Sunday 11 September 2016

Colours of Autumn


Today sees the start of a new challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this month our theme is Autumnal colours - yellows, oranges, reds and greens. As always there is a generous prize of a $20 shopping voucher from FlonzCraft.

Again it's something I made back in the Summer and is another of my 5x7 flat canvases, I find this a great size to work with without being overwhelmed by too much space. The canvas came ready primed so I painted the whole piece with a dark acrylic paint called blood orange, then a thin coat of crackle glaze scraped on with an old credit card and a top coat of a neutral colour. Next some swirls added with stencil and grunge paste which I inked with DI's once dry and stamped around the edges with a Penny Black leaf image and some gilding wax. The flowers are all stamped and heat embossed with detail copper and cut out with the coordinating Heartflet Creations dies and some little Tattered Lace leaves tucked in around part of a Timmy clock die. The sentiment is also Penny Black. Finally a little chipboard Butterfly.

As I used up lots of snippets for the flowers I think it will be OK to enter into Di's Snippets Playground, I only popped in quickly last week to meet up with Parsnip............I'll say no more !

There are some lovely creations from my fellow teamies so I do hope you will pop over to the challenge blog and take look and join in with our challenge this month.

52 comments:

Helen said...

beautiful! autumn is definitely on the way. great result yesterday. more please!

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

This is gorgeous Brenda. I think the crackle background makes the perfect base for your beautiful, Autumnal flowers to sit on. You've created so many lovely layers and so many different points of interest. I absolutely agree with what you say about the 5x7 canvas'being a great size to work with and your layout here is just perfect. Crafty Hugs, Sandra x

Shirley said...

Love it Brenda and yes I also like the flat canvas boards they allow you to throw everything at it and no warping in sight.

The white crackled background with the darker edges allows the eye to be drawn into all those lovely leaves, flowers and sentiment. Again fabulous make.

Hope all is starting to settle down with you and that the pain is manageable, popping off to see what I have missed. Have a great day my friend.

Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
ShirlsCards.

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful canvas, love the colours.

Dora said...

Beautiful and what an awesome colours! Fantastic.

Kath said...

A beautiful creation - lovely autumnal colours.
Kath x

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

This is beautiful Brenda, the colours you've used are gorgeous and all of the lovely layers too. I love playing with Canvases this size as well.

Sue xx

Marlies said...

A beautiful elegant creation Brenda. Lovely autum colours and with lovely flowers on the beautiful crackle background. hugs, Marlies

Astrid Maclean said...

Amazing canvas Brenda, the crackle effect is wonderful, so autumnal, love the colours and how you finished it!!, Stunning!

Ink Art Designs said...

Hi Brenda. I love the crackle in the background, so perfect for the layering that is on the top. Love the colours!
Dot x

Gerrie's kaarten said...

Wauuu wat is deze kaart weer prachtig .Mooie papier en bloemen.
Groetjes Gerrie

Barb said...

An absolutely stunning canvas Brenda. The colours are gorgeous and those pretty flowers look great embossed with copper powder. What wonderful crackled background too. I LOVE it. Barbxx

Tina Z. said...

amazing creation with wonderful colours!

ALI said...

Gorgeous canvas,love the autumnal colours.

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous card Brenda, wonderful colours and design, so much fabulous detail to look at, Kate x

KarinsArtScrap said...

this is gorgeous Brenda and a great background.
Gr Karin

KandA said...

Beautiful canvas Brenda, love the autumnal colours and fabulous background. Hope you're feeling better xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wonderful canvas, Brenda!!! So sweet! Love these warm colours and the fab crackling! All these beautiful 3D flowers look amazing with the stamped leaves and those diecuts!!
Love very much this project! Pinned
https://it.pinterest.com/pin/534802524484586585/

KT Fit Kitty said...

This is lovely, Brenda, I love fall colours too! Sending hugs and well wishes!

Wendy L said...

Wonderful colours Brenda. Hope you are having a good weekend, xxx

Gerrina said...

The crackle looks so great! And love the summer-autumncolours! Hugs, Gerrina

Stamping Bubbles said...

A beautiful canvas Brenda, I love the autumnal colours you have used.
Crafty hugs
Lesley

Pia S said...

It's a beautiful piece of art. Loving the warm colors and the aged look brought to this design by the crackled paint background.

Rhonda Miller said...

This is lovely. I love the fall colors and the crackled background.

Pat said...

Absolutely gorgeous canvas Brenda, I love the crackle background, the beautiful colours and those lovely flowers.

Pat xx

Joan said...

Gorgeous canvas Brenda, love the colours and those beautiful flowers. I've never got to grips with crackle paints etc, must make more of an effort as it really looks great.

Joan

Ellibelle said...

Such amazing details and textures here Brenda. Might have to get me some of that crackle glaze to play with.

Robin said...

So GORGEOUS! I love Autumn and this is such a beautiful representation of it! Lots of hugs, Robin

Fikreta said...

very pretty card!
great colors
hugs
Fiki

rachel said...

oh my Brenda - this is absolutely stunning - love it to pieces! Hugs rachel x

Lorraine said...

A fabulous card Brenda, gorgeous autumnal colours and brilliant design
Lorraine x

ellyscard creatief said...

Gorgeous. Beautiful colors.

Kathleen said...

An amazing creation, you have made me want to go back to orange being my favourite colour, those flowers are stunning and so is the background.

Kath x

SewPaperPaint said...

Such a stunning card Brenda, great grouping of these amazing dies and love the background.

Shylaashree said...

gorgeous flowers and colours brenda

Sarn said...

Hi Brenda . . . what a GORGEOUS autumnal canvas. Terrific details. Love EVERYTHING about it.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous canvas Brenda love all the texture and Autumn flowers-thank you for the comment and just linked up card
Carol x

Mrs.B said...

Stunning canvas Brenda, love the crackle background surrounded by the darker border and the flowers look gorgeous, great layering and textures.
Avril xx

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

This is stunning! Love the autumn colors so much!

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A beautiful canvas Brenda, the warm colours and gorgeous flowers make for a very lovely project.
Lorraine

Di said...

Wow Brenda - this is utterly fabulous! It's a real Autumn piece and the flowers are so beautiful. I just made my very first mixed media canvas and almost lost the will to live. Right now am firmly saying never again!

Sorry I'm a bit late commenting, been a busy week so far here. Hope you're doing OK hun?

Hugs

Di xx

http://cheryl-cherylscreativeatcscards.blogspot.co.uk/ said...

oh wow,this is stunning hun,the colours,are amazing and the detail is fantastic hugs Cherylxxxxx

Paper Profusion said...

This looks gorgeous Brenda - thank-you for the how to. Really love your background and all those lovely leaf veins. Loving your lovely warm hues too. Nicola x

Caro´s kreative Welt said...

WOW Brenda, this is so fantastic!!! I love the design with the crackle background and flowers. Great work!
Greets Carola

Judith said...

What fabulous Autumn colours Brenda - but I'm afraid you got it wrong- summer's back lol! i love the crackle background here - a really fab creation xx

Tinka's paper wonderlland said...

Georgeus card Brenda, love thoce coloures and those amazing flauwers, so great!!
♥Hugs Valentina♥

Stamps and Paper said...

Lovely Autumn colours of your card Brenda and such beautiful flowers

Anne

MaryH said...

Rich fall colors, and love the crackled background behind the stunning floral arrangement. The leaf stamping on the background is so subtle, yet adds even more texture. Also loving the metallic bookplate sentiment treatment. This is, as always, just gorgeous! TFS & Hugs

Dr Sonia S V said...

WOW Brenda...have I told you you have magical hands...well all too often I think!!! Love everything about this beauty...the crackle background , the gorgeous flowers, the beautiful beautiful colors....oooh love it to bits
Cheers
Dr Sonia

Babs said...

I love the colours of Autumn, a time of year when all the trees look so beautiful, and your card certainly is beautiful..

Hugs Babs x

Linby said...

What a riot of autumnal colours I love it. Not thought of using my crackle paint on a canvas........
Lynn x

Greta said...

Gorgeous use of Fall colors, Brenda! Artistic & so beautiful!