Sunday, September 19, 2021

Give Thanks with Metallic Leaves

 I'm jumping past Halloween today and sharing a Thanksgiving card!

I die cut the circle out of a panel of water color paper, stenciled behind the circle on the white card base using a Tim Holtz mini grid stencil and Ranger Distress Fossilized Amber ink.  

I die cut the Skeleton Leaves out of metallic papers in orange, gold (which looks greenish in the photo?!) and red. 

I adhered the two larger leaves over the grid then adhered the circle cut-out panel over the card base with foam dots.  I adhered one edge of the orange leaf to the outside frame with a foam dot on the other side of the leaf to hold it above the larger leaves.  I added 3 enamel dots and the sentiment.

I'm linking my Thanksgiving card to the following challenges:



I'm happy to be welcoming cooler fall weather here in MA.  I've had enough of the heat wave days and weeks of rain - even if it does mean we have to start raking leaves soon!


Stamps:  Mini Strips: Harvest - Taylored Expressions.
Paper:  White - PTI, Water Color Paper - Canson Cold Press, Kraft Stock Metallic Jewels - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.
Ink:  Dark Chocolate - Altenew, Ranger Distress Fossilized Amber.
Accessories:  Mini Strips Dies - Taylored Expressions, Stitched Mats Circles - Lil Inker Designs, Skeleton Leaves - Tim Holtz/Sizzix,  mini grid stencil - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, foam dots, enamel dots.

10 comments:

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fabulous use of the colors! Those metallic papers are wonderful! Thanks for joining in at JUGS and stopping by my blog 😀

Loll said...

LOVE your metallic leaves in the Autumn colours, Julia! So pretty over the sweet stenciled background with stitched circle frame. xx

Claire Broadwater said...

Julia, these metallics leaves are gorgeous! I love the stenciled background, too! CAS perfection! So happy you joined my challenge at The Paper Players this week!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love your metallic leaves on that soft grid stencil, Julia - so pretty in the circle window!!

Nancy said...

This is such a pretty card! I also am so in love with the metallic papers and leaf dies. I love the idea of stenciling inside the circle too! Such a great thought-out card! Thanks for joining us for Color Week at Just Us Girls!

ElizStewart said...

Julia... fabulous design! All these leaf challenges are confusing me... and I love love when a clean design stands out! Thanks so much for joining and sharing at Just Us Girls.

Bonnie said...

Gorgeous Fall leaves, Julia! I love all the dimension and the stenciled background!

LeAnne said...

These leaves are gorgeous and the background is so soft and pretty! Thanks for playing with our CAS challenge this week at the Players!

Mac Mable said...

The metallic leaves look so pretty, love the stencilling and loving this card Julia x.

Jeanne H said...

Really gorgeous card. TFS