Autumn Leaves

My card today has been made for the May challenge at Scrapbook Boutique, inspired by this photo:



Those delicious chocolatey swirls were the starting point for me, plus the autumn colours of the leaves. Having seen Jennifer McGuire using the Radio Waves stencil by Memory Box to make this card, I immediately thought of this stencil to mimic that shiny swirly pattern!  Firstly, I clear embossed through the stencil, then stamped and embossed leaves from the Gina K designs set 'Sunkissed Autumn' in the colours from the photo, finally adding a white embossed sentiment by Paper Smooches.  The buttercup hearts are from Simon Says Stamp.  A strip of russet dp separates the two different textures of the card and picks up the colour of the cake bases.



Comments

  1. Lyn16 May 2014 at 16:16

    Ann I love your card the textured bottom half is awesome <3

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  2. Anonymous16 May 2014 at 20:49

    The clear embossing is a fabulous technique makes a lovely card. TFS.

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  3. Angela16 May 2014 at 22:10

    Wow awesome technique!! Love the effect on your card too!! Thanks for sharing with us at Scrapbook Boutique x

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  4. Anonymous20 May 2014 at 23:22

    Ooooow love that clear embossing Ann - so luscious looking:)

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  5. Cathy29 May 2014 at 21:14

    The embossed swirls look fantastic, great take on the inspiration photo, Cathy x

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  6. Anonymous30 May 2014 at 08:11

    Fabulous Ann, what a great design, that stencil is so totally on my (very long) wish list. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Scrapbook Boutique!

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