Dies R Us - Happy Fall

I am on the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog today with this fall card.  I just love the colors of fall.  Not just the colors, but the feel of the cool air and the smell of home cooked foods that go along with it.  

I decided to make this card with all of the delicious color and leaves.  

I pictured the leaves blowing and tried to show that on this card.  

I used water color paper and die cut the Leafy Breeze die from Memory Box in white.  I left the leaves in the die and colored them.  This worked much faster, as I didn't need to be careful  about my coloring. Sorry for the out of focus picture.

 Next I cut the die again and trimmed the sides like this. 

 

Then I channeled my best Jennifer McGuire and placed each leaf back into the die that you see here.  

It took a bit of time, but I think the finished card was worth it. 

Along the right side of the die that I trimmed, I glued some gold cord and then heat embossed the sentiment in gold, from a set by Power Poppy. I then added more leaves and vines to the upper left and lower right corners. The are from Poppy stamps Stitched Pumpkin Leaves. 

Here is a tip.  After heat embossing the sentiment, my card was warped.  To make it better, I sprayed lightly with water and put the card under a heavy book.  That fixed that. 

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