The pinecone ornament reminded me of our recent trip to Northern Arizona. Our cottage was surrounded by big pine trees that were loaded down with pinecones. So many had already fallen to the ground and yet the branches still had many more clumped together on the branches.
I thought the inspiration was suitable for the Color Challenge and a Christmas theme. I pulled out a long retired stamp set that has not seen ink in a while. Then I stamped pine boughs & pinecones in the corner and stamped a newer Christmas sentiment in the open area. Blended some green and cinnamon ink over the images. Die-cut the panel into a stitched rectangle and layered on red. Embossed a strip of cinnamon cardstock. Put it all together and added a woven statin red bow. After I took the photo, I add just a touch of Wink of Stella on the pinecones.
Excellent challenges to inspire the creativity. Thanks to the hostesses and thank YOU for looking!
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Perfect, Diane. Love the pinecones and the CAS look of your beautiful card. The blended colors over the image and the WOS on the pinecones , and the red bow were the perfect finishing touches. Like I said, perfect!
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Sun, Sep 26, 2021 @ 4:33 PM
This design is gorgeous and your pine cones worked so well with the color challenge this week! The recipient of this beauty will filled with Christmas joy! Thank you for participating in this week's challenges, you did a great job of combining multiple challenges!
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Mon, Sep 27, 2021 @ 6:02 AM
This is so pretty and perfect!! I love those pine cones and red ribbon!!!
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