Afternoon all.
Can you believe that it's already September?! Mind you it's looked a lot like autumn around here for a couple of weeks, the apples are ready for picking and the hedgerow trees are laden with berries. Anyway as it's the 1st of the month it must mean a new colour combo from Color Hues. Here's my take on an autumnal colourway.
To be fair this challenge crept up on me and I needed a quick make. Life has been hectic, our 17 month old washing machine did a weird thing, a full program but the washing was completely dry at the end! That was nearly 3 weeks ago, we've had one visit from the Bosch repair man but he couldn't fathom it out so another spare part ordered and he is due this morning to see if this works. He looked completely baffled when he left last time so I'm not holding my breath! I'd forgotten what hard work hand washing was!! Just the essentials, the linen basket is over flowing with towels and sheets which I couldn't do anything about.
Update - Washing machine now running but error lights flashing on dosage monitor!! :(
Update update - Man coming on Thursday!!
Update - It was as I suspected, a loose cable after all the new parts were fitted, touch wood we are go!
5/9 Update - How wrong was I! New fault on the display now, engineer here Wednesday, I'm not a happy chappy. Good job it's still under warrenty!!
So back to my make. After a hunt through the stash I remembered this dahlia layering stamp set from Altenew and luckily it had an ideas leaflet in it too. These layering stamp sets are great for including shades of the same colour, hence perfect for a Color Hues challenge! I had my DIs out from a previous attempt on a card that ended up in the bin, so went with them, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, and Carved Pumpkin for the petals and Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron for the leaves. A little bit of Vintage Photo was used for the center.
The set came with matching dies so no fussy cutting required. After die cutting, I assembled the spray and stamped a background with Uniko's Background Block Mid Century Linear in black. I didn't use the sentiment from the dahlia set but another Altenew one from I Adore You, white heat embossing on a black panel. A very quick and simple design with a little help from Altenew!
So where will the new colours take you? If you need some more inspiration please check out the rest of the team and our GD here. We'd love to see your takes in the gallery.
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Gorgeous dahlia, Jules. And I love the layout and design with those fabulous black elements. So sorry to hear about your washing machine woes. Hopefully they send a different repairman this time that is able to fix it for you. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty card, Jules! Hope you get your machine repaired!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your washer is working, Julie! It's hard to get by without a washer. Your dahlia is beautiful and doesn't look like a quickie! It contrasts with the background beautifully!
ReplyDeleteGreat card, love your flower in Fall colors. Thank you for playing at the AAA Card Challenges
ReplyDeleteThe Background Block Mid Century Linear is perfect for your star-of-the-show gorgeous dahlia. Love this! Thrilled, as well, that you shared this in the AAA Card gallery; thank you.
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Pretty card, Julie! I love reading your blog and the real-life stories make me smile. Not that I am smiling at your misfortune, I just am smiling as you are keeping things real and entertaining. Thanks for that! Glad to hear that the washer is working at least. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty CAS card! That background is perfect for the gorgeous florals, and I love the simple embossed sentiment on black! Ah, appliance problems. We've had our own here--only with the oven, not a washing machine. The repair man isn't available for days!!! I hope all the issues with yours get resolved with the next visit from the repair man.
ReplyDeleteIt may have been a quick card, but it sure is beautiful Julie! The bloom is so pretty in orange and I love the little die cut trellis bit behind the flower too! Sweet, sweet card!! And so sorry to hear about your washing machine woes and hope it all gets figured out soon! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteWow, Julie, it's impressive that you had time to create a card for the challenge, even if it was a quick one! Hand washing makes for a lot of work. I'm so sorry about your washer, I do hope by this time something has been resolved. Your flower is gorgeous and I love the background graphic, it's looks fantastic. Take care, hope all is well!
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