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Hello Fall

Happy first day of fall!  Today's card uses a variety of Tim Holtz products to celebrate the first day of my favorite season.


I sprayed a variety of Distress Mica Stains onto watercolor paper.  Then, I used the Tim Holtz Leaf Fragments Thinlits to cut out the leaves from the watercolor paper.  I cut two A2 ivory card panels.  I used the Leaf Fragment dies to die-cut a larger leaf out of the top of the card panels and a smaller leaf out of the bottom of the card panels.  I embossed both these panels using the Foliage 3-D embossing folder.  I trimmed a small amount off of each panel.


For the purple card, I placed gold foil cardstock on the back of each of the leaf cut-outs.  I glued this ivory card panel to a dark brown A2 cardstock panel.  


For the other card, I glued the ivory card panel directly to a rust-colored A2 cardstock panel.  


I inlaid the die-cut leaves that had more of the orange and yellow mica stains to the leaf cutouts of the ivory panel.   For the purple card, I adhered the leaves that had more of the purple mica stain.  I used coordinating cardstock to die-cut the word "FALL", and the word "Happy" was die-cut from dark brown cardstock. The sentiment was placed across the center of each card.


I had so much fun testing out the new Distress Mica Spray Stains.  They provide a beautiful shimmer that is just perfect for fall cards.

Hello Fall
Supplies:
  • Strathmore Watercolor Cold Press Paper
  • Recollections Cardstock - Ivory, Kraft, Gold Foil
  • Textured Cardstock - Dark Brown and Rust
  • Bazzil Bling Cardstock - Royalty
  • Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stains - Flickering Candle, Jack-O-Lantern, Bubbling Cauldron, Crooked Broomstick, and Hocus Pocus
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Leaf Fragments
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foliage
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumeric Shadow Upper
  • Sizzix Christmas Phrases 2 - "Happy"
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