Autumn Leaves

Hello, everybody!  Happy Saturday to you!  Before I share my card, I would like to welcome my newest follower - JD - thank you for joining me!  Today I'm sharing a fall-themed card.  There's a fun challenge over at Serendipity Stamps to create your own background and I was inspired!

The cute kitty is part of a rubber stamp from Serendipity Stamps called Leaf Pets and I decided to use just the kitty so I stamped the image, coloured with Prismacolor pencils, and fussy cut. Below shows the full stamp. The doggie is so cute and I hated to cut him off, but I wanted to showcase the stamped background I made so I went with a smaller image and added a vellum die-cut behind him (Spellbinders Labels Nine).

I searched through all my stamp sets to find some leaves to make a stamped background, and I ended up using small leaf stamps from Newton's Nook Fanciful Florals, Kelly Purkey Fall Favorites, There She Goes Clear Stamps Treemendous, and Flonz Cute Kittens Playing.  I stamped them on kraft cardstock in various inks: Ancient Page - Henna, Plum Wine, Sienna, and Sunburst, Memento - Cottage Ivy, and Simon Says Stamp - Khaki. I love how it turned out!

I heat-embossed the sentiment (Serendipity Stamps Seasonal Sayings Set) in gold (The Artful Stamper) on a red snippet and added a few maple-leaf sequins.  

I would also like to join the following challenges: Aud Sentiments AG w Sentiment 2/5 Beccy's Place September AG UE; Cosmic Colours See Inspiration Graphic Below (I used brown, red, and green) UE; Craft Stamper AG with a Stamp 2/3; Craftin Desert Divas Just for Kids UE; Crafty Catz Autumn Colours 1/3; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Di's Digi Designs Fabulous Fall Colours 1/3; DL.ART September Linky AG 1/day; DRS Designs A Real Cutie UE; Fantasy Stampers Autumn Leaves; Hiding in My Craftroom Super Scraps Saturday (vellum and sentiment strip are scraps) 1/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Little Claire's Autumnal 1/3; Not Just Cards AG UE; One Crazy Stamper Christmas Halloween Fall 1/5; Our Crafty Corner Autumn Colour 1/3; Penny Black and More AG 2/3; Penny's Paper Crafty AG 2/3; Pile it On Fur UE; Scrapbook Blessings Club AG optional Favourite Technique (creating my own background with stamps) UE;  Send a Smile 4 Kids Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp and Punch/Die Cut 3/5; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday STAMPtember Use a Stamp and Blog Hop 1/5; Simon Says Stamp Work-it Wednesday Fall/Autumn 3/3; Sparkle N Sprinkle AG w Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, or Flocking UE; Sweet Stampin' Make a Scene 1/2; Sweet Stamps AG UE; The Craft Barn Stamping UE; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions DCC99 Falling for Fall - Autumn UE; The Kraft Journal Autumn 1/2; The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Inspiration and Fall 1E; Tuesday Throwdown AG 2/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5

I used brown, red, and green

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!