Good Monday morning. I have another fall leaf project to share with you today. I had a couple sheets of glossy cardstock in my stash from last year that I had colored with Adirondack alcohol inks. I used one of the frames from the Circle Shaker frames set as a base and made a partial wreath of leaves using the Leaves Set and paired it with deer from the Deer Trio. I created the embossed background with the Lifestyle Crafts Wood Grain embossing folder.
Check out my Leaves with Alcohol Inks step by step tutorial if you would like to see how I applied the alcohol inks to the cardstock.
I started by applying gathered twigs ink with a brayer on the embossing folder and embossing a piece of cream cardstock to create the tree background. I attached the the embossed layer to the card base with strips of mounting tape. I attached the circle frame to the embossed layer with mounting tape to create the base for the wreath.
I randomly attached the leaves around the circle base using glossy accents. I turned them in all directions to create a natural looking design. I finished by attaching the three deer with mounting tape.
Here’s a closer view. I started to color the deer but finally decided leaving them plain would make a statement without distracting from the dark brown trees in the background.
Thanks for coming by today. I hope you have a great week.
Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”
Kittie, this is such a pretty card…. I’m still loving the colors in your leaves…. so fallish…. and the background is amazing… nothing I’ve ever seen before. And the deer are perfect. All in all, this is an A++++++ card… thank you for sharing your creativity
Beautiful…glad you left the deer white….they really pop…I am confused how you have the white with the woodgrain eb folder when the cs was colored with the alcohol ink….I love that look.
Beautiful, so enjoying your fall themed cards!
Vickie, Only the cardstock for the leaves was done with alcohol inks. The background was done by brayering ink onto the embossing folder before I embossed the cardstock. I hope that makes sense.
Gorgeous fall card Kittie. The tree colored embossing folder looks beautiful behind the wreath, and the white deer, perfect. What beautiful effects you show with the cards you create, amazing. Im always in awe.
This is beautiful Kittie.
Gorgeous! I love how you did the tree background and then that blast of fall color and the serene little deer. Love it!
Kittie, you saved me AGAIN! I needed inspiration for my husband’s birthday card (tomorrow)! Thank you! This is perfect!
Very nice indeed. Love your leaves.
Such a pretty card the background looks like trees . Love the leaf 1/2 wreath . Thanks for sharing .
Good Afternoon, Kittie. AWESOME! this is gorgeous. I took the time also to look at your tutorial on the alcohol ink for the leaves, must try that one. It made the whole image work together to create a wonderful scene that would be in the fall mountains. The white deer is perfect, they blend in the woods, You did it again. ….inspired me and brought joy to my day. thanks so much.
Wonderful, wonderful!! Thank you so much for the tutorial, I LOVE working with glossy paper and Tim Holtz’s Alcohol Ink. Your card is splendid. I really think you did a superb job. TFS.
Kittie this card is gorgeous! I am excited to try the alcohol inks on the gloss paper. Just love fall leaves, not raking them though LOL.