Autumn Peace

There is something about the beauty of nature and God's creation that lifts my soul to rejoice and gives me a great sense of peace. My husband has the same experience when he's on a photo trip. Here is one of the photos from his trip to Colorado last week that I wanted to include with the message of my autumn card. (If you're a travel, photo, or landscape enthusiast, you can check out more on his blog.)

In the autumn, there's the trees here in the U.S. turn brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow, or many shades of brown. Here are the awe-inspiring photos from the Basic Grey Challege and Shelly's Images for the October Challenge. They remind me of the sugar maples on the north shore of Lake Michigan in early October.

I chose this stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs taken from Isaiah 26:3 for the encouraging sentiment on this card:

You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

 

 

 

The Basic Grey paper was a scrap from my stash that inspired the fall colors and motifs. The buttons, new jute ribbon and inks are from Close To My Heart. The dark brown die cut is from CTMH Cricut Artiste. The Scalloped circle and leaves are die cuts from Spellbinders dies.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks #162 - Fall/Autumn
Basic Grey Challenge - Autumn Colours
Challenges and Candies #18 - Colors of Autumn
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Fall (2nd)
Polkadoodles #40 - Autumn Crafting
QKR Stampede #59 - Fall Colors
Shelly's Images October Challenge - photo inspiration
Simply Create Too #47 - Fall/Autumn (my third one)
Tuesday Throwdown #167 - Colors of Fall
Word Art Wednesday #100 - Anything Goes with Scripture, or uplifting, encouraging verse