
I absolutely adore the color combinations for Fall. My first ever stamp camp that I attended oh so many years ago was all about fall colors and a leaf stamp set. My first love for stamping is Holiday cards, but a close second is the colors and leaves that are perfect for Fall cards. I don’t know if my appreciation of these colors comes from my early stamping experience, or if it is just a palette that I naturally am drawn to. Whatever the reason, I had a fun time creating this card to share with you today.
I’ve decided to make up a few of this card to send to some members of my church family. It’s been a while since I’ve sent a batch of cards ‘just because’ and I think it’s about time to get some of those out in the mail. The Sanctuary Choir at church has just re-started singing in person at the first service, and it is wonderful to be back with them. The group is much smaller right now due to COVID-19 concerns for various reasons (health challenges or caring for school-age kids for example) and I’m glad to make music with them again. I think I’ll send one of these to the intrepid choir members that are able to do this right now – I want to help them feel appreciated.

The current challenge on the Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog was the inspiration for my elements on this card. I used the left, vertical column as the guide for my card. The linen thread bow is my use of ribbon (albeit a thin ribbon), and the leaves are doubling as both ‘foliage’ and ‘die-cuts’.
There really are some great options with this challenge, and I can see going in many directions. The ‘costume’ box is perfect for someone to create a Halloween theme card, and the ‘wood’ box is great for many of the papers in the ‘In Good Taste’ DSP pack.
This is the challenge that inspired the way that I used the elements from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I was originally thinking of perhaps a different layout with more elements, but this challenge came along at just the right time. I was inspired to keep the stamping simple and embellishments simple and leave lots of white space so that the elements that are there really pop.
In my minds’ eye I was envisioning a die cut for this wonderful greeting (it’s from a host exclusive set), but the CAS challenge caused me to think again and stamp directly on the main layer. I really like how this all comes together for this card, and I’m so glad that these challenges aligned perfectly for what I wanted to create today.
Oh, this is fabulous! I love the trail of splatters and these gorgeous leaves. Your card is CAS perfection! So happy you joined my challenge at The Paper Papers!
Thanks Claire for your super-kind words, and thank you for the great challenge! I’m so glad that I was able to participate. 🙂
Oh my gosh, Andrea! A trail of splatters in my favorite fall colors! Be still my heart! What a perfect CAS card! I am so glad you played with The Paper Players this week!
Thanks Ann – I’m so glad that you like these colors too. I’m so happy to participate in the challenge this week, and thank you for the encouragement!
You nailed both challenges with this card! I love the subtle speckled background stamp anchoring your die cut leaves. And the clean layers add to CAS feel! Thanks for sharing at The Paper Players!
Thank you so much Amanda – your comment certainly brightened my day!
I’m with you 100% about holiday and fall cards as favorites and your lovely CAS fall card is just so pretty with the die cut leaves and trail of stamped splatter! Thanks so much for joining us at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week!
Thanks so much Stef – I really liked the options in the tic-tac-toe board this week, and I had a lot of fun!