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Saturday 1 October 2022

Birthday knits and leaves

Hello, crafting friends!
 
Happy Saturday and welcome to another fun challenge at Addicted to CAS. In the Northern hemisphere the season is changing to shorter days and colder weather, and this fortnight's hostess with the mostest, Sue, has chosen a code word to reflect that:
 

I love all the colours and images of autumn and have got myself good and inky with my take on it!
 

I started by positioning Funky Fossil's Knitted stencil over a card front and sponging turquoise ink into it, fading the colour out towards the top and right hand side of the card. I topped that background with a leaf and die cut sentiment grouping.
 

To make the leaf, I sponged inks in autumnal colours onto a piece of white card then stamped the maple leaf from Reverse Confetti's Fall Foliage onto it in rust coloured ink. I cut it out and then had fun splattering it with diluted inks and paints. When it was dry, I positioned it to the card front with the 'hello' sentiment from The Greetery's Arched Sentiments which was stamped and die cut.

Okay, so now it's your turn! Do hop over to the Addicted to CAS challenge site for some great autumn inspiration won't you. You'll find the Linky Tool at the bottom of the post and can use it to link up your own creation. Don't forget to keep your card nice and clean and simple, with plenty of lovely clear space! We can't wait to see what you make!

CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up at the Fusion Card Challenge where I got very excited by the photo inspiration (see below); also joining in with the Things That Fall challenge at Double D; also playing at Make My Monday where the challenge is Autumn Flora and Fauna; and last but not least, entering the Happy Little Stampers Stencil challenge where Anything Goes.  


AND IN OTHER NEWS
The autumn chill may have arrived but nothing stops the Golden Synchronised Swimming Team from practising their moves!


Sending hugs,

19 comments:

  1. Wow that’s a stunning looking CAS card. Love the little bit of stencilling behind that gorgeously rich-coloured leaf, topped off with that very stylish die-cut.
    The Golden Girls look like they’re having fun! Xxx

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  2. The autumnal oranges,browns and gold look so warm against the cool turquoise knitted stencilled area,a beautiful card. Seeing Eva and her companion in the water makes me feel cold

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  3. Dogs and water! An irresistible urge!
    Love this perfectly CAS Autumn card Vicky. x

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  4. Oh Vic this is absolutely beautiful! LOVE your CAS design (might have to case this one! lol). And, oh what fun your goldens are having ... life is good!! LOL Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!

    Darlene
    DOUBLE D
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

    P.S. If I hadn’t already mentioned it, just wanted to let you know that we have another new challenge blog. This time it’s all about using your STENCILS. I hope you’ll come check us out and play along at Crazy is our fame – STENCILS are our game (aka STENCIL FUN CHALLENGE. The fun begins OCTOBER 4th … Hope to see you there!

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  5. That's a beautiful color combo for fall. So very pretty.

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  6. Lovely and such an elegant CAS card for this time of year. Beautiful mix of colors. Thanks for sharing at the Double D, "Things That Fall" Challenge.

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  7. Lovely and such an elegant fall CAS card. The coloring is amazing and love the spatters on the leaves. Thanks for sharing at the Double D, "Things That Fall" Challenge.

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  8. It's beautiful, Vicky. You really are the queen of CAS! xoxo

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  9. Perfect CAS-card and your leave looks so real!!!

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  10. Pretty leaf and I love the scripty sentiment! Glad you shared it at Fusion!

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  11. Fabulous card and I love how you used that knitted stencil makes for a fantastic background as for your leaf such beautiful warm tones very autumnal.The synchronised swimming duo are a hoot so wonderful to see them enjoy each others company so much but it is your descriptions that make me smile.

    Marie

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  12. That leaf is so realistic Vicky - it looks as if it would scrunch beautifully! As for the swimmers - it's far too cold to look like their having so much fun in open water, brrr!

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  13. Awesome CAS card Vicky. Love that beautiful leaf over your stencilled background. Thanks for joining us at the Fusion Card Challenge.

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  14. Simply beautiful! I love the simplicity and the especially the gorgeous leaf.

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  15. Wow, this is beautiful! Thank you for playing along at MMMChallenge.
    See you soon!

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  16. Perfect CAS card, great pop of colour with the leaf over your stencil work. Thanks for joining us at The Fusion Card Challenge. Claire DT

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  17. Wow! What a beautiful CAS card! Love your cute doggies too!

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  18. Wow - such a realistic leaf! Awesome coloring

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  19. Hi Vicky! Just had to pop in and tell you how much I love this card... so simple and lovely and such a great use of those Fusion colors. I laughed right out loud at the synchronized swimming pic and comment. Thanks for the belly laugh!

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I'd love to know what you think. Do leave me a comment - it always makes my day! Vicky x


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