2016 card challenge - November prompts

Morning everyone!

Well, we've reached the penultimate prompts for this year's challenge.

Hard to believe, I know!

For the first prompt, I came across this lovely image while looking for THE desk calendar for 2017. I am so sad there's nothing on a par with the Letterpress desk calendars Paper Source makes in the US, but there's another stationery company I love - they're high end price-wise so unlikely I'll ever have one of their calendars, but Riffle Paper Co. has made some gorgeous calendars over the years, which included this image in November a few years back:

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Here are some ideas:

• The colour palette is a great choice for this time of year - love the pine and avocado greens, the teal shades, and the blush tones
• Focus on florals and blooms
• Go seasonal with branches and berries
• Feature images that have a hand-painted look
• Try and achieve a similar look with 2-step stamping
• Make a card that doesn't feature a greeting
• Clean and simple - lots of white space with a focal accent

For the festive prompt I've been inspired by a lot of the cosy accents appearing in the shops right now - lots of greys and chunky knits to go with white accents.

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• Go monochromatic - use shades of just white and grey or select one colour spectrum to use
• Knit patterns and prints are really in right now, even in scrapping papers - if you have them, use them!
• Dimensional paper accents - the tree on the fireplace reminds me of a favourite technique I use for making 3D accents with symmetrical dies.
• Dimensional stars - die cut a star and score it from tip to indent for all the points of the star, you'll end up with a star that looks like the one in the image.
• Add snow and sparkle to your project as a focal point
• Feature festive food/treats
• How about a stocking on the fireplace?
• Use wood designs as your background

The ideas are already whirring in my head, I'll definitely have to get something made while they are fresh in my mind.

Happy crafting!

Comments

[Wing]

Dear Nat,

I chanced upon your cards by accident when I was on pinterest. I must say that I am totally blown away by your creations and I really do love every card you made. =)

Thank you for inspiring and I look forward to reading every single blog entry you have. ;)

Best Regards,
Wing