Sparkely Gold Fall Leaves

I have gold glitter all over my craft room!  It must be fall.  I'm not quite ready for the weather, but oh so ready to make fall cards.  The colors are so vibrant, Mother Nature sure knew what she was doing!

I am entering this card in these challenges.
Simon Says Challenge: Boldly go into STAMPtember! 
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Lovely Leaves
STV MIUM Fall-Color on Color Emboss Resist

I used a heavy base CS of Ivory, and embossed the leaves from the Grateful Heart stamp set, with gold glitter embossing powder.  Then sponged the BG with distress inks.  Peeled paint, mustard seed and rusty hinge.  If you are careful and heat the embossing powder well, the glitter does now come off when you wipe the colors off.  It still resists the color, but I did go back and put a little more on where it was needed.  I pasted panels of DP from the Grateful Hearts pattern pack.  The Greeting is a die from Simon Says called Big Thanks.  It has a swirly tail that I cut off, and will use as a flourish inside the card. 
Grateful Heart stamp and papers are from GKD.

I made a matching envelope from the many stacks of scrapbook papers that I have.  In this case there was a flower border that I left on.  I thought it was cute.  The little heart covers up a punch hole. 

A close up of the embossed gold glitter leaves. 

 Thanks for stopping to take a look at my entries in this weeks challenges.  As always, I appreciate your comments.