Quilts and Cards: Autumn

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Autumn

Autumn is here at last. The leaves are starting to change and fall around the section - more mess to clean up!
Autumn is the theme for our card swap over at Card Making World. This card also fits the theme for the Allsorts Challenge this week as well - stitched!

I used a Bazzil Basics 12x12 to make the base card then layered it with some paper I had with oak leaves on it. I stitched some panels and not others to provide a bit of contrast.

The coloured leaves were punched from scraps of paper then glued on.

The sentiment on the front is from a Hero Arts collection, which I masked and stamped the leaves over the top.

3 comments:

Fleur said...: Hi Janet, this is stunning. Great stitched detail & lovely colours
Thanks for taking part in my first ALLSORTS challenge, Hugz Fleur xXx; April 18, 2010 at 11:14 PM
sue law said...: Beautifully done Janet! Great colours and stitching too!
Sue
x; April 21, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Joy said...: Hi Jane, Beautiful card, love your blog xx; April 24, 2010 at 11:54 PM

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