Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A Monochromatic Fall, TCS, Paper Blooms and Caardvarks


This week at The Cuttlebug Spot we have a monochromatic color challenge. It's really beginning to feel like Fall here so I got out the orange box of paper and started to play. Honestly, they ARE all oranges, but didn't exactly photograph as such). I decided to try the weaving technique for the background and chose 3 shades and cut paper in a variety of widths to make it a bit more interesting. Then I taped the edges and ran it through the Cuttlebug using D'Vine Swirls which this season makes me think of swirling leaves. I really love the effect. The mat is done with one of the new 5 x 7 Cuttlebug folders exclusive to Oh My Crafts. The opening and frame is with my Labels One Nesties.

I love the Cuttlebug pumpkin cut and emboss set and added a number of leaves, some punched, some Nesties, cuttled with Swiss Dots, Herringbone, and the small dotted folder from the butterfly set. The corners are Sizzix. The metallic leaf brads and pearls are from M's.

I still managed to get a bit of dimension, and isn't that ribbon YUMMY!? It came on one of those teeny spools so I've GOT to go look for some more of it, although I'm not sure if it was from J's, or M's. I'll certainly be on the hunt. For this reason I decided to enter it in the Caardvark's Take a Bow challenge which is to use ribbon in a wonderful way. Their sponsor is May Arts which has THE MOST GORGEOUS RIBBON IMAGINABLE!!!!! I CRAVE their stuff BIG TIME!!!! One of my other favorite challenge sites, Paper Blooms, is also having a monochromatic color challenge this week. I really hoped to do another monochromatic card for them featuring Leah's GORGEOUS hand crocheted flowers, but just in case I don't have a chance to I'll be entering this there as well.
This may have been my favorite Cuttlebug Spot Challenge yet and it sure looks like my Design Team Sisters agree. Their projects are FABULOUS! So hop on over to The Cuttlebug Spot, take a look, and play along. I'll see you there.

19 comments:

  1. OMG, the paper weaving on this is great and those colors, you go girl. Hugs

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  2. WOW!! your weaving is an awesome touch and i love the colors :0) **fits the paper blooms monochromatic challenge also** :0)

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  3. love the weaving..beautiful fall card

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  4. You already know how much I love this one! Can you make me a little video showing me how to do the paper weaving? LOL!

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  5. well donna you can enter as many as you like, i love seeing all the fantastic creations you come up with :0) thanks for joining us on paper blooms!

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  6. Wow that is so beautiful.. maybe I can talk you into showing me how to weave next week end..

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  7. This is amazing Donna - what lush colours - I love "Fall".

    Hugs,
    Caryn xxx

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  8. Gorgeous!! LOVE the way that ribbon swirls and weaves its way around all the different embellishments!

    (-: Heidi

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  9. Donna the weaving is wonderful!! Love the ribbon too..its a great card !!
    xoxo Joy

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  10. WOW does not say enough it is BEAUTIFUL

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  11. wow! what a gorgeously autumnal monochromatic masterpiece! i love that awesome weaving effect and your gorgeously loopy ribbon!

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  12. Love the embossed woven background ... and how cool is that ribbon wandering around the pumpkin patch ... fabulous.

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  13. you do some amazing work girl....stunning...

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  14. This card screams Autumn, even though were are setting record high temps in Florida! Love the weaving!

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  15. Oh Holy Crap! That is one fabulous card!!!! This may be my favorite fall card EVER! Truly.
    The layers, colors, embossing - wow!

    xx Susan

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  16. wow donna! you never cease to amaze me! love this card..everything about it. i too LOVE that pumpkin!

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  17. oopsie.. lol.. i forgot to thank ya for playing along at paperblooms :)

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  18. So pretty Donna! So glad you joined us:)

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Thanks for making my day!