It's release day over at I-crafter and there are a bunch of fabulous goodies to get excited about! Now that it is September, fall is nearly upon us....so, that was my inspiration for todays card.
Fall is my favourite season. I am in love all the gorgeous colour that comes with it and I tried to capture those variations in this card. This is a 5.5x5.5 square card. The width and height gives enough room to create the effect of a leaf falling into a pile.
I started by creating 3 masks of the maple leaf. I used sticky notes and to save fussy cutting time I used 3 layers, stamped the top one and cut it out creating 3 identical leaves. Then, on the card panel, I began to create my "pile". Stamping and masking as I went.
As my pile grew I stamped the single leaf on the top to make sure that I did not make the pile too big.
Once I was happy with the pile I created, I started my colouring. I used Prismacolour pencils.
Greens: Spring green, Apple green, Kelly green, Dark green
Yellows: Lemon yellow, Canary yellow, Spanish Orange
Oranges: Yellowed orange, Orange, Pale Vermillion, Pumpkin orange,
Reds: Permanent Red, Scarlet Lake, Crimson Lake,
Finally I stamped my sentiment in the center and adhered my panel to a thin black cardstock matte and adhered it to my cardbase.
This Falling Leaves Sentiment set and the whole release is available now from the store. Here's my link:
I hope you enjoy my little bit of fall! Thanks for visiting. Happy Crafting!