Autumn Leaves @ Tando

Hi Folks and welcome to this weeks Tando post. The theme this week is Autumn Leaves.

I must admit, I'm a huge fan of Autumn. The beautiful colours, animated sounds and textures that Autumn brings.... 

With that in mind, I wanted to incorporate all these in to this weeks theme. 

Here is my creation...

I first glued all the pieces of the mini heart printer tray together. Then cut some of the frame to make the areas larger. I then added a layer of DecoArt texture sand paste to the background piece.

I painted the inside background with DecoArt Media fluid acrylic paints.

I then applied a layer of DecoArt Media crackle paint to the outside frame.

I gather all the leaves from the Tando products and started to layer. 

I love how Tando products can be used individually or can be layered to create an extreme 3D piece.

So, I arranged and re-arranged the leaves until I was happy with the layout. Then adhered them to the frame.

I then added some more texture sand paste to some of the leaves. I also added some lace, hessian and threads to some of the leaves to create more height and texture.

I mixed a palette of autumn colours with DecoArt Media fluid acrylics and painted the leaves.

To finish, I added some micro beads to create more texture. 

All of the products I have used are listed below and are available on the Tando Website.

Tando products... 

Mini heart printer tray

Leaf branch with loose leaves

Leaf branch with cut out leaves

Tando minis - leaves 2

Tall leaves set of 4

          

Also available from Tando...

DecoArt Media - fluid acrylic paints

DecoArt Media - texture sand paste

DecoArt Media - white modelling paste

DecoArt Media - crackle paint

Thanks for popping by,

Lisa xxx

I would like to enter this creation in to the following challenges...
Craft Stamper Magazine - Make It, Take It - October Challenge - Autumn