Seasonal Tree

Good morning, all,

In my previous post I used one of my new stamps - Lavinia "Seasonal Tree" - for a Hallowe'en card, but mentioned I had bought it primarily with a view to enabling me to make the occasional autumnal card ... so here is my first attempt. 

My idea was to make a tranquil scene with an early misty morning vibe, so having stamped and heat embossed my tree I created my background with a colour wash of Distress Oxide rather than the usual ink blending or smooshing. I used a little ink blending to create my sun and to ground the tree, then stamped and coloured my falling leaves. I finished off with my stamped and cut up sentiment and birds, and matted the finished panel onto brown linen card stock.

I have to confess I did struggle with this card - having stamped my tree I couldn't decide how to represent falling leaves, and had several failed experiments before finally coming up with this. 

Stamps: Lavinia Seasonal Tree, Birds; leaves and sentiment - Visible Image "Erika's Maple";

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Hickory Smoke, Frayed Burlap); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Versafine Clair (Nocturne).

Challenges I would like to enter:

Alphabet Challenge - N is for Nature

Creative Inspirations (October) - Autumn or Hallowe’en (2nd entry)

Dragonfly Dreams (October) - Autumn or Hallowe’en (2nd entry)

Everybody Art #521 - Autumn

Sheepski #67 - Autumn Things (2nd entry)

Simon Says (Monday) - Fabulous Fall Moodboard

(I was inspired by the top right and bottom right pictures, and the colour swatch buttons)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Fall Colours

Stamping Sensations (October) - All Things Autumn (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - Autumn (2nd entry) - TOP 5

Use Your Stuff #468 - Autumn/Fall

We Love Stamping (October) - Autumn Colours (2nd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #565/566 - Anything Goes

This card is actually pretty representative of the weather outside today as it is quite misty here. Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,