Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Thankful


I played along with this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge and made an Autumn inspired card. The background is free digital paper called "fallen leaves" from FreeDigitalScrapbooking.com that I printed on Neenah card stock. I used rust colored card stock for the mats and sentiment panel, adding a MFP sentiment that I've always loved. I gold embossed a piece of scrap card stock and cut out the Cheery Lynn Mini fanciful flourish for the side accent, adding one of the leaves to the opposite side of the panel just for fun. I used a SB labels 25 die to cut the sentiment panel, and lined the outside of the mat with a gold paint pen before hand-cutting it to make a smaller mat.

Autumn has definitely arrived in PA, as it was just 44 degrees when I got up this morning! It's brisk, refreshing and invigorating - once you get some warm clothes on and get moving :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day today!

Carol

10 comments:

MaryH said...

Simply Stunning! I am in awe of your straight gold pen outlining of that diecut! Awesome. Loved the layout and your die mats with your sentiment is so very pretty. This is elegant, rich looking and perfect as a fall card. Great addition of that leaf flourish as a finishing touch. TFS & Hugs

Sue from Oregon said...

Oh so pretty Carol! Did you see Rob shaved his head...yuck!

nwilliams6 said...

Great sentiment, wonderful sketch, and very pretty card! You did a wonderful job on this and I am so glad fall is on its way (here in Alabama we are just getting little hints it is on the way as it is still so hot). Love the card. Hugz!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Love this design. The use of the free digi paper was great. I understand that the use of gold is very trendy right now.

jimlynn said...

Gorgeous!!!! Love everything about this.
Lynn

scrappymo! said...

This is so gorgeous! Love the ridh fall colours and that fabulous sentiment.

Debbie said...

This is beautiful!! That's a wonderful sentiment! I love the DP and that flourish!!
Thanks for joining us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

Di said...

Fabulous Carol - I LOVE the way you outlined in gold before cutting the mat - you clever little sausage! Beautiful card.

Hugs, Di xx

Grandma Bonnie said...

Carol, because you seamlessly made this card it appears to be an "easy" card, and i know that it takes time to make it look seamless..it's beautiful!!!
Thank you for using our Tuesday Morning Sketch this week, please come back next week!

JD/ Jill said...

Lovely card, Carol!