The trees have finally snapped and the rich hues for reds, yellows, oranges and especially Golds, are so wonderful! Today’s card is inspired by the current color pallet, and our designer Julie made a rich Golden card that brings ‘Joy in all Seasons’. Follow along as she makes this stunning project!
- To make my card, I first used a fan leaf stencil, along w/ the yellow, red, orange & green inks.
- When I was happy with it, I die cut it using the inside only of the wood sign die. I love the texture and added interest.
- For the leaves, I used a piece of painted background I made a while back, using fabric paints.
- I didn’t have a piece of the same painted bg large enough, so I used a piece of metallic copper instead.
- I die cut the frame & the inside, but only used the frame here. This was also used for the backing layer behind the greeting.
- Then it was just a matter of arranging the leaves. The 2 little colored leaves are from the same set as the greeting & I attached them w/ a small copper brad to the greeting panel.
- Here are the fabric paints I used. The card was a bright yellow & I squeezed out some of both colors & used a hard rubber brayer to spread the paint evenly. It also gives a bit of a fun texture, almost like cloth.
- This is just to show the difference between the painted bg & the metallic copper. The leaf on the left is the painted one & the one on the right is the metallic copper. To me, the painted leaf has more depth & richness.