September Inspiration Station Challenge

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Wow, so, first of all, I cannot believe we are already at this time of the year! I was so inspired by this month’s inspiration photo, not by the essence of the season that it portrays, simply because I am not ready to acknowledge that summer is almost over, but, by the colors. I was inspired to incorporate the colors into a subtle nod to the season, using the Changing Leaves stamp and die set from Stampin’ Up!.

The first order of business was to establish the color palette, based on the inspiration photo. Of course I hit my scrap stash.

I started with a 5×7″ card base of craft cardstock. This helped set the tone.

I used the largest die to cut out the lower right corner of the top of the card base.

I did snip off the bits from the die cut that would interfere with the final stamped image. Next, I added a patterned cardstock on the inside of the card to give some contrast to the stamping I did thru the die-cut area.

Next, I used red and blue cardstock scraps to glue to the front of the card. I used my snips scissors from Stampin’ Up! to cut out the area from the blue cardstock.

Using black ink again, and the stamps in the stamp set, I layed out an artsy-fartsy background. I added the yellow band to hide where the red and blue met on the face of the card. Next, using coordinating patterned cardstock I used the dies from the stamp set bundle to cut out a bunch of leaves. I glued these into the center of the card face, then used the round die from the set to cut the centerpiece for a sentiment.

Finally, using one of the sentiment dies from the set, I cut and stamped a secondary sentiment. This over hung the corner cut out, so i did have to go in with my snips and trim it out.

After creating this card on the fly, I realize there were some things I could have done different to make this project go smoother, but in the end, I liked the result, regardless.

If you try this project, let me know what you think, or if you came up with some other ways to accomplish a similar result! As always, thank you for playing along with the monthly Inspiration Station Challenge. Can’t wait for next month!