Heartfelt Thanks

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts this week that October is Pastor Appreciation month.  This card is for our Pastor's wife as she does a lot of the behind the scenes work at church.  She needs some appreciation, too, right?

 I tried the Faux Cloissone technique from this month's Technique Time Tuesday challenge.  I tried to get a good picture of it, but the shine is quite hard to capture.  I would have liked to have had some darker pumpkins but I couldn't find any orange spots large enough in the magazines I had.  So, I had to use part of someone's face with this peachy/orange color.

Challenges:

Technique Time Tuesday--Faux Cloissone

Crafty Ribbons #66--anything goes

A.R.T. Impressions--perfect papers (3 different patterns or textures)

Di's Digis Challenge--purple, orange, green, black

Sweet Stop Sketches #233--sketch with a spin: Fall theme

Raisin Boat #16--thank you

Eureka Stamps #62--halloween colors

Timeless Tuesday #243--fussy cut (I cut out the pumpkins)

{Pin}spirational Challenge #80--inspiration photo (I used the orange, black and green and the pumpkins)

Twist of Faith #60--Harvest

Inkspirational Challenges--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #103--anything goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy--embossing (gold embossing on the pumpkins and black embossed sentiment)

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Tall Oaks" and sentiment (freebie); Clear Dollar Stamps "Elegant Flourishes"

Dies: Verve "Classy Labels" (I cut off the bottom half to make it fit the sketch better) and "Scalloped Trim Trio" border die; spellbinders standard circles, large