Count Your Rainbows

Good morning!  Today I'm posting twice, with two different design teams... so look for me again this afternoon! 

This morning we are opening the October/November Classic Design Challenge with Rachelle Ann Miller as our sponsor.  Our theme is always Anything Goes and our twist this month will be Trees and/or Leaves.

For my Design Team card I selected Rainy Day Friends by Rachelle Anne Miller and used this sweet girlfriend image to make a card of encouragement.  

I'm also particularly proud of this card as it is the first card I've made using a Gelli print background that I made.

 

I started by printing the Rainy Day Friends image and then colored the cute little girls with my Copic markers.  I fussy cut them and added a foam layer to the back.  After digging through my stash looking for a leaf embellishment or a die cut large enough to be a background behind the girls, I came across this reddish brown laser cut doily embellishment from an old Creative Memories package.   The color matched the girl's dark hair perfectly and they fit well lifted above in the center.  

Next I came across this print I'd recently made when I was learning how to use my Gelli plate. (You know... the one that has been in the drawer for at least three years, cause I'm afraid of it!)  The inks in this one also coordinated well with the other elements of the card.  This print was a first pull and was on recycled paper so it was very thin.  I carefully trimmed it down to just under 5" square and secured to the rusty brown card base.  Then I added the medallion to the center and then the colored image.  Lastly I added the computer generated sentiment and the water dot elements to complete the design. 

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've been coloring.  I hope you will visit the Classic Design Challenge next to see what the other Design Team members have made and to enter your handmade cards too. 

Pam's Pearls

I will be posting this card in the following challenges:   

Cards Galore Encore ~ October  

Morgan's Art World ~ Challenge 93  

Four Seasons ~ October Challenge   

CD Sunday Plus ~ Challenge #169

Copics 

Small Girl ~ Hair: E41 E42, E43, E44, Clothes: YG02, YG13, E93, BG75, BG57,  

Taller Girl ~  Hair: E31, E33, E35, E39, E59, Clothes:  BG13, BG15, BG18, YG02, BG75, 

Background BG11, Ground, W4

Products:

Rachelle Anne Miller, Rainy Day Friends: