Grateful for You feat. Taylored Expressions

Many months ago, when I posted a bunch of Taylored Expressions sympathy cards with this same colour palette, I set this stencilled Autumn Array aside because remnants of Poppy Seed ink had muddied the Candy Corn flowers. Normally, I would've said goodbye and tossed it in my recycling bin but now I'm glad I kept it. It didn't look good to me in the spring but now that it's fall, it has a nice rustic look to it.

Having purchased it late last fall, I hadn't yet inked up Grateful Greetings so I stamped the sentiment with Poppy Seed ink and die cut it using its coordinating dies. I absolutely love the way the die cuts around all the letters, allowing everything in the background to show.

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I covered the card base with an A2-sized panel of Poppy Seed cardstock, then die cut the medium Frame in Frame 2 from Gumball cardstock. I also cut the same frame from Sugar Cube cardstock and added texture using the Diamonds Piercing Plate.

One small detail I added was a small strip of Candy Corn cardstock cut from the 1/8" Easy Strips Die, which helps tie in with and balances out the colours in the bouquet. I glued two extra panels of cardstock behind the frame before attaching it to the base panel. Then I popped up the bouquet and sentiment with foam squares. To finish, I added Star Dust Stickles to the centres of the seven blue flowers which adds the perfect bit of sparkle in real life! You can click on each photo to enlarge them for a closer look.

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