Paper Nest Dolls - Ellie with Scarecrow

It's been another hot week in the 90s here in the Sacramento, California area, but the weather forecast says cooler days are coming. We need the cooler weather for the trees to change colors. I love the beautiful fall colors, just like the colors in this card I made with Paper Nest Dolls' Ellie with Scarecrow stamp. Isn't she just the cutest? This stamp comes in red rubber and in digital. 

This card is easy to make and you can use any fall colors and patterned paper you have in your stash. All you need are some leaves die cuts and the fence die cut, which is optional.

Supplies:

• Paper Nest Dolls stamp (links above): I used the digital stamp and printed the image at 3-1/2" tall.
• Color your stamp using the medium of choice. I used Copic markers (colors are listed below)
• Distress ink or Distress Oxide - Tumbled Glass
• Ink Blending Tool
• Brown cardstock to mat the colored image (2-7/8" x 4-3/8") 
• White base cardstock: 12" x 6" folded in half
• Patterned paper, fall design: 5-3/4" x 5-3/4"
• White cardstock for layering: 4-1/2" x 4-1/2"
• Solid or tone-on-tone patterned paper for layering (I used orange with dots): 4-3/8" x 4-3/8"
• Yellow, green and orange cardstock for leaves
• Leaves die
• Fall sentiment: I used Microsoft Word and printed the sentiment at 1-1/2" x 3/4" and used my paper trimmer to cut it out at 2-7/8" x 1"
• Brown cardstock for matting the sentiment at 2" x 1-1/8"
• Optional item: fence die cut. I used a die from Gina Marie Designs and used a cardstock that had a wood-like pattern.
• Your favorite adhesive

Copic markers used:

Ellie:

• Hair: E39, YR24, YR23, YR20
• Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000
• Cheeks: R20
• Orange: YR27, YR16, YR14M YR12M YR00
• Green: YG17, YG13, YG03, YR21
• Gray (Boots): T5, T3, T1

Scarecrow:

• Face: E43, E42, E41, E40
• Orange: YR27, YR16, YR14M YR12M YR00
• Gray: T5, T3, T1
• Center of sunflower & pole: E43, E42, E41, E40
• Yellow: Y17, Y15, Y11

Instructions:

• Stamp or print your image onto white cardstock
• After coloring your stamp, ink the sky using the Distress/Oxide ink with a blending tool. 
• Using a paper trimmer or rectangular die, cut out your stamp at 2-3/4" x 4-1/4".
• Stamp or print your sentiment and cut to the size listed in the supplies list
• Using a paper trimmer, cut all the cardstock listed in the supplies list
• Die cut all your dies listed in the supplies list
• Layer and glue all the pieces together as shown below

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you give this cute fall card a try. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. ~Betty~