Creative Card Making with Autumn

Welcome!  Autumn with you today to share our October Creative Card Making tutorial.  I was in the mood to do something messy and wild and created this very rustic, organic card for you.

 

I started off by gluing some torn Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap to a square watercolor panel with Matte Glue and Seal.  I scraped DecoArt crackle paste over the surface and let it air dry, then came back in and watercolored the panel with Antique Linen Distress Oxide and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I distressed the edges of the panel then dipped the rim into watery Vintage Photo to provide some contrast.

Next, I gathered my elements, to include two die cuts from the new Tim Holtz Skeleton Leaves and two from the old Wallflowers 2.  I sponged these with Distress Inks as shown using Rusty Hinge, Crushed Olive and Vintage Photo.  I grabbed some handmade flowers I made with the Tattered Florals die and the Large Daisy punch.  The Scroll die was painted with Adirondack Butterscotch paint and dipped in Rusty Hinge. 

Here's a close up of the layers... 

I tucked sisal fibers beneath the flowers.  Check out that crackle...

I added a Handwritten Love die above a stamped scrap, which I cut into a banner.

I splashed the card with green Perfect Pearls spray for interest.  I hope you've enjoyed this project and are inclined to play along in our Autumn Splendour Challenge, where you will find loads more inspiring makes.  Thanks for visiting today, Autumn