For All Things…..What a wonderful sentiment, this time of year as we start to plan for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah Holidays. I used that sentiment as my feature sentiment for today’s card. I’ve a great reason to send this card as well. You might have noticed that my website has changed, for the better I hope, and that is because of the wonderful work of Brian Watt at Integrantservices.com. Brian’s wife is also a Stampin Up Demonstrator and they have done a lot of work with people like me who are tech savvy enough only to get ourselves in trouble. I hired Integrantservices last week and have been so thrilled with the quality of the work he performed. So Brian, this card is for you.
I was actually inspired by a previous card I made with a similar layout. You can see that card here. This time I wanted to use more background stamping to set it up and to pull in more traditional fall colors – Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake and Island Indigo. Yes, Island Indigo can be a fall color too.
The leaf underneath the tag was made using Autumn Accents Bigz Die. I love this die this time of year as I can create some pretty realistic autumn leaves to accent my projects. To create the distressed look, cut out the leaf in a paper of your choice. DSP or card stock will work. I prefer to use a yellow based paper as it gives me more options for adding colors. Spritz it with water and the crumple it up. Smooth it out and hit it with a heat gun if you don’t have time for it to dry on it’s own. Once dry, I sponge it first with Calypso Coral, then add some old olive in the middle. Add some Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso for depth. 
I pulled in the watercolor stamp and the branch for the inside as well. The background was stamped with Gorgeous Grunge using Crumb Cake – stamped off once first.
The gold button from the holiday catalog and some gold thread pulled from the gold bakers twine add the final touches.
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Lynn
This card is wonderful, Lynn! I love the colors and layout. Your site looks great, and I can confirm that Brian and Nicole are awesome – they helped me make some big changes December of last year.
You’re sooooo sweet, Lynn! The site is looking great 🙂