Bountiful Blessings

Yesterday was wildlife day at our house.  About noon I took Fritz out for a walk.  From our driveway I looked across the street & over one house.  There a big momma racoon was staring at us with babies around her.  I think Fritz saw them, but was quiet & just stood there beside me.  The momma turned around & the 4 babies followed her going down the neighbor's fence line.  No idea where they ended up & that was as close as I want to be to them!  Then at dusk we took our last walk just down to the end of our dead end street.  There were 3 big deer in the field pretty close to the street.  They all gracefully jumped the neighbor's fence & we could see them grazing in their big back yard.  Later they apparently came to our house to snack on my roses leaves big hoof prints in the bark chips & a bunch of tall stems with no flowers.  They're known for eating roses, but this is the first year they've gotten mine & we've been here 28 years!  Saves me picking up some fallen petals--haha!

I decided to make another card using IO Small Leaf Set (DIE 095).  This time I watercolored the leaves using Distress Markers Peeled Paint with a touch of Fired Brick.  

After they dried I added tiny bits of gold embossing using a Quikie Glue Pen.  I used the same Distress markers to splatter a vanilla panel along with some gold splatters.  I gold embossed Blessings (E20754) sentiment stamp on a vanilla scrap.  

This is the first time I've used it & certainly won't be the last.  I gold embossed the edges of the sentiment panel & of the card front.  It's a great way to make it look like there's dimension without adding bulk.  I'm entering IO Autumn Colors Challenge, DRU, NBUS & SSS Wednesday.

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