I've been in a rut lately & asked for some inspiration. Another card maker suggest working with fall colors and leaves. My first step was to create some leaves. I used watercolor paper and dabbed watercolors and water all over it. When dry, I used dies and punched to cut leaves from this paper.
Next, I had to find cards to mount the leaves on. I used some embossing folders to create them.
I've been in a bit of a rut and haven't made many cards. I decided to pull out my alcohol inks and yupo paper. I didn't have a plan, just see what happened. Here is a couple of my backgrounds.
After making a few more backgrounds, I pulled out some dies to create some cards.
This shadow box card was made with 1/2 of the top background. I used 2 Memory Box dies to create window in both the front and inside panels to show the background. A few stamps added to the design.
This card was made with the other half of the previous background. The forest collage die is from Simon Says Stamp. I added some punched leaves cut from watercolored paper and a die cut sentiment.
This is another alcohol ink backgound showing through the opening cut with a die by Hero Arts. I added a thin frame cut with a Simon Says Stamp die and corner dies from Poppy Stamps.
