The Outlawz Challenges Design Team!

This is my first post for the Outlawz Challenge’s Sunday Songs and Rhymes as a design team member!  I am super excited to be a part of the team!  This one is following inspiration from “Autumn” by Henry Behn.  I used two images by Makenna Kroulik combining them in Procreate.

I have been looking at some gorgeous red leaves that have fallen from some trees along the horse yard when I go out to feed her.  My back has been totally out of whack for almost two weeks so today was the first day I could actually bend over to pick some of them up!  The reds had faded quiet a bit but still oh so beautiful to me!  So in a vain attempt to hold on to the beauty and wonder of this season I glued some on some watercolor paper I had smushed a lot of Distress Inks sprayed with water on.  I added a coat of clear gesso just to the leaves and inked the edge with more Distress Ink.  When it was relatively dry (!) I popped it on foam dots to add to the back layer.  The fabulous designs by Makenna were colored with Copics and the panel edged with carved pumpkin Distress Ink.  I made the sentiment in Photoshop and printed it in deep orange and layered onto cardstock.  The image and sentiment were layered on the leaves with foam tape.  I hope you will come play the challenge with us at the Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhymes Challenge!  It will run through Dec. 11th!