Hello, crafting friends!
Welcome to a brand new challenge at Addicted to CAS where I am hosting this week! What code word have I chosen? Well since autumn has put in an appearance here in the heart of England:
Leaves are a favourite motif of mine and I use them all year round, but I particularly like the colours of autumn and it's always fun to transition to rusts and golds after enjoying the bright colours throughout the summer.
This is the simplest of cards! I stamped three of the leaves from Reverse Confetti's Fall Foliage, using Stazon ink. These were then watercoloured with autumnal colours, washing the colour over the outlines and allowing the colour to pool in interesting shapes.
I finished with a popped up sentiment from Clearly Besotted, stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut with paper snips. The panel was cut to size with a stitched rectangle die from Heffy Doodle and attached to a card base.
So now it's your turn and I can't wait to see your leafy creations! The team has made some glorious cards to inspire you and you can check those out on the Addicted to CAS challenge website. You'll also find the Linky Tool there so that you can link up our own cards. Have fun - and don't forget we are a clean and simple challenge so don't forget to include plenty of that all important clear space!
CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up with Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge where Anything Goes; I'm also joining in again at CAS Mix Up where Leslie has chosen a theme of Autumn Colours with watercolouring; Also AAA Cards where they want to see up to 1/3rd of the card front used, with an optional theme of Leaves; I also think this works well for a masculine card so I'm linking up at The Male Room where the theme is Natures Bounty.
AND IN OTHER NEWS
Just as the spring arrives in the Southern hemisphere, our mini heat wave here in England appears to be over and the leaves are turning in earnest now. My thoughts are beginning to turn to sweaters, autumn birthdays, tidying up the garden and trimming all the hedges and maybe even unearthing some warm throws and woollies to cosy up the living spaces. How about you? How do you get ready for the cooler weather?
Your autumn leaves are beautiful Vicky,love that each is a different autumnal colour
ReplyDeleteGorgeous CAS autumnal card. Love it.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sarn xxx
I try hard not to think about the onset of colder dark days as I am very much a spring and summer girl, but I do love the warm Autumnal colours for crafting so of course your leaves tick all the right boxes.
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Fabulous card, love the leaves and how you've combined the challenges. Thank you for playing at AAA Cards and the Male Room Challenges
ReplyDeleteLook at you getting all those challenges you go girl. Fun card like the way you color it outside the lines
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Vicky. I really like how you went outside the lines of the leaves and the watercolour effect is lovely. Thanks for playing along with The Male Room. X
ReplyDeleteI like this simple watercolor look for your leaves, clever you! I also want to thank you for stopping by my blog and commenting. I knew you belonged to a beautiful Golden. I fall in love with every Golden I see. Bet you can relate. Thanks so much for playing along with us again at CAS Mix Up in our watercolor challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love your messy watercolor leaves, Vicky! My favorite kind of watercolor!
ReplyDeletei love this, Vicky! Great idea with the "messy" watercolouring
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this design Vicky! Watercolouring over the lines of the leaves looks AMAZING and so artsy!! Great design! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!
ReplyDeleteAutumn colours are my favourite too and allowing the co.ours to wash over the leaves is my sort of water colouring! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards , hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful CAS design! Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Mix Up:)
ReplyDeleteSimple is often best - love the tone-on-tone coloured sections of the leaves, it adds so much depth. Really effective!
ReplyDeleteLoving your interesting watercoloring technique by letting your inks pool outside of your stamped leaves:-) You are so clever, my friend. So pleased you joined us at CAS Mix Up. Yes, Fall is in the air. We had our 1st fire in our woodstove, but just in the morning. The afternoon warmed up nicely. Autumn colors are the best reminder of Fall along with the crisp evenings and mornings:-) Love this time of year. Yes, definitely bundle up more...it will be time soon to get out the flannel sheets:-) Love and hugs..Nancy
ReplyDeleteDid the leaves or Autumnal colors come first. No one cares because they dovetail so beautifully together...and your card is proof. Lovely card you shared with us at CAS Mix Up.
ReplyDeleteGreat card, Vicky! I'm always too OCD to watercolor outside the lines! Where in the southern hemisphere are you? I thought you were in the UK. xoxo Fran
ReplyDeletewhat a beauty... love it totally.
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Gorgeous CAS design, so many details and so perfectly made and yet very CAS. Thank you so much for joining The Male Room's "Nature´s Bounty" challenge.
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