Saturday, September 5, 2020

Just Us Girls Guest Designer!


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


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16 comments:

Karen said...

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!

Barbara Godden said...

What 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.

Joyce said...

Your leaves are so gorgeous. Love how you got all those beautiful fall colors together...not muddled, just so crisp, distinct and random.

HilaryJane said...

This is gorgeous, what a brilliant guest designer card. I love those colours and the vibrancy of the alcohol inks xx

Chris Dring said...

Congrats on your GD gig at JUGS! Your card is absolutely STUNNING Lindsey! Wow!

Nancy said...

This 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.

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Welcome to JUGS! This is absolutely stunning with those amazing leaves. Love your design and the gold embossed sentiment on the torn vellum!

A.Rose said...

Fantastic coloring in those leaves and perfect placement!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Those alcohol inks made for some beautiful leaves

Tracey McNeely said...

When 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!!!

Bobby said...

Your leaves are so perfect it's like you picked them off a tree, Lindsey.

Macimbalo said...

What gorgeous leaves!!! Love your card, thanks so much for sharing at JUGS this week!

Macimbalo said...

Oh, and soooo excited to have you guesting with us this month!!!

Ina G said...

A 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.

Mac Mable said...

Just popping in to say that your card looks amazing. The alcohol ink leaves are fabulous, so unique and absolutely beautiful x.

Lisa Kind said...

Those 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!