Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Heartfelt Thanks

I spent some time today making a lot of autumnal leaves, some of which I've used to make this thank you card.

To make this card I used:
     C6 white matt card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Oval STAX Die-namics' die
     Clearly Besotted 'Fall Flowers' stamps and coordinating dies
     Clearly Besotted 'Fancy Saying' stamps
     Versafine Crimson Red, Smoky Grey, Toffee & Vintage Sepia
     Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon
     Snippets of white hammer card

I stamped the leaf outlines onto snippets of white hammer card - stamping them several times in various shades of brown, red and orange inks.  The leaves were cut with the coordinating dies and set aside.  I then used the largest die to emboss an oval in the front of the card blank.  I placed the card into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment with dark and light brown ink to give the same shades as the leaves.  I attached the small leaves directly onto the front of the card and then attached the large leaf with a foam pad.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Make Your Mark (I have used inks)
     Allsorts - Trees, Leaves and Plants
     Alphabet Challenge - K for Keep it Simple
     Cardz 4 Guyz - Autumn/Fall
     CAS on Friday - Fall
     Simply Clean & Simple - Clean and Simple
     Stamping Sensations - CAS
    
Kath x

13 comments:

brenda said...

Perfect for Allsorts and Stamping Sensations on both counts Kath, very effective inlaid oval design, many thanks for sharing with us at both challenges.

B x

meg said...

Autumn is my favourite season Kath,love your layout and card.

Donna said...

Beautiful card, nice layout and leaves, nice to have a stash of them that you made. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge, perfect for our theme.

Liz said...

Perfect CAS card Kath, great choice of colours.
Liz xx

dj said...

Fantastic!! Thanks for joining the fun and played along with our FALL//AUTUMN challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! You rocked our challenge!! Deb Horst, DT #C4G378

Diane said...

A beautiful CAS fall card. Our leaves are just starting to turn here, I'm not ready for it as I know what follows it LOL!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Simply Clean & Simple.
Diane SCAS Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Simply Clean & Simple}

Pat said...

These leaves are so pretty Kath and I love your oval die dry embossed in the centre of the card and the leaves place around it at one side and a sweet little extra one beneath the lovely sentiment..a brilliant CAS card. x

Jules said...

Hi Kath
Loving the finished look here - especially the embossed oval.
A great seasonal thank you (and a few small snippets used up too creating those gorgeous leaves).
Apologies for being behind in catching up with your creations. Mum has been keeping me on my toes!
Love and hugs
Jules xoxo

Dawn Phillips said...

What a really lovely card. Thanks for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x

Tee said...

Beautiful & elegant CAS Fall card! Thank you for sharing with us @ The Alphabet Challenge.

Linby said...

A beautiful and effective design which really showcases the sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations.

pinky said...

That is so pretty and so perfect for our challenge Kathy.
Thanks for playing along with us at Stamping Sensations.
Pinky

Ellibelle said...

A beautiful CAS design. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge!