Monday, October 2, 2017

CAS Watercolour October 2017 - FALL LEAVES

Hello friends.  I am so honored to be Guest Designing for this month's challenge at CAS Watercolour


And what better month for me to Guest Design as they are looking for FALL LEAVES, and as you can probably already tell from my blog design, I love leaves!!


And here is what I came up with:


 I used my Gansai Tambi watercolours in reds, oranges, & yellows for my background and while still wet, I sprinkled some Crimson Brusho's to add a little more movement.  Once dry I added a die cut leaf (PTI's - Enclosed: Leaf Stamp Set) that I partially embossed with copper, and then framed with a white stitched die cut frame.  I attached this to a white card base and then added a sentiment banner from Clearly Besotted's Autumn Flowers.


For this challenge I watercoloured, embossed, die cut, and stamped.

You have until the 24th to play along with this challenge, so break out those leaf stamps and dies and play along with us!  You can find all kinds of BEAUTIFUL inspiration from the DT right HERE.

Another incentive to play along this month is that CAS Watercolour is celebrating their 1st Birthday, and that means PRIZES my friends.  In fact there will be 2 prizes...one for the challenge winner and one for a random draw!


Hope I've convinced you to play along this month!  Have fun and can't wait to see YOU in the gallery!



Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!


16 comments:

Birgit said...

This is stunning Marcia! Love the colors and the copper embossed leaf. The sentiment is lovely too!!!!

Linda said...

Gorgeous card, Marcia and congrats on being GD for this month.

Bonnie said...

What a great idea to sprinkle Brushos on the wet watercolor, Marcia! And the copper embossed leaf is perfect to show off those pretty colors! Love the frame too! Thanks so much for joining our team this month at CAS Watercolour!

Loll said...

The colours are so saturated and beautiful Marcia. Great idea to add a bit of brushos to your watercoloured background. Your partial copper embossing of the leaf outline adds lots of shine. We are so thrilled to have you join us this month as our Guest Designer at CAS Watercolour. Even more special as you help us celebrate our 1st Birthday!! Thank you, my friend!! xx

nancy littrell said...

Wow!!! Absolutely Stunning Brushos background for your beautiful copper die cut leaf, Marcia. I love your banner sentiment and framing too. So happy to have you as our Guest Designer this month my friend. Hugs...

Susan said...

What a great idea to add some brushos to the wet Gansai paint - I'm inspired to try that! I love the wonderful rich colours of the background - perfect setting for the copper leaf. Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer this month - so well deserved!

Christine Alexander said...

I've got to get my brusho's out and try, gorgeous background and I love the leaf outline. So happy to have your as guest designer for CAS Watercolour :)

Ina G said...

Congratulations on your Guest Spot Marcia. What an absolutely awesome card you have made. Simply beautiful.

Mac Mable said...

Stunning...fabulous colours and layout. Thank you for the inspiration of using the watercolours and the brusho's together. This is one stunning card and I thank you for sharing it x Congratulations on guesting x

Ros Crawford said...

Many congrats on your GD spot! I'm so glad you are guesting and I knew you would come up with something wonderful and you have! Brilliant!

Karen Dunbrook said...

such an amazing card. We are so lucky to have you as our GD this month.
xx Karen

Papercraft Boutique said...

Congratulations on guest-designing at CAS Watercolour Challenge this month, Marcia! Your watercoloured background is so beautiful! You inspired me to go and get brushos. The partially copper embossed leaf is perfect for the challenge theme, and matches the background colors. Hideko

Julia Aston said...

What a beautiful fall leaf card Marcia! The colors are so vibrant and the embossed leaf outline looks great layered over the background - all so nicely framed in white - love the angle of the sentiment strip too! congrats on being guest designer!

Pat said...

I love the gorgeous colours Marcia and the way you have framed the leaf and also love that copper heat embossed leaf outline. Beautiful! x

Kirsi said...

So bright colours! Beautiful card!

AlisonC said...

A wonderful background and I love those water droplets.