Gold Tipped Fall Leaves
by Janet Katz

 

To make the background, I used Distress inkpads and sprays with the ink smooshing technique on 140lb watercolor paper. I started with a 6″ x 7″ piece and cut it down to the 4″ x 5.25″ portion I liked the most.

 

 

Since the die cuts themselves have such great etched detail, I began by cutting them from the same watercolor paper.

 

 

I took each die cut and rubbed it across an embossing ink pad to coat the tips. For the acorns, I used an embossing ink pen. Then, I dipped the leaves and acorns into gold embossing powder and heat embossed each.

 

 

I used a circle punch to cut out a 2.5″ circle from a soft blue-green cardstock. Next, I stamped my sentiment from the Gilded Christmas Wishes Stamp set onto brown cardstock with black ink. I used the label die cut that comes with the stamp set to cut out the sentiment.

 

I made a thread nest using some light brown thread. Finally, I layered it all together beginning with the inky background on top of blue-green cardstock. I placed 3 leaves under my circle and then glued my thread nest on top. I glued together 7 gold-tipped leaves and adhered them to the circle. Next, I adhered the sentiment down over the leaves with foam adhesive. Finally, I added two little acorns onto the sentiment.

 

Try showing off some of our great etched die shapes with plain light cardstock over an exciting background. Happy crafting!