A Lighthearted Leaf For CCS546

by Joanne James1. October 2024 13:00

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. Laura is hosting this month and our first challenge is a colour challenge: 

     

These colours had a real autumnal feel for me so I decided to play along with the challenges over at CAS on Friday where the challenge theme is 'Leaves' and AAA Cards where they are all about autumn and create a clean and simple card featuring one of my favourite leaves - take a look:

 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

'Lighthearted Leaves' is a leaf set that I've had in my collection for a long time and will never part with! It contains one of my favourite sentiments for autumn cards (I used that on Sunday's card - you can see that here if you missed it) and I love the intricate design of the leaves, that are so perfect for a spot of quick colouring. I created a Night of Navy square frame using my Stylish Shapes Dies and used the challenge colours to colour my leaf with my Blends. I then I tied my leaf with Night of Navy baker's twine and added a snipped sentiment stamped on orange cardstock for an additional pop of autumnal colour:

My regular readers will know I'm not a fan of Wild Wheat generally, but I must confess I love it in this colour combination, so thank you Laura! I think colours can sometimes be like tasting vegetables - sometimes you just need to try cooking them a different way!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

As a reminder, for our colour challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colours. You may also use neutral colours; however, the challenge colours should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin' Up! colour names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other companies' products as long as you match the challenge colours as closely as possible.

Enjoy your day and I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Comments (10) -

Christy Stanford
Christy StanfordUnited States
10/1/2024 5:02:02 PM #

Love this, Joanne!  That leaf is one of my favorites too and you even managed to make Wild Wheat look palatable ;)

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Jan Clothier
Jan ClothierNew Zealand
10/1/2024 7:33:20 PM #

This is just wonderful! I love the way that the NON square frame pops that gorgeous leaf. The ribbon trim is just right! You're a CAS Queen with this one!

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LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
10/1/2024 9:34:18 PM #

This is such a sweet way to use these colors...love that little leaf!

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LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
10/1/2024 9:35:15 PM #

And I echo Christy's sentiment...the Wild Wheat is almost palatable, as she said, LOL!

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Deborah Wheeler
Deborah WheelerUnited Kingdom
10/1/2024 9:57:57 PM #

Absolutely perfect way to combine the colours!  I just love it!

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Rachel D
Rachel DAustralia
10/2/2024 4:28:22 AM #

Such a perfectly sweet card, Joanne! Love love your little leaf looking so proud lol

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Maaike
MaaikeNetherlands
10/2/2024 8:02:35 AM #

Awesome card and colors Joanne, love your design. I'm not sure what wild wheat is, but I shall look it up Wink
Thank you for playing at the AAA Card Challenges

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Ellen
EllenNetherlands
10/2/2024 12:58:18 PM #

Great colorcombination. Lovely CAS card. Thank you for joining us at CAS on Friday!

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Kim S
Kim SUnited States
10/4/2024 2:08:40 PM #

I love this and cannot figure out why I don't have Lighthearted Leaves in my own collection! I'm with you on Wild Wheat. I can't say I like it but there are times it's just the right color.

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Francesca
FrancescaItaly
10/13/2024 7:42:53 AM #

Awesome! Love it! Thank you for playing at AAA Cards!

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