Monday, September 13, 2010

Shades of Autumn

This is a card I made for three challenges - Jenny's Challenge #22 - Fall into Autumn, Hero Arts' Everything Autumn Challenge and Allsorts Week 69 - Colours of Autumn.



I love Jenny's inspiration photos but now I have a yen for toffee apples - I must make some!

Happy Birthday Butterflies

Stamps (Hero Arts) - Antique Engravings & Birthday Messages.

Except for the white base, everything on this card is from my scrap drawer. The butterflies are coloured with ProMarkers and I added thread for the antennae. I used the Cuttlebug distress stripes embossing folder for the top part of the card, embossed the sentiment in white and added some more scraps with machine stitching. The card was made for Hero Arts' weekend-long Virtual Cardmaking Party in celebration of Operation Write Home’s birthday. I'll include the other cards I made over the weekend in my next post.
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17 comments:

  1. LinSeptember 13, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    Beautiful, Heather - so fallish! Now you've got me thinking about caramel apples!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Heather this is absolutely gorgeous! I love the layers and stitching :) Thanks for playing along with us at Wee Memories :)

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  3. RosemarySeptember 13, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    your challenge card is just gorgeous heather! all the details perfectly executed!

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  4. AnneSeptember 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    Heather I just LOVE this card- the colors and textures are divine- I may have to scraplift this for a future B-day card!

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  5. BarbSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    What a fabulous use of scraps, Heather! I love the colors and brilliant way you left the markings on the butterfly white! Love this!

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  6. Vera Yates (Ling)September 13, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    Beautiful card, Heather! Thank you for joining us at Wee Memories! xx

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  7. TrinhSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    This one immediately caught my eye in the Flickr group - beautiful, Heather! Gorgeous colors and I love how you are using that embossing folder.

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  8. Anita RexSeptember 14, 2010 at 4:03 AM

    Now I want toffee apples too! Love those butterflies! And love that they are scraps!

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  9. Kirsten...xSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    Fabulous card great take on our theme...x

    Thanks for joining us this week at Allsorts hugs Kirsten...x

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  10. Jinny NewlinSeptember 15, 2010 at 1:39 AM

    Sooo pretty! LOVE that embossed background, and that little bit of string is perfect!

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  11. Michele GrossSeptember 15, 2010 at 4:29 AM

    Very very pretty! I love that embossing folder you used- gives a fun woodsie feel :) Great fall card, glad you joined us at Wee Memories!

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  12. brendaSeptember 15, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    What a beautiful and elegant card.

    Thank you for joining in my Colours of Autumn theme at Allsorts this week and good luck.

    B x

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  13. Suzanne CSeptember 17, 2010 at 2:23 AM

    Gorgeous card! Love the strips of paper in the design and the embossing.

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  14. DeirdreSeptember 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    A STUNNER...... wow., love it.

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  15. LaurelSeptember 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    Love the butterflies! stunning!

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  16. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)September 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    Congrats on your Wee Memories Fab 4.

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  17. Sherry EckbladSeptember 20, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    absolutely beautiful and I might have to cardlift this idea too.

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