Embossing for H2H - and a candy winner!

Before we get to this week's H2H challenge, I randomly drew a winner from everyone who participated in my birthday blog candy give-away (thank you and welcome new followers!) and the winner is Regena! Congratulations - I will be contacting you soon to get your mailing address for your prize!

Now on to this week's challenge. We are embossing this week - dry or heat embossing. Here's my sample:

I stuck with some simple Cuttlebug folder embossing and then added a cluster of autumn leaves from the Flourished Blessings set as my focal image. The paper is from an older paper pack (For the Boys, I believe) and the border punch I used is from Martha Stewart. The cardstock is kraft cardstock from another company but I couldn't resist using it for this card - the color just worked so well. I also tacked the ends of the twine in place so I could keep them in place.

I hope you will try your hand at some embossing this week and show us your creation at the H2H challenge blog. I will be back in a couple of days with a look at some of the Halloween projects I've been creating plus have more cards to share. Have a creative week!

Cooking it Up challenge!

It's time for another challenge from Katie at Cooking it Up with Katie. The ingredients you need to include are:
Green
Embossing
and
Ribbon.

Digital Delights is sponsoring this challenge so we all used images from their delightful line. Here's my card:

I'm not sure what it is but I just love mermaids! And this is one of the cutest I have seen - and so fun to color! I have a little blue going on but still plenty of green to fulfill my recipe requirement. I embossed a section of vellum with a Cuttlebug folder (reminds me of bubbles) and tied on some shiny green ribbon to complete this 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card.

I hope you'll want to do a little cooking with us this week. Just follow the recipe and post your artwork for a chance to win a prize from Digital Delights. See you at Cooking it Up with Katie!