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Sunday 24 September 2017

October Colour Swap

Autumnal Colours

I was stuck for ideas until I saw this post on Gecko Galz Blog so had to visit the Blog concerned.  

I purchased the papers that Electra recommended, they're digital, and went to printing.  These papers were great to work with and I was spoilt for choice, I printed and cut and spread them out on my desk and slowly pulled them into some sort of order!




I loved the little boy on Electra's third card so that's where I started.
I used the sunflower paper for background, the beauty of digital papers is that you can resize the images.  I edged the little boy image with blue and attached it with a 3D pad.  
Tim Holtz's words are 'enough'. 



The fairies had to be used, they were edged with a deep red ink and decoupaged onto the centre of the background paper.  I smooshed some 'autumnal' colour inks across the sentiment .... guess where from?!?! lol





I just love Art Deco so this image was a 'must use'.
I edged the lady image with black, the circle with gold and the whole card with brown ink. Decoupaged it all onto the background and realised I hadn't left room for the sentiment.  I trimmed the words and managed to fit them onto the card.  Hurrah! for Tim Holtz spacing!




I love this image of a couple having fun in the leafy wind.  I edged this image with red ink and popped it onto the centre of the leaf background with a 3D pad.   I placed the smooshed sentiment across the lower edge to finish. 

I am linking this post with the Gecko Galz September Challenge because, thanks to them, I have had so much fun.

Update - I won the Challenge ..... amazing!  
Thank you Gecko Galz for the wonderful papers and thank you Design Team for the inspiration.


5 comments:

  1. These are fabulous cards, Christine and perfect for out Harvest theme at Gecko Galz this month. Thanks for joining in the fun in the September challenge and Good Luck!

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    1. PS...just in case you didn't know, we also have a Facebook group with 4 themed challenges every month - why not come and join us? Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/654948344560159/

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  2. Lovely work. Thank you for joining the Gecko Galz challenge. Hope to see you again next time.

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  3. beautifully done! thanks for playing along with us at gecko galz! xo

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  4. Huge congrats to you for winning the customer challenge, Christine! Your card is fantastic and I am so glad you took part. Looking forward to next month's project! Hugs to you!

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