Tuesday, September 27, 2011

I'm falling for you -

:)

Hi Everyone!!!  Can you believe it?????  Two days in a row???  I just had to participate in the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge this week - I LOVED the sketch!  Well - I love all of the challenges, but actually had time to carve out for this one.....if there were only about three more days in a week - don't you feel that way sometimes?  hehe!   Wanna see the sketch??



That is a nice one, huh?  And guess what?  I pondered on it for a couple of days and decided on pairing up the Gently Falling set from the mini with the Spice Cake fabric - also from the mini  (  ;)  )  with some totally essential stamps that are from the set French Foliage - it is in the current idea book and catalog - but it was in last year's holiday mini.......do you see a great love of the leaf sets that come out in the holiday minis and me?  hehehehheeee.......
Oh Yeah - I bet you are wondering what I did???  I kind of got a bit side tracked - sorry ;)



Well?  you like?  I used some torn strips of the fabric in place of the three horizontal strips on the sketch - LOVE that!!  The leaves are more mustard, pool party and pear pizzazz topped with an outline of soft suede.  I then went over the entire panel with the three ESSENTIAL stamps from french foliage - the circle paris stamp, the tiny text stamp and the ink blot looking thing - those three stamps could be piled onto anything and it would look Great!!!  And the sentiment comes from Hand Penned, also from the mini - what a gorgeous stamp set!!  Take a closer look at the "stress" my main image panel went through:



that was great fun to rip, tear and dirty up!!

Oh, I don't want to forget - I also did up the inside, of course.....I can't hardly complete a card without doing it, huh??



Well - what do you think? 

6 comments:

Deb said...

Ooooh! This is awesome! Love the use of the fabric and the "essential" stamps! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

Nance Leedy said...

Beautiful as always Regina! Love the fabric strips and the combination of these two sets is fabulous! Love the pop of pear on your leaves and the inside is as lovely as the outside! Thank you for playing along with our sketch challenge at Create with Connie & Mary!

Mary Brown said...

Well DANG...and totally BRILLIANT using the fabric for the strips...simple look...VERY classy! Thanks for playing along with week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

Connie Babbert said...

Oh...love how you used the fabric in the background!!! Gorgeous colors on your leaves and finished inside, too! Thanks for playing along with our sketch challenge on Create with Connie and Mary!

Renée said...

love the fabric! great fall card, Thanks for playing with us at CCMC :)

Lisa Martz said...

Love the fabric for the strips on the design! Very clever and adds so much interest to your card. Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!