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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Craft Hoarders Anonymous November Blog Hop!





Welcome to the Craft Hoarders Anonymous November Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Donna's blog. After your visit here you'll hop on over to Wendi's blog. To start at the beginning and work your way through the hop, just click on this link to Gloria's blog.

We just returned from our place in the Smoky Mountains. There was a bit of a chill in the air. The leaves were at peak for the season. We spent our days taking in the breathtaking color in the mountains. Each evening we curled up in front of the fire with hot cocoa, popcorn, and a movie. We even made S'mores! I have to agree with Winnie the Pooh when he  described autumn as "...A time of hot chocolaty mornings, and toasting marshmallow evenings, and best of all, leaping into LEAVES!"


After our splendid holiday I couldn't resist pulling out my Alterations leaf dies ( I love them!) in an attempt to capture some of the beauty.    


I distressed, stitched, and layered Maja Design papers, then went about creating an autumn spray of foliage, flowers, and berries.    


My original idea was to make the front of the card look like and envelope, running the floral arrangement so that the flap of the envelope remained exposed. One thing led to another, and the florals became a little overgrown. I still managed to tuck in a wax envelope seal near the the right side of flap. 


I added a dusting of gesso and a rustic jute bow.


In the photo below you can kind of see how it started out with the look of an envelope.



Thank you for joining me and taking a peek at my project. I hope you have a day filled with happiness and creative  adventures! 

Hugs,

14 comments:

  1. Love this wonderful card,Nancy. Your getaway sounds fantastic!

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  2. Amazing project Nancy..I love the lucious layers & the beautiful wax stamping!! xo

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  3. Oooooooh. Let me just take this all in again! What a gorgeous, gorgeous card! I love the envelope design and that wax seal, seals the deal for me! What a beauty!

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  4. Just beautiful with all the layers and gorgeous florals and leaves .

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  5. This is amazing, Nancy! Love the colors and the envelope idea! :)

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  6. Pure Smokey Mountains feeling, the autumn leaves are just right for this cards, am totally in love with it, you always amaze me with your style! Thanks for sharing Nancy!

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  7. Hi Nancy! Your card is gorgeous! Love all the layers and the beautiful flowers and leaves.

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  8. Hi Nancy! Your card is gorgeous! Love all the layers and the beautiful flowers and leaves.

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  9. Such a beautiful card Nancy full of gorgeous gorgeousness .x
    Take Care
    Elaine H X

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  10. This is a beautiful layered card and so subtle!

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  11. Gorgeous. It screams fall to me. Subtle colors and beautiful layering. Lovely work.

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  12. Your card is scrumptious! Sometimes more is better. But it would have been great coming out of the envelope too. Thanks for sharing with us. Germaine

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  13. What a gorgeous card, Nancy!! Love your shabby layering and the leaves are perfect!! That loopy bow is so sweet too!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

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