November 2022 Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Welcome to the November 2022 Crafty Challenge Blog Hop!  I'm excited to join a talented group of demonstrators today!  See what I have to share with you today and then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional inspiration from today's Crafty Challenge!  To follow the hop and see the other amazingly creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants.

When I went into my stamping studio to work on this month's challenge, I immediately went to my Wildlife Wonder Cling Stamp Set, Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set, and Majestic Dies.  It reminds of one of my dad's favorite places in Colorado - Buena Vista.  He would spend summers there during the late 1930's - early 1940's.  Currently, one of my husband's best buddies and wife live in Buena Vista, Colorado.  We so enjoy our visits there, soaking in all of the beauty that nature provides.  If you have never been to this lovely spot in Colorado, envision looking out over the horizon and see eight of the 20 highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains - all over 14,000 feet.  And the wildlife is so abundant.  Their front yard is basically a meadow and elk, deer and yes even bears walk stroll through the meadow. 

Today's Crafty Challenge was to design a card using what I consider an outdoor theme!  Living in Colorado so reminds me of the beautiful evergreen trees in our Rocky Mountains and especially in Buena Vista!  

Basic White

Soft Succulent

Basic Black

Early Espresso

Garden Green

What do you see in your mind's eye when you see this color combo? 

 Instructions to make this nature inspired card is as follows:  

• Cut Soft Succulent at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (21.0cm x 14.9cm).    Score at 4 1/4" (10.5cm).  Cut off 3" (8.7cm) from card front.  
• Cut Basic White at 5 1/2" x 3/4" (14.9cm x 1.9cm).  Adhere to the card front. 
• Cut Garden Green at 5 1/2" x 4" (14.9cm x 9cm).  Dry emboss with the pine boughs from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folder.  Using a Blending Brush, blend softly with Whisper White craft ink.  Align the edges with the right edge of the card front.  Adhere to the card front inside flap.  Orient the card in landscape
• Cut Basic Black at 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" (10.5cm x 8.3cm).  
• Cut Basic White at 4" x 3" (13.4cm x 7.6cm).  Using a Blending Brush, blend softly with Soft Succulent.  Adhere to the Basic Black.  Adhere to the card front with dimensionals. 
• Cut Basic Black at 3 1/2" x 2" (9cm x 5cm).  Cut Adhesive Sheet a smidge smaller.  Adhere to the cardstock.  Die cut with a large evergreen tree.  Trim a little off the trunk and off the top of the tree and adhere to the card front.  
• Stamp 2 tree cluster with Garden Green on a scrap of Basic White.  Stamp single tree with Garden Green (stamped off once) on a scrap of Basic White.  Adhere the three trees to the card front with a dimensional and adhesive.  
• Cut Basic White at 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (9cm x 6.4cm).  Stamp the bear with Early Espresso.  Fussy cut the bear and adhere to the card front with dimensionals.  
• Stamp "You mean so much to me" sentiment on a scrap of Basic White.  Trim down and adhere to card front with dimensionals. 
• Cut Basic White at 5 1/4" x 4" (13.4cm x 9cm).  Stamp "sending birthday wishes" "to a great guy" with Early Espresso.  Stamp the 2 cluster of trees with Garden Green and the one tree with Garden Green (stamped off once).  Adhere to the inside of the card.  
• Embellish with 3 small brass Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.  

Thank you so much for hopping by!  Please leave a comment as I would love to hear how you color combinations to create inspiration!  

Now I invite you to visit the blogs of my fellow talented Crafty Collaborations' demonstrators participating in today's Crafty Challenge Blog Hop!  

KEEP ON CRAFTING!