Often in my card making I see certain colors in metallics as is the case this time with the Copper colored paper I used here. Copper is my perfect "Orange" just as Gold is my perfect "Yellow". This particular copper is a handmade paper and it already had the tons of shimmer in it. I didn't add any shimmer to it at all. I die cut the largest Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die from it and added that to my Kraft card base.
With the inspiration image from The Muse Challenge #186, Anita's color choices were Kraft and White but I really love leaves of all kinds and wanted to incorporate some into my project which I feel is an easy way to create a less "girlie" and more masculine looking card. I cut just one each from Gold Cardstock using the Fancy Foliage Details Die from Papertrey Ink and arranged them on a panel of Bazzill Whirlypop Cardstock cut from the second largest Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die. The banner die is from Tag Sale: Quilted and the Grateful die was a Stamptember Release from Simon Says Stamp. I wanted to use the white banner to help the sentiment stand out from the other gold elements in the background and I definitely achieved that here. There is also a shadow to go along with the word die, but I didn't use it here.
Since I didn't do any stamping on this card, it came together very quickly. It was simply a matter of selecting what elements I wanted and pulling them into my design. When I first started making cards, this was how I did them all. Stamping was not a part of card making for me back then. I never dreamed I would grow to love stamping as much as I do.
I've got several other projects I want to work on this weekend but I really do appreciate you stopping by my blog today. I hope to be back tomorrow with another project.
