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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Retro Sketch #139, The Card Concept #22 and Throw Back Thursday

Happy Thursday!! I am so glad that the week is almost over. I need some time to relax.

Today  I am posting a card that I created using this weeks Retro Sketch #139 and The Card Concept #22: "Thank Fall" as my inspiration. I am also calling it a "Throw Back Thursday" card because I used a 2001 Stamping Up! retired stamp set "Season of Thanks" as the focal image. It definitely screams fall to me and is one of my favorites from the old sets that I still have from when I was a demonstrator.


I had fun using Copic Marker's to color in this image. I really had to stretch myself to get all those different browns in there. I was able to practice a bit of Copic coloring too. The sentiment strip from the sketch actually worked out well because it covered up some of the green that went a little bit wild that I couldn't quite fix!!

Here is the sketch and the image I used as my inspiration:




I used distress ink all around the edges of the patterned paper, colored image and card base to give it a more rustic feel. I have to pick a style to fit it into for the Card Concept challenge and I would say it was a "Clean and Layered" style. (Okay, minus the distress ink edges.)


That is all for tonight. I thank you for looking!!

Supplies:
Paper: My Minds Eye, Hero Arts, Basic Grey and Echo Park
Stamps: "Season of Thanks"-Stampin Up! (Retired) and "Talk Bubbles"-Simon Says Stamp!
Dies: Paper Trey Ink
Other: Memento Black Ink, Copic Markers, Jute

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8 comments:

  1. Sheri GilsonNovember 6, 2014 at 8:37 PM

    Lovely Fall card, Nora! Love your take on the sketch!

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  2. DeeptiNovember 6, 2014 at 10:14 PM

    What a perfect fall look, fab coloring too :)

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  3. Grá O'NeillNovember 7, 2014 at 3:42 AM

    Beautiful card & lots of gorgeous detail to have fun with your Copics, love the background too :)

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  4. Becca CrugerNovember 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM

    Fab-o! Love the various patterns mixing and matching here! Great design.

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  5. Kim HegginsNovember 10, 2014 at 12:01 AM

    So so sweet...love all you wonderful details and the colors are just perfect. Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Card Concept.

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  6. Kristie LarsenNovember 10, 2014 at 1:39 AM

    wow! love the detailed stamp. Great colouring! Thanks for playing with us at The Card Concept!

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  7. Monika/BuzsyNovember 16, 2014 at 8:04 PM

    Such a pretty fall card. Love that detailed image and the fantastic coloring.

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  8. Taunya ButlerNovember 18, 2014 at 5:48 PM

    I am in love with this card - it looks so good!! Even better in person, THANKS!!! You are such a sweet soul and I adore that you made me a card! Thanks so much! Love that you, like me still have some of your older Stampin' Up! sets - I was a demonstrator for 10 years and I acquired quite a bunch of stamps and I have such a hard time parting with any of them! Oh, well!! Love your great coloring on this card and love your sentiment border - perfect for this card!!

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