Hi friends! For today’s card I will be doing some ink smooshing with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and cutting some autumn leaves to frame this cheerful Thanksgiving (or Autumn card if you aren’t in the U.S.). This project can also be found on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@VeehattInspired .

The supplies used were:
Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick,
Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint)
Sizzix/Tim Holtz Thinlits – “Fall Foliage” Dies
Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz – “Falling Leaves” Stamp Set
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink “Ground Espresso”
Studio Katia - "Autumn Borders" Stamp Set
Spellbinders “Precision Layering A2 A” Dies
Spellbinders “Crimson” Color Essentials Cardstock
Brutus Monroe – “Penny” Embossing Powder
Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink
Taylored Expressions Anti-static Powder Tool
My Sweet Petunia Misti Stamp Positioner
I started the project with ink smooshing Tim Holtz Distress Ink in the colors Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, and Peeled Paint onto pieces of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I made four total panels using a random layer of the different ink colors. I set these aside to dry (sidebar – I also used my Ranger Heat It tool to complete the drying when I was ready to die cut them).
Using Spellbinders’ “Precision Layering A2 A” dies, I cut my two matting layers – the largest die to cut an A2 size panel from Spellbinders Crimson cardstock and the next to largest die to cut a panel of from a scrap Distress Oxide sprayed background I already had in my stash. If you would like to make a similar looking panel, I believe I used Distress Oxide in the colors Gathered Twigs, Mustard Seed, and Shabby Shutters.
Once the ink smooshed cardstock panels were dry, I used the Tim Holtz/Sizzix die set called “Fall Foliage” and selected some leaf dies in different sizes and die cut them from the inky panels. Next, I selected three of the leaf diecuts that I liked most and used a foam applicator to apply ink to the edges of the leaves for a distressed look. I followed that up by stamping a layer of interest to each of the three leaves using Ground Espresso Distress Archival Ink and the Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz stamp set called Falling Leaves. I simply selected one of the rubber stamps that would accommodate each leaf’s size and stamped the oversized image onto the diecut.

I placed my yellow-ish colored top panel into my Misti Stamp Positioning Tool and placed the “Happy Thanksgiving” sentiment from the Studio Katia “Autumn Borders” stamp set near the lower center of my panel. To ensure no embossing powder would stick where I didn’t want it, I applied a layer of Taylored Expressions anti-static powder to the area to be embossed and applied Simon Says Stamp’s clear embossing ink to the greeting and gently stamped it onto the cardstock. I generously sprinkled Brutus Monroe’s “Penny” embossing powder to the inked greeting and used my heat tool to melt the embossing powder.
For the next step, I placed strips of Simon Says Stamp Big Momma Foam tape to the back of the front card panel and adhered it to the Crimson cardstock panel. I placed thin foam squares onto the backs of the three leaf diecuts and adhered them above the sentiment on the card front in a single row. Lastly, I glued the completed card front to an A2 size, side folding card base.
I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! Until next time… happy making!
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