Gnome Fall Hugs

 It is fall and I love to make fall cards.  I love to use leaves on my cards.  Right now it also seems I have so many friends that need a little extra love in their life.  I have friends in Florida who are working to repair their homes, kids away at college and just friends who need a hug.  I had a gnome left over from a different project so he needed to be put on a card and sent off to give someone a paper hug.

I am doing several challenges for this card.  

The first challenge is the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This is a good basic sketch.

The Octoberfest challenge from Double D Challenges.

The October Anything Goes challenge from The Four Season Challenge.

Here is my card.  Luckily there was some fall paper sitting on my design table which started the creativity.  I dug out this 3 D leaf embossing folder and cut the leaves from some scrap card stock.  The gnome was all ready to be added to the card.  I die cut the word hugs from another piece of scrap card stock.  Before I adhered the front panel to the card, I ran it through a leaf embossing folder.  I love the extra texture it adds to the background.  I added the panel to a kraft card base and then added the leaves, gnome and sentiment.

One more card done.  One more card that will bring a smile to someone's face and know that I am thinking about them.

Thanks for stopping by.