Saturday, October 28, 2017

Autumn Leaves...

I'm still in Autumn-mode...
having a great time creating cards with some inking...and some stamping..
and a Fall look

I've got 4 cards to share with you today...
2 of each card...
All created with dye ink...Distress Oxide Ink and Luminarte Twinkling H2Os.
I also used wood grain card stock as a base layer mat
and vellum for matting the inked leaf and sentiment pieces.
The four sentiment pieces were brushed with ink...with Clarity Stencil Brushes.
The leaf stamp set is a retired CTMH stamp set called Autumn Splendor

I also decided to stamp with the twinkling H2O's directly onto the wood grain card stock.
I wasn't sure if it would turn out okay..
but thought...Why Not?
if it's awful..it's not a big deal..
I'll just toss it into the trash and do something different.
BUT..I got a great surprise!
The H2O stamping on the wood grain card stock 
looked like a foiled shimmery tapestry!
I loved the look...and used it on each of today's 4 cards.

So...here are the 4 cards...
2 birthday
and 2 with a quote.
(I'll share individual close ups  below)

First up...The Happy Birthday cards
(I am sharing both ONLY because I want you to see the color variations in background
of the leaf pieces...
all created with the Distress Oxide Ink(s))
I love the glow of red on this card.
You can also see the stamping on the wood grain in this photo...
The shimmer of the H2Os on the dark brown wood grain card stock is fabulous...
The leaves were stamped with dye ink....
right over the Oxide ink background piece...after it had air dried....
 I held this card in my hand....and tipped it into the light for this photo..
trying to capture the shimmery shine of the H2O stamping
and a close up of the tapestry look of the stamping
You can also see the vellum matting nicely in this photo.

This is the second birthday card...
The leaf piece has less of the red undertone...



The next 2 cards...have a really nice Bob Hope quote...
the same inking...stamping..and vellum matting.
Again..the card are identical
with the exception of the inking differences on the leaf pieces.
I also added splatters some H2o's on the card stock for some extra shimmer

and...
the 4th and final card...
same design...same quote...
same stamping...
but I wanted to share the photo to show you the differences in the inking.


It's been great creating Autumn cards.
I am very much an Autumn girl...
I love everything about Fall...
The changing leaves...the weather...nature's color palette...
I've enjoyed creating cards that reflect my love of Autumn.

Thanks for visiting today...
Don;t forget to check in tomorrow to see the next Autumn cards that I will be sharing!
Have a great Saturday!
Michelle.

4 comments:

  1. Very beautiful Michelle! I too am an autumn color girl! Most all decorating in my home are earth tones! Nice cards! ALSO, my packet of Rainbow Bridge poems came yesterday! Thank you again so much! Lynn

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  2. Thanks so much Lynn....
    Yes...Autumn is my favorite season...I love everything about it...
    So glad that you received your little envelope of poems...

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  3. Michelle, first I want to let you know that I received my package from Catherine, the gift Enclosures today ! And just love them ! Can't wait until after Christmas to use them . I have 300 Christmas cards to make between now and the fotst week of December! So pretty busy! Thanks again for drawing my name !
    Today's cards are another day of beauty along with the sentiments! 🍁🍂🎈🐢🎈

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  4. OH!! YaY!
    So happy to read that you received your stamp from Catherine!
    It sounds like you've got lots to do with making 300 Christmas cards!
    Your Catherine stamp will be a nice change of pace after the Holiday cards are all done!

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