Enhanced Die Cut

Obviously I've been in the mood to create Thanksgiving cards, lately!  Here is a gate-fold card on it's side. The background is from a napkin like I did here.  The focal is a leaf I cut on my Silhouette.  Initially it looked very out of place, so I messed with it a bit to make it look more like I wanted.  Here's what I did:

• Placed it upside-down on a soft mouse pad and embossed veins into the leaf.
• Turned it right-side up and lightly rubbed 3 different ink pads over it to enhance the veins and create coloring that better went with my card.
• Stamped the sentiment on it.

I wanted to add some sparkle. I wanted to use something like glimmer mist, but didn't have any in an appropriate color.  So, I decided to use Stickles in my favorite color - frosted lace.  This is a fairly transparent color, allowing the colors to show through but giving a bit of sparkle.  I started by drawing lines over the veins with the stickles.  I didn't like that look so I used my finger to just spread it around lightly.