Welcome to the November Creation Station Blog Hop. This month our theme is vases and containers--any vessel we can fill with something! This is a fun one and I can't wait to see what the other members of the team have filled for us! To make sure you see all of the projects, click on the "Next" link at the end of each blog post.
For my projects today I am using the products in the Earthen Elegance Suite (#161518), which includes the Earthen Textures Bundle (#161514, stamp set and dies), the Earthen Elegance designer series paper (#161503) and the Natural Wavy Trim (#161517). I have always loved ceramics, pottery and natural elements, so this suite was perfect for creating my filled vessels.
When I see a a display of pottery in a store or at an arts and craft fair, I automatically head over to them! That is what inspired this card. The small pot in the stamp set was die cut multiple times out of a ceramic pattern from the designer series paper. I added some "ears" to a few of the pots and just a floral sprig and some greenery to one pot (Calypso Coral stamped and Wild Wheat). The greeting was stamped in Pecan Pie and die cut using the label die from the Gorgeously Made die set (#161202). The background is Old Olive card stock embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder (#161600). A bow of Wild Wheat Jute (from the In Color jute trim pack, #161637), a layer of Pecan Pie card stock and a Very Vanilla Thick card base complete this card.
This card was created with two of the long thin pots die cut in two different patterns of designer series paper and a stamped and die cut short pot. The Pretty Peacock ombre pot was shortened, topped with "pottery ears" and a pattern both die cut out of Gray Granite card stock. The taller pot was trimmed with Gray Granite Baker's Twine (from the Essentials pack, #155475). The two smaller pots are filled with plants die cut out of Moody Mauve and Pebbled Path card stock and a Pretty Peacock piece of designer series paper. The background is a piece of the same ombre patterned designer series paper that was used for the middle pot. The greeting was stamped in Pretty Peacock on Very Vanilla card stock and die cut using a Tailor Made Tags die (#155563). A layer of Gray Granite card stock and a Very Vanilla Thick card base complete the card.
This Basic White note card was layered with a piece of Copper Clay card stock and a beautiful ceramic pattern from the designer series paper. The short pot was die cut out of Pretty Peacock card stock and embossed with the scalloped die in the Earthen Textures die set. It was toped with Copper Clay "ears" and trimmed with the natural wavy ribbon. The plants are Crushed Curry (stamped), Pretty Peacock and Early Espresso. The greeting was stamped in Copper Clay on Basic White and fussy cut.
Hope you have been inspired by these projects--the Earthen Elegance Suite is a fun and beautiful one! Now let's all head over to the talented Barb Pfeffer's blog, Just B Stamping, to see what she has created for us.
Have a great Fall!
--Sara Nell
