#TGIFC286 — Inspiration Challenge

It’s TGIF time! This week, TGIF Challenges has an inspiration challenge using the photo below. I have to say that I really love challenges like this, because I know that I NEVER would have dreamed up this card on my own without the inspiration, and I absolutely LOVE how it turned out

When I first saw this challenge, I was a little stumped. It’s definitely not my typical style. At first I was fixated on the farm element, but when I started focusing more on the graphics — the rustic wood element and neutral colors — I started getting ideas!

I selected a couple different sheets of In Good Taste Designer Series Papers, one for the background and one for the oval die cut. Then, I pulled out my Mountain Air stamp set and stamped the mountains with white craft ink on Early Espresso Cardstock. I liked the way it looked, without embossing, so I left it like that. The faded, white craft ink almost has a little blue tint.

Then, keeping the neutral color scheme in mind, I stamped the trees with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Crumb Cake Cardstock and cut out a detailed tree from Whisper White Cardstock.

I added two additional white elements … a Word Wishes die cut for the “Happy” greeting and an In The Woods leaf die cut using Festive Felt. Fun, right?

I stamped the rest of the sentiment using a Well Said stamp. Then for the bow, I unraveled some Braided Linen Trim and tied a rustic knot.

I might have struggled in the beginning, but in the end, I love how this card turned out!

Be sure to click over to the TGIF Challenges Blog and see all the designers’ interpretations of this inspiration challenge. Then, create one of your own and use the Linky Tool at the bottom of that post to enter our challenge!

Have a wonderful and creative day!

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