Monday, November 5, 2012

Cheery Lynn Designs Give Thanks


The challenge this week at Cheery Lynn Designs is Give Thanks.  I decided to make a Thanksgiving card.  This poor holiday gets shoved out by Halloween and Christmas.  I began my card with copper metallic card stock, 5 x 7 inches, adding a piece of cream card stock that I dressed up with my Lace Edger.  I added a panel embossed with the fabulous Foliage Embossing Plate.  This paper is quite heavy but look at all the lovely detailing (I chose to use the debossed side, the innie instead of the outie!)   I used my Silver Coved Rectangle Stacker  to die cut the Thanksgiving sentiment.  


Now came the fun part, using my  Dimensional Small Leaves 1, Dimensional Small Leaves 2, and Dimensional Large Leaves 2 dies, I cut an assortment of leaves using glossy paper.  To get all the beautiful veining on these dies, you must also emboss them with your rubber mat.  Using stipple brushes and dye inks, I added fall colors to the leaves.  I created the flower using my Embellishments #1 and then added some Iris Leaves for final accents.  

Be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in on this week's Give Thanks challenge for a chance to win $20 to the store

7 comments:

Diane said...

This is a beautiful card Sandy...love the background paper and the flower...a perfect Thanksgiving card, and I agree with you, it does get shoved out of the way...stunning card!!

Caroline said...

Beautiful, love the flower arrangement at the bottom of the card the colours are gorgeous. Caroline xxx

ednamburgess said...

Very Beautiful Sandy! The fall colors are perfect and adding the verse, leaves and 1 flower are just right. Of course the border adds to all of it. Nice job. Edna

kathi17 said...

This is beautiful Sandy, and perfect for thanksgiving.

Margot-craftcorner said...

this card is stunning!

Ilene said...

This is so gorgeous! I love the warm rich colors and how those fall leaves came out!

Jan Scholl said...

I love the leaves. Who made the sentiment stamp?