Sunday, October 20, 2013

Thankful Leaves

After watching Lawn Fawn's Kelly Marie share her new leaf dies here,
I was inspired to play with them and created a card.

I think I'll enter this in Moxie Fab World's Handmade Cards: Color Media Challenge
just under the wire.


I die cut the set of leaves on several colors of Avery Elle cardstock
and ink distressed them with Wild Honey and Walnut Stain distress inks. 
I tried to form them as if they were floating down and the sentiment
is from Jane's Doodles.

And yes, I die cut pink and blue leaves! By the time they were ink distressed,
they took on colors of their own. A bit whimsical, perhaps, but I love 
how vibrant it looks.

Thanks so much for stopping by!


33 comments:

  1. This is so gorgeous - I love the colors you used for the leaves. Great design, too!

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  2. Oh my goodness Donna, this card is stunning!

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  3. Love the bright color leaves. So pretty.

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  4. Oooo! I love these colours Donna! Gorgeous. x

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  5. WOW! You've Donna-ized autumn leaves - this is immediately recognizable from your special touch with colour! Love it!

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  6. Those leaves are gorgeous Donna, I love the colours they took on. I totally ran out of time for the challenges, I entered one of them.

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  7. Amazing colors, Donna! Love this card!

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  8. Wow, gorgeous!! I want to see pink and blue leaves in real life! Beautifully done, Donna!

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  9. the movement on this card is amazing - everything is perfectly placed!

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  10. Everything about it is gorgeous! Love the woodgrain, and the inking on the leaves, they just glow!

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  11. Ohhhh the colours, the textures, the shading...(sigh)...absolutely gorgeous, Donna!

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  12. GORGEOUS leaves! You've done it again, Donna! Love it!

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  13. Love your colourful leaves against the wood grain!

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  14. gorgeous leaves Donna. This would be a great card to enter into our challenge at Die Cut Divas We would love to see you there.

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  15. Be still my heart! I am waiting on those leaf dies from SSS and you have made the wait all the more painful. This is stunning, Donna!

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  16. Absolutely gorgeous inking, Donna! I love how you placed them floating downward and the woodgrain background is perfect! Such a pretty card!

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  17. This is the very you version of autumn leaves :) love the bright lovely leaves

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  18. Eeeek, beautiful, Donna - and absolutely perfect on the kraft woodgrain :)

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  19. Hey Donna! Thanks for linking this up to the Color Media Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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  20. What a fabulous effect...love the inking on the leaves!

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  21. This is stunning. I really love the colours of your leaves - especially that gorgeous pink!
    In fact, I have a japanese maple in my garden with leaves just that colour.
    Caroline xxx

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  22. Those leaves are AMAZING!!!! Love them!

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  23. I've been doing quite the bit of leaf raking lately and would just love to rake up some beauts like these. Fabulous work, Donna.

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  24. Wow, this is so striking! LOVE the nontraditional leaf colors the most. :-D

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  25. Love your card! Had to come to your blog to find out how you created the leaves :) Keep creating the beautiful cards.

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