Good morning! 
How many of you watched Dancing with the Stars last night? It’s one of my favorite shows and I sat glued to the television the whole two hours. Oh my badness, I laughed so hard at Cloris Leachman that I had tears rolling down my face. 
for the new television season, especially when it’s live!
As you know it’s Tuesday and of course, that means it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker 
. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!
My card today is a spin on one of the demonstrations we do at shows. If you’ve visited the Rubbernecker booth at any of the stamp shows, I’m sure you’ll recognize this technique! However, instead of using a tag like at the demos, I used a 5.5 x 4.25 piece of white cardstock.
To make the background, I swiped Tea Dye, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo Distress Ink down the center of my Ranger Craft Sheet. I misted the inks with water until I had large beads of water and the colors started to mix. The white cardstock was laid down on the ink, pressed in and then picked straight up. The paper was then dried using an iron set to highest setting with no steam. The process of picking up color and drying in between was continued until I had the desired color and effect I wanted for the background. The background was then lightly misted with Scattered Straw/Gold Pearlized Distress Mist.
To stamp the leaves, I used a piece of Cut-N-Dry Stamp Pad Felt and made my own stamp pad. I stamped the leaf image on the felt, then added Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Shabby Shutters reinker over the image to create my pad. Once the pad was inked, I inked my stamp from the created pad, and stamped the leaves on the background. I wanted a bit more color from the leaves, so I stamped over them with embossing ink and then embossed with UTEE.
The sentiment was generated on the computer. Let me suggest to you however that if you decide you want color on your cardstock, add it BEFORE you print the sentiment. Just the teeniest bit of water can make that ink run – yep, it surely can!
- Stamps: Stamp Oasis Winter Holiday Collection:Â Leaf Set SKU:868 869 870 SO from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
- Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Very Vanilla; Prism Papaya Puree Medium and Dark
- Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black; Ranger Tim Holtz Tea Dye, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo and Embossing Distress; Ranger Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Shabby Shutters and Mustard Seed Distress Reinkers
- Accessories: Spellbinders Petite Oval Nestabilities; Ranger UTEE, Mini Mister, Gold Perfect Pearls, Cut-N-Dry Stamp Pad Felt, Craft Sheet; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Mounting Tape; Iron; Brads; Ribbon; Crop-o-Dile
I hope you all have a fabulous day today! I’ll be back tomorrow with the second Rubbernecker Blog Challenge.
Well, Poop! I love Cloris Leachman–so sorry I missed her!!
I am glad I didn’t miss this card, though! I love fall leave and fall colors!! The leaves look so REAL!! So very very pretty!!
Love the colors! Fall is coming
Ohhhhhh please let my Tivo have caught that!
At least I can savor this fall beauty today! Wow!
~Bev
This card is beautiful! And truly catches the colors of fall. I LOVE fall. I would like to try this but think it’s too much work!
This is beautful!
Beautiful card!
Gorgeous Sherry!!
*thud*…..I love fall and this is just STUNNING!!
Had it in my head that the RN challenge was today…I was all bummed ’cause I actually have to WORK (wassup with that?!!!) Now I’m all excited that maybe I’ll get to play tomorrow (guess I had better clean off my desk area tonight)
I hate that I missed Cloris Leachman too! I think I was probably stamping!! Your card is gorgeous! I think I could do that demo in my sleep!!
Those leaves are stunning! Sounds like a lot of work to make then, but they are beautiful and look so real!
Gorgeous card Sherry.
I am hopelessly addicted the Dancing with the Stars, too, and I also cracked up when Cloris lifted her leg on the counter….too funny!! CMG, Sherry…this is FABULOUS!!! I just love the background you created and the leaves are gorgeous….gotta try this technique, for sure!!!!!
Yay! This is gorgeous…and I’ve been doing this technique in my dreams for the past 2 nights 🙂 Glad you’re *back*!
Beautiful background and leaves, love the veins showing!
BEAUTIFUL!!! Wow I love the colors, the leaves look so real!! Thanks for all of the details on the card. I love Dancing with the Stars! Cloris Leachman was so funny!! I am so glad all of the shows are starting back up!!
Oh Sherry, this is beautiful!! Soo my colors. Just beautiful.
If rubberneck comes to the St. Paul Stamp and Scrap Expo next month, will you be there?
Love the beautiful Autumn card.
Wow! So much work went into this card and it sure was worth it! The colors are stunning. Awesome card! Best, Curt
A beautiful Autumn card Sherry! I love the corner brads.