Morning peeps.
The year is whizzing by and it's time for a brand new challenge over at Uniko.
This time we have a really simple theme with a little twist. Here's my take.
The year is whizzing by and it's time for a brand new challenge over at Uniko.
This time we have a really simple theme with a little twist. Here's my take.
Can you guess the theme? It's -
For my inspiration, I was drawn to the colour of the leaves in this glorious pic.
After such a hot summer the leaves are just turning crispy and missing out on the glorious colour changes we normally see, though there are plenty of berries in the hedgerows. The rowans, hollies and hawthorns are laden with bright red berries so from a distance you get a shimmer of red over the whole hedge. The fieldfares, thrushes, blackbirds and others will have a feast! Conkers were raining down on Wednesday with the very strong winds courtesy of Storm Ali and so was the beech mast. In fact some landed on my windscreen as I drove to Sainsbugs and an acorn or some such landed with a fair old ping on the card roof too!
Anyway back to the card. I started by dripping some Copic refill ink onto Yupo paper and left it to dry. Think I was a little too generous with the ink as it left ridges on the panel as it dried.
When dry, I used the Nature's Treasures II stencil with Dreamweaver gold embossing paste to create my pattern. It took awhile as I had to leave each leaf stalk time to dry, if the stencil comes into contact with the paste when even damp it lifts it off. It did happen to me but I managed to hide the offending boo boo under the sentiment strip! I even quite liked how the texture showed through from the background panel in the end.
As I said earlier my gold embossed sentiment strip, using So Much, was laid across the completed panel, carefully masking my 'tiny' error!
My second card uses the same stencil but this time I used DOx ink in Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Abandoned Coral, to colour a white panel. The Camouflaged HELLO was cut from the inked panel and again from brown fun foam before replacing all the bits back into the spaces on the panel after the Beautiful script was stamped. A few sequins complete the card. Very simple to do.
OK, that's it from me but please check out the team here as well as our GD for the month, the wonderfully talented Hannelie at Desert Diva
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You have until midnight GMT on Friday 26th October to enter and the winner will be announced on Friday 2nd November, 8.00am GMT
You have until midnight GMT on Friday 26th October to enter and the winner will be announced on Friday 2nd November, 8.00am GMT
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Hope stencils apply too!
You really do rock the use of stencils Julie. Love your shimmery shiny masterpiece and the camouflaged greeting on the second is superb!
ReplyDeleteHi Jules! You gave us a lovely visual of the fall scenery where you are and the fun the wind has been having with the Conkers and acorns! Your two designs are stunning! The shimmer on that bright fiery red and gold thank you card is amazing! And your Hello card is as beautiful as the recipient will feel! Thank you so much for playing in Twofer Card Challenge #9! (To be considered, please note next time that the prompt feature must be executed with stamps or dies as the badge says. Sorry, my friend!) Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteYou've painted a lovely picture of Fall in your part of the world...sounds gorgeous. And speaking of gorgeous...both your cards have induced swooning! Love the vibrant gold/reds of the first and the pretty leaves/die cut of the second. WOW!
ReplyDeleteWe seem to have bypassed fall and gone straight into winter...snowing at this moment. Forecast is for a 'return' to seasonal weather during the week, but I'll be officiating tomorrow's bike race in rain/snow, with a high forecast for 3C. Good thing I've brought my winter woolies!
hugs~carol
These are beautiful autumnal makes Julie. We have masses of berries in our hedgerows too and more spies than we have seen for several years. My in house weather man predicts a hard winter...Oh joy!! Hope you weren't hit too hard by the storm last night. Lots of limbs torn off trees down here and more to come tomorrow xx
ReplyDeleteLOVE your gorgeous alcohol ink panel with the gold embossing on top. The texture from underneath adds to the overall look ... a happy accident! The design is so beautiful and elegant.
ReplyDeleteYour second card is another amazing design. Love the colours of your fall leaves and this is one of the best hidden words cards I've seen. Adding the brown foam underneath just adds a little something extra for the word to stand out. Two fabulous and inspiring cards! xx
WoW! Absolutely gorgeous cards ! Love the gold stencilled leaves over this bold and vibrant background. A really stunning card! Also love the camouflage card. You totally rock this challenge. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThese are both gorgeous, Julie ... the warm richness of the gold over the alcohol ink background is so eyecatching ... and such a lovely contrast with your second card, where the blending is wonderfully soft and subtle! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Twofer! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! Stunning designs. Love the gold stencil paste on that rich coloured panel ..... looks beautiful. Love the hidden sentiment design too, great colours xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous fall card! thanks for joining our sequin challenge at CAS-ual Fridays
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards Julie, thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays.
ReplyDeleteLove both your cards! The AI is stunning with the gold paste. The background is perfect for the eclipse card. Thanks so much for joining us at the CASual Fridays Challenge!
ReplyDeleteWow wow! Fantastic duo! Loving the richness and intensity of your gold embossing paste and the Yupo card. Really wonderful and also love the crisp second card with the eclipse technique for that extra finishing touch. xx
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