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Tuesday 27 September 2011

Art Journey: Autumn Colours


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I must admit I love to use these colours! So thank you Art Journey for choosing them!

For the background I created it in Tim Holtz fashion which you can see HERE.

Then I used various stamps from the grunge set to add more depth. The Gentlemen were printed onto parchment. The colours looked so autumnal it really reminded me of the light at this time of year, particularly in the afternoon and the sun is getting lower. So to give this warm glow to the men I added some gilded touches as they walk amongst the fallen leaves.

The leaves are a process I developed which I have never seen anywhere else. They are actually dried leaves which I have heat embossed. These leaves had such a great colour to them that I only used clear embossing powder on them. Sometimes if the colour of the leaves are not so rich I will use a mixture of metallic embossing powders which gives another great look. You can see a tutorial on how to do it HERE

9 comments:

Cynthia Schelzig said...

Love fall colors too...this is a beauty and love your leaf dangle.

Artyjen said...

Very autumnal and rich ;)
xoxo Sioux

Lesley Edmonds said...

What a great tutorial. Thanks Laura. Lovely tag - love those autumn colours.

Alison said...

So beautiful, I really love those embossed leaves!! Thanks for the link x

Willy said...

Wonderful tag, Laura! Thanks for joining us at Art Journey Challenge # 13.

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Such a fantastic tag, the leaf looks fabulous.

Art Journey said...

Great tag!!! Thanks for joining.

Rika said...

Gorgeous tag!

Paula Whittaker said...

lovely autumnal tag - thank you for taking part in AJ challenge #13.

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