Amber Autumn for Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Happy first Thursday in September! It’s very fitting that our challenge today is an Autumn theme.

Here is the card I made using the Amber Autumn bundle. I had so much fun with this background die!

To make this card, I use Basic Beige for my cardbase, cut at 8-1/2 x 5-1/2″ & scored at 4-1/4″. The next panel is also Basic Beige, cut at 5-1/4 x 4″. I sponged this panel with Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, and Pecan Pie using blending brushes. I also dabbed darker spots of each color randomly. I placed an adhesive sheet on the back of this panel. Then I ran this panel though my Cut & Emboss machine with the Amber Autumn background leaf die.

This panel was adhered onto the cardbase. I stamped the sentiment onto Basic Beige in Pecan Pie ink and cut it out with one of the dies from Traditional Labels Dies. I adhered the sentiment with dimensionals. Next, I die cut the leaf from the Amber Autumn Dies in Cajun Craze and Mossy Meadow and the wheat plant in Pecan Pie. I swapped out the center/veins of the leaves for more contrast and then glued the 3 pieces together into an arrangement. I partially glued the leaf arrangement on the right side of the sentiment. I used a dimensional for the part that was off the sentiment label. I used Linen Thread to make a small bow. I sponged Pecan Pie ink with my blending brush onto the thread to make it darker. This was adhered at the bottom of the leaf arrangement with a glue dot. The last step was to add some embellishment with the Streaked Dots.

For the inside of the card, I decorated a 5 x 3-3/4″ panel of Basic Beige with the stamp that has the 2 leaves & 2 acorns. However, I just stamped the leaves portion of that stamp using Pecan Pie ink. I matted this panel onto a layer of Pecan Pie cut at 5-1/4 x 4″.

I enjoyed using the blending brushes to add color to this card. Even though I did not use the Autumn Toile Designer Series Paper, which is part of this suite, I was inspired by the colors in this paper. This shows how I am constantly inspired by the beautiful DSP even when I am not using it!

Have you checked out the new September to December 2025 Mini Catalog and all the September Online Exclusives yet?!! Do you have any favorites?? Be sure to let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help you. And if you have any questions about my card too, let me know. You can email me at nicole@thesigningstamper.com, I would love to hear from you! 🤟

Now its time to go see what the team created for the Autumn Challenge. Click “next” to go the next blog hop and you can use the list below to make sure you stop at each one!

Amy Koenders
Mary Deatherage
Karen Ksenzakovic
Akiko Sudano
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright
Nicole Bloxom <<< You are HERE🤟>>>

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