...scary leaf sounds...

I love the Fall leaves, although there is one downside living by the forest and no I am not talking about the amount of leaves that cover the forest floor which is stunning...or my garden, less stunning, lol: but the sound. The sound of a small animal, a squirrel or a bird can sound like people walking around...where there normally aren't people. After a Winter, then Spring and Summer spent in relative quiet, Fall is deafening. OK, so maybe I watch too much of The Walking Dead, but seriously, that crunch, crunch, crunch sounds like either a person lurking about or a HUGE animal, I rush to the balcony and have to squint scan to find the small leaf invader scavenging for a left over summer nugget to enjoy under the leaves.

So aside from my brain going into spooky hyper drive I do love to paint Fall leaves. They just fascinate me with all their colors. 

I painted the backside of a leaf with ColourArte's Silks Acrylic Glazes in Spiced Pumpkin and Solar Gold and pressed it into my journal which left a nice imprint of the leaf shape and the veins.  Once it dried I painted in with the Twinkling H2O's in Orange Peel, Copper Penny, and Rain Forest.

I love how the glaze acts as a resist.

Like the leaf, we are part of a bigger dream.

agonistic: adjective

argumentative

 striving for effect : strained

 of, relating to, or being aggressive or defensive social interaction (as fighting, fleeing, or submitting) between individuals usually of the same species

pronunciation

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Craft-room Challenge - Trees and or Leaves
Craftin' Boutique Challenge - Fall Challenge #6
Creative Inspirations - Inspired by Anything Goes
Simon Says - Animal Antics ( crow stamp )

Cardabilities - Designer sketch #81

I had to make a quick card today because their birthday is tomorrow...well, today as you are reading this. I don't know about you, but a sketch, new products to play with and a little inspiration goes a long way!

I won some Creative Inspiration paints the other week and this was the first time that I got to sit down and play with them. The tree and the leaves are all painted in with the shimmery paints; with the leaves, scarecrow and crow being outlined with a glaze pen and the tree trunk outlined with a pearl pen.

I used my FAVORITE adhesive to pop up the leaves under the scarecrows feet!

Helmar - Liquid Scrap Dots, Acid Free Glue

Kim Hughes - Autumn Trees

Inspirations - paints

Viva Decor - pearl pen

Luminarte' - Twinkling H20's

Faber Castell - PITT pens
Sakura - glaze pen

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This came from one of my male friends yesterday, and I just have to share. 

it's titled "Words with dual meanings"

or as I see it "men vs. women"

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n. 
Female...... Any part under a car's hood. 
Male..... The strap fastener on a woman's bra. 
2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj. 
Female.... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another. 
Male..... Playing football without a cup. 
3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n. 
Female... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner. 
Male... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys. 
4. COMMITMENT (ko- mit-ment) n. 
Female..... A desire to get married and raise a family. 
Male...... Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one. 
5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n. 
Female.... A good movie, concert, play or book. 
Male...... Anything that can be done while drinking beer. 

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n. 
Female.... An embarrassing by-product of indigestion. 
Male...... A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding. 
7 MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n. 
Female...... The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. 
Male..... Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it. 
8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n. 
Female.... A device for changing from one TV channel to another. 
Male... A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes. 

hoarded: noun

A hidden fund or supply stored for future use

 

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It's no exaggeration, that I love Page Maps sketches. I always find inspiration in them. This one is for the Moxxie Card Contest.

 

 

I love vellum, and this card has 2 pieces of it.

 

Fall Leaves - NRN ( it's old but still have several sheets in my hoarded stash! )

I did use Helmars V2 spray to hold it down while I stitched over the edges.

Adhesive Backed Vellum -  Colorbok ( which is the way to go with vellum, then you don't have to worry about which adhesive to use under it, I wish all vellum came this way!! I cut this piece in a circle to soften the background of leaves.) I then stamped my Hero Art's Fall background stamp onto it.

 

I wanted to add some texture to it, so I added twine.

 

The circle of twine was created by winding the twine 3 times around a peanut butter jar lid, adding drops of glue on top of the twin to keep it held together, let dry before removing it. I used my Aleene's Tacky Glue and held it with my hand, it only took a moment to set up. In the mean time, I laid a line of glue around the outside of the circle and let it also set up before laying the twine on top. Worked like a charm!

 

Then I  altered an embellishment so that it would fit my card.

 



Next I had to trim the top of the cornstalk from Outdoors and More because it was too long for the card, and outlined the cut off edges with my Pitt Pen to make it blend in with the image. I also cut off  2 leaves on the right side of the stalk so that they could be laid up and over the twine while the cornstalk itself laid flat on the paper.





 

Then I needed some dimension.

The scare crow came from Best Creations and I used Helmar Liquid Scrapdots to elevate him up to the same level as the twine.

 

The last touch was adding the sentiment.

 

I used  a stamp from CardzTV, Make a Wish set, sanded the banner and used the back of my scissors to curl the banner, under and outer curl. In other words, a nice wave to the banner. Stamped with Stazon.

Orange paper from My Minds Eye.

 

Also entering this card into

Try it on Tuesday - October Challenge #1, Autumn Colors

Divas by Design - Challenge 56, Anything Goes

Art with no Boundries - October and Halloween