Rustic Fall Envelope

Hi there crafty friends! I’m Raquel here today sharing some inspiration with the beautiful, new Falling Branches Stencil.

This stencil has so many possibilities! I made another project using it to apply embossing paste a few days ago but on today’s project, I wanted to use it to add lots of color.

I started my project by ink blending Mustard Seed, Salvaged Patina, Rusty Hinge and Spice Marmalade Distress inks onto 6×6 piece of cardstock. When applying the ink, I usually go heavier in the center and softer on the edges of the leaves, in this case, branches.

Once my background was done, I trimmed to 4 ¼ by 5 ½. This is always the hardest part as I want to keep it all. 

The idea behind this design was to use one of the Fall Envelopes Stamp Set so I used some Copic markers in the same or very similar colors of the leaves of the background:

I used:

E39, E37 and E35 for browns

Y11, Y13, YR21, YR23 and YR 24 for yellows.

BG32 and BG000 for blues

Next up I decided to add some white leaves for some dimension. I used several dies from the Stitched Foliage Die set. I felt something was missing so I thought I’d use one of the cutest mice from the Mouse Friends Stamp Set.

I used W4, W3, W1, W0, W00 and R11 Copic Markers to color this little guy. I also added white highlights using a nº 10 Gelly Roll Pen.

I wanted to add some contrast to this design so I thought the Thanks Script die would be perfect in black glitter cardstock:

I hope you find this project inspiring and feel encouraged to craft and create! Thank you for stopping by!

Raquel