Monday 30 September 2019

Hop to it!

The area where I live used to be well known for hop growing, but over the last 50 years most of the hop gardens had closed, but the small local breweries that they had supplied remained open. Now that craft beers have become fashionable, several of the breweries have increased production and are finding it economically viable to once again grow their own hops, so they are starting to reappear around the local lanes. And of course hop garlands are very popular indoor decorations at this time of year.

Which is a very long winded way of saying I used a hop garland stamp on this card.


I stamped it in brown, using the Misti to position it symmetrically with space for the sentiment, then coloured it with pencils.

I am sharing this with
AAA Cards - One layer & optional twist - Autumn 


Make my Monday - Autumn 

Little Red Wagon - Fall it! 

7 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

So you used a hop garland stamp lol but interesting info about your area.Love the stamped wreath and Autumn colour
Carol x

Imke said...

Pretty fall wreath !

Thanks for joining our Fall Challenge @ Little Red Wagon and i hope to see you back again soon.

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Mrs A. said...

Love the simple CAS of your hop card. Bit of a wash out here at the moment. Supposed to be the same tomorrow. Hugs Mrs A.

Jane said...

Super Autumn wreath and how beautifully you've placed and coloured it. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.

Liz said...

Lovely CAS card, Jane. The wreath is beautifully coloured. xx

Dawn Phillips said...

So simple and so elegant Jane. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Love Dawn x

LucieGCards said...

Oh, what a gorgeous wreath! Beautifully coloured - perfect for our optional twist! A belated thanks for playing along in the AAA CAS Cards one layer card/autumn challenge!