Back to Nature: Cut It Up Challenge DT Inspiration

Hello crafty friends! TGIF!! I have to say I am enjoying this beautiful Fall weather- crisp and cool mornings and evenings!  Last Saturday we went for the first hike of the Fall season and it was incredible.

Along the way to the peak I was taking in all the sites and looking for some inspiration for this week's Cut it Up Challenge Back to Nature. Believe it or not the leaves are already starting to change color-so there were so many beautiful colors of leaves along the edges of the trail I decided to use this for my project focus this week.

I used Tim Holtz's Tattered Leaves die for my die-cut and cut the leaves from Kraft Glassine paper after coloring with Alcohol inks and wrinkling to get the look of tattered leaves.

I placed all the leaves in a pile of sorts onto a background I had made previously. 

Alcohol Inks on Kraft Glassine looks amazing and the texture once crinkled looks exactly like a real leaf!

I encourage you to get outside, take a walk or a hike and look around-take in nature. You will be surprised how much inspiration abounds!

Thanks for joining me this week and I hope you join in the fun for the Cut It Up Challenge-Back to Nature!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Cut it up Challenge DT Inspiration!

TGIF! This week flew by and it's time for another Cut it Up Challenge.  This week's challenge is Stuck on You Challenge #74, where the project needs to include a sticker and of course a die-cut! Check out all the DT inspiration on the Cut it Up blog and be sure to join in the fun!  Can't wait to see what you create.

For my project I made a vintage valise (similar to the one from my Technique Tuesday post), this time I used Tim Holtz salvage stickers as the accouterments for the valise!.  Kinda looks like my Vagabond, lol! 

Check out my post from Tuesday for a step by step tutorial on how to make the background- inking an embossing folder.

This time I even added a little luggage tag, made from Kraft glassine along with the handle.  I love how this looks like leather.  I applied a bit of Mushroom alcohol ink to the Kraft glassine to give it a more vintage tone. 

The stickers, the ribbon and the postage stamp die-cuts were adhered using my Xyron 1.5" Sticker maker- such an essential tool for adhering small items like this!

Hope you join in the fun this week!