I have to say that I had a VERY productive weekend! It is really nice to start the week with a sense of accomplishment for the various things that you checked off over the weekend. We didn’t do anything special, but one highlight was removing an air conditioner out of a window. It’s a task that my husband and I really don’t enjoy in the fall, but we got it done yesterday! And since we had a heat pump system installed in the Spring, this A/C unit won’t be going back in EVER. Woo hoo! Anyhow – this task is one of many that are tied to Fall, and it was very Fall-like at our house. We woke up Sunday morning to our first frost of the season, and the leaves are falling like mad. So my crafting is in full-on Fall mode with colors and themes. I made a batch of these cards to send out to some folks to thank them for their recent orders. I honestly don’t know if ferns turn color like trees, but that’s one of the wonderful things about art… it doesn’t matter! 😎
I used this current sketch challenge as the inspiration for my card. I rotated the design 90° and otherwise followed it directly. The Stitched Rectangle die that I used for the panel in the forefront set the dimensions for that panel – I absolutely love having a stitched diecut element on a card, and I reach for these dies very frequently. I’m still lamenting the retirement of the stitched circles/ovals/squared. But we still have lots of different stitched die options and I’ll keep using them a lot!
I love this current challenge from Just Add Ink! There are so many ways to go with this inspiration, and I followed the colors, leaves and even added some gems to simulate the water droplets on the leaves. For those droplets I used some retired Flowers for Every Season Gems – I absolutely adore those embellishments, and since they were perfect for this challenge I pulled them out of my retired stash.
To create the color background that you see behind my ferns, I made a frame by using the negative of a diecut from the Tasteful Labels dies. I made this in a thinnish piece of copy paper, and used temporary adhesive to attach it to the white panel. Then I used my TRULY AWESOME Blending Brushes to create the color background with Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry ink. I am very much in love with these brushes, and I can’t encourage you enough to get them. They are the best for creating smooth shaded effects in your projects.
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Beautiful card Andrea, love the blending and the colours. Thank you for playing along at Just Add Ink- Ann
Thanks so much Ann – your kind words brightened my day!
I like your blended shape and strong ferns. Chantell Just Add Ink
Thanks so much Chantell – the inspiration picture was a lot of fun to play with!
Your flip of the sketch is perfect for this! Love the pretty colors. So glad you joined us this week at FMS!
Thanks so much Jen – I had fun with the challenge (like always)!
Such a fabulous interpretation of our challenge picture Andrea. Loving all your layers and elements. The blended panel with the two-tone colours is a lovely addition to your creation! Thanks for playing along this week at Just Add Ink. Rochelle xo
Thank you so much Rochelle! I loved the challenge picture as inspiration, and was happy to join the challenge. 🙂
There is such a lovely balance to your design! Thanks for playing along with us at FMS this week.
Thank you Jacquie – I had a lot of fun with the challenge and I look forward to joining again!
I love your Fall-themed fern fronds! Whew, that’s hard to say! 🙂 And I love all of the gorgeous colors. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
Thanks so much Amy! I agree – Fall-themed fern fronds is really a mouthful. 🙂