I really liked the Sept. CTMH SOTM stamps set. It is called Fall Favorites. A Scarecrow is one of the stamps you get in this set.
I used a combination of tools to color my scarecrow. I first stamped him with the Saddle Pigment ink. I let that dry before coloring or you can heat gun it . I stamped it on a piece of Colonial White CS
3 1/2 x 4 1/2. I matted it with Barn Red CS cut at 3 3/4 x 4 3/4. These two CS pieces were inked with Cocoa ink. I used the alcohol markers, watercolor pencils and the waterbrush. The pumpkins were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge and leaves were made with the Artiste cartridge.
I made the tag "pick o the patch" I cut a 3" scallop circle from Barn Red CS and Olivia B&T paper. I also cut a 2 1/2" circle from Colonial White CS. Ink all of these pieces with Cocoa ink. All cuts were from the Art Philosophy cartridge. I stamped the image on the Colonial White circle using Cocoa ink. Then using the watercolor pencils and waterbrush I colored the image. I layered the two 3" Scallop circles together with the Barn Red CS on the bottom and added the image on top.
*(I added the Barn Red CS to give some stability to this piece.)
To make the pumpkins I cut both 3" scallop circles and 2" scallop circles to get the small and large pumpkins with Sunset CS and button C1 with the Art Philosophy cartridge. To give them a little dimension I stamped a leaf and vine image from the stamps called "The Present" with Sunset ink. I made each pumpkin with 8 scallop circles.I folded each one of them in half. While still folded glue all of them together one by one ending up with a stack. Before closing the last two ends I inserted the stems of my leaves. The leaves were cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge using button B4 cut at 1.5" and 1.75" and Ne England Ivy CS. I stamped the matching leaf image from one of the stamp sets that came with the Art Philosophy cartridge with New England Ivy ink and used Cocoa ink o the edges.
I found a metal container in my stash that I thought would look good for putting all my pieces in. I put some filler in the bottom first. Then I took a few different green CS pieces and ran them through the paper crimper. Then I took my Martha Stewart fringe scissors to cut them all apart. I used that across the top of my container. To place the Scarecrow and tag images in the basket I used Bamboo sticks. I attached one to the back of each piece and cut another Barn Red CS piece to cover the stick. I cut a 1 1/2 x 4 3/4 strip for the back of the Scarecrow and a 1 1/4 x 2 for the tag. I inked the edges with Barn Red ink and folded them in half. hen I took Scor Tape and adhered them over the stick on the back of these two pieces. That gave it a completely finished look from all sides of the basket. Finally to finish it off I took some of the Burlap ribbon and tied it around the container with a bow at the front and added some spirals to the leaves. I took some chocolate waxy flax and wrapped it around a pencil to make my spirals. The waxy flax holds the spirals nicely.
I think it looks really nice with my Fall Banner that I posted earlier. What do you think?
*( I have a supply list at the bottom of this post) I hope you enjoy this project and give it a try with the items you have in your craft room.
The vellum votive covers shown in the picture were made years ago with a wooden Halloween CTMH stamp set. I had stamped the images with Smokey Plum ink on the vellum strip. Then took markers and colored the images from the back side. That way from the front it is a sutle coloring and when the votive is lit you see the image beautifully. Maybe next year I will have time to make some new ones to add to my Halloween and Fall decorations.
Supply List1. Fall Favorites SOTM
2. The Present stamp set
3. Sunset, New England Ivy, Barn Red, Olive, and Colonial White CS
4. Cocoa, New England Ivy, Sunset inks and Saddle Pigment ink
5. Alcohol Markers in Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, Olive, Autumn Terracotta, and Honey
6. Watercolor Pencils
7. Waterbrush
8. Chocolate Waxy Flax
9. Score tape
10. Olivia B&T paper pack
11. Bamboo sticks
12. Burlap ribbon
13. A basket of some kind
14. Hot glue gun
15. Martha Stewart Fringe scissors
Thanks for stopping by. See you next time.
