Autumn’s Beauty🍁🍂

Hi everyone, wow here we are in October already, and autumn vibes are definitely in the air! I love warm and cosy autumn colours and there are also a lot of autumn themed challenges around, so I thought I’d get into the groove with an autumnal make and practice my wreath stamping at the same time.

I cut a square of cream multifarious card, and created a circle using blended Distress Oxide inks and a Lavinia circle mask. I then 2nd generation stamped some autumnal wording inside the circle in orange, then stamped the squirrel in a reddish brown. I stamped the oak leaves around the circle followed by the acorns and coloured them with a mixture of Elements ink and Distress ink. I highlighted the squirrel, leaves and acorns with a white gel pen (iin hindsight i think I rather overdid the white on the squirrel but i was rushing to finish so didn't look back to my previous attempt which was rather better!), and gave the squirrel an eye and mouth with a fineliner pen. Finally I stamped a sentiment in the corner then matted the finished piece onto brown card stock and a 6” square card blank.

Stamps: Lavinia Red Squirrel, Oak Leaves, Oak Leaf Flourish, Winter Spice; sentiment - AALL & Create #896 Forget Me Not;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber); Distress Inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Lavinia Elements ink (Russet Orange); Versafine Clair (Pinecone, Summertime); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Spectrum Noir Harmony ink (Bordeaux); white gel pen, black fine liner;

Tools: Lavinia circle masks.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #748 -  Autumn Trees, Leaves and Berries

As You Like It - Favourite Harvest Colours (and why) - TOP 3

(I love the combo of orange and brown as it is really rich and autumnal)

Aud Sentiments #306 - Ink Blending and/or Autumn plus a Sentiment

Crafty Gals Corner #247 - Signs of Fall

Creatalicious #268 - Anything Goes with option Autumn Colours - TOP 3

Creative Inspirations (October) - Autumn or Hallowe’en

Do-Al(l) Kreative #82 - Leaves - TOP 3

Dragonfly Dreams (October) - Autumn - TOP 3

Four Seasons (October) - Anything Goes Fall

Sheepski #79 - Autumn Colours

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Stamping Sensations (October) - Autumn Colours

Sweet Stampin’ - Autumn - TOP 3

Try It On Tuesday - Autumn - TOP 3

Use Your Stuff #494 - Small Type

Word Art Wednesday #615/616 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

I really need to be getting a wriggle on with some Christmas cards, but I just love autumn colours so I may make a few more, even though I don’t actually own any specific autumn sentiments (though I have been looking!!)

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,