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I decided that I would kick off the new week with a new challenge. I worked all weekend on some halloween cards that I am making for a big swap next weekend. I don't exactly like doing cards in assembly line fashion, but that's what I did to get 45 cards prepped. I did all the stamping, punching and cutting I could do while I was up at the campground retreat this weekend. I did all I could do without my circle die, which I left at home :( So, after I got all the scraps, cuts, and pieces put away until I could come home and assemble cards, there was still a little daylight remaining. I decided that one card for the fun of it was in order. I had all this black and grey and orange sitting around, so I decided to do the
Color Throwdown Challenge 204 to use Basic Grey, Poppy Parade (I had Real Red), Very
Vanilla and Punpkin Pie. Those colors were all at my ingertips.
I went looking for a sketch hallenge to go with it, and found that
Stampin Queen's Sketch Challenge 51 was just the inspiration I needed.
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I was most inspired by that onderful curve on the paper. I had been working with straigh cuts all day, and I needed to switch it up. To make things more fun, I reached randomly into my tote and pulled out a random stamp set, and I pulled our Bordering on Romance. Lucky me! I got to do a little stamping with the Pumpkin Pie, and pulled out my favorite, the blender pen, and I did a little coloring with the Pumpkin Pie, the Real Red, and the Basic Grey. My husband came along and lit the lantern and put it on the table, because I was losing light out on the porch, and I did feel the dampness creaping in. How the weather has changed in the last week. I kind of forgot that the sun was going down earlier, too. So, I hurried through finishing my card, but was pleased with the outcome. When I pulled that card out today to take a photo, I thought....hmmmm, either my eyes are getting bad (which they are), or the light was getting bad (I'll blame it on that), but my coloring just isn't that good. And, I wish I would have matted the Vanilla layer. I maybe will have to go back and give this one another try. I think I'll use the sketch again sometime, and definitely the colors.
Hope you have a good week, and come back to visit real soon.
Mary Alice
I think you did a GREAT job! And I like the sideways flip you gave the sketch!
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