Leaves you DON'T have to rake!

It's time to stop and smell the leaves.
It's also time to stop and shovel the leaves. So many have fallen in the last few days, that I can't even see my driveway. I'm not complaining, because I would much rather shovel leaves than snow. That white stuff will be here soon enough.

 

Today, I'm bringing the leaves indoors too. I'm adding another season to my Four Seasons project with the Linnie Blooms canvas long blanks. Linda has been adding new shapes, and these Linnie Blooms leaves absorbed the color from Distress Inks and Distress Stains so vividly. I stamped a subtle swirl pattern on top too. I used hot glue to attach my leaves to the wire stem and canvas long blank so that I could "sculpt" some shape into the leaves. Using a hot glue allowed me to push, raise, and wrinkle the leaves to give them even more texture and dimension.

 

With mason jars a hot trend right now, I traced one onto vellum paper from clip art I found online. Once again, I painted a chevron background by taping off the pattern with Scotch blue painter's tape (my new love). There is also some twine and wire in there too.
I didn't want to overwhelm this canvas...sometimes it's hard for me to tell myself to "STOP ADDING MORE ITEMS". But, I'm happy where I stopped with this one.

Autumn is a second spring,

and I am taking time to recognize each leaf as a flower.

~Kelly
www.kellystarsallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

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Introducing our new Trees & Leaves

What a perfect time to start seeing the leaves on the trees change and fall.   At the same time you may start to see those Christmas trees set up in the front windows of homes.  

So why not introduce our Trees & Leaves.  Here are just a few samples of the new Mixed Media Canvas Shapes we plan to show you through out the next two months. 

Fall Leaves

Leaves

Evergreen Trees

Tree

Created By Linda Barutha, Trees & Leaves

Created by Linda Barutha  Trees

Created By Julie Bling

Created by Pinky Hobbs

 

Through out all of next week each day we will be showing you new projects using our Leaves & Trees.   You are welcome to play along with us by sharing your projects on our Face book Linnie Blooms page.   Do you want some trees and leaves?  You can order from our shop right here at Linnie Blooms..

Have a great weekend,  Kimberly (Scrap It Girl)

Fall Framed Home Decor

Hi there!  Laura here today, and just a little sad, as today is my
last guest post for Linnie Blooms....so I did want to take just a
second and say a huge THANK YOU, to owner Linda and DT
coordinator Kimberly, for the opportunity to create with these
awesome shapes!  I have had a blast!

And without further ado, here is my home decor project:

I used the Canvas Full Tree Shape and Distress Paint in Peeled
Paint and Walnut Stain to color the tree.  To get the leafy look...
I used the dauber to pounce on the color.  The Canvas Owl shape
was brushed with Distress Stain, and then I went around the edges
with Espresso paint dauber.  His eyes are two black buttons with
Jellie Dot gems for centers.

The Fall Leaf Shapes were colored with orange and red gelatos,
directly onto the canvas shapes, and then blended with water,
because I wanted a deep fall color.  I frayed the edges just a bit,
and then brushed them with the Espresso paint.

The fall banner is the Canvas Pennant pieces, and I left the tip
uncolored, then added a streak of orange and a streak of
yellow, and blended carefully to get the look of candy corn.
I brushed these with the paint as well, and then adhered the
letters, and used foam tape to adhere the banner to the frame,
and added twine bows.

I used stickers and paper from Reminisce, and buttons with
Trendy Twine Orange Licorice to finish it all off.

Thanks for stopping by today, and make sure to check out
all the fun shapes from Linnie Blooms....so many to choose from!

Fall Chalkboard Tutorial by Pinky

Good morning Linnie Bloom friends, 

Pinky here today with a step by step photo tutorial on making this 

chalkboard wall hanging. Especially how I created these 

Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves. 

Using old Thickers- press carefully into Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves.

If Thickers are not sticker enough use extra adhesive. 

Carefully go letter around each one using Smooch Ink.  

 Spritz each Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaf using Smooch Spritz  in fall colors. 

 I also edged each one with Smooch Gold Ink. 

After Smooch dries (10 minutes) peel off Thickers. 

 This is the end result. 

 Create patterned paper base in desired size and lightly spritz 

using same Smooch Spritz to ensure color cohesion. 

 Stitch Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves down using sewing machine. 

 Stitch around patterned paper base as well. 

Paint Genuinely Jane Wood Birdhouse album page using Chalkboard paint.  

 Add embellishments. (Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves was 

spritzed using same colors only without the alphabet).

 Drill two holes in the bottom of the wood page. 

 Thread using Ribbons Unlimited Sheer Ribbon. 

 Now it's ready for your chalk message and it's a beautiful addition 

to your room for the fall! 

The Linnie Bloom Canvas Fall Leaves are a wonderful new item in the store.

Be sure to check them out. 

Pinky Hobbs- Linnie Blooms Design Team