I am working on my family cards for November. We are having such beautiful fall weather I am still in fall mode. I started with two large orange cards which fit in large envelopes from my stash. I created two collage/serendipity backgrounds for them and embossed them with copper leaves after they were dry. I have finally been able to create a sponged focal element I am happy with. I copper embossed the "Lovely as a Tree" (SU) onto ivory cardstock and then used some of my torn paper masks to create a sponged area over them with Ochre permanent ink. I have seen some much brighter ones but this will do for my first good result. I added the little birthday greeting (SU) in brown, punched slots in each end and added a piece of orange plaid ribbon which I embellished with yellow ink to help it coordinate better with my elements. I added four rows of paper piercing to each edge using my pattern tracing wheel. I used double sided tape to secure my ends to the back of my backgrond and 3D foam tape to secure my focal element in place. I added punched leaf borders to the bottom. The dark brown offsets the background quite nicely. I adhered my large backgrounds to my orange cards to finish off my cards. Therese
