Celebrating Fall

Hi everyone.  I LOVE Fall ... the colours, the crisp air ... it's magical.  And I love making fall cards.  I'm back with another Fall Birthday card using a beautiful leaf stencil.  

I started by randomly sponging the background with Distress inks:  Mustard Seed, Cracking Campfire, Gathered Twigs.  I dried my card panel and then placed the Tumbling Leaves stencil (Simon Says Stamp) overtop.  I pressed down over the stencil with my Versamark pad and then removed the stencil, sprinkling with clear embossing powder and heat set.  I wiped the panel down to make sure there was no anti-static powder left and then sponged over the whole thing with Gathered Twigs ink.  I used a dry paper towel to wipe off any excess ink that remained on top of the heat embossing (emboss resist technique).  For the last step, I splattered the panel with yellow gold Fintec watercolour paint.

I mounted the panel onto my card base, which had the top corners rounded.  Stamped the sentiment (Endless Birthday Wishes - SU!) at the top with Crackling Campfire ink.

Close-up ...

Sending the above card to the following Challenges:

1) Seize the Birthday #292 - Use the word Celebrate

2) Darnell's IDEAS Oct. Challenge - Inks / Colour Mediums

3) Stencil Fun Challenge Sept. - Anything Stenciling Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Endless Birthday Wishes - retired (SU!)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Mustard Seed, Crackling Campfire, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz); Versamark
Accessories:  sponges, Tumbling Leaves Stencil (SSS), Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, Fintec Yellow Gold Watercolour Paint 

Challenges:

Seize the Birthday #292 - Celebrate

IDEAS Oct. Challenge - Inks

Stencil Fun Challenge Sept.