Autumn Border with Rachel Vass Designs

 

Hello everyone!  Happy fall!  The leaves are slowly starting to change in

my part of the world.  How about yours?  Are you welcoming cooler weather?

Today I am bringing you a beautiful and versatile design from:

Rachel Vass Designs

Autumn Border

I love this digistamp set.  It's so pretty and fall-like.  Let me show you

how I made my slimline card!

I composed my design in my computer.  I actually placed the design twice - 

side by side to make the design.  And then dropped in the sentiment.  I printed

it out onto Altenew 140lb Watercolor Paper.

I decided to use Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections in Terrain.  This

palette really has a fall feel to it and I love the colors.

I painted the background of the lower half in Maple.  My initial plan

was to paint the upper half as well, but when I was finished with the

lower half I decided to wait and see if that was what I really wanted

to do.

I painted the berries on the top and bottom with Blue Shadow.

Since the design is a mirror image, I wanted to visually break that

up and achieved that by alternating my colors.  I used the Sassafras,

Sourwood, Fern, Vine Leaf and Purple Smoke Tree for colors.

I was please at how this came out.  I wasn't too fussy about the

painting and I didn't shade everything - only some of the elements.

For the spruce branches I used my dot card from Iuile Watercolors 

and chose the Gold Finger to paint the center vein of each.

This gave the design a bit of sparkle.  I also splattered the top

portion of the panel only with the Gold Finger.

For my last bit of embellishment I used gold peel-offs from Love From Lizi

along the lines above and below the sentiment.

I cut a card base from Martini card stock from Brutus Monroe - it's a

gorgeous fall color.  I adhered my panel to the card base and

my card was done!

I hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial.  I love making fall cards and

they one came out so colorful!  Find this digital stamp set and many others at

Rachel Vass Designs

I appreciate you stopping by today!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.