Friday, September 10, 2010

September Chicken Girl Design Release/Blogger Challenge: Week 168

It’s Chicken Girl Design digi release day! September’s images are perfect for the approaching fall season. The 4 brand new images--Apple of My Eye, Witch Eye Brew, Scarecrow Greetings, and Whoo's Ready for Fall--are available exclusively at i {heart} papers for $2.50 each or as a collection for $8.50. Here’s a peek at the new additions to the lineup.


The autumn theme made these images the perfect pick for my card for this week’s autumn themed blogger challenge. The card's design is based on this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, flipped up on its side.

I printed the scarecrow image on a white panel and colored it with Copic markers. I picked the colors to coordinate with the dotted panel of Basic Grey Max & Whiskers designer paper I used for the cardfront. The colors in this paper collection are perfect for fall cards.

I printed the matching “Autumn Greetings” sentiment separately on a strip of orange cardstock and layered the strip across the cardfront. To add some texture, I cut a scallop edged strip from a cork sheet. The strip is wrapped with some brown and white baker’s twine and attached underneath the image panel. I used the super strong i {stick} papers redline tape to attach the cork to the

For more autumn themed projects, you can check out what the rest of the challenge players have created. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right. And, be sure to check out the rest of the Chicken Girl Design Team to see more samples using the images from the latest release. Here's where to find them:


Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Chicken Girl Design Scarecrow Greetings digi image, Couture Cardstock white Copic blending cardstock, Copic markers (Y0000, Y000, Y21, Y23,Y35, Y38, YR04, YR16, YG97, E17, E31, E33, E35, E37), Basic Grey Max & Whiskers designer paper, Creative Impressions cork sheet, Jillibean Soup baker's twine, i {stick} papers redline tape

other: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, and Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); medium scallop die (Papertrey Ink)

23 comments:

  1. Superb coloring! Love how you added the cork and the bakers twine!! Cool and cute!!

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  2. The cork is a brilliant idea!! Love it!

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  3. Love your scarecrow! Love the cork idea to make it look rustic and "fall-like" too! Great card! TFS!

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  4. How cute! Wonderful coloring and design, great use of the added cork!

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  5. Perfect fall card. Love the image and the way you used the cork.

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  6. What an adorable scarecrow. Your coloring is fantastic!

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  7. Cute, cute, cute! Love the corkboard touch!

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  8. Cute image. Love the added elements.

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  9. I love it, Lori!!! I almost coloured my scarecrow like yours, so now I'm double glad I went with sepia!!!

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  10. Great card. I love he coloring and the use of the cork.

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  11. Sweet little scarecrow...he may be too cute to be effective for the crows though ;-). Love the cork border too.

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  12. Fantastic card Lori. Love the coloring on your scarecrow (so vibrant) and the great paper you used. Your cards are always such a pleasure to look at.

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  13. ooohhh, that cork is fabulous. I've seen it stores, but now that I see it on a card, I may have to try some. It goes great with that adorable scarecrow.

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  14. VERY cute, Lori! I LOVE the cork scallops, and thanks for the tip about the Max & Whiskers paper being nice for Fall.... I never gave it a thought but you're right, it's perfect!

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  15. Love the image so sweet and your coloring is fantastic!!!

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  16. Great use of the cork with the image and the vertical sentiment.

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  17. Love the cork! Great image and execution! Nice!

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  18. This is such a fun card! Love the cork scallop! {SMILES}

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  19. Delightful card Lori! Such a sweet little scarecrow! Love the addition of the cork! Your coloring is terrific, as always! :D

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  20. Very cute! Great coloring and love the added cork. :)

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  21. Adorable image and great Fall colors!

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  22. Absolutely adorable!!! LOVE your color and the cork accent is perfect!

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