Leaves for Freshly Made Sketch #108

Today’s card is just a fun, for any reason type of card.  It’s also loosely based on the Freshly Made Sketch challenge 108.

About the card
1. I have to admit I was in a hurry tonight.  We had been away for the weekend and normal stamping time was cut short but I wanted to post something for the challenge.  I had already made these leaves for a class I taught last week and decided to use those as my focal point.  Picked out some pretty background DSP from Sweater Weather and burlap ribbon. Add a beautiful phrase and I was good. I used Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral on the sentiment to simulate Sunshine and to tie into the colors in the leaves.

2. About the leaves.  I used the Autumn Accents Bigz die to crop the leaves.  I used various DSP patterned paper but they were all crushed Curry background.  I found that the yellow looked better peeking through the sponging.

3. I spritz them with water, and wadded them up, then unfolded.  I then had a crinkled looking leaf shape. I used Old Olive first in the center, then Calypso Coral out to the edges.  Lastly, early espresso on the edges and over the top just a bit to pick up the creases.

I hope you like my card today.  Have a great week.

Lynn

What I used
Stamps: Pursuit of Happiness, Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Sweater Weather DSP, Very Vanilla, Ink: Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Accessories: Autumn Accents Bigz die, Framed Tulips embossing folder, Burlap ribbon.