Woo hoo! The lovely design team at Just Us Girls has asked me to guest design with them for the month of September! And this week's word prompt seems ideal to kick off the September challenges: LEAVES. Although I'm not looking forward to the end of summer, I chose a fall palette of leaves anyway.
I used a trio of alcohol ink colours, plus a little gold, to create a Yupo sheet of autumn colours, then die cut my trio of maple leaves. The neutral, textured cardstock added some interest to the backing panel without taking away from the colourful leaves, I thought. Finally, a torn vellum strip with the sentiment embossed in gold, to bring out the bits of gold on the leaves.
The talented team at JUGs have many interpretations of LEAVES to inspire you! I hope you will find time to join us - the challenge runs until midnight EDT Thursday. Thanks again for inviting me to play along this month!
(This is the first of three posts today - I hope you will come back later for Inkspirational and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!)
Supplies: Papertrey Ink smoky shadow & Bazzill textured beige cardstock, Yupo paper, vellum, Hero Arts sympathy stamp, Versamark ink, Simon Says Stamp antique gold embossing powder, Jacquard Piñata señorita margarita, calabaza orange, sun bright yellow & rich gold alcohol inks, Poppy Stamps Maple Leaf & MFT diagonal stitched rectangle die
I haven't had a lot of luck with alcohol inks, but these gorgeous leaves are the inspiration I need to try again. Stunning card!
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous leaves, the secret might be yupo paper. I looked at my lovely two step stamping leaves set on Friday and put it back. DARN. Beautiful card and the leaves are the star of the show.
ReplyDeleteYour leaves are so gorgeous. Love how you got all those beautiful fall colors together...not muddled, just so crisp, distinct and random.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, what a brilliant guest designer card. I love those colours and the vibrancy of the alcohol inks xx
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your GD gig at JUGS! Your card is absolutely STUNNING Lindsey! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty card Lindsey! I love the torn vellum and your leaves came out fabulously! I am so glad you are with us at Just Us Girls this month.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to JUGS! This is absolutely stunning with those amazing leaves. Love your design and the gold embossed sentiment on the torn vellum!
ReplyDeleteFantastic coloring in those leaves and perfect placement!
ReplyDeleteThose alcohol inks made for some beautiful leaves
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw this on IG I had to let you know how gorgeous your leaves turned out. Your AI panel you created in perfect gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteYour leaves are so perfect it's like you picked them off a tree, Lindsey.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous leaves!!! Love your card, thanks so much for sharing at JUGS this week!
ReplyDeleteOh, and soooo excited to have you guesting with us this month!!!
ReplyDeleteA big welcome Lindsey as our Guest this month at JUGS. Love your AI leaves. Stunning. Great finish with the torn vellum. Love it. Looking forward to seeing more of your creations for us this month.
ReplyDeleteJust popping in to say that your card looks amazing. The alcohol ink leaves are fabulous, so unique and absolutely beautiful x.
ReplyDeleteThose leaves are gorgeous! I love using alcohol inks and these colors together make such beautiful leaves! Welcome to JUGs for September! We have happy to have you joining us this month!
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