October 1 finds me on the road, and with a pre-scheduled post for the new Color Hues Challenge. Marcia has chosen great fall colors: Rust and Yellow.
My thoughts did go to autumn leaves, but I had a NBUS Concord & 9th set of dies, Friendship Garden, waiting for a debut, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Mums are everywhere right now, and I’m quite sure I still have some Black-eyed Susans in the garden.
After diecutting and assembling all the pieces for the cute flowers, pitchers, and crate, I played around with some different layouts and backgrounds. The rust and yellow flowers were so small, I decided to layer them on a yellow panel with a rust colored mat on a kraft card base.
The sentiment is also from Concord & 9th but from The Flower Shoppe. When I purchased the Friendship Garden, I thought the dies might play very well together. That will be another project. The end result showcased the color combo well, but I must admit, it feels a bit busier than my usual style.
There is, of course, lots of inspiration on the Color Hues blog from our Guest Designer, and the Color Hues Design Team. I hope you’ll join us in the gallery.
This is darling, Karen and what a perfect sentiment too. Love that you used the center crate to change up the design. Well done!
Karen such a lovely card. The colours & flowers remind me of crochet flowers.
These tiny flowers are adorable and I love that they fill the crate and watering cans! What a sweet card, Karen!
I don’t think this card is too busy at all Karen…in fact I think it’s perfect! You embraced my color pairing beautifully with this sweet card and I’m loving all the tiny details! This one has me smiling from ear to ear my friend!! Hugs. :0)
What a great route to take Karen and the dies so versatile. A change in the colours and you have a totally different vibe. 🙂
Your flower-filled watering cans and crate are ever so pretty and eye-catching; a lovely way to showcase rust and yellow.
hugs~carol
It’s charming, and all the more so for not having gone down the “obvious” autumn route. I agree they are reminiscent of crocheted flowers.
Hope that by now you will be safely home (via the coast?) and getting back into the usual routine. Any tomatoes waiting for you?!
Karen, your card is saying what a beautiful summer that it had been and that falls around the corner love the colours you mixed with your watering can in box of beautiful summer flowers! Wishing you a happy harvest! I love your new blog by the way.
Oh, what a lovely die cut garden set! these are all just the cutest and so pretty with all the blooms!
You have my heart with these itty bitty die cuts!!! I love this soooo much and hope you’re having a fabulous vacation!
Karen, you’ve created the most charming card with these tiny, dainty die cuts! I do love your design; it’s simply precious and a beautiful way to showcase these colors.
Looking at all the tiny, lovely details I’m in awe of your patience. This turned out beautifully. Glad to have your IG account to find your blog again.
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