Saturday, October 26, 2013

Enthralled with Fall

That is an absolutely true statement when it comes to me and my favorite season!   Cath has given us a beautiful Tuesday Trigger inspiration, and I just had to play, as the colors of fall are my favorite thing about it.



We have 2 maple trees out front of our house that produces leaves like this!  So I started by trying to recreate the color I saw in the inspiration photo.  I sponged Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed onto a creamy cardstock, spritzed it with water and some extra droplets of those inks, dried it well, and then used one of my brand new Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies to cut out some maple leaves.


I love how the die also embosses the veins of the leaves!  I added my leaves to a panel of embossed woodgrain (Tim Holtz) on grey cardstock, popping the 3rd one above the others, and then added that panel to my card base which was first splattered with the distress inks I used to make my leaves.  The beautiful sentiment is from Our Daily Bread's Randi's Song, an excerpt from a lovely old hymn "Great is Thy Faithfulness".  And I added a few enamel dots to the mix.  

20 comments:

CinnamonSally said...

Fabulous card Lin, I love the ink splashes and those pretty die cut leaves!

Lisa Elton said...

Beautiful card Lin! The little splatters and enamel dots are perfect touches!

Dotty Jo said...

Completely gorgeous Lin, Jo x

Sue McRae said...

Such a wonderful fall card Lin! Love the leaf colours and ink splatters!

donna mikasa said...

I'm in love with your card! The splatters, the enamel dots--all perfectly placed! Love it all...

Deb Walker Deb Stamps Life, LLC said...

Such vibrant color Lin! Love seeing how you put your own stamp on this Tuesday Trigger!

Trinh said...

Gorgeous take on the Trigger, Lin!

Maureen Morton said...

This card is enthralling, Lin! Thanks for the tips on how you made those great leaves! And you have mastered the splatter technique, one that stymies me! Those fun dots are perfect.

Bellaidea said...

I like the touch of pink, cute card!

Kim Hall said...

Lin this is really lovely, the leaves have so much dimension and the colours are just perfect.

Ruth S, justsomestuffimade.com said...

Stunning! Your beautiful sponging creates a very naturalistic marbled look for those leaves - just like the moxie pic!! Rx

jintyoo7 said...

Yikes! AMAZING colour on your leaves, Lin! Stunning Card :)

Michelle said...

Love the cascading leaves, Lin!

Anonymous said...

You captured those colors beautifully, Lin.

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Fabulous card, Lin - perfect for the Trigger!

Nancy Penir said...

I need to follow you around when you pick out sentiments! In love with all of them! You nailed the colors on this card. Beautiful fall splendor!

stampingandstitching said...

Lin, another wonderful card and such a great take on the Trigger! I can tell you're enthralled with fall:)

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Lin! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

Helen F. said...

Oh Lin, your card is simply beautiful. I love the 'falling' colored leaves down the side and that sentiment is totally perfect! :)

Kara said...

another beauty!