Friday, October 2, 2009

Falling Leaves

We have another Try It Out Tuesday going on only it's on a Friday! Thank God for Fridays! Suzanne, our ever talented Design Team Leader over at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design, challenged us to create a Fall or Halloween project using one of the stamps from our new release.

One of my favorite seasons is fall and one of my favorite illustrators is Elisabeth Bell. My favorite holiday is Christmas so when I say this adorable ornament from the Special Edition Ornament Collection for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design designed by Elisabeth, all sorts of ideas popped into my mind. The first was that I just adored this collection. The second was how versitile they can be. I wanted to show you one idea I had for Two Turtle Doves.









I was out walking the dogs and an idea came to mind. I could see this little darling sitting with leaves falling around her! I love the Indian Summer paper pack from BasicGrey and decided to use it along with Two Turtle Doves and a few leaf stamps I had from a Debbie Mumm Harvest stamp set. I colored her with copics and cut her out.and popped her up on a circle done with my nestabilities. I added some Glossy Accents to the leaves and the ribbon in her hair and some stickles to her skirt. The flower is from Petaloo and I placed a button in the middle of the ribbon and some rhinestones on the corners. My cuttlebug provided the texture for the card and I drew the leaf free hand. I just love the deep pinks and soft brown in this card.



Here she is close up and you can see the Glossy Accents on the leaves. I think she came out pretty good!

Make sure to go over to Follow Your Heart and check out my designing buddies creations. They all will have something special for you to see!

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh wowzer!! Susan, this is just gorgeous hun!! I LOVE the pretty purple colors and that image is just the sweetest ever!! :) HUGS

Lorelie Kim said...

LOVE the die cut leaf background!! I'm always a HUGE fan of Stickles :). FAB WORK!!

Peggie said...

So fun to see a card used for a different season than its original intent. Very pretty.

Rachel said...

absolutely gorgeous Susan!! love all the sparkle.
hugs,
Rachel

Danni said...

How very creative!! Awesome job!

Jennifer_GlitterInMyHair said...

Great idea Susan!! I love how you omitted the ornament and doves, clever clever!! I admit when I first saw "fall/Halloween" I was like but..but...new Christmas stamps that I want to play with!! LOL. Love the purples and sparkle!

Suzanne J Dean said...

Fabulously beautiful use of this image Susan! She looks fab dressed for fall & I love the large leaf--gorgeous colors & Papers!

hugz,
Suzanne