Happy Tuesday and Happy OFFICIAL First Day of Autumn! Yay, fall! It's my favorite time of the year as the days are getting cooler (my dog is happy too, since the heat and humidity are bearable to walk him in) and here in the south I'm beginning to see colors changing on some of the trees... so today's card for Scrap 'N Stamp celebrates all of that! I'll say it again, yay, fall!
Today's card uses some of the same materials as the card I shared last week. The leaf & sentiment stamps are from Autumn Blessings by MFT and I've once again paired it with the Lumber 3D embossing folder. The sentiment (perfect for today!) was heat embossed in copper on green card stock cut from a label die. I love copper with the autumn tones I used on the leaves- each which was watercolored quite imperfectly, but together make a pretty autumn display of color! I was experimenting with Distress Oxide Ink & layering regular Distress Ink over it for a variety of tones for these leaves. The woodgrain background was another experiment left from last week, this time much simpler. I embossed on brown card stock then inked over it with a deeper shade of brown Distress Ink. I learned with a design like this it is best to ink along with the grain of the design instead of against it as this gives more realistic shading (the back side of this same piece is not so pretty!).
I played around with a few different arrangements for my leaves, but am so glad I settled on this simple border intertwined with some thin jute. Each leaf is slightly raised with a 3D foam square on one side and regular adhesive on the other. I use this technique quite often to add dimension and depth without simply having a flat, raised layer. I didn't have any copper bling to add, but some warm brown gemstones adds extra shimmer across the card.
Yay, fall!
Inky hugs,
Tara
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