Thursday, October 11, 2012

CAS-ology #14: Leaf








My house is still a shambles, but I have been playing in my craft room, making up for lost time, I think.  I have two cards for this week's CASology Leaf Challenge.  

I broke out my new Lovely Leaves set to make a CAS 'Thinking of You' card.  I wanted to have a masculine card for someone who is ill, where getting well was not going to happen.  I was inspired by the many examples on this post on I'm in Haven.


In the spirit of this week's Make it Monday, I did some stamping on the inside of the card as well.



I thought of the idea for this next card in spin class this morning.  I knew I would need to do a lot of masking, but at the time, I thought I had dies for the stamps I planned on using.  It ended up that I had to do a lot of fussy cutting, which was strangely relaxing.  

 

After I made this card, I noticed that there was a very similar card already submitted for this challenge here.  What can I say other than--great minds think alike--and that her card is a real stunner.

Here is the inside of my card, which I am also entering in this week's Make it Monday challenge.



Supplies Used (PTI):
Thinking of You
Stamps:  Lovely Leaves, Botanical Silhouettes
Paper:  Rustic Cream
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Fine Linen

Thank You
Stamps:  Leaf Prints, Think Big Favorites
Paper:  Rustic Cream
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado, Canyon Clay, Summer Sunrise


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17 comments :

  1. I love that your spin class is so much more than just for spinning. Beautiful work once again. I also love the richness of the leaves and the masking for the sentiment is clever, clever, clever! Well done, my friend.

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  2. Thanks for the shout out Jean - you're right - great minds do think alike! Your cards are both gorgeous - I love your attention to detail with the masking of each leaf - I just went for the overstamping approach. Yours is sheer perfection.
    Tara (aka Craftilicious)
    x

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  3. Oh Joyce both of your cards are stunning. The first card is fantasti CAS. The leaves on the second card are gorgeous inside and out! Welcome back after your busy time, thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology!

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  4. hmmm...avoiding the housework (guilty too!) Both cards are great - inside and out. The gorgeous colours in the leaves are very autumnal.

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  5. These are lovely Joyce and stamping the inside makes them a bit more special somehow. I love tour harlequin card too and the photo of your 'baby' shows you have a beautiful daughter. Happy birthday too her!

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  6. Both are so wonderful! The CAS simple design works great and I love the gorgeous colors on the second card. It's a really fantastic Fall card!

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  7. Gorgeous fall cards, Joyce! I love them both!

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  8. Gorgeous fall cards, Joyce! I love them both!

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  9. Joyce, both of these are so pretty. I love the colors you did the leaves on the thank you card...beautiful fall colors. I think I might have to CASE this one:)

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  10. Two leaf cards!? Holy moly I love them both :) Especially the second with all the colors and masking!

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  11. both cards are so beautiful, joyce! i'm glad to know that i'm not the only one who find fussy cutting relaxing!! thanks for playing along with CASology each week!!

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  12. Joyce, both cards are so pretty - I love how the color pops on the white. The second just blew me away with all the fall colors! SO worth the time masking! A masterpiece!!

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  13. They are both fabulous...
    but really lovin' that 2nd one!
    The colors...
    and the fussy cutting was worth it for that perfect masking! :)

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  14. These are both gorgeous, Joyce! I had forgotten about the Lovely Leaves set. Funny since initially I was desperate for them and thought I couldn't live without them! LOL! The colours on your second card are gorgeous and your masking is awesome! That really is a lot of fussy cutting too... Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  15. Both are beautiful ~ love the simplicity on the first one and the beautifully colored leaves on the second!

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  16. You are just on a roll girl...some many amazing and fabulous cards. Those leaves to so beautiful.

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  17. Love this technique and the colours you've chosen - and that your sentiment goes 'out of the 'box''! lol! Thanks so much for playing along with CASology this week!

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