W2CB #57 - Crispy Fall

Here in the Midwest, there's almost always a crispness in the air when the calendar turns to September. To commemorate the change in seasons, the Words 2 Craft By quote come to us from F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.

I love making fall cards, my favorite color pallet is derived from fall colors.  I love the deep reds, purples, golds, and oranges I see on the trees around me.  

I started with paper colored with  alcohol ink and gold mixative:

I cut the leaves with old Marvy metal punches, and curled the leaves around a pencil.  Added a fun die cut background and an old SU! sentiment and done!!  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By and show us your crispy fall creation!!!

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Sketchy Thanks and Giving

The "simple" card was a lot more complex that it looks :). 

Very old Mary Englebreit patterned paper embossed with Falling Leaves embossing folder, inked with Distress Inks.  The Neat and Tangled sentiment is heat embossed 3X.  I had not tried layering embossing powder before, but my MISTI made it easy, and I love the dimension from the the multiple coats.  To join in the Shopping Our Stash That's Sketchy challenge, I based this on an old Operation Write Home sketch:

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Autumn Flowers challenge!!