A Touch of Fall

Happy Friday everyone!  Suzanne here to share a layout with you today featuring Stephanie Barnard's Premium Dye Ink Sprays, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink, Smooch Spritz and a few other goodies!

This layout is based around a picture that I took (and love) a few years ago of my son discovering leaves in our yard that had fallen from our magnolia tree.  Living on the Gulf Coast, you become accustomed to having very mild temps well into December...which means that seasons are pretty much non-existent.  So it was nice to capture this picture of him being curious about "Fall." 

Using watercolor paper, I created the background with gesso and Stephanie Barnard's Premium Dye Ink Spray in "Artichoke."  I know what you're saying, why use gesso if it's going to resist the ink?  Well, I wanted to purposely add resistance to achieve a more controlled "blot" of ink-which would've been impossible to do with fast drying ink and very absorbent paper.   

This is a picture showing the page still wet.  I applied gesso to the background and let dry (you can use a heat gun as well).  I then sprayed a small pool of water followed by a few spritz of Stephanie Barnard Dye Ink Spray in "Artichoke" (a combination of the paint and water causes the color variegation). Just a side note:  I don't mind over-spray but if you do....the closer you spray the less over-spray you'll get and vice versa.  I moved the mixture around until i was happy with my "blot."  Next, I dried the ink with a heat gun.  Because the gesso stops absorption, it will take a longer time for the ink to dry.  

Here are a few close-ups: 

I'm a huge fan of layers, and Clearsnap's Designer Foils and Design Adhesives added some very cool dimension (the leaves are Design Adhesives topped with Designer foil in "Warm Gold").  I "framed" the photo with the leaves and built up from there.  

I sprayed the tags with Smooch Spritz in Log Cabin.  The flag banners are just scraps of paper that I created using the "Say What" Jumbo Rollagraph Stamp (wheel) and self-inking handle with an Ancient Page dye ink cartridge in "Neptune" (very pretty color!).  Any edge I could ink is inked in Colorbox's "Chestnut Roan" Fluid Chalk Ink!; the heart and title are both inked with Fluid Chalk Ink in "Pumpkin Spice."  

Are you ready for Fall??? One can only dream!  Stay tuned for more from our Creative Team! 


Additional Clearsnap supplies: 
Design Adhesive "Leaves" 
Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Sprays "Artichoke"

Other Supplies:
Bazzill's "Antique Script" printed paper 
Watercolor Paper 140lb
Gesso
Dimensional Paint
Confetti (stars) 

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