Sunday, November 6, 2011

LIM In Orange and Red



At Less Is More this week, Divas Chrissie and Mandi have thrown down a color challenge: orange and red. Gorgeous fall colors that scream "leaves please".

This is the third card that I made for this challenge. The first ones were too embellished and/or had all the wrong card stock for the stamp. As I was coloring in the third set of leaves I realized that the stamp was very casual and so instead of using a smooth white I tried SU!'s Natural Ivory card stock. It was just perfect for these colors and stamp.

I stamped out the image in Soft Suede two times; once on the card and once on a scrap. I colored in the leaves with red and orange pencil; ran back over the red with SU!'s Real Red marker; took the Soft Suede marker and darkend the lines back up where they had faded under the pencils; then in a few spots used a glitter pen in red to add a bit of highlight. I cut out the second set of leaves, stuck a foam dimensional under the larger body of the leaves popped it onto the card, then put a dab of glue under the inner tips so that the leaves are flat to the card near the sentiment, then flare out from there. The dots are part of the stamp (which is by Unity) and I added the glitter to the inner dots and red Kaisercraft pearls to the dots at the tip of the leaves. (Unfortunately the picture looks like orange and darker orange, but it really is orange and red)

Other then the glitter pen and pearls, I let this stamp do all the work. I layered it only because I went back and forth with myself on whether or not to add a red or orange framed layer. I obviously let go of that idea, but decided that a color on color layer was enough and right for this card. The picture below is a close up of the leaves.

I missed last weeks Star challenge because I ruined my card with a water spill before I could take the picture. I plan to make another one sometime this week and will post it with next weeks LIM challenge. :)

Thank you for stopping by.

29 comments:

  1. hi carole!!! girl... this card is absolute CAS perfection!! fab.u.lous!!!!

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  2. I agree with Rosemary. Great design and I love the "puny" sentiment!

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  3. Amazing!! I think you made all the right decisions on layers and colors. The leaves are colored fantastically and with the pearls, they really catch the eye!

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  4. This is fabulous Carole!
    A perfect CAS design!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  5. Oh so gorgeous hun! Love the lift you have given the leaves, they look like they could be whisked away by a breeze at any second, and the sentiment is just super. A perfect CAS creation. Hugs Sxx

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  6. Gorgeous card ad love that sentiment x

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  7. Beautiful - I love how you layered the leaves. Just beautiful! TFS
    Cheers, Karen
    alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.com

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  8. Beautiful card and a lovely sentiment

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  9. Your layered leaves are fab and I love your placement. x

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  10. Carole, this is perfect!! I love the sentiment.
    xx

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  11. I love how the sentiment is tucked into the leaves! Beautiful!!

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  12. Wow this is wonderful and the sentiment is just perfect. Tracey x

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  13. Great card and love the sentiment

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  14. Love your leaf placement and the pun!
    Thanks for visiting my new blog! I appreciate it.

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  15. This is brilliant Carole, I love the stamp the way you coloured it :) Perfectly CAS!
    Jenny x

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  16. Lovely sentiment and a very lovely card :)

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  17. So that's how you found me! SLIM. I checked out several of your cards. I love the way you design and this card is my favorite so far. I like your style. I use to think I couldn't make a card without DP, but lately, I've been doing more CAS. I be back!

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  18. I love the pun and wonderful image. ;)

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  19. hi carole, this is ace, i just love it
    jen xx

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  20. Carol, this is so pretty! I love the effect of the popped up leaves on one end...very cool!! Beautiful work!!

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  21. Wow, Carole! That is stunning! I love it

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  22. Hi Carole

    This is stunning .. .. I love what you have done here.

    So bright and beautiful and the little pearls finish everything off wonderfully.

    Thank you for your lovely comments yesterday. I promise to catch up with you properly over the weekend.

    Love Jules xx

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  23. A lovely card, Carole. Love the contemporary leaves. Sue.x

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  24. Hi from the UK Carole!what a fab card again just love the leaves and the sentiment/layout goes with it so well too, excellent :O) Viv xx

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  25. Congratulations for being showcased... great card!

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  26. Too precious for words and you deserve to be showcased!!!

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