The Maple Trilogy

Hello friends,

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I'm back to share another card I made for the awesome Autumn Challenge at Lawn Fawn with some maple leaves. 

Products used:

woodgrain embossing folder (company unknown), #rangerdistress inks (for the background & leaves), #lawnfawn (stitched leaves), #ldrs (label die), gold acrylic paint (for spatters & leaf edges), #fiskars (sentiment stamp), #rangers embossing powder & archival ink (for sentiment) & #vervestamps (sequins)

For the background, the debossed side of the embossing folder was inked, then run through the Big Shot. This was followed by rubbing the ink pad over the embossed area. To half of the panel, strips of gold cardstock were added to the edges and adhered to the card base. For the leaves, a panel of watercolour paper was directly inked with various autumn colours, arranged closely together. It was then generously sprayed with water until the ink started to move and blend with the other colors. Once dry, multiple leaves were cut from the panel. I used only maple leaves here, which I spattered with gold paint and randomly around the leaf edges. The leaves were gently folded along the centre vein for dimension. The sentiment was heat embossed on a die-cut vellum label, but as my embossing powder seemed tarnished, I used archival ink to stamp over it. The leaves & sentiment label were adhered and finished off with sequins.

 

Challenges entered:

#lawnfaunatics - autumn

#wordartwednesday - anything goes

#diecutdivas - anything goes

#parkhopping - harvest festival at Dollywood

#timeout - spatter, metallic & season

#fourseasons - fall

#canuhandledpressure - embossing folder, tree bark &  leaves

Have a great WCMD weekend.

Leanne.