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| Partial view from our favorite overlook- Jewell Hollow |
Hi
Friends!!
My
husband and I visited Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park today and it
was absolutely gorgeous!!
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| Look at that tall spindly tree he is in :-) |
We saw a Bald Eagle flying across a field before we even left our own county (in an area we never expected to see an eagle) plus in addition to the wonderful fall leaves, we had the
thrill of seeing a black bear up in a tree approx. 50 feet high!
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| We could not believe this branch would hold him :-) |
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| He was quite the acrobat :-) |
We were not
the first to spot this bear so we are not sure if he climbed the tree in front
of the spectators, or if he was already at the top of the tree when they spotted
him, but we had the pleasure of watching him for a few minutes. It is amazing how agile these bears are and
the tree trunk was very small compared to the other trees around him but he have
loved the nuts and/or leaves on that particular tree (since he did not even seem to notice that we were congregating on the drive snapping
pictures of him)!
All
in all, a wonderful fall day marveling at God’s amazing creation!! Just glorious!
I
was so inspired by all of the fall colors, I decided to create a quick card for
Nance’s PP267 “CAS Leaves” Challenge at The Paper Players along with the
Stampin’ Royalty SR#300 Photo Inspiration Challenge and the FMS209 Sketch atFreshly Made Sketches.
I
hope you have a chance to visit the above galleries- wonderful inspiration from
all!
To
create this card:
Stamp
the leaf image from the retired Best of Autumn stamp set using Stāz-On® Jet
Black Ink onto a piece of watercolor paper.
Use
an AquaPainter™ to add water to the image and color with the Hello Honey,
Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink pads (“spritzing”
and adding more color to create the watercolor wash).
Dry
with the Heat Tool and add additional detail with the Stampin’ Write Markers of
the same colors.
Use
the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut out
the image (I actually shortened the die cut image by overlapping the sides).
Stamp
the sentiment from the retired Short & Sweet stamp set using Stāz-On® Jet
Black Ink onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, flip the cardstock over and
use the Simply Scored™ Tool to score along the sides and top.
Add
the scored panel to the Very Vanilla card base, adhere the Gold Twine loops and
finish off the card by mounting the leaf focal image using dimensional foam.
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| Another view- of course, my card can never compare to the splendor of the real thing! |
Stamp
Sets: Best of Autumn, Short & Sweet(retired
Stampin’ Up!)
Ink:
Stāz-On® Jet Black, Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango
Classic Ink; Stampin’ Write Markers- Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:
Watercolor, Very Vanilla
Accessories:
Simply Scored™ Scoring Tool, AquaPainter™, Water Spritzer Bottle, Gold Twine
While
I had these colors out, I did create one more fall card with leaves and will
share a bit later today. Thanks again
for stopping by- hugs to you, my friends!
