Simon Says.........Totally Resistable

Welcome to another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

This week, our theme is "Totally Resistable" - use some kind of a resist technique for your creation.  We are showcasing Impression Obsession products.

I bought this stamp set just for the sentiment I used......Autumn Leaves is a song that is dear to me, not only because of this season that I love, but because it's the theme song for our Bluecoats drum and bugle corps.  

supplies: vellum, pearly metallic copper cardstock, Impression Obsession Autumn Leaves, Ranger Super Fine Detail Copper embossing powder, board background made using Hero Arts Woodgrain background, Martha Stewart scoring board, and distress inks, Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangle dies, adhesive foam squares

I had made this board background some time back and never used it, but I liked how the copper embossing looked against this color.  To make this background, I stamped the woodgrain stamp in a dark brown ink on white cardstock.  Next I turned the panel over and scored lines to make the planking.  And finally, I used a mix of blues, greens, and browns distress inks to shade over the woodgrain.  The leaves were then embossed in copper over that.  To finish, I stamped the sentiment on vellum, framed it in copper cardstock, and popped it above my card base.  The little leaf was also fussy-cut and popped above its panel.

I used that same sentiment, mixed with some Simon leaf dies, for my next card:

supplies: kraft card base, white cardstock, Impression Obsession Autumn Leaves, Simon clear embossing powder, Simon Stitched Maple Trio dies, distress inks, Stampendous Aged Scarlet embossing enamel, sequins in fall colors

After stamping and clear heat embossing the sentiment, I trimmed my panel and then die-cut the leaves in a cascading design.  They were sponged with various distress inks.  Next I sponged the background using fossilized amber and carved pumpkin inks and used the negative of the die to stencil more leaves along the diagonal.  Then I reinserted the leaves, popping up 4 of them (1 of which was embossed in an enamel), and adding some matching sequins.

Now it's your turn - I can't wait to see what you create!  Heidi has provided another $50.00 gift voucher

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!