Saturday 17 March 2012

Out of Season

When I saw the inspiration photo at For Your Inspiration, I positively leaped for joy!  I love rich autumnal colours and while it might not be the season for them, I just had to play along.  What a beautiful Oriental garden; I can just imagine myself on that bridge!


This inspiration photo was also the perfect opportunity to play with the gorgeous leaf designs of French Foliage.  I started by stamping leaves randomly onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  The colours I used are Cherry Cobbler (which I LOVE!), More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso.  I then stamped the splodges in Crumb Cake.  I can see these splodges being very useful!


The stamped panel was then mounted onto textured Very Vanilla card stock (a trick I picked up from my upline Vicky's blog), with a length of Cherry Cobbler seam binding secured underneath.  I wanted an 'off the page' look, so I didn't fasten the binding on the right, but rather left it loose.  The sentiment was then stamped beneath in... surprise surprise... Cherry Cobbler!

Here's a close-up of those lovely leaves:



Supplies
Stamps: French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Card: Very Vanilla, textured Very Vanilla, Confetti Cream
Other: Cherry Cobbler seam binding

You can order these and any other SU supplies easily just by sending me an email or giving me a ring on 07977 141605.  It's Sale-a-bration so you earn free stamp sets and designer paper for every £45 you spend.  I have a free P&P offer running for my first three customers and a prize draw to win a set of Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper.

I got very excited yesterday as we had a pair of grey wagtails flitting about the beck.  It looked like they were investigating the bank so I hope they nest!  We are really lucky to enjoy some fantastic wildlife in our garden, including a kingfisher and a pair of dippers. We even saw a weasel once.

Join me again tomorrow to see a Sale-a-bration stamp set with some oh-so-strokable paper!

Thanks for popping by today,

15 comments:

  1. Ah perfect!!! Love your take on this gorgeous inspirational photo!

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  2. Like you, Victoria, I know it's the wrong season for these colours, but they are so lush and warm, it's like getting a big hug lol! Beautifully stamped card, I love it Karen x

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  3. LOVE.YOUR.CARD! I adore multi stamped panels and your take of the colors is fantastic! Thanks for joining in at FYI!

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  4. Gorgeous Victoria, I love autumnal colours.
    Pauline
    x

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  5. Very beautiful interpretation ! Wonderful graphic effect. Congratulations !

    Hugs from France.
    Catherine.

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  6. Fabulous card Victoria - the leaf stamps are awesome. This is a superb interpretation of the inspiration photo - thank you so much for taking part in the FYI Challenge - hope we will see you again next time.
    Sylvia xx

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  7. Hey Victoria - you are quite the artist and this card is so pretty. Wonderful colors.
    Sandy

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  8. Out of season or not, this is simply gorgeous! What fabulous leaves.

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  9. Beautiful take on the inspiration photo! Love the leaves. So glad you joined us at FYI!

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  10. I almost missed this one Victoria! Aren't these leaves just gorgeous?! A brilliant interpretation of the inspiration photo! Vicky x

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  11. What gorgeous leaves you've created from the photo. Reminds me of Yosemite National Park.

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  12. Beautiful picture (looks like in a fairy tale) and you managed to imitate the feeling in it! Thanks for visiting my blog today!

    La Vikinga / Sweden

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  13. Victoria, this is so beautiful! I love French Foliage (I don't know why I still don't have it!). The colours, the stamping of the leaves and splots, the layout, and that little banner all work together to create a fabulous card. Thanks so much for joining us at FYI!

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  14. Wow - this is gorgeous! I love the layers and the ribbon treatment! Thanks for joining us at FYI!

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  15. Simply beautiful! Wonderful take on the challenge! Thanks for playing with us at FYI!

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