MMCC October 2015 Challenge #16 – Black & Orange – Reminder

I am very happy to be here today with a reminder post for The Mixed Media Card October Challenge #16 {Black and Orange}.

Click on the photo below to see the other cards I’ve made for this challenge.

Here’s the October Challenge Graphic:

I have to say that orange is not one of my favorite colors, but I did get into it once I got started. Hey! I even liked it enough to make 3 fairly different cards to share with you in this post! I made 6 cards in all for this challenge, so I guess I got over my aversion to orange! If you’d like, you can see the others here and here.

Here’s card #1:

I used Penny Black’s Foliage Fancy for all 3 cards in this post. I also heat embossed all of the leaves in black and used a water-color smooshing technique on all of them as well. I’d like to play this first card at Word Art Wednesday’s Challenge #204 Anything Goes.

I used a utility knife and partially cut out the leaves on this first card. I used foam tape to pop up the cut-out parts.

Card #2:

I’d like to play this card at SSS Monday’s Challenge: Autumn Is In The Air.

On this third card I used some Gesso, more water-color smooshing and some Smootch Spritz on the background. After stamping and heat embossing the leaves in black, I also added some Glossy Accents to each of the 3 leaves.

Card #3:

I’d like to play this card at Colour Me’s CMCC#92 – Colour Me… Monochromatic!

I hope that I have inspired you to play along with this month’s challenge. Please stop over to the blog for some inspiration from the rest of the design team and to link up your entry.

HOW TO PLAY
1. Create a mixed media CARD based on the theme, with or without the optional element.
2. Display the challenge graphic on your blog post and link back to this challenge post.
3. You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is different.
4. You may combine a maximum of 7 challenges (6 other challenges plus ours).
5. Submit your projects by October 25, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).

Thanks for stopping by!
XO
Melissa

UPDATED WED OCT 14:

I’m very pleased to share that Card #3 was chosen By Valentyna at Colour Me as a “Colour Connoisseur!”  Thanks so much. 🙂

Places I’m Playing:

Card#1:

Card #2:

Card #3: