Wonderful challenge! I love fall the best of all! The colors, the cooler temps..love it. The colors alone make it worth having to rake & sweep all the leaves & acorns. But it would be nice if the squirrels would stop having lunch (the acorns) on my deck!
My card today is a real mix of a lot of things.I started w/ some coated card stock I've had for ages..it's actually the backside of some Kromekote & it's glossy on the other side, clay coated on this side. I'm pretty sure it's been discontinued so I'm using some I've been hoarding. This side is very soft, smooth & absorbent so it really soaked up the ink & the color is not as saturated as it was when I first brayered it. Before I brayered it, I stamped the wood background image using resist ink, then used a brayer & rainbow ink pad to brayer over it. The greeting was stamped & heat embossed on a section I stamped some of the leaves with resist ink & brayered as before. It was die cut w/ a diamond shape & the backing layer edges as well as the lg background layer edges were embossed w/ the same powder.
The leaves & acorns were embossed, die cut & on one of each, I stamped the solid leaf/acorn versions using the same ink. For accents, I also inked some brads & embossed them each 3 times by dipping them back in the powder while still hot. On the 2 left brads, I dipped them in a micro bead/glitter mix while the embossing powder was still hot. I snipped off the brad prongs & glued them on because I didn't want the prongs to make the card stock bumpy underneath.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & even the inside (I used the leftovers) pics are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, September 26, 2014 GMT Views: 1057
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 8:29 AM
Oh and triple wow...this just captures that wonderful fall feeling perfectly. The colors are gorgesous and the textures are fantastic. Makes me want to run out and jump in a pile of crunchy fall leaves. Absolutely stunning card Julie.
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79390
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 8:49 PM
Julie, I'm always in awe of your talent!! Wow, for sure!
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 @ 9:23 PM
I have safely popped this gem in My Favs so I don't forget. Oh my gosh Julie this is amazing. Everytime I look at it I see something I missed. Thank you for such a detailed description. Autumn is my favourite season too....we don't have squirrels in Australia.
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