Orange you glad you stopped by?

Har har har. I am cracking myself up right now... Not really, but I had to say it. Orange you glad you stopped by? Tonight I made a card using orange as the inspiration! I was blog surfing the other night and found a new challenge blog called The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog! The only criteria for their challenge this week was the color orange. I figured that should be interesting...So I joined in. I went through my craft room and dug out every orange thing I could find...ribbon, paper, doo dads, pens, ink, etc. Then, out of nowhere, for whatever reason, this cute mushroom stamp came to mind.

Here is my finished card:

It was hard coloring such a bright and powerful color with my Copics. I decided to just go with mostly solid coloring. I did darker shades at the bottom and lighter shades at the top. Mushrooms aren't shiny, so I didn't try to find the light source, etc. I had to rummage for my little gnome stamp because it looks like he needs to live here! Don't you love the expression on his face? I cut out a piece of red paper for his hat!

Some of the supplies...you may be wondering why the colored ink pads? I used them to sponge around the edge of my circle for shading. I used four shades of orange Copics for the mushroom.

Some little gemstones for the dots. A little birdie brad. Two shapes of nestabilities - I kind of like this look. Orange and aqua look good together because they are complimentary colors on the color wheel. Orange and Navy is also a good combination.

Some funky patterned papers and sheer orange ribbon. All mounted on a long, narrow kraft card. I like to make cards in this shape - more surface area.