roots of trees are done in Black Hero Wax. I finished off the card with the sentiment from the September Stamp and Cut, heat embossed in Black Powder, and then some orange enamel dots which were included in the main card kit this month.

And another! To me... this is a traditional autumn color palette :) I just swapped the Splash blue with the Pink Grapefruit ink color but everything else is the same. On this card I also bordered the sentiment with some gourds from the Stamp and Cut set.

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Stamptember Hero Arts Release

 The Stamptember celebration is just warming up with the Hero Arts release! This darling set, Snowy and Bright, will be perfect for your winter/holiday themed cards.

I'm so happy that my Trail Map Cling stamp was the perfect match to the new Stamptember set. I stamped that cling with Cup O Joe ink on Sand Cardstock.

The cute images were colored with my Polychromos Pencils and cut with the matching die set. I also cut the vellum piece from the Postage Infinity Dies to place the scene on.

Here is a second card on a more plain background. This card has all of the images stamped then die cut, where the first card just diecut the trees and mountains from cardstock without stamping first.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stamptember!

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September Hero Studio Blog Hop - Fall in the Forest

 September is finally here... This means it's (un)officially autumn and very officially my birthday month! And of course there is another beautiful Hero Studio release today!

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Friday, September 5th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win! Make sure to leave your name or sign in so your comment isn't anonymous.

The main September Card Kit has this darling autumn themed stamp set with the sweetest squirrel images. I love watching the squirrels run through my yard, and my neighbors even feeds them peanuts 😁

What book do we think this little knowledgeable squirrel is reading on his tree stump?

I'm also sharing a card from the lovely Pick of the Patch set, which is the September Stamp and Cut of the month. 

I was going for a pastel autumn vibe, so I used lighter colors on my pumpkins and gourds. Each image is double stamped: first with a lighter shade, and then I inked just the edges of the stamp in a darker shade. I love how it makes the images look more dimensional. I also heat embossed each image in my favorite powder, Brass.

I paired this month's stamp and cut with some Hero Arts classics, the Wood Frame Infinity Dies and the Woodgrain Texture plate. These two staples will be seen on repeat for my autumn cards this year!

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