Happy Friday! I’m headed off this afternoon to attend the Cincinnati Regionals tomorrow! Woohoo!!! So excited…it is like a mini Convention! I’ll be catching up with several people I normally only see at Convention or Leadership, so that will be fun!
Today’s Bloggers’ Challenge is to create a Thinking of You card. I seem to use a lot of this type of card. I wanted to use one of the new fall sets in the Holiday Mini called Autumn Splendor. The leaves have a beautiful fine drawing which makes it perfect for coloring, embossing or just stamping in colors. I have seen some gorgeous cards done with this set!
I also used the coordinating fall designer paper in the big catalog, called Autumn Traditions. These are definitely MY colors! I love the Earth Elements color family! The base is More Mustard and I placed a layer of Soft Suede cardstock on top of that. Then I punched 1 1/4 squares from the Designer Paper and placed them like tiles in the background. I stamped the leaf with Versamark on More Mustard and the acorns on Soft Suede, embossed them with Gold Embossing Powder, then cut them out. Thinking of You is from Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. I cut out the tag from the Matchbox XL Bigz Die with my Big Shot and More Mustard cardstock, then stamped the words in Basic Brown and sponged the edges. I really like how this turned out!
I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend! It is supposed to be gorgeous here!
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Chris Dickinson says
September 11, 2009 at 8:22 amOhhh Connie – I love this – great sketch, colors and just GORGEOUS!!!
Pat Huntoon says
September 11, 2009 at 8:34 amVery Pretty, Connie! Don’tcha just love that paper?
Lisa Somerville says
September 11, 2009 at 9:16 amPretty – looks just like leaves falling outside a window!
Margaret Raburn says
September 11, 2009 at 10:35 amAnother beautiful card from Connie! I too love that leaf set and the paper! Love the tile background and the single embossed leaf and acorns as the focal point! Love it!
Rachel Hope says
September 11, 2009 at 10:49 amSo pretty! Love the embossed leaves and acorn!
Tami Black says
September 11, 2009 at 11:39 amFabulous card! I’m definitely casing this. Love the sketch and the way you did this!
kim howard says
September 11, 2009 at 12:33 pmHave a blast at regionals!! This card is great, I love the tiled background of it and the flower/acorn are perfect!!! I need to post my acorn picture I took yesterday of my yard 🙂
Ida says
September 11, 2009 at 2:10 pmWow this is great! I love Fall and that DP is just so pretty. Love how you used it along with the leaf stamp over the square panels.
Selene Kempton says
September 11, 2009 at 3:22 pmHave a great weekend and time away at regionals! This is beautiful (as always).
Shelly Schmidt says
September 11, 2009 at 8:40 pmThis is fabulous- love the layout and the BG is just wonderful! TFS
Jane Bosi says
September 11, 2009 at 9:24 pmI love this! What a great way to use that dsp—totally CASEing you! 🙂 Jane
Lisa Bohler says
September 11, 2009 at 9:35 pmBeautiful! Love the squares of DSP as a background and your leaf is gorgeous!!!!
Nikki says
September 12, 2009 at 8:28 amSooo pretty! Love the grid in the BG…and the gold embossed images! {SMILES}
Sheryl Dickinson says
September 13, 2009 at 6:24 pmVery pretty! Love the gold embossing with the leaf and acorns.
Jan Hoyt says
September 16, 2009 at 9:02 pmConnie, this card is just drop dead beautiful! I love the DSP and am happy that I have an order going in this w/e so I can get a pack of it, did I mention tha I love it?
Sorry I didn’t get a chance to swing by the convention center on Saturday morning to connect with you and some of the other Saturday attendees….sweep won out over swapping and I was out of swap cards anyway. 😉 Jan