This is a card which started off as a design team card for CAS Colours & Sketches this week – a colour challenge of blushing bride, chocolate chip and tempting turquoise. I changed my mind midway through, but didn’t want to abandon the tree. So this morning I completed the card which can be used for several occasions.
As you can see from the retiring list, Sheltering Tree is here to stay for the upcoming year so this is my mini celebration of that fact! I stamped the trunk in chocolate chip and then, after using the embossing buddy, stamped the leaves in versamark and heat embossed with blushing bride embossing powder. To continue the cherry blossom theme that the blushing bride embossing started, I added a piece of blushing bride cotton ribbon (on the retiring list) and also a bow. I decided to leave the white space that remained rather than squashing in a sentiment. I think this draws attention to the beautiful tree as it should. I realised, as I was halfway through this post, that the blushing bride embossing powder has retired. In fact – the cherry cobbler powder is on the retiring list and the crushed curry is on the clearance list so if you want either of those, you’d better move quickly. The iridescent ice powder has already sold out. I’m a little disappointed about this – I’d like to have the embossing powder in almost all the colours. But at least we’re keeping Sheltering Tree!
I must say that being on the Design Team and therefore having to enter each challenge is very good for me. I’m pretty sure that I would have walked away from the chocolate chip, blushing bride and tempting turquoise challenge at the beginning. But now, I’ve got three cards (admittedly today’s doesn’t have the turquoise and yesterday’s added pool party) that were inspired by that challenge. And I’m really thrilled with my design team card – I loved how it came out plus it used up retiring DSP. Win-win. So I’d encourage you to try challenges and not be easily intimidated. Even better if you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
See you tomorrow,
Liz