Gourd-geous Card Concept 100

Hi friends! I am so honored to be one of the guest designers joining The Card Concept as they celebrate their 100th challenge. The inspiration photos in this challenge, never fail to inspire, and this one is absolutely gourd-geous, don't ya think?

I definitely thought so, and immediately pulled out the Autumn Bounty stamp & cut from Hero Arts to make some beautiful, shabby gourds. I used papers from the Love Story collection by Prima, picking portions of the paper to stamp on that could pull in some of the florals like the inspiration photo.  These are all embossed in gold and shaded with antique linen and gathered twigs distress ink.  I also stamped the you're gourd-geous sentiment on patterned paper and embossed in gold.

I chose a woodgrain paper from the Amber Moon collection and crossed the two strips to create a little backdrop for my pile of gourds. Over this, I layered a bit of cheesecloth and then started composing myt scene with all my stamped and cut gourds.

I cut a banner tail for the sentiment, then topped it with a butterfly I die cut from shiny gold and book paper with the Tim Holtz Mini Detailed Butterflies set, I topped this with a Prima butterfly from the Misty Rose collection and added some christmas cheer Shimmerz paint to finish it off.  And the final accent was a string of faux gold beads lining the tops and bottom of my woodgrain panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to play along. Hop on over to The Card Concept Blog to see all the fabulous creations and get all the challenge details.  We can't wait to see what you create!

DC244 Autumn Bounty Stamp & Cut [ HA | SBC ] Prima Marketing Love Story-6x6 Paper Pad [ AMZUS ] Prima - Amber Moon Collection - 8 x 8 Paper Pad [ SBC ] Sizzix Alterations Mini Detailed Butterflies Thinlits Dies [ SBC ] Shimmerz - Christmas Cheer [ SHM ] Snow Cheesecloth Trim - 36" | Hobby Lobby | 80869679 [ HBL ] Prima - Misty Rose Collection - Flower Embellishments - Taylor [ SBC | AMZUS ] PW100 Gold Embossing Powder - Hero Arts [ HA | SBC ] Tsukineko - VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad - Large - Clear [ SBC ] Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Mini - Antique Linen [ SBC ] Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Mini - Gathered Twigs [ SBC ] Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Mini Ink Blending Tool - Round [ SBC ] Ranger Ink - Detail Blending Tools [ SBC ] Ranger Ink - Stickles Glitter Glue - Stardust [ SBC ]