Autumn Mixed Media Card for Leaky Shed Studio

I created this mixed media card for our daughter-in-law. As you can see, she adores purple which pairs beautifully with autumn oranges, golds, and yellows. I've featuring one of Leaky Shed Studio's gorgeous new release chipboard pieces, the Autumn Leaf Crown along with a classic Victorian Oval Frame. 

I had so much fun stamping, misting, and glittering the background created on a piece of mixed media water color paper. 

Tips and Techniques

To paint the Autumn Leaf Crown, I watered down some gold metallic paint and brushed it across the bare chipboard. I wanted just a gold shimmer, rather than a heavy metallic look. Once dry, I brushed orange Twinkling H20's randomly across the leaves, and heat set. These paints are no longer available in stores, but you could also mix up any watercolor paint and mix with mica for shimmer or even brush on a sparkling mist.

The Victorian Oval Frame is painted black, then lightly brushed with gold metallic paint. 

The mixed media background was applied to a piece of white mixed media paper brushed with clear gesso. I've stamped and misted using stencils to create the color and design. I randomly applied gel medium and sprinkled with microbeads and chunky glass glitter. 

The rose is edged with Prima's new Art Sugar super fine glitter, and I misted the natural dried phalaris grass with Prima's luscious Sorbet Color Bloom Spray to color it a golden yellow.

One final shot. You can really see here how the colors vary on the chipboard giving the feel of autumn leaves.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Autumn Leaf Crown (New Release)

Victorian Oval Frame

Other Products

Petaloo ~ Botanica Collection – Minis Yellow #1101103

KaiserCraft ~ Paper Blooms – Aubergine

Natural Dried Phalaris Grass

Liquitex ~ Gesso – Clear; Black

Golden ~ Soft Gel - Matte

Ranger ~ Archival Ink – Jet Black

Prima ~ Color Bloom Spray Mist – Pressed Petal; Sorbet

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Sugar Plum Fairy

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Tiger Lily

Twinkling H20’s ~ Orange Pearl; Black Cherry

Jacquard ~ Lumiere – Sunset Gold

Stampendous ~ Fran-tage – Glass Glitter Bronze; Lavender

Martha Stewart ~ Microbeads – Fire Opal

Prima ~ Art Sugar - Charcoal

Prima ~ Clear Stamp #545055

Stampendous ~ Clear Stamps – Hope Verses

Inky Antics ~ Clear Stamp Set – Magnificent Men

Stampers Anonymous ~ Layering Stencil – Dot Fade

Americana Classic ~ Stencil – Jacobean Floral

Helmar ~ Crystal Kote Matte Varnish

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Liquid Scrap Dots 

Tombow ~ Multi Mono Liquid Glue

Tim Holtz ~ Grid Blocks

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~ Blessings ~