Sunday, October 2, 2016

Dies R Us ~ Autumn Blessings

Good morning friends~  It's my turn  to post over at the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog and it's all about fall.
The temperatures have turned much cooler here, the leaves have started changing color and are already falling from the trees.  
Here's a festive fall card to get you in the mood for pumpkin season.

I started by coloring some water color card stock using Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders.
From this sheet, I cut the lovely Maple Vine Frame from Tutti Designs.

From the second sheet, I cut 5 Stitched Ovals and layered them to create a pumpkin.
I then snipped off a piece of the scrap water colored card stock to create the stem.  I simply colored it using a brown Sharpie marker.

 Next, I cut some maple leaves using Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves and played around with placement ideas.


I played around with placement and different colored card bases 
 And finally settled on the design below.  I thought the light blue background made all the colors really come alive.

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    Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

    9 comments:

    Unknown said...

    LOVE that beautiful leaf frame, your colors are Fall-Fantastic! And creating your precious little pumpkin using an ovals die cut is genius--you're so clever!!! And that stretching cat, you can feel how good that is! Autumn Blessings indeed!!!

    Linda said...

    What a gorgeous card Birgit. That leaf frame is so beautiful and you really knocked it out of the park with its gorgeousness. Love it.

    Birgit said...

    Oh my gosh...this is a great card! I love the leaf die cut and you made a great pumpkin. The bluish background looks great with it. Unique

    Donna Ellis said...

    Oh my goodness! Dee's kitties are the cutest ever! Daring in every way, and so is your beautiful card, Birgit! Thanks for the step-by-step tutorial! hugs, de

    Donna Ellis said...

    Oh my goodness! Dee's kitties are the cutest ever! Daring in every way, and so is your beautiful card, Birgit! Thanks for the step-by-step tutorial! hugs, de

    Marcia Hill said...

    Oh my...this is frame-able Birgit! The leaf frame is totally GORGEOUS (don't you just LOVE playing with Color Bursts?!!) and I love your oval pumpkin too, but the star is that stretching cat...LOVE him! Awesome card my friend!! :0)

    Marybeth said...

    Your Oval pumpkin is stunning Birgit! What a beautiful autumn blessings card! Blessing to you for a great week friend!

    Naki said...

    WOW Birgit! This is stunning!!!!! WOW!!!

    Kara Lynne said...

    This is amazing, Birgit! The Brusho is stunning and I love seeing how you changed the position and bg. It turned out perfect!