Changing Seasons

Happy Monday Hellos to Everyone!!!

Another weekend has come and gone so very fast that I haven't had time to rest up this week. I wanted to start the week with a challenge I'm normally not able to participate with until later in the week. I learned this past weekend one of my neighbor's lost her brother over the weekend. With that being sad in itself, my neighbor's health will prohibit her to travel to Georgia for the memorial services scheduled this week. That sadden me. I knew neither sibling had visited one another in quite some time do to the condition of both their health. Prior to the failing health condition, they visited one another often. As I began to ponder over this week's challenge at Waltzing Mouse, I came up with an idea for a card. I know I wanted to make something to celebrate the season. Something to celebrate life and change.  So I came up with this....

I layered my card and ran the top layer through the crimper that my good friend, Chris gave me. I used Hero Arts, real leaves. I stamped five maple leaves onto white paper. I used several of Tim Holtz's distressing inks to color the leaves before I cut them out. I enhanced each leave with regular stickles and distressing stickle. I think I mentioned in a eariler post, how much I loved the distress stickles. I'm just saying it again because I really love this stuff. I didn't want my greeting to begin with 'With Sympathy' but, I did want her to know I was thinking of both she and her family. Lastly, I embossed and cut the sentiment out using Spellbinders and there you have it. I was done. I hope you like it and I hope you find inspiration in my little creation.

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