Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The Card Concept Challenge - Colourful Autumn/Fall

Welcome to my very first challenge as a designer for The Card Concept! We're a fortnightly (bi-weekly) challenge blog that publishes a photo as an inspiration starter for your creativity.

Here's the photo for challenge #159, the theme for which is Colourful Fall/Autumn.


Everyone is welcome to play along, we simply ask that you state in your blog post which element/s of the photo inspired you and which design style you chose to use (you can combine more than one and don't worry, the different styles are explained on our website).

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned many times before that autumn is my favourite time of year as I love the colours of the leaves as they turn, so it will be no surprise that they were the inspiration for my clean and layered card. I also used three of the colours plus a couple more to give a warm, rich palette. Here's my offering:


Materials used:
  • stamps - Mocha Fall Girl (Stamping Bella)
  • card - basic white, early espresso, Autumn Spice papers (Your Paper Stash)
  • other - stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, small banner punch, button die, thread, Copic markers, craft foam, MISTI

My image was stamped on white card and coloured with Copic markers, and I stamped a second image to cut out a few more leaves as extras. Designer paper layers are matted and raised and I punched a small banner accent to tie it all together. The button is a die too, two layers cut from white and coloured with markers to match, then threaded with twine. 

Do follow this link to The Card Concept blog to see what gorgeous cards my fellow team members have created for you, and of course we'd love it if you play along!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kerry



8 comments:

Maggie Trevena said...

Love this Kerry, your colouring is beautiful.

Kerry Parkinson said...

Thanks Maggie, I’ve been watching YouTube videos on how to colour folds in clothing - now need to practice hair!

patsy lake said...

I love this Kerry.. Love the colour choices and it really makes me feel warm..

Kerry Parkinson said...

Thanks Patsy, that’s exactly what I was going for.

Julie Gearinger said...

Kerry, this is adorable! Love your coloring, the autumn colors and that fabulous plaid background! So thankful that you have joined us at The Card Concept and am looking forward to designing alongside you, sweet friend!

Nora Noll said...

This is so pretty!! I LOVE all the layering behind that gorgeously colored girl. AMAZING design!

Kerry Parkinson said...

Thanks Julie, I’m so happy to join you all.

Kerry Parkinson said...

Thank you so much Nora, I’m thrilled you like it.