Well autumn is certainly in full swing now. We have dull, miserable, damp weather at the moment but when the sun does decide to show it`s face...WOW, the trees around our house glow like fire.I`ll try to take a photo if the sun shines again before the leaves fall.
We have a sketch to follow for this weeks challenge at Simply Less is More,
I cut a strip of striped card and made a fishtail using the corner of a square nestie die
I then made a mask from a postit the same size so I could stamp my design in the correct place.
I used stamps from Artemio and Kaisercraft stamped in Versacolor Orange and Versafine black.
Then I put my die cut banner in place.
I cut out the Celebrate with a Die-versions die 3 times in orange card and placed one atop the other for some depth.
Every tuesday I visit my dad . He`s 83 now and although still fit as a fiddle ( besides the creaky knees and the stiff back) I `do` for him. We sit for an hour putting the world to rights and then he goes off to visit mum in the home and do some shopping while I get on with cleaning a still clean from last week house. He usually gets back just as I`m finishing and we complain about the state of the world for a few more minutes.
A few weeks ago as he came in he asked me if I wanted a Holly bush for the garden because he`d just pulled one up from his. Never one to say no to a freebie I went to find this `bush` and this is what I found
Thanks for popping in...Lynne xxx
Awww bless him Lynne . . .I "found" a holly bush just like yours growing at the bottom of my garden about 3 years ago. It must have grew from a bird dropping a holly berry maybe, I cut back the bushes around it and now its actually quite big. No berries on it at all though but maybe when it gets bigger (or it could be male plant which wont be berries I believe). Your card is lovely Lynne, nice pale colour with the black works nicely. Have a lovely day and take care....... Sue x
ReplyDeleteLove the card Lynne.... think the holly may take a little while to grown??? LOL x
ReplyDeleteBrilliant take on the sketch Lynne and love the combination of elements here! Why not link up at Uniko too as we have a geometric challenge there too and your card would fit brilliantly. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteSarah
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Striking and colourful CAS card Lynne!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely routine to spend time with your dad and your holly bush (when it grows up a bit!) will always remind you of that :)
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Anne
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This is super Lynne, the limited colour palette works brilliantly!
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Chrissie
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A fabulous abstract design, perfect unisex card too!
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Thanks for sharing with us.
Anita x
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