Thankful

I understand that Kraft is the new neutral in town and gladly embraced it for my card.  I chose my colours to go along with a colour challenge at Colour Me...!

The photo inspiration behind the colour bar made me think of fall and Thanksgiving.  Yes, that's over up here in Canada, but Thanksgiving is right around the corner for those in the US.  Of course with the snow on the ground here right now, fall may as well be over even though it's not officially supposed to be winter until December 21st.

I decided to have my base be Kraft paper followed by a layer of Tangelo Twist and then a layer of Night of Navy.  I left an extremely narrow border of Tangelo Twist showing because I used my retired "thankful" framelit to cut out the Night of Navy and wanted the colour showing through there to be the main focus rather than the border.

Then I cut a piece of Burlap Ribbon in half and frayed the sides as well as the bottom before attaching it below the "thankful".  On top of that I attached a pumpkin which I had stamped with Tangelo Twist ink on Very Vanilla, cut out with the matching framelit and then wrapped the stem with some discarded burlap thread.

At the top left corner I attached a leaf from the Fall Fest stamp set which I had stamped with Tangelo Twist ink on Very Vanilla and cut out with the matching framelit.   To finish the card, I added three tiny circles on the right side of the Burlap Ribbon, cut using my Cupcake Builder punch and coated with Crystal Effects.

For more cards using this striking colour scheme, check out Colour Me...!

For more cards with the theme of being grateful, check out The Paper Plunge.

For more cards that have a fall or thanksgiving theme, check out {PIN}spirational.