CASology #240 FOLIAGE

Hi friends! Spring is here and our CASology word compliments it nicely...FOLIAGE.  Picture lush trees and forests of various colors depending on the season.

For my card I used PTI Leaf Prints. I heat embossed the veins of the leaves in gold along the left edge of the card and stamped various PTI greens for the leaves. The gold and greens look amazing in real life. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Wishing set. I added a few dots from the SSS set as accents. 

Before you dash off to your creative space to create something, be sure to check out how the rest of the DT was inspired this week. 

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Janet Ribet 
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer:  Anna

Can't wait to see what you created in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week. 

Colour Me.....Subtle! #47

Happy Wednesday which means its time for a new Colour Me.....Subtle! challenge  and this week we are using the fun combination of Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Cajun Craze. Of course, you are welcome to create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

These colors are perfect for this time of the year that I was inspired to make two projects using PTI Leaf Prints. 

First is a card where I stamped some falling leaves from Leaf Prints on Rustic Cream card stock which was first embossed with Lil' Inkers stitched border. I used Distress Inks in Rusty Hinge and Gathered Twigs as well as VersaMagic Gingerbread ink. 

Sentiment is from Keep It Simple series. 

Second project are the place settings I made for Thanksgiving dinner next week. 

I used the same ink colors as in my card and stamped random leaves on a die cut shaped card (can't remember the name of this classic shape!). I inked around the edges in Memento Rich Cocoa. 

I die cut a leaf in vellum,  wrote my sister in law's name in brown pen and attached it loosely over the top of the scattered leaves. I pushed back the edges of the leaf a bit so it wouldn't lay completely flat against the placecard. 

One placecard down, 10 more to go! :)

I hope you will play along at Colour Me this week. The Colour Me...! team has made some fabulous cards for your inspiration this week so head on over their blogs and check them out.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for November...! 

Anita

Looking forward to what you come up with in the gallery! Thanks for taking time to visit. Have a great week! 

ColourQ #261

Feels like a long time since I've joined in the ColourQ challenge. But these colors were just too fun and autumn-ish to pass up! 

I created a split panel card with an assortment of pretty fall peeking out of the middle.  I brought out my old trusty bendable ruler to create the split middle. 

Sentiment is heat embossed in white. Think it looks pretty striking in the corner against the brown. 

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by! 

CASology:THREE

Fall is my favorite time of the year with cooler weather, cozy sweaters, and apple and pumpkin picking at our local farms. Now that its September I wanted to use my new Leaf Prints set which I've wanted for so long and finally got ,but never played with until today.......

I stamped three leaves in the center of the Rustic Cream card base in leafy colors of Distress Inks. I stamped it on the pad and then sprayed it with a shot of water in the mister to give it a little bit of a watercolor look.

Simple sentiment nestled amongst the leaves. 

Playing along with the CASology:Three challenge as well as Darnell's NBUS challenge #2. 

Unfortunately Mother Nature doesn't realize its September and we still have temperatures up in the upper 80s still. Though after last year's awful winter, I'll take all the heat for as long as we can....

Hope you are having lovely weather where you are. Thanks for taking a peek.