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harvest moon

I’ve been puzzling over the challenge at As You See It – Challenge #358 – My Favourite Autumn Things for a few days and eventually come up with this card. A few of my favourite things about fall are the Harvest moon, the crisp mornings and evenings, as well as beginning to see the skeleton shape of the trees. Lately I’m in a creative slump and have been avoiding my craft room except for keeping up with my duties as a DT.

Yesterday I saw a card by Frenchie Stamps that actually gave me an idea and I decided to CASE the design. I found some paper and created the base of my card, but when I created the die cut circle scene, I realized it didn’t work for the background part. After setting it aside, I decided that instead of doing the scene in miniature I would create it on a larger piece.

First I created a scrap piece I could use as a stencil to do the moon and I used the die cut as a mask, so I could ink the background fully. I also added a little brown and gray ink to the moon to make it look more realistic. Taking a Design by Rynn stencil I sponged through it with a gray ink to do my tree. Using another die cut circle, a sentiment and a leaf, from a Gina K set, I stamped the sentiment and then inked the circle some what to take away the starkness of the white. I used this to cover up a mark made during the inking of the background. After adding a few Nuvo Crystal Dots I stamped the leaf randomly three times and called the card complete.

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  1. Lovely card! My favorite things about Fall are when the leaves change colors, the cooler weather, and hearing less mowers. Your tree is more like this in Winter when the leaves are all dropped to the ground.

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    1. Yes but trees near me are already bare in one or two places. It is much cooler and they’ve been dropping all summer because of the drought.

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  11. Your scene is fantastic! I agree with you that the crispness of the air and the changing trees are highlights of autumn. The moon is great with the extra dabs of colour to add realism. Thanks for sharing with us at As You See It. 🙂

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  12. This is such an interesting card…it has an ethereal look to it but it’s not spooky like I would have thought it would be! Soft and misty, I just love it! I like to see the falling leaves in my neck of the woods, too! Thanks for playing with our “favorite” fall challenge this week at As You See It!

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  13. Apologies for my late visit this week Johanna! What a lovely scene you created – the skeletal tree is really highlighted by the misty appearance of your night sky. So typical of this time of year as the mornings and evenings grow colder. Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It!

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