My inky travels along life's rocky road

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - A


I've just returned from a few days away and on my return I found a beautiful birthday card from a friend in New Zealand with an Autumn theme and a line from a song I like  'the falling leaves of red and gold' . When I found out that this fortnight's letter for the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge was A my mind was made up as to what to do. Autumn is one of my favourite seasons and I love Autumn colours - there is something so beautiful about the way Nature shuts down for the winter and while it is sad to see winter approaching, the dying leaves put on a truly magical display. I wanted the writing to show through this time so I just stamped straight over it but used some picket fence Distress Stain over the area I wanted to put the quote. I know I've used these stamps and this ink pad before in a similar way on other projects but I just love the effect. The ink pad is Kaleidacolor autumn leaves and the stamps are by Simple Expressions. The Shelley quote was in a grab bag. I used a CB die set called fall leaves with some crumpled brown paper that an order came wrapped in and coloured them with spiced marigold, tea dye, peeled paint and aged mahogany DIs. Some parts of the leaves are raised up on foam pads to give a more natural shape and both pages have been spritzed with gold shimmer. Sorry if I haven't visited your W entry yet but I will try and catch up. Have a great fortnight!

27 comments:

  1. Beautiful pages, lovely choice of word & sentiment. Colours of Autumn are so wonderful and you have captured them xx Annie

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  2. Very, very pretty! One cannot appreciate the beauty of your leaves unless they enlarge the picture. Marvelous!! I am working on my A pages now.
    Sandy

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  3. Lovely double page spread. The colours are glorious just like Autumn . For once I know what I will l be doing on my page so I will have no excuse to leave until the last minute again! Hugs Mrs A.

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  4. Gorgeous pages, yes Autumn can smell it in the air - oh no we haven't had any Summer yet!! BJ the jester - LOL

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  5. Fabulous choice of word...Love Autumn time!!.. Wonderful 'A' page with all those beautiful Autumn colours.

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  6. Beautiful page. Autumn is my fave season. The moon was orange last week because there was a lunar eclipse, which causes this strange colour! Valerie

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  7. Great pages - love the autumn colours and that quote is great!!

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  8. Beautiful quote - must invest in some quote stamps!
    Beautifully coloured pages so reminiscent of autumn:)
    Lynn x

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  9. Ooh beautiful pages, some of my fave colours, very much inspired by your blog background too?
    Hugs x

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  10. love the autumnal colours and the beautiful quote

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  11. So beautiful and your blog background fits it as well

    Love Chrissie xx

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  12. Wonderful colors and leaves. Love how the frame the sentiment.

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  13. Wonderful pages, love the leaves and the saying.

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  14. I love autumnal colours so your page is just perfect for me! Love it! xx

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  15. I don't want to think about Autumn just yet but these are lovely pages.

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  16. Beautiful entry, lovely colours ... well chosen word ... one of my favs too!!!

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  17. Oh my, what beautiful pages you've created! A marvelous word choice!

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  18. Wow I love these autumn pages, such gorgeous colours, warm. Great word too, I actually almost picked this one myself, but then decided on 'atom'. Hugs Frea

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  19. Ohhh, that one hurt - we are desperate to get some spring here - cant think autumn now... Your pages are beautiful though and so are the colours!

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  20. Oh how clever! Love your word choice and design! Thanks for dropping by my blog this evening. Hugs, Yvonne

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  21. Autumn is a favourite season of mine. I love when the leaves turn and you get all of the wonderful colours you have used here. Gorgeous pages. I love the transparency of the background leaves with those lovely solid ones on top...great effect. The quote is so fitting.

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  22. This is beautiful! Lovely colours and sentiment xxx

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  23. Oooh your page is really Adorable and gorgeous !! Also very delicate ... I love it ! Have a nice week-end, Coco xx

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  24. Fabulous autumn colours and leaves, beautiful page.

    Sylv xx

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  25. Stunning page - my favourite of the A's so far :)

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  26. What awesome colours! Great page. I do hope it will be a long time till Autumn and refuse to think about it, though :-) It's barely spring, rain, rain, rain ... Suzanne

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  27. Truly beautiful, matches your blog too ;)
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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