Inspired By... David's Tea!

I have always been a tea drinker, and recently this past year I was introduced to David's Tea. If you are not familiar with it, they have so many wonderful flavours of loose tea - anything you can think of! Some of my favourites are Forever Nuts, The Glow, and most recently Pumpkin Spice! So delicious!

For this week's "Inspired By..." challenge, it was my turn to choose the inspirational photo. David's Tea posted a fabulous picture for their fall collection and I thought it would be perfect for the Autumn season!

 

I love the colour combo in this photo! I chose to use Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Smokey Slate. I also like the pattern of leaves on one of the mugs and decided to incorporate that in my card. Here's what I came up with:

 

In addition to using the colours and leaves from the photo, I also added some texture -- woodgrain and chevron embossed patterns. I then embellished the card with Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon. 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Drop by Karly's Creations to see how this photo inspired her!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: French Foliage, Short & Sweet (ret.)
Paper: Smokey Slate, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Midnight Muse, Smokey Slate, Daffodil Delight
Tools: Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch
Accessories: Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon

KCRR: An Autumn Thank You Card

Can't believe it's already October! As much as I love Summer, the Autumn season is one of my favourite times of the year. I love the leaves changing colour, pumpkin-flavoured teas and desserts, thanksgiving dinners and cozy fall sweaters. Not to mention, my birthday happens to fall in the month of October! I celebrated it a couple days ago - I was spoiled! Lots of thoughtful birthday wishes, surprises and a delicious dinner out. I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life! I do feel just a tad bit older this year, though, as I am entering the last year of my twenties - yikes! But, I look forward to a great year ahead and can't wait to see what God has in store for us!

After a long break, we are back with a new KCRR challenge!

We randomly chose three items for this week's challenge:

 



Pacific Point

Leaves

Cute Clips

 

This was a good challenge, as Pacific Point is not a colour I use very often. It is a bright, vibrant colour and can sometimes be hard to coordinate with other elements/colours in a card. I had a look through my stacks of designer paper that has Pacific Point in it and came across "International Bazaar" DSP. I used the designer paper as a layer on the card front and then layered pieces of cardstock designer paper on top. I softened the brightness of the card by adding a neutral (Early Espresso) and a subtle (So Saffron). Here's how it turned out:

 

 

I never thought blue and green would really pair up that nicely together, but I love the addition of Lucky Limeade in this colour combo! I added some texture by embossing the Early Espresso cardstock with woodgrain design, as well as the leaves, to go with the autumn theme. At first I wasn't too sure where to place the cute clip arrow, but it worked out quite well in my design! I placed it so that the arrow pointed towards the sentiment which is the central focus of the card. Candy dots and a button with twine embellish the card.

 

I love the layout of this card. I used last week's Deconstructed Sketch as the base of my design:

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see what she has created with this week's elements!

Join us tomorrow for a new inspirational challenge!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Made for You, Wonderfall
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Pacific Point, International Bazaar DSP, Subtles DSP
Ink: Early Espresso
Tools: Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Accessories: So Saffron Candy Dots, Cute Clip arrow, Tempting Turquoise button, Linen Thread





An Autumn Thank You Card

I know I've been neglecting my blog lately... Once this summertime busyness slows down, I hope to blog more regularly! But then there's craft fair season... It never ends! In any case, I hope to share my papercraft creations that I'm preparing for the upcoming craft fairs on a more regular basis.

We return with a new KCRR challenge!

We chose three items for this week:

Whisper White

More Mustard

Seam-Binding Ribbon

 

While this may seem like an easy combination, my selection of seam-binding ribbon is very few. The only colour I have that seemed to work with this combo was Cherry Cobbler. It turns out this colour, combined with More Mustard, makes a fabulous autumn-themed card! I used the sketch from Mojo Monday this week and made a simple thank-you card:

 



 

I like how the deep red (Cherry Cobbler) stands out against the More Mustard. It reminds me of the red maples in Ontario. I miss the rich beautiful colours of fall in Ontario! 

I used paper from one of my favourite DSP collections - Orchard Harvest - for the card front and wrapped Cherry Cobbler seam-binding ribbon around it. The sentiment is the central image of the card. To keep with the 'thanksgiving/fall' theme, I added stamped leaves and an acorn. Candy dots complete the card (my new favourite embellishment from Stampin Up!).

 

 

Thanks for visiting! Head on over to Karly's Creations to see how she used these three elements in her card creation!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Vintage Verses (Sale-A-Bration 2013); Wonderfall

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Whisper White, Orchard Harvest DSP

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip

Tools: Ovals Nestabilities, Autumn Accents Bigz Die

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler seam-binding ribbon, Candy Dots