Collaged Stamping Background #1 - Autumn

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Oct. 26-30, 2015

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Hi, Friends.....

I am here to share the first of two cards I made for this week's MFP Speedy Fox & Friends -  Collaged Stamping Challenge.  For this one, they asked us to make a background using collaged stamping for a patterned paper look.  I used a variety MFP stamp sets for my autumny background:  Halloween Selections,  Corn Ears, Nature's Brushstrokes, and Calendar.  Truly a collage!!!  :)  I stamped them on a scrap of apricot colored cardstock with several different colors of Distress Ink:  Brushed Corduroy, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick, and Walnut Stain.  Then I heat embossed them with clear powder.  I sponged around with some more of the inks, also.  Then I dry embossed it with my Darice-Checkered folder.  Lastly I lightly dragged a sponge with more of the Walnut Stain ink over the embossed pattern to accentuate the squares a bit more.

I embellished it with: a thrift store leaf I rubbed with sparkly gold glitter glue, a glittery pumpkin from a dollar store pack, some thrift store striped ribbon, and, as an afterthought, stuck in a few sprigs of shiny gold leaf ribbon.  LOVE!!!!

Hope you like my card.  I have another one to post using the other piece of this same background.  So, stay tuned!!!  :)

<3
Janis 

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1.   MFP Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge #282 - Collage Stamping
2.   Simon Says Stamp Word Card Making Day Challenge
3.   Stamped Blessing Amusing Challenge - Hello, Fall...
4.   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Autumn is in the Air
5.   The Male Room Challenge #20 - Autumn/Fall
6.   Crop Stop Linky Party #8 - Anything Goes with product that CS sells
(I used Distress Inks and a Darice Embossing Folder) 
7.   Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday Linky Party
8.   Craft Stamper October Take It Make It Challenge - Use one or more listed techniques
9.   One Crazy Stamper October Challenge - Christmas, Halloween, or Fall
10. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #165 - Fall
11. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
12. Simon Says Stamp Work-It Wednesday - Use a stamp
13  Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #26 - It's the Great Pumpkin
14. Winnie & Walter WCMD Masterboard Background Challenge
15. Winnie & Walter WCMD Use Metallic/Gold Challenge
16. Pixie's Snippets Playground Week #197 - Use Snippets