Digi Haven DT Card

It's challenge time at Digi Haven again today, this time for our fortnightly themed challenge which this time is "Autumn Leaves or Trees".  All you need to do to play along is use a free digi and provide a link to it in your post.  We have lots of links to yummy images on the Digi Haven blog, we'd love you to play along.

I've used yet another fabulous freebie from Beccy's Place, you'll find it here.   Unsurprisingly, it's been coloured with Promarkers!  After colouring, I went round the edges of the topper with Wild Honey Distress Ink to add a bit of warmth, and I stuck on a few tiny pearls as berries.
The real fun was making the background, which I did by splodging Distress Inks straight from the pads onto a non stick mat, spritzing with water, then swooshing the paper round on the wet inks.  I used Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Brushed Corduroy, and Barn Door.  After drying with a heat gun, I stamped leaves in Perfect Medium and brushed with red and gold mica powders, the photo really doesn't do the shimmering leaves justice.  The leaf stamps I used are from an ancient SeeDees set.
The scattered leaves were made with my favourite Spellbinders set, Fall Foliage, and were inked whilst still in the die.  On the largest leaf, I stamped a greeting using a Personal Impressions stamp.  Two ribbons, a double bow and a smattering of gold gems finish it off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Heck of a Challenge - 50 shades of autumn
Lia Stampz - #28 - autumn colours
Natalie and Amy - favorite colour combo, I just love the autumn palette, orange is my favourite colour
Crafting For All Seasons - #39 - leaves
Crafts and Me - #108 - bling
Use it Tuesday - use orange, I dug out some old mica powders and orange wood-grain cardstock left over from another project
Simon Says Stamp and Show - add pearl, I use mica powders and tiny coloured pearls on the wreath