Friday 5 September 2014

'Autumn Beauty '~ September ePlay Challenge ~ 'Fall'.

It's time for a new ePlay challenge over on The eclectic Paperie blog. Debbie is our hostess and she has chosen 'Fall' as the theme for September. You can see her fabulous layout by following the link here. For my design team piece, I've created an inside out canvas featuring a wonderful huge Donna Downey design stamp, that I've been wanting to use since Kim sent it to me a few weeks ago. Here's how I got started...
I chose a piece of corrugated card as my substrate and removed some of the surface before giving it a coat of  Studio Gesso. I then applied Distress Paints in various 'autumnal' colours and allowed them to marble together after spraying them with water. I then stamped the gorgeous face, onto a tissue with black Archival Ink. The stamp is called 'Windows to the Soul' by Unity Stamp Co. I separated the layers of tissue and adhered the image to the painted surface with Studio Matte Multi Medium. I left this to dry and set to work on my leaves. I coloured a few pieces of lightweight card with more Distress Paint and dried them with my heat tool.
I then used the Jumbo Tattered Florals Die to cut out lots of leaves. To make them more 'leaf-like'. I stamped each one with a crackle patterned stamp from my stash. I then folded them in half and ran a smudge of Vintage Photo Distress Ink down the middle to create a spine. 
I had great fun arranging the leaves and adhering them around the face to create my 'Autumn Beauty' Once I'd finished, I decided to add a little gold embossing to the edges. I then mounted the panel inside the back of an 11 x 8 canvas I'd had around for a while, I'd already painted the frame but decided to add a little Tarnished Brass Distress Paint. to complete my Autumn Beauty, I adhered a deep pink flower to her 'hair'.
 Well, There's certainly a touch of Autumn in the air here in the UK. The trees are starting to change colour and my garden is already littered with leaves, conkers and hazel nuts. The squirrels are having a ball! x
We'd love to see what fabulous 'Fall' creations you can come up with. There is a $25 gift certificate for Kim's wonderful eclectic Paperie shop, for one lucky winner. Hop over to the blog with this link where you'll find all the challenge details. Here are some of the products available from Kim's eP shop, which I've used on this project: 

9 comments:

  1. Stunning! Love how the face peeps out of the leaves which are beautifully created! Gorgeous autumnal piece!

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  2. Superb leaves and a really vibrant autumnal project Toni. Love it. Jenny x

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  3. Donna's stamp really is beautiful and I love how you used it with the corrugated card and those leaves are sensational! Anne x

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  4. Oh - this is SO cool Toni! love the leaves surrounding that wonderful face - what a clever design!

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  5. What a great fall piece! I love it. I can not imagine using that many paints all at once! You need to teach me:o)

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  6. Toni, this piece is wonderfully fall and fantastically created ... Love it... it should be hung up and idolized with all the fall beauty on it... really a great show stopper... love it... thanks for sharing it with us... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

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  7. Simply gorgeous!!! Love your autumn "lioness" LOL
    {{hugs}} Andiepants

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  8. Simply gorgeous!!! Love your autumn "lioness" LOL
    {{hugs}} Andiepants

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  9. Oh WOW! LOVE the face with the super FAB leaves around it! Such a COOL creation!

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