We have had workmen in the house for the past 5 weeks.
Those of you who have had plasterboard and plastering done
will know exactly why I am 'chewing' dust and finding 'dust' everywhere!
I have escaped to my craft room and I have so enjoyed it......
Two challenges concentrated my mind to create Todays' Card......
Inspired By.... 'Friends' Fall together and that adorable Acorn
Color Throwdown and the wonderful colour combination
Here is my card.......
I relaxed and enjoyed water colouring with shades of Browns and Orange,
after stamping and heat embossing in gold.
I masked the leaves to do the heat embossed circles.
Even after heat embossing in gold I still manged to go outside the lines!
Finishing of with brown and orange heat embossing around the edges,
matting onto a layer of Kraft and die cutting the sentiment.
matting onto a layer of Kraft and die cutting the sentiment.
I so needed to 'craft' and I am so grateful for our hobby.
Thank you so much for popping in, I so appreciate it.
Challenges I would love to enter........
Inspired By.... 'Friends' Fall together - The super cute 'Acorn' was my starting point and so was a dear blog 'Friend' on the design team.
Color Throwdown - Concentrated my mind with the colour selection - Thank you
Just Us Girls - Leaves - Thank you so much for the shout out
Country View Challenge - Autumnal Colours
Thrilled with my shout out - Thank you
Inspired By.... 'Friends' Fall together - The super cute 'Acorn' was my starting point and so was a dear blog 'Friend' on the design team.
Color Throwdown - Concentrated my mind with the colour selection - Thank you
Just Us Girls - Leaves - Thank you so much for the shout out
Country View Challenge - Autumnal Colours
Thrilled with my shout out - Thank you
52 comments:
Mac, this is so gorgeous. I love the vivid Fall colors and the gold embossing is beautiful.
Mac, I was just sitting at my computer, polishing off a blogpost for November, when this beauty popped into my inbox!! [I cannot give away the surprise, but believe me, it was almost as if we crafted together!]
That acorn was calling your name, and you answered it beautifully, my friend! The colors, the artsy water-colored style, and delicious gold embossing.. WOW is this a stunning make!
You did need to hide away in your craft room, as I know EXACTLY how dusty that job is! So glad you shared your time with Inspired By!! Thank you!
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I do feel for you with the building work, it is so horrible and then with wet weather making everything outside soggy, it can't help. But I am very pleased that it has sent you to your craft room to create, as I am always excited to see your creations. I love your gold embossing and wonderful colours on this one and who cares that you went outside the lines. You have created such wonderful dimension with your colouring, really stunning. Love the heat embossed frame and that simple embossed sentiment too. Nearly time for the Saturday night ritual film, wine and crisps, enjoy xx
OUTSTANDING card, I love the gold embossing with this beautiful stamp and the gorgeous Autumnal colours. I agree about our hobby, we are very lucky indeed. I hope all the work is finished now and you are able to clear up.
Hugs
Faith x
Gorgeous shades of Autumn on your beautiful gold outlined leaves, Mac! So lovely with the added gold circles and the wonderful, warm brown framing. Happy that you finally got away from the dust and into your craft room. Happy for us too seeing your beautiful creations, my friend! Love, Loll
Oh, yes, I know plaster dust well! It's horrible and even after the work is finished, it seems to linger for months! Great idea to escape to your craft room and create this beautiful card! I love the addition of the gold circles and the brown and orange heat embossing around the edges.
Mac, lovely to see your creations once again. The shades you chose go so very nicely with the gold embossing. Hope you are able to clear the dust sooner rather than later.
Oh how wonderful to see you crafting again! I know what you mean about the dust, it's so small and gets in everything! Your card is so stunning! I love the water-colouring combined with gold embossing! Very special. Hugs x
Mac, I love those autumn colours, especially with the gold embossing ♥
all the dust will be worth it in the end.
Oh man! I've been in your shoes before and I'm in them now! We are finishing working on 2 rooms at the moment and are definitely living in sheetrock dust, texture spray fumes and primer, now onto paint...
And your card? This is truly gorgeous! Love the embossing and colors, it's truly gorgeous!
Your card with the beautiful leaves is stunning, Mac.
Fantastic design and background and I love your colouring.
I am also so grateful for our hobby.
Hugs
Anke
OMGosh you have blown me away with the sheer beauty of those leaves Mac. Such depth and colour. Lovely touches of gold in the background and super simple Hi. Love the heat embossed edges too. You really know how to take something to the next level. oooh and that acorn is awesone! I'll be back often just to keep admiring it more.
With my Jughead hat on - I don't need to add any more than what I said above only to say THANK YOU for adding it to our Gallery this week. I am sooooooooooo glad you did.
This is an exquisite creation Mac - loving the colours and the fabulous design - those gold circles are a stunning accent.
I can understand your escape from the dust :)
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine
Another card that leaves me in a dazzle! A stunning play of colors and metallic shimmers. Only you can charm me so much. CAS card and so much going on on it !! Thanks again for the wonderful inspiration, Mac :-)
Our hobbies allow us to catch our breath in difficult times, but when you publish your cards, we who admire your talent benefit the most!
hugs,
BożenA
Whoa! The water coloring on those leaves is amazing, these leaves are SO GORGEOUS and elegant! Thank you for inspiring us @IB this week!
This is just stunning, Mac. The colors and the water coloring are both awesome and so perfect depicting the fall leaves. The edges are gorgeous and the small sentiment lets the leaves be center stage.
Such a gorgeous Autumn card Mac! love all the pretty colours on the leaves too. I know what you mean about dust, my OH is currently taking wallpaper off our lounge walls and filling in cracks/holes and plastering...so much dust! I hope you are dust free soon, sorry I am so late leaving comments too, hugs Viv xx
Beautiful artwork. Happy Halloween!
Some people will use any excuse not to craft Lol! Now you could have collected the dust and mixed it with some gel medium to make a new texture medium! Hee! Hee! Still you've made up for it with this beauty, loving the detail. We're grateful that you're back at your desk, much missed your lovely projects. Wishing you a very happy and creative week, Angela xXx
Oh yes, I know that plaster dust well Mac! Would you believe it, when I turn on my heat each year, I still smell the plaster dust on the first run?! And it's been 30 years since we did our remodel and the furnace and vents have been cleaned! Crazy I know. lol Glad you could hide out in your craft room. This card is stunning! I love the gorgeous water coloring of those leaves, a beautiful stamped image for sure, but your watercoloring brings it to life. The gold embossing is perfect. Love this card! Hugs, Brenda
Wow Mac! What a SUPER card! I love the gold embossed veins of the leaves and the beautiful watercolouring with the brown and orange colors. And a HUGE THANK YOU for sharing with us the steps for your card. I really appreciate it. I always get inspiration from your amazing cards. Hugs, my friend.
How beautiful Mac, gorgeous colours and design. Loving the leaves images and all that lovely gold embossing, Kate x
Great escape from the chaos, certainly sparked a lot of creativity in this very special autumnal beauty. xx
Fabulous watercoloring of the fall leaves and acorns, Mac! Love the gorgeous shades of orange and brown, and a bit of green in the acorns.
The color-matching heat-embossed edges look awesome, and the gold circles are great additions!
It IS nice to have this hobby, isn't it? Crafting saved me a lot of times when I was stressed.
I hope the dust settles soon!
Hideko xx
Beautiful card design and beautiful colors! I fully understand the dusty situation with remodeling. Everything is coated. But I am sure that it will be worth it when all is done.
Oh Mac...what a BEAUTIFUL card! And I don't see a spec of dust on it!! Haha! Yes, I have lived through reno's too, so know exactly what you're talking about...that dust literally gets into EVERYTHING!! But anyway, your card is just gorgeous with all that gold embossing and the beautiful water coloring! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
I've been there and I know how that dust goes everywhere! I'm glad you could get a break from cleaning it up and watercolor these beautiful leaves and acorns! The gold adds wonderful elegance!
Stunning heat embossed leaves, nuts and circles, Mac. I LOVE your watercoloring in Fall colors and framed beauty, my friend. A wonderfully creative break from eating and breathing your construction dust...ugh! TFS Love and Hugs..Nancy
Beautiful, love the gold embossing and the autumn colours. I'm very allergic to plaster dust so really feel for you !
What a beautiful card, love this and your gorgeous design.
xx
Lovely and autumnal card! Thank you so much for your contribution to my challenge “autumnal colours/Halloween” over at Country View Challenges! Corrie x
This card is stunning. You captured autumn perfectly and recorded it on your card.
Oh, how gorgeous is your card with the lovely leaves!!
Absolutely beautiful take on the Autumn season in your details here Mac! I love that wonderful metallic embossing with the swirls of Autumn color throughout those leaves! Plasterwork can be very hard to contain within those plastic sheets they hang up to keep it "contained" for sure! Hope you are able to catch some clean breeze to get it out of there. Take care, HUGS
What a beautiful card Mac, stunning colours and design
Pam x
A wonderful card! Am happy to see you crafting and posting again. I soooo admire your work. Best wishes for getting all the rooms finished to your liking. Hugs
Missed you Mac!
Hope the work is completed - suppose I may have that to look forward to? (I wish!)
Another amazing card - you never cease to amaze me with your imagination and creativity. The gold circles were (another) stroke of genius!
Stay locked in that room and let the dust settle - If you open the windows maybe it will just blow away! xx
Therapeutic for us, too, as your work is always so beautiful, Mac! Love the look of your watercolored leaves with gold embossing!
Such gorgeous colours and I love the gold embossing Mac, and the added brown and orange embossing emphasises the edges beautifully, also the gold embossed 'Hi' backed with black really makes it stand out...a stunning card. I hope the work in the house will be finished soon. We have had quite a bit of work done recently and you just long for things to return to normal...lol. x
What a beautiful oakleaf/acorn stamp. You colored it beautifully, Mac, and the gold embossing makes it very elegant and artsy. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Just Us Girls.
Wow! The texture, dimension, vibrant colours, design — everything about this fall card is STUNNING! Still can’t see that you went outside the embossed lines!
What gorgeous water coloring on your beautiful fall leaves Mac! love the gold embossing on the edges! zz
Oh, my, this is so rich and beautiful and I'm glad I made it here, better late than never, to see it! Stunning watercolor, love the added circles. Very clever and beautifully artistic. I know how you feel with the construction dust as we spent a good part of our spring and summer with construction dust. I'm glad you were able to retreat to your craft room for a little therapy.
What beautiful warm colours, and I really thought the leaves and acorns were glued onto the card because they have so much dimension! Your watercolouring is beautiful and I'm so glad you took some therapeutic time in your craft room. Hope the work is completed now.
Take care.
Hugs
Carol x
What a beautiful card. Enjoy time in your craft room.
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Hi Mac... So sorry about you chewing dust - I hate having workmen in. I know it's necessary but not nice.
Your card however, is spectacular! I just adore the colours the design and of course the way you add all the extras like the framing. Don't you fined that the camera picks up more than the eye? I often go outside the lines but don't see it as clearly as my camera. Have a good week and I hope you soon can settle back to normality. Hugs
Sorry I'm so late visiting, Mac. I've had this in my inbox since you posted and I'm delighted to now see that you have gotten much-deserved recognition for this impeccable and gorgeous fall card. It would also make a lovely wall hanging decoration in the newly remodeled home once the workmen have finished! Enjoy your crafty isolation!! Hugs, Darnell
This is so beautiful and you have captured the colours of the leaves turning golden to perfection. Had my booster jab this morning and so far so good apart from feeling cold which is not unusual for me these days so bundled up with lots of layers on. hugs Mrs A.
I'm not sure how I missed this post Mac, so apologies for that. Your card is absolutely stunning and the colours are simply perfect! Hope your building work is finished now and that calm and a dust free home have been restored. Take care and have a good weekend x
Magical make, one of my favourite sights to see during Autumn is acorns and Oak leaves so robust they sure know how to weather the storm and keep those cheeky squirrels happy. The gold embossing gives them a super halo. Stunning.
I know exactly how you feel regarding the plaster and dust my Hubby was a plasterer by trade and I'd make him change in the porch before he entered the house every work day.. you made a good choice hiding in the craftroom.
Hugs Tracey xx
Beautiful card!
Oh gosh has it really been this long since I last popped over. Work is so busy just now with all the supermarkets ramping up for Christmas it is easy to lose track of days never mind weeks. So glad that on this catch up I scrolled down and found this it is so very good your watercolored leaves are awesome. Hope the dust really has settled now and you are all ready for Christmas! xx
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