Signs of Autumn

Although we are still in summer, there are definitely signs of autumn already.  So, I think this card for a friend having a birthday today will still be appropriate.  The nights are cooler and the colours are beginning to change.  This one is another for the Friends of Speedy the Cat’s Fall/Harvest Challenge.  Do you like my new watermark?  I carefully followed the tutorial on Vicki Dutcher’s blog and there it is.   My husband did show me how to do it a few years ago but as I didn’t go over it straight away I did not remember the process.

This card was another one inspired by the art magazine I picked up.  The artist is Michel LeRoux and his woodland scenes are beautiful, especially those with some fall colours.  As he creates movement, light and darkness with dabs of paint  I thought the leaves stamp from Branch Out might do a similar thing.  I started by colouring directly onto the tree stamp but only inking parts of it so that the branches would peep out through the leaves.  I repeated this several times and then started inking the leaves stamp for repeated impressions.  After there was a lot of colour on the card I used the choc chip marker to lengthen some of the branches and create a few extras.

Thanks for dropping in, have a great weekend.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Branch Out, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Chocolate Chip,Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Almost Amethyst, Old Olive, Apricot Appeal, So Saffron
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Flourishes Classic Ivory

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