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If you know me then you know that it's really no secret that my FAVORITE season of the year is FALL. I grew up in an area where we had "real" seasons.   The crisp cool snap in the air always created the most spectacular colors of leaves.  Fall is a chance to make your home "cozy" for the cool nights ahead. The warm orange glow of the fireplace or candles.  The harvest colors of all the seasonal fruits & veggies.  I'm sure you all have those colors clearly pictured in your mind.  Each fall I bring out my favorite fall items to decorate my home.  Although I LOVE those things, I sometimes struggle on how to make the display look "new & fresh" each year.  

When I came across this photo I immediately went "WOW".  It's such an unexpected color twist and exactly what I was looking for to update my fall collection.  

   

I love everything about this photo.  The teal weathered background paired with the "pops" of orange berries. The rustic twigs and especially the text directly over the photo.   Look at the color pallet & storyboard that was inspired by this photo... 

CS9 Storyboard

Studio Notes (coming soon)

Kim H.

Some things that I pulled from the inspiration photo for this page were the background color & texture. I also wanted to add a bit of elegance & glow to my page so I chose organza ribbon & an embossed stamp pattern that has a rustic patina to it.  Even added a little bit of "orange bling"; inspired from the berries on the wreath.

I just had to try putting my Title & Text directly onto the photo.  I would normally consider this an "easy" task, but having just switched from a PC to a MAC I got scared!!  You know what...it is easy and you SHOULD try it.  Not having any other software on my computer yet other than what it came with (ie: no photoshop)  I was still able to do this.  Here's how: Open any word processing program you may have.  Insert your photo onto your page.  Resize your photo to the approximate photo size you want for your page.  Find your text box feature and add a text box to your page.  Reposition it over the area you want text on your photo.  Type your text.  Select your fonts, in my photo I chose to feature one large word as my title in a decorative font and smaller simpler font for my text.  Then print your page.  Be sure to adjust your printer settings for photo paper & quality before you print.  And yes...It's that easy!

 

Anita - Guest Design Winner CS8

Anita's style is a fresh take on our challenge and she features our color pallet with a twist. Just fabulous!  

Ready to try our colorstory challenge?   As if our inspiration isn't already enough...this month we'll offer up some additional incentive!  

I'm so pleased to feature Zany Zinnia as our Colorstory Challenge sponsor this month!  Stacy's kit club is celebrating their 2nd year anniversary this month and she has picked fabulous papers & embellishments that just happen to work perfectly with our CS9 challenge.   Congratulations!

Natural Beauty is a gorgeous fall collection. Included is a mix of double-sided papers from Webster's Pages, along with embellishments from My Mind's Eye, Sassafras Lass, and Making Memories. There's also the cutest puff trim from Bazzill.  You can find this collection from ZZ here.

Zany Zinnia is a scrapbook kit club with no commitments! You can choose your favorite kits as you see them and just buy what you like! And they are priced just right!  Perfect for scrappers who want the latest items but need to stay on budget. With this plan, we can bring you a variety of styles, from bright to vintage! Each month there's something different!   Stay tuned for some featured pages from the ZZ new design team around the middle of the month.  

Lets celebrate together this month with ZZ & CS9.  Link your page in our comments section by October 25th and you could be the lucky winner of this featured kit from our generous sponsor, Zany Zinnia!  

Comments

[anita l.]

Hi Kim,
I thought my guest designer layout would be on the CS 9 topic. I sent it to you some days ago. I will put it on my blog, pls let me know what to do.
Greetings,
Anita L.

[Jana Eubank]

Kim! This is gorgeous! I LOVE the colors and textures going on in this inspiration piece! I soooo wish I wasn't moving this week and next! I wanna play with this one!!! UGH! Well, maybe I'll stay up late one of these nights and sneak it in! You know how much I love doing CS Challenges! ;) Talk to you soon!

[Brandy I.]

Hi Kim,
What inspiration this was! I loved this challenge...thanks so much!

http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x250/pandora3799/?action=view¤t=moments.jpg

[Brandy I.]

Ok... that didn't work. Sorry :)
Here it is on my blog *gasp*
http://akapandora3799.blogspot.com/

[Lisa]

What a fab challenge : )
Have had lots of fun with this, thanks.
http://scrappyfairies.blogspot.com/
lis xx

[AbbieT]

I am SO doing this... i will be back!

[juliesaddiction]

Well Kim I failed to use the sketch but I did use the color scheme!!!
http://seejuliescrap.blogspot.com/2008/10/saturday-night-and-i-am-digi-scrapping.html

[Peg Hewitt]

Here's mine, the blue is a little more green irl, tfl
http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com/2008/10/cs9.html

[Kelly W.]

Hey ladies! Nice LOs so far. I've got to get cracking on mine! Does anyone know who won CS8 challenge? I can't figure it out...

[LisaW]

Yay, finally finished off my entry...here 'tis http://heyhoewarren.blogspot.com/2008/10/color-story-challenge-9.html
Loved the colour combo this month - thanks for the inspiration!

[Candice Reszko]

Here is my go at it. I just LOVED the color scheme!!!

http://theonedivinehand.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-had-to-get-this-one-in.html

Thank you for inspiring!

[Abbie Torroll]

Got mine done just in time! Thanks!! Loved this color combo!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/AbbieTorroll/IMG_3346.jpg

[Penny B.]

These are my absolute favorite colors right now!! So happy to be able to join in!

http://pennybs.blogspot.com/2008/10/color-story-challenge-9.html