I pulled out a very old Spellbinder's leaf die and cut 2 leaves with some glittered green cardstock snippets I wanted to use up and made a couple of cards. I embossed a black strip of cardstock with a Darice Autumn leaves embossing folder and added 2 die-cut green checked panels on the sides by using a MFT notched border die. The sentiment is pre-printed from SSS and I added a twine bow to the leaf. I added some black Nuvo drops to the 2nd card just to add a little interest.
I'll share with the following challenges:
the Allsorts Challenge week #745 - A/G or use die cuts
Can You Handle the Pressure? -A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of "trees."
The Male Room Challenge #145 - Leaves
Wishing everyone a pleasant day and thanks so much for stopping by!
Carol
Beautiful card, simple and very effective! Have a great, new week, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and perfect for a male too! I LOVE those colors you used and the embossed panel. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLynn
Perfecrt masculine Autumn card love the embossed leaves strip
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What great cards Carol, it's nice to get those old supplies out and use them once again! I love this leaf, it looks great. Love the design of your card too, perfect for the fall....if it comes! LOL Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteA pretty creation showcasing that gorgeous leaf die, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge this week.
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Love how beautiful and serene this one is! Enjoy the week!
ReplyDeleteJust 2 colours make a beautiful male card! I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteLia DT CYHTP
Great cards for the various challenges, good colour choices
ReplyDeleteThat leaf looks awesome cut by that glittered green, I enlarged the photo and admired it so much! And paired with that black embossed stripe pops very well! I can see you used again that notched border die, it's very effective to add "something" to masculine cards and just perfect with the checked pattern. You are always so good with masculine cards, well done making two with this design!
ReplyDeleteHere the nights are more fresh so we can sleep LOL, but the sun is still hot. Well, good for my growing pumpkins, hope to have some for the winter :D This Summer was too much hot for the pumpkins plants, they suffered the sun and the hot air, so didn't made their fruits, but now they are growing well. Fingers crossed for a nice warm autumn.
Sending big hugs and love on your way, dear friend! Take care!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, Carol! I love the green against the black! Both cards are so different! Love the embossing, the patterned paper and that leaf die! The little touches with the twine and Nuvo drops add so much. Love them both as they make pretty Fall birthday cards! TFS and wishing you a great day & week ahead! Hugs~
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! Love the colors, wonderful embossing the design! Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts challenge!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card with the pretty leaf ! Great color for a masculine card! Take care and have a great week, hugs!
ReplyDeleteThe strip of embossed leaves enhances that gorgeous green leaf. I like that color combination so much.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card Carol, I love the embossing and the edge die. A lovely texture on the leaf and the colour mix, makes this a marvellous masculine card. I'm here with both my hats on so will say. Thank you so much for joining us in our Leaves challenge at The Male Room Good Luck and I hope you will join us in our next challenge.
ReplyDeleteFaith DT
this card is so beautiful, i'm a fan of green colors and leaves so i like this one a lot.
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You've combined the elements and colours perfectly for this fab card. Thanks for using die cuts and joining in the challenge at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a fun & fabulous design (will have to pin this one for future reference lol). Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Wow, what a gorgeous card Carol! I love the green and black together and something I wouldn't have thought to put together other than Halloween, but this is so striking! The green glittery leaf with the veins showing is beautiful too! Love it! Sorry I'm late commenting...been a bit busy over my way! HUGS
ReplyDeleteThat sparkly green leaf is fabulous!!! Beautiful card!!! Thanks for playing along at The Male Room Challenge!
ReplyDeleteCAS perfection on this card. Love that emboss folder.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thank you for sharing with us at CYHTP Embossing Folder Challenge.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! You incorporated leaves very nicely. Thanks for playing at The Male Room challange.
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