Friday, November 14, 2008

The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge #7





I made this thank you card for a friend for taking me to a fall floral design class. This weeks challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot was to emboss a cut so I decided to play along. I love the way the Cuttlebug enhances a cut, be it a punch, or one done on my Expression. The inspiration for the design came from a wire wheelbarrow I fill with gourds and flowers each fall. It is in the shape of a pumpkin so I welded 3 circles (pulled into ovals) from Plantin Schoolbook to the wheelbarrow from A Walk in my Garden using design studio and the shadow feature. I then cut each oval again and cuttled them with Swiss dots and popped them for dimension. There happens to be a great tutorial over on Hallmark Ladybugs for making these pumpkins. Click here to view. I also have a large leaf punch made by Punch Bunch which I used several times and cuttled with tiny mosaic. I love this folder not only because of the scale of the embossing, but it looks great from either side for variety. The smaller maple leaves are from a bag I got at the local craft store from Allstate floral and craft. The berry branch cut is from the new Christmas solutions on shadow and several times on regular in different colors to add dimension. Glossy accents were added to the berries. Corners are from Jasmin (thanks Jenny!), little branches are from the Martha Stewart punch and mini skittles, gold adhesive beads, a fiber from Adornaments and a Stampendous peel off were added. The dot paper is BoBunny, and the plaid is from ...(hmmm, well I'm gonna have to tell you later because I can't find the little pad in all of this mess! LOL) Because the inside was kinda dark to write on I added a square of peach from Provocraft and decorated it with trimmings from the front and a few more leaves etc, a la Jeannie Phillips whose beautiful creations inspire me daily. Click HERE to view the other great creations submitted for this challenge.

8 comments:

  1. oh Donna what a super card so much detail and layers.beautiful work as always!

    Hugs
    Juliexx

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  2. When this card popped up on my screen, a loud "Wow!" came from my lips..........so Wow again.

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  3. I said oh my...whey I saw this card...you are amazing.

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  4. I have spent my whole evening getting lost in your blog and taking rabbit trails to others. WOW! Your work is fantastic. Sure wish you lived near me. I just bought a Cricut today off Craig's List so I'm just getting started. What an inspiration you've been. I see I also need a Cuttlebug. LOL

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  5. This is absolutely gorgeous! I am so glad that I found your wonderful blog... Your work is amazing...

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  6. Oh Donna, this is stunning! So many beautiful things to look at! I love the way the inside of the card is decorated too.
    Funny, I think those may be the same leaves I used on my card. (-:

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  7. Wow! Look at all the texture and beautiful fall color!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

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  8. This one is my favorite! Stunning work:)
    Laura

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Thanks for making my day!