Hello There

We are back with a new challenge over @ Inspired By Card Challenges.  This week we are playing with Fall themes, leaves, color, patterns and Christmas!

I was inspired by the colors, leaves, patterns on the leaves, pops of fall colors against white, and the fall theme.

Just Saying Hello card

The leaves are shimmery from being heat-embossed with clear powder.  They are really fun to look at against the white Shiplap background.

It's a little harder to tell in the photos, but the yellow leaf is shiny also.

To create the leaves:

*Die-cut various leaves from white card stock

*Ink blend the leaves with PTI Fresh Snow, then ink blend a fall color onto the leaves

 (I do this step to soften the shade of the ink, and give it a very smooth appearance, you CAN skip the white ink blending)

*Heat emboss the leaves with clear embossing powder.

*Using a toothpick and white acrylic paint, create designs on the leaves.

*As the leaves are drying, die-cut two wheat stems from The Greetery Botanicuts Wheat, ink blend the stems the same color as your leaves, adhere to back of leaf.  (if your leaf comes with a stem, you could cut it off if you like the look of thinner stems)

Hello There card

The sentiment on this card is stamped onto vellum before heat-embossing and adhering it to The Greetery Crimped Circle die. I blended a darker brown on the outer edge of the leaf, then a lighter brown on the inside before heat-embossing with clear powder.  I ink-blended the bow from PTI and heat-embossed it before adhering it to the leaf.

And here is the IB188C

And here is the sketch for this week!

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