Thankful Garden for AYSI 358

 It's time for a new challenge at As You See It. Thanks to everyone who entered in our colour challenge last time round. We had some great entries and I enjoyed seeing the different uses for the same set of colours. 

As always, after the colour challenge comes the fill in the blank challenge. This time, inspiration comes from however you complete the sentence. There's many things to love about autumn and it is my favourite season. I love the cool nights followed by crisp days of clear blue sky. I love the abundance of vegetables and fruits to be found at the Farmer's Market and a return of hearty casseroles and delicious pies to the kitchen - along with hot drinks in the evening.  However, I'm not completing my sentence with any of those things, since there's something I love even more about autumn.

My favourite thing about autumn is watching the leaves turn from greens to golds and reds. That's what I've tried to show in this card. 

I started by ink smooshing some scraps of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper using Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive and a touch of Cherry Cobbler. Once the paper had dried I cut some leaves using one of the dies from Thankful Garden.

I thought they'd look smart against a dark background, so embossed a piece of Basic Black with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder and attached that to a Basic Black card base.

I arranged three stems of leaves and attached them to the card front. I thought a touch of gold would work well, so heat embossed a gold 'thank you' from Perfectly Pears and cut it out using one of the banner dies from Stylish Shapes.

To pick out the gold some more, I used something I seldom use - ribbon. I added in a twist of Gold Mesh ribbon. Bling was difficult to choose. I thought of using Flower Accents but felt they were the wrong gold. After trying out a few other things, I settled on using some Flat Pearls in Darling Duckling. I like how they've picked up the yellows and the golds.

What do YOU love about autumn? Visit the As You See It page to link up your entry and to see the rest of the team's inspirations.

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