The theme for the We Love Stamping Challenge for October is **Autumn** or of course *Anything Goes* and it so happens that the theme for Stamping Sensations is - you guessed it - **Anything Goes** or *Autumn Colours*. I've decided to take my card along to both challenges this time as it seems to fit the criteria and there's a limit to the number of Autumnal cards I need in my box.
I started with a square of white stamping card and a circle mask so that I could put a faint line of ink to guide me in placing the leaf stamps for which I used a selection of yellows, greens and brown with a touch of orange for the berries. I then decided to pop the little owl in amongst the leaves and he was coloured using pencils before being masked so that I could add a light dusting of yellow in and around the wreath with a some orange concentrated on the leafy area. The final touch was to add some purple to highlight the edges (more Halloween than Autumn I guess, but - hey - artistic licence 😉). As usual with this style of card I dithered over adding a sentiment but have left it blank for now.
The usual opportunity to maybe win a prize at the end of the month
Stamping - All using Lavinia stamps
Inking - Distress Ink and Versafine Clair
Colouring - Polychromos pencils
Adorable card, love the owl. Thanks for joining Stamping Sensations. Anesha
ReplyDeleteThis is really sweet Val … the little owl is adorable, and I love your wreath and inky background xx
ReplyDeleteIt's delightful and I think purple is fine for autumn. Lovely to see you at We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations.
ReplyDeleteThe big eyes on that fun owl look so cute nestled inside of those leafy stems! Great coloring too.
ReplyDeleteWow! A lovely lot of stamping on this pretty card. Sweet little owl sitting among the foliage. Xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely autumnal card, Val. We had a guided walk around our local arboretum and the guide included purple as one of colours of autumn leaves in his talk. 🙂
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
This is lovely, the gaze of that owl is intense!
ReplyDeleteKathyk
As Lynn said, purple is a well used Autumnal colour these days, it's a really pretty card (just ordered one of the Owl's, realised I didn't have a Lavinia one).
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing at Stamping Sensations We Love Stamping challenges.
B x
That owl is just so so cute Val, and the leafy swag in those pretty autumnal tones with this sweet little beautifully coloured owl nestled within it is just really perfect, and a great idea to ink the shape as a guide for the added foliage, and the yellow and the purple look great...some leaves do get that purple tinge on them as they decay so it fits perfectly. x
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute card. Many thanks for joining We Love Stamping Challenge Karen DT
ReplyDeleteThat wreath looks amazing and I love your little owl too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
Helen x
DT