Autumnal Inlay

Hello. A little playtime – and fiddly – time today to create this card:

I was inspired by the current colours at Color Hues – olive and mustard. I took my trusty Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, and sprays and set to with ink smooshing, splattering and generally getting messy and inky. These were the products used:

I created three panels, one with Crushed Olive with Crushed Olive splatters, and the others with Mustard Seed with Crushed Olive splatters also.

Whilst these panels were drying, I found a [previously created piece of card I could use for the acorns. This was a piece of Kraft card, onto which I stamped a wood grain pattern – ideal for the acorns.

I die cut the Concord & 9th ‘Autumn Inlay’ die from each of the panels to get the colours of the leaves I wanted, and die cut again from Spellbinders brushed gold card stock to get the leaf veins, and the caps of the acorns.

Now for the paper-piecing……fiddly, but worth it. I took a white piece of card and added a double sided sheet to it, die cut the panel yet again from white and stuck that down. All the elements were inlaid and pieced where I thought the colours would work best.

The final touch were some Pinkfresh Studio jewels which have a gold and silver glitter to them and dotted them around.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Hues – olive and mustard – neutrals and gold and silver also allowed

MAWTT – autumnal colours

Die Cut Divas – die cuts anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Avenue 613 Create – anything goes – option of lots of leaves taken

Paper Funday – anything goes – option of colours of Autumn taken

Ellibelle’s corner – I Spy – colours of the season

17 thoughts on “Autumnal Inlay”

  1. Unknown's avatar

    Beautiful intricate work and I love the subtle autumnal colour palette. Thanks so much for sharing at this month’s “I Spy” Challenge – “colours of the season”.
    Pauline xx

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    You are playing with some of my favorite supplies and your card turned out beautifully! I love the texture, colors and shine of those pretty leaves. The jewels are stunning too. We are so glad that you’ve joined us at Color Hues!

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  6. JulieP's avatar

    Wow! This is a stunner!!! I love the color texture of your elements. The time you took to inlay them really shows. Just beautiful. Thanks so much for playing with me at Color Hues! – Jules

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  9. Unknown's avatar

    I love the results from all your smooshing and piecing! That hard work certainly paid off! It’s a great design and a beautiful autumnal card! Thanks for sharing with us at Color Hues!

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