Friday 2 October 2009

Crafty Calendar Challenge #1, One Stop Craft Challenge and Our Creative Corner Challenge


Here is the very first  Crafty Calendar Challenge!
This is an excellent new challenge blog set up by Georgia who is only 13! Amazing! 
She has a very talented design team behind her as well,  including a very good friend of mine, so I just had to have a go at this. 
The first challenge is to make an "Autumn Card" with an optional "Plants of Vegetation", so I have added some flowery backing paper.
You have till 8pm on the 5th November to make a card! Go on have a go!
I loved making this card, it was great fun!


I would also like to add this into the One Stop Craft Challenge, their subject is "Autumn Inspiration", their design team have come up with some wonderful cards  as well. Their design team have come up with some lovely cards.This challenge is on till next Saturday.


This is turning into a mega post, I have just found another challenge which this fits into! The people over at Our Creative Corner have a challenge this week with a "Fall/Winter" theme. Pop over and see what their design team have come up with.There is no time limit on this challenge.


I used a sizzix leaf die, cutting out brown, orange and dark green card/tissue paper. The reason I used tissue paper for the orange leaves was to try to take on the illusion of the fragility of the leaf as it falls off the tree and then gets thinner and crispier as it dries out. I have used Kay backing paper and then used some of the dark brown paper which I cut out the dark brown leaves from,  to use as a border on the left.
I stamped and inked the Sugar Nellie "Hug in a Mug" stamp onto white card, stuck this in the middle of the card, then surrounded it with the leaves I die cut.





17 comments:

  1. love you card, perfect for Autumn and the leaves set it off a treat.
    louise xx

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  2. Lovely card Karen, it really does have an autumnal feel to it. Hope to see you again for the next challenge.
    Kim xXx - Crafty Calendar DT.

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  3. Gorgeous autumn card Karen, thank you so much for joining our first challenge! hugs, Jane x

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  4. Oh, your card is so sweet! I just love the image and how you colored her. Thanks for playing along with us at the OCC this week!
    CindyB

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  5. Beautiful Autumn card.I love the leaf "frame".Good to have you join our first challenge,Ruth x - Crafty Calendar DT

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  6. Fabulous card Karen! I love the colours you've chosen and the leaves look great!
    Thanks for joining us this month at the Crafty Calendar Challenge! :)
    Georgia xx

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  7. Great card Karen! I do love this image it is one of my favorite. Thanks for joining our first challenge at the Crafty Calender challenge hope to see you in many more.
    Caroline x

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  8. Hi Karen, like the way you have framed the image and the colours are lovely. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Calendar. Hope to see lots more of your creations.

    Liz x
    buttonsforbrains!

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  9. Hi Karen, Gorgeous card! Lovely colours and I love the leaves.

    Thanks for joining in the fun at Crafty Calendar Challenge.

    Lisa x

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  10. Fantastic card Karen, the leaf border around your beautiful image is stunning! Thank you so much for joining our first challenge at Crafty Calendar :) Donna x

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  11. Lovely card, Karen! That image is so sweet and I love the frame of leaves. Thanks so much for joining in on the OCC challenge!

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  12. Beautiful card Karen, LOVE the warm colors and sweet image!

    Thanks for playing along with the OCC! Have a fun weekend, Jennifer :)

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  13. Such a pretty card. I love that sweet image and the way you colored her. Thanks for joining us this week at the OCC. Hope to see you back again next week!

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  14. such a lovely card thank you for join in with us over at CCC xxx

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  15. Fantastic card, you have combined a nice warm snugly image with so many lovely rich colours.

    Sarah x

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  16. hi karen when I posted my first comment never realised you lived so close to me so I am waving at you from spalding.
    louise xx

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  17. This is a darling card and perfect for the challenge.

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