Thursday 15 August 2024

Tutti Fruity

 Challenge #270 has just gone live at Time Out Challenges and this fortnight it's an Inspiration Photo Challenge!

Here's a closeup!

This challenge is generously being sponsored by Graciellie Design and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design team a $25 voucher to their store.  

Our top pick will also be invited to guest design with us at a future date so I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule and come play cards with us! 

Speaking of Top Picks, we are delighted to welcome Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts (our Top Pick of Challenge #265) as our guest this fortnight!  If you haven't already done so, please drop by and see what Stef has made just for our challenge ... and let her know how much you love it!

There's quite a lot in this pic to inspire - the colours, the fruit, the heart bowls, the timber floor - I can't wait to see what captures your imagination!


As always, I'm trying to get to the bottom of my NBUS stash - though that may well be impossible as it’s constantly growing!  I've had these strawberries (Charlie & Paulchen Waldbeeren) for well over a year now and this challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to finally get them out and have a play.  This little beaver (Poppy Stamps Whittle Beaver) is another die that's been waiting patiently for a play and as his little arms allow something to be tucked into them, I've tucked the smallest of the strawberries in there!   Those little white bowls in the inspiration pic gave me the perfect opportunity to use this recently acquired heart die set (Poppy Stamps Vintage Heart)!  The vines were from another NBUS set (Joy Craft Pumpkins).

I couldn't resist this corny sentiment from Poppy Stamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments … and some dew drops added to the strawberries makes me think they’ve just been picked!

I’d like to enter this first card in to NBUS Challenge #65;
Daring Cardmakers Challenge - this week’s theme is Summer Lovin’ and I’m lovin’ fresh strawberries in Summer;


and Allsorts Challenge 793-4Summers Days makes me think of yummy fresh strawberries!

Here is another card that was inspired by the pic - namely all the fruit and the timber floorboards!  And it’s given me another opportunity to use some more NBUS dies - Gummiapan Fruit and Gummiapan Swedish Fika and Platter set (just the platter);  After cutting the floorboards (Gummiapan), I masked off the area above and rubbed in some gilding wax.  I cut a few pieces of fruit from white card stock and coloured the pieces with alcohol markers.  I arranged the fruit on the gilded platter -and once I was happy with the arrangement added glossy accents so it had that waxed fruit look!  I've gone with a general HUGS sentiment (Birch Press Big Lingo Type Hugs) though a fruit platter would make a great Get Well Card don't you think!
 

I’d like to enter this card into the August inspiration Station Challenge which has the following wonderful inspiration pic;
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!


Kate

14 comments:

  1. Both your cards are super fun and fabulously designed!!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Word Power and The Four Seasons!
    Diane WP, TFS Co-Owner
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  2. Both your cards are wonderful, Kate! The first one is adorable--love that he's holding a berry! And the second one is just beautiful!

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  3. Both are absolutely beautiful and it would be so hard to choose a favorite, glad we don't have to :)
    Thanks so much for sharing the first one with us at Allsorts challenge!

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  4. Your card is 'gnaw-some', couldn't resist, and I will probably not be the only one!
    Thank you for joining us at Allsorts!

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  5. Wow, great cards and I love the CAS design and "waxy" look of the fruit on the second card. Thanks for joining us at The Inspiration Station Challenge. We hope you'll share more lovely cards soon.
    Donna xx
    Inspiration Station Challenge
    Paper Funday Challenge
    Beautiful Blossoms Challenge

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  6. Lovely design Kate and a cute image, also like your second card! Hugs Anita

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  7. Love your first card with the beaver and fun sentiment, so very cute! And, your second card is beautiful with the delicious fruit!

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  8. This is totally delightful I love the dies you have used also the colours and design thank you for joining us at Allsorts
    hugs
    lolo x

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  9. Two fabulous cards! The Beaver card is adorable! Love the strawberries. The 2nd card is gorgeous with the shiny fruit!

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  10. Your cards are delightful, Kate. I love the sentiment with the strawberry gnawing beaver and the little grouping of fruit is wonderful.

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  11. Great cards Kate! I love the sweet heart with the strrawberries and little beaver!! super fun! The little fruit platter is so cute. So much detail on these little images. I hope you have a good week! :)

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  12. I'm back again :) Thanks so much for linking up at Four Seasons challenge too!

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  13. Love the fruits! Thank you for joining us at The Inspiration Station Challenge

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