Time to Count!

It's the 28th, so this is the day when the Calendar Girls (a blog group) post their monthly creations. How fun!!!

This month Tami is the hostess, and oh my! She gave us a challenge and a half. She's had us counting, counting, and re-counting. LOL! (Some of us even thought we needed someone to proof our projects to make sure we hadn't mis-counted - kind of makes me think of elections, when sometimes the accusations fly of purposely mis-counting... but I digress.)

Here's Tami's challenge for us:

Our October Theme


We are all about the month of October! I have three little challenges for the girls this month.

It is the tenth month of the year, so please have exactly ten ( 10 ) items on your card. No more, no less! The ten items do not include your card base. Your image stamped on a piece of card stock is counted as one item.

Our due date is the 28th. So, that is going to require two ( 2 ) circles needed on each card and a minimum of eight ( 8 ) different colors.

Are you scared yet?! LOL Start taking a peek….there are a lot of different elements and colors on our cards! I am so looking forward to what you all create, as I do each month.

I love my Calendar Girls!
Tami (Miss October)

Soooooooooooo I worried that it would be difficult to use at least 8 colors... and of course I'm not good at mathh so the 10 items was a bit frightening, too.

Here are my colors:

Blue

Brown

Green

Grey

Orange

Red

White

Yellow

Count them? Yep... exactly 8! A+ for me, right, Tami?

Here's my card:

EXACTLY 10 Items (from bottom up):

Pacific Point

Stripe

Pacific Point

Blue Plaid

Pacific Point

Stripe

Pacific Point

Snowman Image

Green Button

Red Button

And the buttons are ROUND, so they count as my two circles.

Now, early last week some of the Calendar Girls got to asking/wondering if the items inside the card counted. Tami wasn't in the thread to answer (she had a horrible 3-day headache, HUGS, Tami!) soooooooo the same gals who wondered, decided the inside items don't count. LOL!

That being said.......... drum roll please............

Here's the inside of my card:

It was such fun creating to Tami's specifications! Now........ let's go check out the other Calendar Girl Blogs (you can find the links in my left sidebar). Please be sure to leave them some love. It makes them so happy when you do.

Thanks for stopping by!

Image: Bugaboo (freebie this last week*)
Ink: Copic Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Pacific Point and So Saffron
Embellishments: 2 Buttons (vendor unknown)

* If you haven't checked out Bugaboo stamps, you really should! They are awesome! And she posts a new freebie every Friday, which is good for all week. Such fun!!!