CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #580 colours

 hello stampers!

We have a new colours challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches which is a palette of colours put together by Joanne. I thought such a bold colour combination would look great in a simple layout!

On a square card panel, I adhered the stitched square die cuts, then layered the die cut sentiment over the top. Tiny flowers and butterflies were also die cut from the coordinating colours and adhered.

Thanks so much for stopping by - we'd love to see your card in our gallery.

• dies: Dress My Craft stitched squares, Lawn Fawn happy birthday line border, Gummiapan flowers, butterflies
• inks: prize ribbon distress oxide

be mine

 hello crafters!

I saw the latest challenge at inkspirational where they ask for us to use stencils and as an optional twist, plaid! I don't know about you but when I think of plaid I always think of wooly jumpers and scarves - the hand knitted kind. I may be way off track, but I went with it anyway :) I'm also joining in with the ladies at just add ink where they also ask for stencils and/or die cuts. 

The background was die cut from an ink blended panel with Hero Arts infinity rectangles, then stencilled with Stamperia lines. Over the top, a hearts stencil from Simon Hurley was used with Versamark and heat embossed with white. The MFT little sheep was stamped, die cut and paper pieced with plaid wool :) The Gummiapan llama was stamped, die cut and the scarf was paper pieced with the same plaid.  Don't they make an adorable couple? I couldn't resist sticking with the wooly theme and using the MFT sentiment from the same set.

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happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I came across the just add ink challenge which I haven't entered before I don't think. They have a great sketch challenge this week, so thought I'd join in!

I used a paper piece of wood texture from my stash which was black and white, so I ink blended it with a grey blue. A square was made up from 1" die cuts of design paper, which were adhered together then embossed with a random circle embossing folder to make it look like quilting. The circle theme was echoed with the die cut word circles and chocolate brown circle. Lastly I added little die cuts from my stash and stamped a sentiment to match.

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happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I'm trying to build up my stash of cards, so I've decided to join in a couple challenges on a more regular basis. One I've recently joined in with is colorhues challenge - a great challenge using 2 colours, but I can leave my typical CAS style behind if I choose :)  The colours this fortnight are peach and teal.

The whole card was made using just the 2 colours. Ink smooshing gives lovely variations of the colours! The background was splattered, then the stamps were die cut from ink smooshed card, with the border stacked 3 times for dimension. The tiny MFT and Spellbinders leaf and sprig dies were die cut from ink smooshed card and adhered. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and popped up on foam squares.

Thanks for spending some time with me today :)

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #579 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Amanda. She wants you to put a shape off the edge at the top and the bottom! Of course I couldn't go the easy route and chose to flip the sketch to landscape so the images went off the left and the right!

I used a favourite die with a cityscape and watercoloured the individual buildings, masking the ones on either side. The little trees were die cut and ink blended. Sentiment was die cut from watercoloured card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Kaisercraft buildings, Gummiapan trees, sentiment, Hero Arts infinity rectangles
• inks: lots! :) antique linen, bundled sage, tea dye, rustic wilderness, milled lavender, scattered straw, stormy sky, tumbled glass, hickory smoke distress oxides