Monday 1 September 2014

Mixed Media Card Challenge - September

Autumn Colours + Leaves or metal (Optional)

While the rest of the world welcomes Autumn, we are in the middle of a really wet and rainy spell waiting for the arrival for spring. But I had no problem at all coming up with cards for this months Mixed Media Card Challenge theme. We had 62 gorgeous cards last month and each was a piece of art.



Instantly I thought of Canberra in Autumn - wide quiet roads lined with trees, each a beautiful bright shade of red, orange, yellow and brown.  For those you who want to have a glimpse of what I mean, here is a photo .

For my card the base is watercolour paper with grainy paste + gesso through a stencil. The edges have been done using a blue mist. For the centre panel I used the Andy Skinner: Water Splash Technique.

Finally to finish off the cards, the leaves are Silhouette cut from metal sheets. One of them has a little pale yellow paint pounced on it.
 


This month we also have a sponsor - Add a little Dazzle. They are giving away a $15 gift voucher. Head over to the MMCC blog to read about how you can be in the running for this prize and also the lovely pieces by the DT. Hope to see your card in the link up this time around too.





14 comments:

  1. Stunning card with such vibrant colors, Kripa. I could visualize the scene without going to the link, superb take.

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  2. I absolutely love your gorgeous card! The negative of the leaf is so cool!

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  3. I just read your post again and saw that you live in Aust! I'm sure Autumn would be the loveliest time in Canberra. hugs

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  4. Its Awesome Kripa ! I loved the texture and bold color :)

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  5. What a fabulous card Kripa ..I love the texture on the background and the vibrant colors in the centre panel ..what a lovely idea to use the negative of the leaf on metal ..loved it !!

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  6. LOOOVE your card - it really stood out in the DT reveal....that middle bit is SUBLIME:):)

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  7. Gorgeous Kripa. LOVE you fall colors ... and what beautiful inspiration from the beautiful colors of Canberra in the fall! Love how you've die-cut the leaf and used both the positive and negative on your card --- so very creative! Loll xx

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  8. I really like the contrast of colours on your card!! great texture too!

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  9. love the colour combo and the texture! beautiful card!

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  10. Wow, I can see how you were inspired by the Canberra photo! Great textures, and clever use of the metal to include a negative.

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  11. This is fabulous!! Love the textures!!

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  12. Fabulous use of your inspirational photo! Your textures are spot on!

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  13. This is stunning :) I am always intrigued by the way u create textures !

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  14. I love the color combination you used. It is striking. And that center piece is really cool.

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