A Shabby Autumn…and I’m the Guest Designer!

 
Well…today is jam packed on the bloggy blog! I have two posts to share today! Wow! First time that's every happened. I am SUPER excited to announce that I am the Guest Designer this week over at The Shabby Tea Room! The theme this week is "A Shabby Autumn" and the insipration image is just gorgeous. I always love STR challenges and I'm so honored today to guest design for them. Debbie is so kind and sweet and I am thankful for the opportunity! I hope you will pop over to the blog and check it out today…and participate in this week's challenge! 

Here's my card, a shabby chic version of Autumn:

Here is the beautiful inspiration image:

The focal image is an older Hero Arts stamp – and I have used it over and over…It's alwasy pretty and perfect for the season. Of course I used my trusty Copic Markers!  

This is my Copic palette for today… 

Here's a side view showing all of my layers. Those pretty paper leaves are from Prima I think…and I wish I would have bought more. I'm using them like crazy this year. The 'Autumn' sentiment is also from Hero Arts.  

I had this pretty plaid ribbon in my stash…and added a button from Webster's Pages. You know I am loving the word paper scallops lately! haha. I couldn't resist adding another leaf. I used my blo-pen to add brown speckles to the image and sentiment. I seemed like there was too much white space to me and it adds to the shabby effect I think.

 
 Here's wishing you the most lovely Autum Day!

  
Wanda