Angelica is joining us today with a beautiful project to get you in the mood for fall! I for one can’t wait! It’s my favorite season.
Speaking of fall, we have some fun new products coming to the shop soon! We’ll begin sharing peeks of our new Harvest Fest collection in just a few days, and it will hit the shop on Wednesday, August 30. I’m excited to share all of the details of this collection with you, so I hope you’ll join us next week!
Can you believe we are coming to the end of summer? We have had such a lovely summer here in WA state, and my daughter and I enjoyed every second of it. But now it’s time to buy school supplies and clothes, and we’re close to being back to 8pm bedtime. Since Autumn is right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to make a card for the season.
I die-cut Bristol Smooth paper with the Jumbo Curiosity Buckeye Leaf die. I pulled out a craft mat, a few Distress Oxide inks, and a water spray bottle, and started inking the die-cut leaves. I pushed the ink pads onto my craft mat, sprayed the ink with water, and then smooshed the leaves into the ink. I used a variety of yellow, red, and brown inks, drying the leaves in between each layer. I love ink-smooshing, but I have a bad habit of not knowing when to quit. Even though I could still see some white paper, I decided to stop before I put too much ink on them, and set the leaves under my MISTI overnight so they would flatten out.
For the background, I picked a really soft cream cardstock to work with. This paper was retired years ago, so I use it sparingly, but thought it would be perfect for the background. I decided to stick with the ink-smooshing theme, and wiped Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink onto my craft mat, and sprayed it with water. I smooshed the whole panel onto the ink, let it set for a couple seconds, then dried it with my heat tool. I picked Tea Dye Oxide ink to use for a second layer, this time not using as much ink. Once the panel was dried, I stamped a sentiment from the Fall Foliage stamp set, using black ink, and glued a few leaves to the panel. I trimmed the edges, and attached the panel to a card base to finish the card.
I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to our beautiful green leaves outside, so I will just enjoy how pretty these paper leaves turned out for now. Enjoy the last of your summer, friends!
