Hello friends and welcome to a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! This week our challenge is ~ AUTUMN!
Autumn is such a beautiful time of year, the changing colors on the trees are fabulous, the air is cool and the crunch of leaves underfoot brings back lovely memories from childhood and we are really looking forward to seeing whatever autumn inspired creations you make!
For my project, I was inspired by early morning walks in the park and the beauty of nature and created a textured canvas panel using die cuts from Tim Holtz.
...and here's how I created this panel!
To add some depth and colour into my background, I used PaperArtsy Infusions. Warning: You only need a very small amount of these, they do go a long way!! I sprinkled The Sage and Sunset Beach over the top of the pasted area and then spritzed with water, letting the colour run and pool over the background.
Heat dry thoroughly and if you want to add more, just sprinkle more over the top and repeat until you're happy.
To add a little more depth of colour, I then dry brushed the stencilled area with some Gold Rush Metallique Paint, this creates a little shimmer but nothing sparkly which was just perfect for what I wanted. I also added some gold rush around the edges of the canvas.
Add a few splashes of the gold rush paint and Gesso and I also added some gesso around the edges and a few paint scratches. Heat dry the whole surface area and set aside.
Die cut the Dashing Deer from a piece of old packaging and then apply a coat of gesso over the top. When dry, I then added some colour using Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Paints. Adding shading to his little nose using a lighter colour.
For the leaves I used two pieces of white card and spritzed the first piece with Candied Apple and Spiced Marmalade Distress Spray Stains and the second piece with Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive. Dry the card and then die cut a selection of leaves using the Fall Foliage die.
Ink the edges with Walnut Stain and then spritz over the top of the leaves with Mica Spray and once again, heat dry.
Attach the deer onto your canvas using foam pads for dimension and then together with some floristry sisal fibres, layer the leaves across the canvas, placing them beneath the die cut deer.
I also punched out a few laurel leaf pieces from gold metallic card and placed these amongst the leaves.
Cut a strip of crinkle ribbon and dye with Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters Distress Spray Stains before tying into a scruffy bow. Attach the bow to the left hand side of the leaf arrangement. I then created two pinecones from kraft card, using Tim's Tattered Pinecone die and attached these to the centre of the bow.
To complete the canvas, I added a Small Talk sticker and an adornment arrow and finally attached some gorgeous little sparkly crystals and some studs in each corner.
I hope you've enjoyed the creative process behind this autumn inspired canvas and as always if you do need any further inspiration, then you need look no further than our blog to see all the wonderful creations from all the very talented Design Team members and every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....
Idea-ology: Occasions Small Talk Stickers, Adornment Arrow, Crinkle Ribbon
Surfaces: Metallic Kraft Core
Layering Stencil: Herringbone
Mediums: Vintage Platinum Glitter Dust, Gesso, Grit Paste, Alchemy Gold Rush Metallique Paint, glossy Accents
Layering Stencil: Herringbone
Mediums: Vintage Platinum Glitter Dust, Gesso, Grit Paste, Alchemy Gold Rush Metallique Paint, glossy Accents
PaperArtsy Infusions: The Sage, Sunset Beach
Floristry fibres, studs and canvas panel from my own stash
Gorgeous! Emma Love all the texture and detail on your canvas . Just the perfect background for your fabulous deer with his sparkly antlers and all those wonderful autumnal leaves so thoughtfully arranged. I can hear them crunching underfoot as I sit here admiring .
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big hugs xxx
beautiful panel Emma! Love that textured background so much! Great inspiration for fall!
ReplyDeleteWow Emma, this is gorgeous. I love it. xxx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous canvas Emma, the whole design of this is so pretty! I love the reindeer and the colours and textures are fabulous :-) LOVE it! ❤️
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Lols x x x
Emma, another totally gorgeous canvas from you - you certainly have the knack for creating these beautiful pieces!! Love the texture, design, and the expert way you work the color and leaves and all across the bottom. hugs, maura
ReplyDeleteOh my this is gorgeous, Emma!! I love the background and amazing arrangement of leaves. Absolutely gorgeous as always!
ReplyDeleteCathie ♥
Beautiful canvas ... background is amazing, and those fall colors just heart warming !
ReplyDeleteGorgeous panel! Love the way you did the background.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing. I love this panel even more than the rest of your projects. Love the background, paints, infusions, stencil, gold details, my lovely deer and the bunch of leaves. All together make a perfect project. As always... Hugs, Marzena
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Emma! Fall is by far my favorite time of the year!
ReplyDeleteFantastic, you never fail to amaze xx
ReplyDeletewhat a fabulous make. loving the pop of autumn hues from the leaves. gorgeous, hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteLoving the transition this opens up to Winter too, Emma! How clever! The glitter antlers are STELLAR!! :)
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Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
OMG this is spectacular, I love all the details and the texture, I want to touch it. Stunning canvas. Cx
ReplyDeleteThis is just beyond beautiful. So elegant and oh the color! PINNED!
ReplyDeleteThis is so stunning with all the texture, color and overall design! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! What a great scene you've created here! I love your talent for mixing rustic and bling. This is the perfect marriage of them both!
ReplyDeleteAmazing scene Emma! Love so much the background, it's fab as always! barbara
ReplyDeletebeautiful canvas Emma...this reminds me of our walks in the forest crunching through the leaves and the occasional sighting of a stag in the distance...hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteWow.. this is such a gorgeous creation, Emma. The texture and all the details you created are fabulous!b :)
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