I thought this was a very unusual inspiration piece and I struggled which way to go with it.  I finally decided to use the colors, but ended up also using the stripes in a vertical rather than horizontal pattern.

I combined THREE different stamp sets…something that I normally do not do, but for this occasion it was just appropriate.  The background trees are from Winter Woods…and I wanted the yellow look in the trees for fall.  That dictated a “fall” greeting that I found in Falling For Leaves stamp set.  I also had this deer from Dashing Deer already stamped and sitting on my desk that matched the color scheme.  I wanted it to look less “Christmasy”, so I trimmed down the antlers a bit.  So…that’s a look into how my mind works sometimes!  lol!

 

Stampin’ Details:

• The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Gray Granite (my favorite gray!) cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
• The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Shimmery White was stamped with the Winter Woods trees and Stazon Black Ink.
• An AquaPainter and Crushed Curry Refill was swiped over the trees to give them a watercolor wash for fall.
• A 1-1/2 x 5-1/4 piece of Gray Granite was torn across the top and used for the “ground”.  Thankful from Falling for Leaves stamp set was stamped with Memento Black Ink.
• The deer in Dashing Deer was stamped with Gray Granite and cut with the Detailed Deer Thinlits, the antlers were trimmed a little to make them shorter.
• Basic Black twine was wrapped around the neck and tied in a bow.  The deer was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

 

i think this would make a great masculine card for fall birthdays…change out the greeting to a birthday one!  OK…go check out what Mary did with the Inspiration Challenge this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!

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