Autumn Leaves

Happy Thursday! I'm back with another fall card today.  I used the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge 147 for this one. I also went with three of the same challenges I used in my Celebrate Fall card a few days ago:

CR84FN39 Color Challenge: colors of orange, yellow, and brown;

Crazy 4 Challenges #106: theme of a Halloween or Fall card;

Heartsong Inspiration's challenge #17: to use ribbon and/or a tag.

I am loving these warm fall colors. 

All the stamps, as well as the leaf gems, on this card came out of the dollor bin at Joann's. Whoo Hoo! I love a bargain!

I colored the acorns and leaves with Copics, cut them out and popped them up on a stacked Spellbinders Beaded Circle and Std Circle Large. Eventually, I ended up coloring two more of the acorns and leaves, cutting them out and popping them on top of the first ones, but angled slightly to give it a more dense look. Coloring those leaves was a little bit of a challenge for me, because I wasn't sure what stage of fall I wanted the leaves to be in. In the end, I decided, what the heck, I'll use all of them, ;) and ended up using a deep red, bright orange, yellow, and two shades of brown. I like the result, but I'm not sure I could ever duplicate it. 8~D 

This card could be just about any kind of card you wanted it to be, but I chose to go with Thanksgiving, simply because I had this pretty stamp and wanted to use it.

I hope you're getting ready for a wonderful weekend. The temperature seems to finally be coming down a little bit here in Georgia, so we may be spending some time outdoors for a change.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps: Fall Mini Assortment (Studio 112)
Paper: Cafe Mediterranean, Safari Chic (DCWV); Best of K&Co
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Staz-On; Copic markers; Gold Metallic Pen (EK Success)
Dies: Beaded Circles, Std Circles Large
Accessories: Scallop Diamond Edger (EK Success); Leafy Branch embossing folder (Cuttlebug); glitter embossing powder (Zing); Autumn Days Acrylic Gems (Studio 18); ribbon (Offray); Piercing tool; foam dots; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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