This card will be used for one of my many October family birthdays. A few tidbits about the card: The peek-a-boo fall scene was stamped on white cardstock, colors sponged and shaded and finished with Copic markers. The Hardwood bg was stamped with Gold Metallic ink onto Early Espresso cardstock. The leaf pattern was die-cut out of the bg to allow the scene to peek through after it was adhere behind. The Hardwood bg and the chairs are both embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder to add texture. The Chairs are popped up).
I will also be entering my card into the following challenges:
#1-Inspiration Challenge (IC615), which required you to build a card from an inspiration on the Pinterest Board: "My New House Ideas." My color scheme came to me from this inspiration: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/387591111662780248/, which led me to realize this same color palette would work the next challenge as well!
#2-Color Challenge: to create a card using Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, and Pumpkin Pie, and for dessert: add leaves.
#3-Dirty Gals September 2017 Monthly Themes: "A Wrinkle in Time." My card represents Fall, a "time" of year that arrives every year at the same time. Plus the wrinkled wood grain of tree bark shown in the card BG.
#4-Alphabet Challenge, Round 8, Letter F + the double challenge: show swirls in your card. Fall is for "F", and the swirling leaves riding on the winds around and around my tree, plus the swirls on the background bark.
#5-Use It Challenge: To use something from your cardmaking stash that has been gathering dust! For me, that would be the retired stamp set "Happy Times" and even the Adirondack chairs..."Seasonal Layers." I bought this chair die way back in May, and I'm just using it for the first time. YIKES!!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82233
Sun, Sep 24, 2017 @ 3:17 PM
Carlene, this is beautiful!
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26121
Mon, Sep 25, 2017 @ 5:17 PM
Those chairs are a perfect match for the ones on the dock at the cottage! I just spent a beautiful 10 days there admiring the beginnings of the fall colours. Your card captures that scene perfectly! Love the way you created a leafy window for your tree and pumpkins. Your embellishments fit the autumn feel wonderfully!
Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31437
Sat, Oct 07, 2017 @ 4:40 AM
Adirondack chairs in a fall themed card is a really nice idea. Usually see them as more of a summer thing, but these red ones are awesome! Love this beauty!
What a tender scene! Love the die cut and the gold embossed wood BG. That thought just occurred to me the other day, that I had never tried that. Need to... TFS!!
------------------------------ Michelle
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