Hello Honey Bee friends! I love the decorated signs you see in gift shops and was excited to see the new Lovely Layers: Seasonal Signs Honey Cuts! This is a fun set that you can use year round!

I started out by die cutting the Lovely Layers: Seasonal Signs round sign die from white woodgrain cardstock. I use an ink blending brush to add Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to color it.

Next I used the Seasonal Signs stencil set and placed the stencil with the words ” hello Fall” onto the sign and taped around the edges to cover the rest of the sign. Then I mixed texture paste with a drop of Carved Pumpkin re-inker. I used a pallete tool to spread the colored embossing paste through the stencil. Then I removed the stencil, set the piece aside to dry, and immediately washed up the stencil and tools.

Next I die cut the pumpkins, leaves and stems (most are die cut three times) that are also in the Lovely Layers: Seasonal Signs from 80# white cardstock. I used more Distress Inks and my blending brushes to color the pieces. Here are the colors I used:

• Oak leaves: Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Fossilized Amber, and Peeled Paint
• leafy branches: Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness
• pumpkins: Carved Pumpkin, Crackling Campfire, and Gathered Twigs

I embossed a 5-½” x 8″ piece of white cardstock with the gorgeous Fall Forest 3D embossing folder with the bottom 1″ of the cardstock hanging out of the folder. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Blessings of Fall stamp set on the smooth bottom portion. I trimmed the piece just a bit to be 5″ x 7″. I inked up just the edges of an A7 folded card base with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and adhered the stamped/embossed panel to it with glue.

I glued the sign to the card base. Then I arranged all of the Seasonal Signs elements around the edge, adhering with glue and a few foam dots.

I topped the sign off with a cute little gingham bow!

I love coloring die cuts with inks and blending brushes and this was lots of fun! Thanks so very much for stopping by!!