Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Autumn Leaves

I can certainly feel a change in the weather here, with a bit of a nip in the air in the mornings and evenings and suddenly the evenings seem to be closing in a lot earlier. Even so, I love autumn and for my card below included some of the colours we’ll get to enjoy on the trees over the next little while.

Autumn Leaves
Stamps (Hero Arts) – Maple Leaf & Birthday Messages

I remember as a kid having so much fun jumping into big piles of leaves in autumn and to this day I still love the rustling sound of leaves as I go on walks at this time of the year. So I thought I’d make my own little pile/path of fallen leaves on this card. To start with I inked pieces of scrap card with various distress inks (spiced marmalade, rusty hinge, mustard seed, tea dye, forest moss, barn door and walnut stain – not only do I love distress inks, I love their names too!). Then I applied the same inks to the leaf stamp and lightly spritzed with water before stamping. After cutting out the leaves I adhered them to a panel which I then trimmed. The sentiment is embossed and I just added some gems to finish.

I’m submitting this card into the Repetition Challenge in the Moxie Fab World, as I used the same leaf stamp for each of the leaves, and the current Hero Arts Challenge – Fall Feast.

12 comments:

CinnamonSally said...

Gorgeous autumn card Heather, love those pretty leaves!

Barb said...

LOVE your gorgeous "pile" of leaves, Heather! Beautiful card! :)

Sue McRae said...

Lots of leafy goodness on this card Heather!

rcwidow (Linda) said...

Wow! This is fabulous. One of the best leaf I have seen!

Cindy C. said...

Stunning Fall leaves!!! Awesome!

Clare said...

Fabulous card! Love the colours! Makes me want to go kick some leaves! : )

Rosemary said...

wow, heather!!! that is one stunning "pile" of leaves!!

Dawn T said...

this is just delightful Heather. The autumn colours are so pretty and I love the idea of a pile of leaves

-Candi said...

Amazingly beautiful card, I just adore it!

Maureen Morton said...

This couldn't be more glorious, Heather! I can hear the rustling from here! Another beauty. Happy fall (but I seriously dislike it!).

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Wow - love your pile of colorful leaves, Heather! I loved jumping into leaf piles when I was a kid - you brought back some great memories!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Heather Maria! Thanks for linking this up to the Repetition Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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