Thursday, September 26, 2013

Retro Birthday Leaves

Every morning, I have the best intentions of hitting the craft room early and spending the day creating in my stamp cave.  But first I have to check email, walk the dogs, do the dishes, and whatever other chores need doing and then it's almost always after noon before I even get into my craft room at all, and I only have two or three hours before I have to get ready to go to the gym.  One of these days, I actually *will* spend my entire day in my craft room...well, today I did spend quite a bit of time in there but I was organizing photos, not creating.  Unless you count creating a mess ;)  But then I finally got my stamps out and made something!


Obviously I cannot get enough of fall cards.  As soon as I saw the color challenge on Create with Connie and Mary this morning, I knew exactly what I was going to do.   I love it when that happens; it's even better when a card takes like 15 minutes to make, start to finish, and I like it when I'm done : )  Here's the challenge logo:


I added Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla as neutrals, and then paired the colors with this lovely sketch from Retro Sketches:


Aside from making my card rectangular instead of square, I think I stuck pretty close to the challenge this time around.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a lovely and creative day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Gently Falling, Label Love
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather DSP
Accessories:  Brights & Regals Candy Dots, Corner Rounder, Artisan Label & Bracket Label punches, Dimensionals
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7 comments:

  1. CCsMomSeptember 26, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    VERY nice. I do like the blues in with the traditional fall colors. But who doesn't like a turquoisey color? It goes with A LOT of different colors. Such a happy color. I like it!

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  2. Margaret RaburnSeptember 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM

    What a bright and happy fall leaf card! I love this two-step stamping set and how the colors combine on your card! Great layout too! So glad to see you back on Create with Connie and Mary Challenge this week!

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  3. Debbie Henderson Debbie's DesignsSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:12 PM

    Great card Christy. I love how you used the different inks for the two-step stamping and the little sliver of DSP on the bottom. So glad you played Create with Connie & Mary this week!

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  4. DebSeptember 30, 2013 at 10:23 PM

    This is so gorgeous! I love the Bermuda Bay leaves! So bright and beautiful! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  5. Nicole TugrulOctober 1, 2013 at 12:11 AM

    Gorgeous fall card!! The little bit of black really makes the colors pop! Thanks for joining us for the color challenge this week at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  6. Mary BrownOctober 1, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    Oh these colors just look SOOO great together on your card...so happy! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  7. Connie BabbertOctober 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    GORGEOUS background of stamped leaves! It really POPS off the card! Love the details! Thanks for playing along with the color challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

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