As soon as September hits I’m ready for the leaves to change color. Of course, it’s in the upper 90’s still here in Colorado. Yikes! I can still dream of those days later this month though when the leaves finally do change color.
Have you seen any of my Make It Mine Monday posts? This is when I share a card that I’ve copied from someone else and put my own twist on it. The card above is the one I created. It was one of the cards that I created to possibly be used in my Stitched Leaves Card Class (To Go!). It didn’t make the cut. If you click on the link you can find out all about my newest Card Class (To Go!) and see the other projects I made using the Stitched Leaves Dies.
Above you can see the card that I got my inspiration from. Ok….I basically copied it. I tried making my card using the Pretty Peacock leaf that I die cut but I just didn’t like the look so I die cut a white leaf. I also had white decorative dots on the card but again, I didn’t like the way they looked so I took my Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blend Marker and colored them. I love that you can do that!
Now that I’m scrutinizing my card as I’m writing this post I think I should have at least tried to see how coloring my Braided Linen Trim with the Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blend Marker would have looked. I bet it would have looked really nice. Hmmm….
Here are my words of wisdom for the day…..don’t be afraid to second guess yourself. Once I started wondering about the colored Braided Linen Trim I had to get up and and try it. Below you can see how the card just “came together” once I added the colored trim. I liked the card before but now it’s “complete”. The natural colored trim on my original card just looked washed out. Thanks for giving me the idea to color it. 😀
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!