One Falling Leaf Wall Hanging with Gina's Designs

Hello chippie fans, and welcome back.  Well, I enjoyed my month of October Halloween projects.  Now I am on to Fall, so I decided to do another home decor wall hanging that can be inserted into the frame I've been using for the past several postings.  If you put your project on a sturdy piece of chipboard or mat board that fits snugly in the frame, you can simply remove one and insert another, whatever the season.  How's that for being frugal!  Check out my previous posts and you will see what I mean.

I first adhered the scrapbook paper to a piece of 12"x12" mat board.

Each chipboard piece was painted with acrylic paints in Fall colors.

The bottom layer of the  FALL banner was painted with Rusty paint, while the top layer was first painted with black, then I spread gold crackle paint over that.  To really age the letters and bring out the cracks even more, I added a wash of black paint and dabbed the excess off with a paper towel.  These were adhered along the top right with foam tape, and berry garland added.

The black bird was painted with black, of course, and details were added to the beak and eye.

The oak leaves and acorns were painted with yellow and brown paint mixtures to give each piece shading and depth.  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of manila card stock with black archival ink.  I punched the corners with a ticket punch.  I wanted to match the colors in the paper, so I blended yellow and orange distress inks and edged with a brown ink.

The cider jugs were painted similarly, then given a coat of clear crackle paint.  One jug was lifted with foam tape for dimension.

I cheated a bit and googled apple barrel images and found this one, which I printed off and adhered to my apple barrel chipboard shape.  I cut a slit along the top edge so I could insert my apples, which were painted with yellow and red paint mixture.  The leaves were a mix of light and dark greens, and the stems were painted with brown.

Gina's Designs Supplies Used:

Fall Shape Set

Other Supplies Used:
12x12 Memory Box Blackbird paper
12x12 mat board
Viva Decor Rusty Paper Paint
Finnabair Gold Crackle Texture Paste
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Raw Sienna
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Sienna
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Gold
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Burnt Orange
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Diarylide Yellow
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Sap Green
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Green Gold
Distress ink pads: Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw
Prima Branch Bark ink pad
Serendipity Stamps D384 (One falling leaf ...)
Black archival ink pad
Ticket corner punch (Stampin Up)

I hope you enjoyed my Fall project today.  It was quick and easy, and at this time of year, we really need that.

Gina's Designs Lasercuts has a fabulous selection of Fall-themed chipboard shapes, so be sure to stop by the online shop for all of your chipboard needs!

Have a wonderful week, and Happy Fall ya'll!!!

Barbara

A Fall Layout with Gina's Designs Lasercuts

Hi all you chippy fans! I have a Fall page layout for you today.  I love this new Fall Shape Set by Gina's Designs Lasercuts.  There are so many shapes and variety in this pack!  And I love the Canning Jars Branch Border!  Isn't it adorable?  I still have enough shapes left over to make some cards, or an art journal page, or a canvas, hmmmmm.....

I started with a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper from my stash, and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of blue mat board.  I chose the chipboard pieces I planned on using and arranged them on the paper to see how they would fit.

Each piece was first coated with either white or black gesso, then I used colored pencils to bring them to life.  I drew some details in pencil on the pumpkins, corn stalks, and squirrel, then I used a metal stylus to emboss those details.

The rake and canning jar hangers were painted with a silver marker, then dry brushed with black gesso for an aged metal look.  The canning jar lids and "Happy" were colored with gold metallic; then red pencil was added to the jars before I heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

A few close-ups of the chipboard pieces are below.  I added some black alphabet stickers to spell "FALL" on each of the canning jars.

Here you can see the dimension added to the pumpkins, and details added to the squirrel.

The scarecrow was painted with black gesso, and I gave him a scary face with a white gel pen.  I don't know about you, but clowns AND scarecrows scare me!

A tiny bit of the gold metallic was aded to the corn stalk leaves to coordinate with the gold metallic used on  the word "Happy".

Supplies used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts Supplies Used:
Fall Shape Set
Canning Jars Branch Border (coming soon)

Other supplies:
Tim Coffey Tuscan Sunflowers 12x12 Specialty Paper Pad (K&Co)
12x12 blue mat board
Classic Treasure Gold
Colored Pencils (Lyra, Prismacolor, Brynzeel)
Gesso - black and white (Liquitex)
Pens - white gel (Ranger), silver metallic (Prismacolor)
Thickers letter stickers (American Crafts)

I hope you enjoyed my Fall page layout. There is a bit of room left for a picture or two, but you could also make this a Fall home decor piece to hang on your wall to bring in the Fall season.  Whatever you choose to make, be sure to stop by Gina's online store for a complete selection of fun and useful chippies!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful and creative weekend!!!

Barbara