Into the Woods in Autumn - Concord & 9th

Hello, Happy Monday! Today I am sharing an autumnal twist on the recently released Into The Woods Stamp and Die set by Concord & 9th to show that it's not just for Christmas!

This is one of the easiest sets I have put together, yet the finished scene looks wonderfully detailed and eye catching. I started by die cutting the back panel and ink blending it with Distress Oxides in Dried Marigold and Shaded Lilac, then added the mountain die cut, complete with snow caps.

I die cut the trees from various shades of yellow, orange and red cardstock to capture that autumnal feel, then used the coordinating stamps in matching colours to add interest. I used the snowfall stamp on some of the trees instead of the polka dots to try and steer away from the Christmas vibe of the set.

I'm in love with the cute little cabin, so I die cut it in complementary shades of Aster, Lilac and Fig, complete with a vellum wisp of smoke.

I took the curvy 'Cosy Days Ahead' stamp from the set, but it didn't curve quite the way I wanted it to. Fortunately, that's easily remedied. Pop your stamp on an acrylic block or into a stamp positioner, then gently lift one end and curve it in the direction you want. Make it bend to your will! I then heat embossed it in white.

All that's left is to adhere the die cuts to the two bases, crease along the fold lines, and glue them to your card base. It really is that easy! I die cut an extra base in white and stuck it on the back to cover the tabs.

I'm looking forward to experimenting with this set in spring and summer too. I have lots of tiny flower dies that I can't wait to use to adorn the scene!

Have a lovely week!

Spooktastic

I am rather accident prone at the moment, from hurting my back, tripping over my own feet and now I have 2 fingers strapped together which makes typing and crafting a rather slow process!

I have been working with the latest Crafty Templates kit Autumnal Treats and it is scrummy. Filled with papers and embellishments that work for both Autumn cards and Halloween Treats . As soon as it landed I had so many ideas and the templates that come with it are adorable, unfortunately I have been hampered somewhat by my unbendy fingers so I only managed a couple of cards and a mini book by deadline, but I'm hoping to work on some more cards later this week!

Apologies for the small pictures, they are clickable for a large size, Blogger seems to be stretching out my pictures if I make them any bigger!

How cute are the halloween characters? I added the apple, candy and the letters which die cut from sizzix Wingo Zingo alphabet.

The front of the mini book. The wrap is made from Bazzill Just the Edge wavy cardstock strip with a velcro closure topped with Elle's Studio Halloween Mini Paper.

The pages were die cut with Spellbinders Labels One then backed onto black card. Each page was set with eyelets and threaded with ribbon, I added Elle's Studio Vintage Label cut outs then miniature halloween characters from the templates provided.

Cute little Halloween treat bags. I folded the bag into 3 and stapled the back to make a smaller bag, die cut a label and added a pumpkin from the template and more Elle's Studio paper. I made a few of these to give to my friends kids. I tried making little bags for any trick or treaters that knocked on my door last year, but because we live on a dark, country road no-one dared venture out of the village to us!

Finally, an autunal card using the template for the trees, yummy Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice papers, handstitching on the leaves and as a border and Hero Arts sentiment.

I'm off to rest the fingers after the epic post and look forward to posting some more during the week after I get the splint off. Happy Crafting :)