Tuesday 9 October 2012

Seasons of Mist....

When Autumn comes this is the poem I think about, its one of the many I studied for my A level Lit exam, many moons ago.  This is what I use for my inspiration for the challenge over at Fashionable stamping challenge #32 Shade of Autunm/Fall. Sponsered by Cottage Crafts.

                                                    
From John Keats' poem, To Autumn, 1820:
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells
 
I started out with the wrinkle free distress using the limited edition autumn colours plus spiced marmarlade , fired brick & mustard seed.  masking for the sun, perfect pearls mist.  Various tree,birds  stamps.  Leaf embellishments, rock candy, sizzix bird die.
I have also deceided to enter card into Range ink challenge as well., don't normally do this.  

11 comments:

  1. love those colours, so vibrant with out being garish, really get the autumn feel. the leaves look great too x

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  2. Wow...such beautiful colours! I had thought of masking and doing the wrinkle free technique but had never tried it...it looks amazing! A lovely poem too.
    Thanks for joining us this fortnight at Fashionable Stamping Challenges
    Dot x

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  3. Perfect mix and blend of autumn colors ans shimmer ... love it! Looks marvellous.
    Liebe Grüße, Suzanne xx

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  4. Stunning tag Francesca! So much beautiful detail has gone into it and such exquisite stamping. Love the poem, too! Thank you for joining our Autumnal challenge at FSC! xx
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    Best wishes from Under a Creative Spell

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  5. Gorgeous tag, the colours and details are beautiful. Thank you for joining us at FSC this time.
    Yvonne/Meggymay

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  6. Absolutely glorious background to this stunning tag... it's wonderful, Francesca!
    Alison x

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  7. Love the background colours on this fabulous tag, and great stamping giving a wonderful depth.
    Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
    Avril

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  8. Beautiful, rich Autumnal colours with a wonderful background.
    Thank you for sharing with us at FSC.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  9. Francesca, such a wonderful piece of art, love the fall feeling and all the colored leaves. Thanks for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenge.

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  10. A really stunning creation Francesca. The stamping looks amazing and the leaves are gorgeous.
    Thanks for joining our Autumn challenge at FSC and wishing you good luck.
    Fliss x

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  11. Your colours are absolutely gorgeous - perfect imitation of Autumn's best x

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