Friday 12 October 2018

Winter

After a glorious sunny day on Wednesday where I was able to walk out in a T shirt, I have been out today in boots and a heavy coat (with a hood!) What a change in the weather! The strong winds turned over all the patio pots and the lashing rain hasn't ceased since last night, so it seems that the 'Indian Summer' may well be gone and Winter is on it's way.

I have leaned towards CAS cards for a long time now - there's something about creating something with minimum embellishments that I like!

Inspired by Pinterest, I inked a background using Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar and Hickory Smoke.

I don't have many branch stamps - something I intend to rectify as soon as I can! 😉😉 So I used an Inkylicious branches stamp and did some primary and secondary stamping in Black and Smokey Grey.
Then stamped again and heat embossed in white.

I thought the bottom of the card looked a little bare so took the edge of a crackle stamp, inked it with smokey grey and secondary stamped.
The sentiment is from another Inkylicious set.

This didn't take me long so will likely make a few more as no doubt I will be panicking near Christmas and needing some quick cards!

I am about to travel down one of my "favorite" 😟😟 motorways as I have 2 Presentations to attend over this weekend. Keeping fingers crossed that the strength of this wind drops a little and I have an untroubled journey.

Thanks for looking.
Hope you all are safe and sound wherever you are. x 

Sharing over at
CASual Fridays - Pinks and Greys
AULI - CAS
CRAFT - Christmas
Xmas at Sweet Stampin - Anything Christmas
Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas

25 comments:

Linby said...

Yes - the weather is the same here!
This is just stunning - so atmospheric too.

Mac Mable said...

Wow this is amazing....Absolutely love it. The colours, the stamping and generational stamping, along with the heat embossing look amazing....Stand out card for me x Safe journey x

Stamps and Paper said...

Beautiful winter card Viv

Anne

Carole said...

Lovely wintry card Viv, love your background!and your 1st and 2nd generation stamping gives depth. Travel safely my friend.xx

Meggymay said...

A beautiful winter card Viv.
Have a safe trip, the winds are strong for us here in the NE as well.
Yvonne xx

Aileen said...

Wow Viv I love this card, every little inch of it. When you mentioned the crackle stamp I had to look again, ahh yes there it is. The beautiful soft blending and the branch stamp all look so beautiful. Stunning card.

brenda said...

Odd weather indeed Viv. Loving the soft graduated colours on your pretty card.

B x

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Absolutely beautiful Viv! Wonderful Christmas card! Love that beautiful scene. A gorgeous entry to our Christmas at Sweet Stampin' challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us this month. Come and play along again soon. Hugs, Wends xoxo CaSS DT

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous,love the design.xxx

Mrs A. said...

Love this card. The colours are so perfect together. Hope the presentations go well. Hugs Mrs A.

Aunty Sue said...

oh this is so different but I just love it and thanks for sharing at craft this week and good luck

Viv said...

This is so pretty Viv, I love the pastel colours you used also.The weather is so different each day isn't it, I never know what to wear when we go out now lol.Hope your journey goes smoothly too ;) Viv xx

pinky said...

Beautiful winters card Viv! Just beginning to add to my collection of tree stamps at the minute so will be watching you for tips!!

@d_e_crafts said...

A really lovely winter impression and colour palette. Thank you for joining us at the CRAFT challenge this week.

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning and gorgeous colours
Viv.x

Carole Pollard said...

So beautiful a lovely frosty feel to this card and your background is stunning love and hugs Carole x

Pia S said...

Impressive background and a magnificent winter scene.

Loll said...

This is gorgeous Viv! I love the soft and chilly colours you've used for your winter card. The branches in the corner add lots of depth with the second generation stamping. Love the subtle crackle at the bottom. This is a piece of art in a card. LOVE it! xx

Lynne said...

A gorgeous CAS card and the colours are beautiful. Thank you for joining in at As You Like It. Lynne DT x

KathyA. said...

This is one of the most amazing CAS cards that I've EVER seen. I want to reach out and knock some frost off of those little branches, it looks that real. I'll be CASEing this work of art sometime in the future. Thanks for sharing. Kathy at https://myasperations.blogspot.com/

MagsB said...

Wow, Viv, this is a gorgeous Christmas card! Thanks for joining in at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge!

love Mags B x

Pat said...

This is such an ethereal and pretty scene Viv, and love the cool tones with the mass of branches, and the white frosty looking ones add to the wintry look, and also the crackle which you have added at the bottom too. An absolutely gorgeous card. x

Sarah said...

What a beautiful CAS card. Thank you for sharing with us at AYLI. Sarah DT

Lori Kobular said...

Oh my goodness! This is such a lovely and gorgeous card! I love the soft colors of your winter scene! Thank you for sharing with us at CAS-ual Fridays Challenges!

Michelle W said...

Beautiful card Viv! I love your branches! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays.