What a relief, I finished the card. I think once again the 
thing that was hanging me up was the lack of fall stamps. This may not be the best card but, I am posting the card that caused my road block. Maybe I need to learn to set it aside and move on but I hate having things undone! KWIM. I used my tree stamp in Brilliance galaxy gold, for the image. I love how quickly this brilliance ink dries. I then used a marker to draw shadow lines on the sides of the trunk and branches. I like the effect but I think it could be better if I had the right stamp set. I love how the Close to Cocoa and brilliance sponged together over theEmbossed "textile"background turned out. I don't think the picture does it justice.
thing that was hanging me up was the lack of fall stamps. This may not be the best card but, I am posting the card that caused my road block. Maybe I need to learn to set it aside and move on but I hate having things undone! KWIM. I used my tree stamp in Brilliance galaxy gold, for the image. I love how quickly this brilliance ink dries. I then used a marker to draw shadow lines on the sides of the trunk and branches. I like the effect but I think it could be better if I had the right stamp set. I love how the Close to Cocoa and brilliance sponged together over theEmbossed "textile"background turned out. I don't think the picture does it justice. I am frustrated when I do some thing that I think will add the finishing touch and it just messes up the whole card. When I tried to shadow the edge of the 1" circle with a marker that did not go well . I tried sponging with the gold galaxy. I looked so much better with out this, but live and learn, especially from my mistakes. On th ebase I love the background the ribbon and the LO I just need to learn to quit when I am ahead and pick a stamp before I work on a card(wink).
I really like the challenge card I made though. I dont know if it strictly fits the challenge because the shape is not below the band ,but it said any shape so I did it this way. I love Chocolate chip with any color but especially with Pink. This pink is from a Michaels assortment "Baby Girl". It is very similar to Pretty in Pink. I used Pretty in Pink and Chocolate chip Ink. I used my cuttlebug, "Spots N Dots" folder, as well as my SU 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle punches. "Adorable" is from SU Warm Words. I stamped in Chocolate Chip SU Polka Dots on the Petals & Paisleys designer paper. I like how all the polka dots and petals are tied in using the back grounds and embossing folders.
I bought some creative impressions matte finish black and brown brads this week and I used three of them in a row. When I was finished the card it looked like the first picture, which is totally fine, but then I added some dots in the center of the pink flowers using my Sakura Stardust pen, and one clear HerosArts 2mm gemstone for the "O" in adorable. You might need to enlarge the picture to see the difference, but I think the bling finished the card well. I like how it turned out. What do you think?
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!
Great cards, Kathy!!!! Love 'em!! I think I might need some of those Brilliance inks.....
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