Friendly Foliage for CAS Colours & Sketches 571

I'm supposed to be finishing off prepping for tomorrow's Christmas Stamp-a-Stack class. Instead, I've found myself having a quick play along with the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

I've been a little obsessed with my new Friendly Foliage bundle and wanted to try out some of the dies and single stem stamps, so the autumnal colours of this challenge seemed just the thing. This bundle is part of the November Online Exclusives drop.

I started by stamping some of the longer leaves with a mix of Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral. I stamped the shorter leaves in either Calypso Coral or Timid Tiger. The lacy die cuts are from Crushed Curry. 

I arranged them as a bouquet and attached them to a label cut from Traditional Labels. The card front is embossed with the Beautiful Pattern folder, another of the upcoming Online Exclusives.

The bow is made with the white and gold baker's twine from the Christmas twin pack. A trio of Timid Tiger Flat Pearls finishes things off. 

Update: Delighted to be chosen a Fabulous Favourite at CAS Colours & Sketches.

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Friendly Foliage for Freshly Made Sketches 709

 

This afternoon, I had the pleasure of playing around with the latest sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

In truth, I was looking for an excuse to play with my latest new toy, the Friendly Foliage bundle which will be released in the November Online Exclusives drop. 

I stamped the foliage image in Strawberry Slush, die cut it and then backed it with Cloud Cover.

I cut two strips of 2025-2027 In Color DSP, one from Strawberry Slush and one from Cloud Cover and arranged them in staggered fashion on the card front. 

The card front was embossed with another product from the November Online Exclusives, the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. Well named, isn't it?

I stamped the sentiment, from Friendly Foliage, using Secret Sea ink to pick up the colour of the card base. To finish, I added a trio of Flat Pearls in Secret Sea. Simple, yet effective I think.

Update: Delighted to be chosen as a Perfect Princess at Freshly Made Sketches. 

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