My brother-in-law has a birthday coming up soon, so I made him an autumn-themed card in colors of espresso and pumpkin. The leaf is a die-cut from SB which I sponged with an assortment of distress inks and then let it dry. I smeared it with Versamark ink and heat-set it with clear embossing powder to give it some shine and then curled the leaves around a pencil and popped it up on foam dots. I tied a piece of brown twine around the stem in a knot, rather than a bow (which I thought would have looked a bit feminine) but now that I see the picture, it looks like a horseshoe slung around the stem LOL I may add another piece of twine before I mail this one. The embossed panel was done with a Darice ef, and the birthday sentiment was die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched banner. The dsp is from SU! and I added a few orange gemstones to finish this one.
I'm sharing this with the following challenges:
Cardz4Guyz #204 - Autumn/Fall Leaves
Little Red Wagon #465 - Falling leaves
Addicted to Stamps and More #311 - anything goes
Repeat Impressions S2618 - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #175 - Fall anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
The Crop Stop September Link Party #43 - anything goes
Thanks for stopping by and do make it a great Thursday!
Carol
24 comments:
Love that leaf die and your fantastic colours on it. Great card.
I love when you use that large leaf. I have never found on that big. This is just so pretty. Autumn is my favorite season. I hope you don't think I am following you but I just made a leaf card for a few of these. Have a good day.
You have a lovely collection of embossing folders, this one is perfect for your leaf. I see the shine in the photo and it looks similar to the sheen of a pressed leaf when it is still new. Lovely card for your brother in law.
This is one beautiful card, Carol! It has such a Fall feel to it with that gorgeous leaf! I am loving the colors, paper & the embossed panel on the side! This one is going into my favorite's folder to case! Wonderful Fall birthday card....I just LOVE it! TFS Have a great day! :)
What a beautiful Autumn card Carol! I love the dimensional embossed border and your leaf looks so life like! This is a great masculine birthday card!
Oh WOW! I absolutely LOVE that leaf, it looks so real. Going to have to look up that die I think? I think twine tied in a bow is ok on guy cards but some times I tie it like you did but double or triple it. I love the small strip of embossed CS along the side like that.
A SUPER card Carol, such a beautiful and masculine card.
Faith
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Fabulous card,great design and details.xxx
Absolutely GORGEOUS card!!
I'd love for you to link this up to the Cropstop blog where it's always "Anything Goes" as long as you use a product or two from one of the companies they carry in the store. (You did!)
https://cropstop.blogspot.com/2018/09/september-link-party-43.html
SO HAPPY you linked this beauty up to Anything Goes challenge over at The House That Stamps Built!
So very beautiful.
Loving that big leaf with the rich earthy tones of Autumn, the clear embossing makes a huge difference. A fabulous masculine card x
Wow! Such beautiful card for your brother-in-law!! Stunning Ef that matches so well with the big leave and the striped dp! Fabuolos!!!
Your leaf is so realistic. It's a gorgeous card. Thanks for joining us at Cardz4guyz. Love Dawn x
Thanks so much for linking up to Cropstop! I hope you'll join us again real soon!
A stunning card Carol, beautiful Autumn colours and great design.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
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A fabulous card, perfect for our challenge. Thanks for playing along with us at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz. DT.
Again, pretty fall colors on this card. Love the look of the leaf, and after reading how you did the 'non-bow', it really does look quite cool. I wouldn't re-do it (Just MHO). Thanks for the tip on wrapping around a pencil to give some dimension..and the versamark over the Distress ink gave lots of shine too. I think your BIL will be very pleased to get this card. Actually I think any gender would love it! TFS & Hugs
What a gorgeous masculine card! That leaf is fabulous; love it!! And so glad you explained about the twine, I was quite curious. : ) I don't think a twine bow would have been too feminine for it, but it is tough to know when you are in the midst of designing. Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.
Your fall card is so elegant! Love it! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges this week. Be sure to join us next time too!
Blessings,
CGC DT
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Crafty Gals Corner Challenges
Wow! I am loving this card Carol, so masculine, so fall, so amazing!Not sure how you got the colors on this leaf like this or what colors you used, but it looks so real like it just fell off the tree! Love that striped paper and love the embossing. I would just snip the twine back a little where it doesn't look like a horseshoe shape, I like it and I think you would too if you just sniped it back a little. Hugs, Brenda
What a gorgeous leaf! I thought you’re twine was some sort of twig you’d added - lol! Thanks for joining us at Cardz for Guyz.
Such a pretty card! The leaf is gorgeous!
Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon this week!
Kate
Small Bits of Paper
This is gorgeous - I love that leaf! wow!
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