Grateful Autumn

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Monday!  The month of October is zooming by and I'm trying to get my Thanksgiving and Gratitude Cards completed in time for posting November 1st.  My share today features Leaves from the Grateful Autumn Stamp Set by Memory Box.

I've colored the leaves using my Prismacolor Pencils.  The patterned papers are snippets from Echo Park and Carta Bella paper pads, the sentiment is from the same Memory Box Stamp Set and it has been heat embossed using fine detail gold power.

I've highlighted the focal images by die cutting them with circle dies from My Favorite Things.  This was a quick and easy card, even the coloring was quick and easy.  I'll be in full blown Christmas Card creating soon, but for now, I still have a few more Autumn cards to finish up.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Use Your Stuff

A Place to Start

A Perfect Time To Craft

Carlin's Card Paradise

Classic Design Challenge

Crafts Galore Encore

Do-Al(l) Kreatives

The Crafting Challenge

Your Scrapbook Place

Sheepski Designs

Double Trouble Guest Designer - Tall Card with Thin Dies

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today begins a new challenge on the Double Trouble Challege Blog and I've been invited to Guest Design with the Team this month!  I'm honored to be creating along side the wonderful and talented team and I'm sharing my 1st project. 

The theme is "Tall Card with Thin Dies" and I've created an Autum Themed Standard Slimline card for the challenge.  The optional Twist is:  Things that start wth "T" so I've chosen to create a card of "Thankfulness"

To start, I've stamped an image from the Memory Box "Autumn Gifts" Stamp Set on watercolor card and heat embossed with Copper Fine Detail Embossing Powder.  I used Gansai Tambi Watercolors to give the leaves the Autumn colors we all love as well as a subtle blue background.

The Slimline die is from Crafter's Companion and I've had it a few years now.  I folded a piece of 8.5" x 11" card and cut the card base; slipping one of the cutting edges over the fold so the base would have the stitching.  Lastly, I've added Gold Mine Rhinestones from Kat Scrappiness for added interest.

Please stop by the Challenge at Double Trouble and play along.  I've delighted to be Guest Designing and I'll be back in a few weeks with my second GDT project.  Until then, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Ellibelle's Challenge

Make My Monday

Crafting Happiness

Happy Little Stampers Watercolor

Clever Dexter

All Sorts

Outlawz PAM

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts

Penny's Challenges

Word Art Wednesday