Hello … bonjour … hope your week has been going well! We start a wonderful new challenge at Time Out this morning … this fortnight we have a theme for you … Autumn, with an optional twist of speed stamping! If you’d like to twist, gather up your supplies, make your card in 10 minutes time or less and let us know how long it took. That’s what I did …
This one layer card, featuring leaves from Concord & 9th, took 8 minutes and 5 seconds to make … with the help of MISTI. There are two colours on each leaf (one light along one edge, one medium along the other … they blend in the middle) and the veins were added with a darker shade from the same colour family. To add a little autumnal glow, I overstamped the veins in Delicata gold as I went … and did the same with the sentiment. Want to see the glimmery detail (you can see the variations in the colours better here too) …
Where will our theme take you? Will you go with our speed stamping twist for your autumnal card … or would you like to take your time … it’s up to you. Whichever way you choose, we’d love to see what you create in our gallery. We’re sponsored this fortnight by Happy Little Stampers (thanks, Kylie!), who are offering a $15 GC to a random twister … a great reason to give speed stamping a try! As usual, our overall winner, as voted for by the DT, will be invited to guest design with us in a future challenge. All the details are over at the Time Out blog … along with heaps of delicious inspiration from our wonderful DT … and from our fabulously talented Guest Designer, Elaine, from Craft-E-Place. If you haven’t seen Elaine’s lovely work before, do pay her a visit … her blog is chock full of yummy CAS creations!
My leaves are joining in the fun at …
Addicted to CAS – One Layer
CAS-ual Fridays – Friendship
SSS Wednesday – Add a Sentiment
Where Creativity Meets C9 – Anything Goes
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂
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Gosh all that delicate mixing of the inks really gives the card the extra warmth of Autumn. Love that touch of gold. Plus a one layer wonder..my fav xx
Oooh! I LOVE this card! Autumn is my favorite season but I can’t believe how quickly summer has past! ♥
This is an autumnal beauty! Fab stamping and gorgeous colours! xxx
Lovely leaves, Anita! So pretty, too. Great colors and really like the bit of gold. Great take on the sketch. Thanks so much for sharing! Have a great day.
Not sketch…duh, great take on the challenge! Oy!
Wow now that’s a fast card Anita!!!! But it sure, doesn’t look like a fast card, it is so elegant looking with the gold and the layers of color. Yes a stunning card can be made fast… At least by you it can! Hugs, Brenda
Ex-quisite…that glint of gold is brilliant. Colors are perfect for the challenge and the sentiment is always appropriate. I don’t know how to make a card in ten minutes…maybe ten hours. But I’m going to give it the old college try.
A favorite stamp set, used by a favorite stamper! So quick? But who will say “go”?
Really lovely card, Anita! xx
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you have created another stellar example of a clean and simple design, anita!!
Divine!
Awesome speed stamping, Anita! I love your autumn leaves and that you over-stamped the veins with Delicata Gold…so striking and perfectly CAS!
Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Addicted to CAS! We always enjoy seeing your beautiful creations in the gallery ~ Hugs, Barb
Such a pretty card! Love it! Thanks for sharing at ATCAS!
I adore those pretty leaves. I cannot believe you made this in TEN MINUTES!! That would take me way longer then that. Great design!!
Great card! It looks so simple, but is very impressive to me.
Hard to believe that you created this beauty in less than 10 minutes! Love it!
I don’t know if I should try this. Just yesterday I thought I must be the world’s slowest card maker! Even the simplest card takes me forever (I have trouble making decisions)!
Now that is some speedy card making , Anita! Well done my friend and what a beautiful card you created! Love the CAS look and colors!
Perfectly perfect Anita!!
Don’t you just love the MISTI? This is gorgeous! Love, love, love!
It is so funny that our cards took the same amount of time. My cards usually take forever and I change my mind a million times along the way, so this one was a REAL challenge for me. I love your wonderful simple card – the Delicata ink is the superstar here. It looks gorgeous.
Fabulous design and a beautiful colour combo.
What a beautiful design to use these colours and three trees! And never tought tooverstamp with gold; great effect and thanks for that inspiration too! Enjoy the weekend!
Oh, no, I don’t want to stop making beach cards yet!! Wah! Sigh, I guess you’re right, Anita, time to start making those fall cards because that seems such a short season with all the hype and hoopla and celebration of winter and Christmas fast …oh, I can’t even say it!! I love your card! I was quite mesmerized by the way your pretty leaves were inked and then there was some sort of auto-blending happening?! Sounds like pure magic and looks like it, too, with the help of the gold overstamping! You = genius! LYAMYMAAHYHALW!! Hugs, Darnell
This is beautiful and elegant. So lovely, and I cannot believe how quickly you made it!
super cute CAS card! I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!
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Autumn is my favorite season because of all the wonderful colors and you’ve included them on your quickly stamped card, Anita. I love those long skinny leaves and veins of gold make them extra special.
So elegant and so very beautiful x Great job in the time too x
This beauty took less than 10 minutes to be stamped?! Impressive! Love the gorgeous CAS design!
I dread to think what monstrosity I’d create in 8 minutes! You’ve made a simple masterpiece!
This is so pretty Anita! I love the blended color on the leaves as well as the gold accents. Beautifully done!
Beautiful! The colors and the gold accents – such perfection! Thanks for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Simply beautiful! I haven’t given enough love to this stamp set, but you certainly inspire me to do so. I love the optional speed stamping twist. Challenging, but so satisfying. I always love when you join our Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenges. Thanks, Anita!
This is so pretty. I do not have this stamp set but now you are making me want it. Love the pretty colors and the pop of gold. Beautiful card.
Very cool, I love the sketchy feel and these colours go beautifully together. Fabulous CAS! Jenny x
Oh Anita, comme c’est beau ! J’adore ces feuilles très épurées, simples et longues ! Magnifiques couleurs aussi ! Encore une de tes merveilles qui n’arrêtent pas de défiler en ce moment ! Désolée pour mon commentaire un peu tardif, la fin des vacances est assez chargée avec peinture dans la maison, RDV chez les spécialistes (orthodontiste, podologue, généraliste, radiologue ..) avant la rentrée des enfants et cueillette de mûres pour faire les confitures ! Pourquoi les journées n’ont elles que 24 heures ?!! Au moins ça fait plaisir de te voir plus souvent maintenant avec toutes tes jolies cartes, les travaux chez toi sont-il finis ? Mille bises !
Your trio of leaves captures the beautiful colours of fall with style and flair. This Concord & 9th set truly is wonderful; in your hands, it becomes magical…
Hugs and love~c
I truly love this CAS card – it is elegant.
Beautiful design and gorgeous Autumn colours- I can’t believe you created this beauty in less than 10 minutes! I didn’t notice the gold in the first image – but it really shows up in the close up picture – really spectacular touch – I can imagine how pretty it looks IRL!
Lovely card…fall is my favorite time of the year, just love all the beautiful colors and your card screams fall is coming to me.
Super sweet + simple card. My favorite! And I love those fall colors. Thanks so much for joining us in the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge!
Quick and beautiful – that is my favorite thing to do – you certainly mastered it! Lovely fall card!