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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Hello, Autumn...

Well, this is a quick one, today, because we have some friends coming tomorrow for the Labor Day weekend, and I have to clean and shop, and cook and stuff...

So, the first of the autumn cards are showing up in blogland, and I am happy to say I too, have gotten started.

I made this--


I did the stamping with GinaK Designs Fall Foliage set, and I did a rock and roll sort of thing with different inks.  I sprayed the stamp with alcohol before stamping in some instances, and on some of the leaves I stamped over them with the same stamp, and just one color.  Clearly some experimentation was being done here! 

I also like that I sneaked (snuck?) in some aqua tones.  Any chance to shake up the traditional colors thing...

I used my Stampin' Up wood grain embossing folder on the background piece, and added some white pigment ink directly to the raised surfaces. 

One day I will master the "white gel pen stitching" technique, but not today. 

Oh, and those acorn diecuts are done with a Papertrey Ink die, and run trough several embossing folders.

SO, that's the kick off!  Let the autumn begin!  (I'm not a summer person, anyway...)

Have a great holiday weekend, to those who do Labor Day-

Thanks for stopping by!
All Best-
Richard


7 comments:

  1. Happy Labor Day to you too Richard! I so love Fall and I too have started my cards. I love the mottled effect that you got on the stamped leaves with your "experimentation". Great effect. I also love how you ran the die cuts through several folders for great texture. Great card. Have fun this weekend with friends. Best, Curt

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  2. Oh gosh yes! This welcomes Autumn beautifully. I'm curious if upon opening it also brings cooler temperatures. I'm ready for over-sized fuzzy and fun sweaters!! Happy holiday weekend.
    Lisa :)

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  3. Wonderful card! Although I love the colors of fall; it leads to winter, and I'm not a fan! Have a wonderful weekend! I will be home from my travels with my children on Sunday, so will have a day to recuperate!

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  4. Well...first of all.....THANK god it's almost Fall! LOL And what a gorgeous Fall card! I love the spritzing that makes the leaves look like a beautiful collage! And the layout with the tab sentiments...so cool!! Hahah..."cool"...the operative word! ;) Have a super FANtastic Labor Day weekend!!!!

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  5. that's a cool technique, I have never heard of that before but I really like the effect. looks like you painted the leaves.

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  6. Beautiful card!Love the fall colors,Have A GOOD LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!!

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  7. The aqua mixed in is a great touch to keep it from being overly warm in tone.

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