I'm Leaving

Just kidding, I'm just punny because today's card is all about leaves : )

This is a triple challenge card, too.  First up is the Just Add Ink sketch:

I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left, I couldn't find a placement for my leaves with the vertical orientation.  Next up is the tic-tac-toe from Retro Rubber:

I went down the right side of the board with masculine, leaves, and die cuts.  At first I had the ribbon tied in a bow, but I changed it to a simple knot because I thought that felt a teensy bit more masculine.  Is that silly or what?  But that taffeta ribbon was the only thing I had that matched the colors of the card.  My stamp set, Love of Leaves, is 3 years old, and the colors are retro too.  I chose colors based on the Sunday Stamps color challenge:

I used More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, and Buckaroo Blue for my colors, all of which are long retired.  I even busted out a retro stamping technique for the card base, I scrunched up a piece of plastic wrap, tapped it on my ink pad, and stamped it on the card base.  That technique was A Thing when I first started stamping circa 2004-2005, and the inspo pic for this challenge is what made me think of it.  Super easy way to make a nice subtle background when plain cardstock is too plain and patterned paper is too busy.

Okay, I've got to go work on organizing stuff again.  I actually got a lot of progress made upstairs yesterday and I have a truly ridiculous number of empty scrapbook albums in one closet and a whole lot of completed scrapbook pages in another.  One of these days I'll have to get those together : p  Today I'm going to be packing up our old sets of dishes to get them ready to donate since I got all-new Fiestaware dishes this year.  Wheeee!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Love of Leaves
Ink:  Buckaroo Blue, More Mustard, Riding Hood Red
Paper:  Buckaroo Blue, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Stitched Leaves dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, Dimensionals
Accessories:  Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon,