Autumn Birthday Card

My niece’s birthday is coming up, and I wanted to make a fall birthday card to enter into two challenges: Seize the Birthday: Foliage, and the Fusion Card Challenge.

The Fusion Challenge is a sketch/photo challenge. This time my inspiration comes from the beautiful fall colors on this wonderfully decorated porch:

It had been awhile since I pulled out my Distress Inks for the “smoosh” technique, but the latest Simon Says Card Kit, ”Thanks and Leaves” seemed perfect for it. There are a variety of different sized and shaped leaves in the set. I smooshed several different Distress Inks on my glass mat, and simply smooshed the stamps in them, and stamped them on a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper. I first tried spritzing the stamps with a mist of water, but decided I liked the effect better without it. After stamping, I trimmed the piece down and added it to the side of a Canyon Clay (PTI) top-folded card. A thin strip of bronze metallic card added a bit of glitz.

Once that was completed, I hunted through my drawer of embossing powders and discovered an old one called Woven Tapestry. It was almost a perfect match for the strip of bronze paper. The sentiment is from a Simon Says set “Birthday Flowers,” part of a card kit from 2016. 

The card still needed a “little something,” so I layered some gold and copper sequins and added them as a final touch. 

After nearly a week of cold, rainy days we’re having a glorious autumn day. Our Healthy Living class at the refugee center finally got outside to walk this afternoon instead of doing exercises in the gym! Hoping the rain holds off for treat and treating tomorrow night, but it doesn’t look likely.