Sunday, November 6, 2016

Falling Leaves

My card design is inspired by The Last Leaf  by O. Henry.  
While making this card, it occured to me it's the one year anniversary of my cousin's passing. Fascinating how the subliminal mind works.




Products Used
White card stock
Ranger Tim  Holtz Distress Inks:  Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard See, Iced Spruce
Copic markers: Y15, Y17, E35, YR07, E50, E31
Stampin' Up label punch
Core'dinations Kraft A2 card

Method:  
distress ink applied with brayer onto white card stock
card stock then run through printer to add Scribbles Designs digital images of tree and leaves and computer generated sentiment
tree had been digitally colored then colored over with Copic marker
leaves enhanced with Copic markers

Entering These Challenges:

CanYouCaseIt #140 Colors by Elizabeth ends November 18; winner announced following Saturday. No more than 2 other challenges entered. No more than 3 entries per challenger. Yikes!  I'm #1--yes I spent Sunday making this card! x
cyci140

Scribbles Designs Challenge #46 Fabulous Fall  ends on 14th of month, winner announced on 20th of month, put SD after name if using their images   I'm #22 x

Cupcake Inspirations CIC#383  Photo Inspiration Trees ends November 12.  I'm #4

10 comments:

Eva Bussom said...

Beautiful card! :) Adore your sentiment! Thanks for joining CYCI :) Eva

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations, good luck!!! Amy DT

Indy's Designs said...

What a beautiful card with those pretty leaves! So glad you were inspired by this week's Trees challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!
Debbie, DT Sweetie

Diane Louise J said...

Hello… Thanks for sharing your card with us… your card is lovely and fits perfectly with our Fabulous Fall challenge theme… good to see Scribbles Designs images... lovely speckled background...hope you can join us next time and good luck in the draw.
[Diane Louise, DT Member, Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog]

Dawn Fields said...

Love the background you created on this fall card. I also love the leaves and the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at CYCI! Dawn

EK Gorman said...

I absolutely adore this card. Everything about it makes me smile and the color scheme is just stunning. Amazing work this week and thank you for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations.

Jen Carter said...

Love how you put the tree together! Those leaves are so cool! Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations!

Rose Packer said...

Beautiful card Helene. Great use of the challenge colours. Love the "Last Leaf" sentiment. Thanks for playing along at CYCI - Rose

Sandy S said...

Fabulous card, love the colours! And using great Scribbles Designs images... Thank you for joining us at Scribbles Designs...

Sandy S
Owner & Designer of Scribbles Designs

Unknown said...

Great card!! Love the colors and the background!! Thanks for joining CYCI! Laura

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