Hello! I hope your Monday morning finds you ready for a new week ๐ Are you ready for a challenge? One of my cards was chosen as the winner for the The Challenge #48 and they have asked me to be their guest designer this week! I’m so thrilled to play along with this very talented design team!
Aren’t these colors cozy? I can just picture the fireplace going in the background and being wrapped up in a warm blanket with a book open…sigh…
I tried to give my card a warm and cozy feel as well. I looked and looked for a patterned paper that gave me that feel and finally manged to find one in my 12×12 paper stash. I paired it up with stamped leaves from the Vintage Leaves stamp set by Stampin’ Up!. I really love the size and detail of the leaves, this set is a keeper!
The flip side of the dots pattern paper was a very soft blue neutral pattern so I used it to stamp my leaves. I tried to use my ScanNCut to cut the image out, but either my machine doesn’t like this design or my technical skills were lacking today, either way, I couldn’t get the image to register so I broke down and fussy cut the leaves. I’m glad I had to do it because I think that perhaps I have finally gotten the hang of moving the paper and not the scissors…after five years! Ha!
I stamped a greeting and rounded the whole thing off with a few iridescent sequins.
Thank you for stopping by! Please visit The Challenge for more inspiration and I hope to see you in their gallery this week!
Products Used:
Cardstock: Stamperโs Select White by Papertrey Ink
Pattern Paper: My Family-Father by Fancy Pants
Ink: Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!; Soft Navy by Simon Says Stamp; Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps:ย Vintage Leaves by Stampin’ Up! and Label Love by Altenew
Dies: Stitched Mats: Rectangles by Lil ‘Inker and Envelope Line Die by Stampin’ Up!
Tools:ย MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented)
Embellishments: Unknown source for iridescent sequins
Lovely! The colours match up so well, love it!
Thank you Rachel!! Nice to hear from you ๐ xx
I adore this shade of blue and had to come by to see what colors you used. Your card is so handsome~I love the angled panel too~
Thank you Marlena, it took awhile to find the right shade of blue! lol
Nice colors and card.
Thank you Rose!!
Shannon, congrats on being our guest designer this week! Love your interpretation of the challenge. This would make a great masculine card. Your fussy cutting is awesome! Have a great week!
Thank you Nance!!
Beautiful card, I love your pretty papers.
Nina, thank you for stopping by as well as leaving a comment!
I just adore your take on the challenge and the beautiful way you used the colours, Shannon! Thank you so much for being our guest!!! Hugs!
Shannon, so fun to have you as the GD this week! I adore this lovely card. The polka dots are so fun and the leaves are just gorgeous! You rocked these colors, My Friend! XX
Really nice masculine autumn card. Love the design and colors.
Thank you Michelle!