Colourful Seasons - leaves with a twist

The 'Colourful Seasons' stamp set is super versatile. As the name suggests it literally covers all the seasons.
Before we know it the school Summer holidays will be over and we will be turning to Autumn.
Winter is my favourite season but i do really love the colours of Autumn. 
For this card i decided to mix things up with the leaves rather than going for traditional oranges, browns and yellows.


Choosing the larger leaf image i stamped the inside first by stamping off onto some scrap paper to give a slightly lighter shade before printing over the top with the outline image. 
With my second ink colour i then filled in the spaces with a smaller leaf print.
My combinations are 'Fresh Fig' with 'Lemon Lime Twist' and then 'Fresh Fig' again but with 'Tranquil Tide'. 
Which option do you prefer?
The sentiment is also taken from the same stamp set, simply mounted onto two of the layering circle framelit dies and popped up onto a dimensional. 

Quick and easy card using just one stamp set. If you wanted to take it a step further you could die cut some of the leaves out using the matching thinlits dies. 

Tomorrow i have something different from my usual Slide Back Saturday so please make sure you pop by again to see what i've been up to.

Rachael x

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