Sketched Flowers in Autumn Colors

The cards I am sharing today are a few of ones I made using the Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit of the Month.  This kit has been sold out but most of the products in the kit may still be purchased separately.

My first card evolved as I went along.  The background uses two of the alcohol inks from the kit, Sunshine Yellow and Sunset Orange, which I applied using a felt applicator method.
I tried to add the Gina K Foiling to the background by pressing it into the semi dry inked surface.  It did not work as I expected.  I think the sponged background was too dry.  However, I did  discover that I could get the foil to stick very nicely to surface by applying marking pressure.  I used a wooden cuticle stick to add random scribbles to the background.  Hard to see in a photo but very pretty in real life.  
After I was happy with my background.  I used my Misti to stamp the flowers with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  You may notice that the Yupo background moved slightly before my second stamping.  It created a very slight offset of the design which I decided looked fine.  After stamping I used clear embossing powder to heat emboss, being careful not to add too much heat to the Yupo paper.  To finish the image I used Alcohol Inks on small disposable brushes to apply color to the image.  
The thin frame die is a Simon Says Stamp called This is the Life.

The flower image for this card was done in the same way on the Yupo as the first card.  I didn't think my background offered enough contrast so I fussy cut it out.  It is different but I really liked it in the end.  I will be entering this one in the current challenge with the SSS Flickr group, Challenge 107 with guest designer Sally Sherfield.  To embellish and add dimension I added stitched panels for a background with a few scattered gold sequins.

My third card uses an alcohol ink on Yupo background created using the same technique.  For this one I used the foil and cuticle stick to draw in leafy images.   For this card I used the Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol Lift-Ink Pad from the kit.  The background panel was the second stamping from the lift ink.  I added a strip of 1/8 inch scor tape and applied foil over the tape.
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