Celebrate Every Moment – Harvest Gingko

I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer for the Retro Rubber – Anything Goes Challenge (#169). 

If you are a collector (hoarder) of your older (vintage) stamp sets, participating in the Retro Rubber Challenges is a great excuse to give them some love…

Anything Goes?  Well now, that is a wide-open category.  My card design was inspired by a few other challenges.

Sketch: Try Stampin’ On Tuesdays (#527), Theme and Colors: The Card Concept (#161), If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#161) and Color Hues (#27)

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Here is the result:

Steps:

Fall imagery and colors translated to leaves. I opted for the Gingko.  I love how they change from a luxurious green to a wonderful yellow-orange color when they drop.  The fan shape of the leaf is very pretty and slightly exotic with the Asian esthetic.

• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Very Vanilla.  I stamped the Gingko Leaves stamp from the retired Beautifully Braided stamp set (Occasions 2020) with Versamark ink and heat-set the image with Copper Embossing Powder.  The Gingko Leaves were colored with Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Blendabilities (R):  Leaves – Dark So Saffron, Medium Daffodil Delight and Light Cajun Craze; Stem – Light Old Olive.  Texture was then added to the panel by dry-embossing with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder in the vertical position.  I like how the slight pattern gives the impression of fabric.
• Oval: (3” x 2”) The Yellow/Orange patterned paper piece from the retired Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper pack was die-cut with an Oval die from the retired Layering Ovals Dies set.  The sentiment, Celebrate Every Moment, from the retired Honey Bee stamp set (Occasions 2020) was also stamped with Veramark ink and heat-set with Copper Embossing Powder in the upper left position.
• Flags: (2½” x ½) Cajun Craze and Olive cardstock scraps.  I chose to cut the Flags on the diagonal and added the “ribbon” texture by dry-embossing again with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder in the horizontal position.
• Accent Shape Element: Gingko Leaves. A portion of the Gingko Leaves image was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Copper Embossing Powder on to a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock that was then fussy cut with Paper Snips.  I chose to leave this element uncolored so that it stood out from the background.
• To introduce the gray color, I selected a Sahara Sand card base (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) as a second neutral.  All of the elements were arranged as per the sketch.

This is subtle fall colored birthday card, gender neutral with a soft Asian aspect.  I think it works for all the challenges.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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