OWH Mid-Month Throwdown - Grateful

Today's pair are for the OWH (new) Mid-Month Throwdown and you can read about it here.  The challenge is to make Grateful or Thankful themed cards.  The side panels were dry embossed before the paint was added, the sentiment panel is raised and the leaves are punched with a textured paper... all to add as much texture as possible to these cards.  I'm thankful for this uninterrupted day to make cards and tinker in the crafty zone!  :)

First Fall Cards

While I was working on the Christmas cards it realized I had not made any fall cards.

 

 

I started making these backgrounds while watching show.  It is amazing how relaxing that is.

 

 

And I had these beautiful stickers from Recollections that are shimmery with foil edging and accents.  I mounted them on cardstock and then cut them out.  The swirly things are thin chipboard that I distressed with 4 colors of ink.

I'm So Grateful Challenge!

I love how this one came together!  2 bits of scraps + 1 rak + 1 stamp + 1 ribbon.  So quick and easy I wish I had more of those scraps.  I will see what I have in other colors and maybe I can make a few more of these.