This card is for my brother Michael who is a minister and has been in Canada for the past few years and has just excepted a new assignment in Butte Montana. Michael is someone I greatly admire as he LIVES his faith and is one of the most kind and loving people I know. (He also has a GREAT sense of humor and he is so much fun!) I am so proud to have him as my brother. He has often taken the road "less traveled" and he has blessed many lives because of it.
My leaves started out their life being punched from paper I made using glossy card stock and alcohol inks. The background is a photo that I found online that I just loved because of the mist shrouded road. I uploaded it to my picture program and used the watercolor effects, giving it an "almost" watercolor look. After printing it, I lightly misted with water. Then I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Golden Terracotta" to help being in some more 'fall color". (just the corners) but it also gives a bit of fun shine to the card which I was unable to capture in this photo. The branch is cut form a metallic stack from Michaels and is Memory Box. The leaves are punched from two sizes of punches, one is white and one is orange and neither one has a name. (I suspect the white one is Recollections from Michaels.) I backed the image with SU Cajun Craze card stock and the card base is more of the same metallic card stock that the branch was cut from. I did not put a sentiment on the front because it took away from the look I was trying to achieve.
I will also enter this in the DD challenge for this months theme "If You Leave Me Now".
This fits in to "leaves or a fall theme"...
Thank you for stopping to take a look! It is ALWAYS appreciated!
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2014 GMT Views: 2661
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Sun, Jan 04, 2015 @ 6:38 AM
Not sure how I missed this! Wow! I love this poem and this card so captures it. Impressive!!!! Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
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Sun, Jan 04, 2015 @ 4:02 PM
So wonderful Peggy! I just saw this in the favorites for the year and had to comment. LOVE the way you turned the photo into such a cool background (thank you for explaining the techniques!) for your incredibly detailed tree and leaves! Gorgeous!!! Neat that you shared about your brother too!