Autumn...........

Good morning!

Well, this is a bit of an announcement for me! I'm really excited to share the news that I have been requested to be part of the Fashionable Stamping Challenges design team (and I'm thrilled!).

My first design team challenge is launched today over at FSC http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com so hop over and take a look at the brilliant inspiration by all of the DT members.  The challenge this month is "trees" so go on........ show us what you can do with all those lovely Autumnal colours and stamps that you've got hidden in those drawers - or use it as an excellent excuse to order some!!!!!

OK, I took a couple of photo's along the way with this one so without further ado, lets take our journey shall we - a "design team members journey"!

OK, there was rather a lot of work to this piece of artwork but it was lovely to see it grow and progress.  I started with my usual plain piece of white card stock (good quality - I have used Sheena douglass stamping card here) and stamped the face - a favourite of mine - (stampers anonymous) not inking close to the edge of the face.  

I used some masking fluid to mask off areas of the face where I didn't want ink to land - I wanted the face to show through the branches.  I then stamped branches (Inkylicious and Visible Image) and popped the little hedgehog down at the front (he is a friend of "Fleabag" by Polyanna Pickering).

OK, don't panic, it starts to look a little out of control at this stage but I've got this - don't worry!!!!

So, I carried on building my woodland using leaves from Inkylicious, branches from Polyanna Pickering and trees again from Inkylicious.  I've stamped these trees in different shades of distress inks and stencilled in some bushes again in different distress inks for ground foliage.  I popped Mr Fox there as I thought it would be fun - (I think he may be from Clarity Stamp and their woodland creatures set).

So here we are, all drawing gum removed, I've shaded in the face and the open areas and stamped a lovely sentiment "The fox has many tricks, the hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all" (to crawl up in a ball).

I finally added some leaves that I stamped, painted in and fussy cut around again, to make it appear that she is peeking through.

I was pleased with this one, (hope Fashionable Stamping Challenges are!!!???).

"A forest with it's woodland queen".

Thanks for stopping by and good luck for the challenge!

Leanne x

Autumn Birthday Wishes For You........

Good morning!

Let me introduce you to an Autumnal friend - "Fleabag" the hedgehog - isn't he just fabulous!!!!?

This has to be one of my all time favourite stamps, it's from Polyanna Pickering.

Well, the summer has gone and the Autumn has set in so it is time to get Fleabag back out of his storage box!

I took some photo's along the way so shall we take a journey?

I started with (unusual for me) a cream piece of card stock.  Can you guess the first stamp that was used??????.............

Yes, it's the leaf on Fleabags' head.  I masked that off with masking fluid and then stamped Fleabag himself and masked him off too.

Then one by one, stamped out the lovely leaves (Inkylicious) and masked those to allow for others to fall behind them.  Painted them in with distress inks and masked them all over.

Now, I always have an idea in my head of where I'm going with a piece of artwork but I wasn't sure just how I was going to get there with this one!  I knew that I wanted the effect of wood or bark behind Fleabag and only had an embossing folder with that effect on it so in "good old fashioned Leanne style" I embossed a piece of funky foam.........can you see where I'm going with this???.....

Yes! You've got it! I wiped my distress ink pad down it and used it as a rubber (or rather "foam" stamp!!!!!).  PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!

I rubbed away all of the masking fluid and added a highlight of paint here and there and added a bit of darkness underneath Fleabag so that he wasn't floating so much.  Added the sentiment "Autumn Birthday Wishes For You".

Matted and layered.

I think he's happy there amongst the leaves.......don't you?

Very happy with this card, very happy indeed.

I would like to enter this in to the Cards In Envy challenge - Goodbye Summer, Hello FALL!.

http://cardsinenvy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/goodbye-summer-hello-fall.html

The Male Room - Leaves / Trees.

http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/challenge-45-theme.html

Creative Corner Challenges - Autumn.

https://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/team-mel-autumn-sponsored-by-bugaboo.html

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Autumnal Colours.

http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/2016/09/11/challenge-115-autumnal-colours/

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xx