Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Honesty TE28" Autumn Leaves Card

 

This is a "when you can't sleep... craft" card. Something disturbed the dog about 3:30 am and I gave up trying to get to sleep at 4:30 am!  There are so many beautiful colours outside at the moment, both in the trees and the hedgerows, I felt inspired to create something with those hues.

I used a white piece of card and very lightly coverd it with four shades of Ranger Archival Inks.  The colours I used are:  Sunflower, Tea Rose, Orange Blossom and Fern Green, applied with a blending brush to give just a hint of colour.

I then moved on to stamp the leaves, which are part of the Tracy Evans Botuique Designs "Honesty TE28" stamp set. For the yellow/green leaves I used Versafien Clair Golden Meadow and a touch of Summertime.  For the red leaves I used Versafine Clair Summertime,  Tulip Red and Chianti.  For the green leaf, I used Versafine Clair Avocado and Shady Lane inks.

I then stamped the branch, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Silhouettes TE38" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Sand Dune" ink/

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to add slight shadows and then used a gold coloured gel pen to add dots to the background of the card, before matting and layering it.