Sizzix - Autumn card with layered leaves

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At the beginning of October we have two birthdays in our family. One is my mother's, the other is my mother-in-law's birthday. I have made these autumn textured card for them. 

October is one of the most colourful month of the year. And I really wanted to put all those beautiful autumn colours onto the cards: the red, the yellow and the brown.

For making these cards, I cut out two rectangles from chipboards and I put some modelling paste on the card through the Sizzix Burlap Layering Stencil by Tim Holtz (THS007).

I painted them with two different colours of brown acrylic paints. I put the darker brown mainly to the edges.

I cut out the leaves with Sizzix Bigz Die, Layered Leaf by Tim Holtz (660039) and coloured with aquarelle pencils.

And my leaves after applying wet brush:

When they were completely dry I run them through the Sizzix Big Shot in the embossing folder of the leaves. In the end I rubbed with Tsukineko Memento inks  (Rhubarb, Dandelion). For the yellow leaves I smeared a tiny amount of brown acrylic paint onto them.

From brown cardstock I cut out rectangle tag shapes. I rubbed them a little white Ranger Distress Paint Dabber (Picket Fence). These are the backgrounds for the October (Október) words which were cut out by Sizzix Thinlits 3/4 Tall Alphanumeric Die (660056).

I glued an orange colour cardstocks to the back and sanded the edges.

I also used two stickers from Tim Holtz Big Chat Sticker Book. 

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles (658610)

Sizzix Bigz Die with Texture Fades, Layered Leaf by Tim Holtz (660039)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Alphanumeric (3/4 Tall) by Tim Holtz (660056)

Tim Holtz Big Chat Sticker Book (TH93192)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Tags by Paula Pascual (658611)

Ranger Distress Dabber Paint (Picket Fence)

acrylic paint

Tsukineko Memento ink pads

Ranger Distress ink pad (Tea Dye)

watercolour pencils