CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #590 colours

hello stampers!

Joanne is our host at CAS Colours & Sketches  and she has put together a gorgeous palette of colours that looked to me like sunset colours! 

I started off by watercolouring a couple of white panels, then die cut the mountains, trees and house from them. The trees were given one edge of blended ink. The sentiment was stamped and mounted on foam squares.

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

 

dies: Gummiapan trees, house, Sizzix arctic bear

stamps: Lawn Fawn tiny tags birthday

inks: evergreen bough, tea dye, picked raspberry, abandoned coral distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #589 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by the lovely Joanne.  Terrific little grouping of elements in the top corner, which lends itself to some interesting ideas, while still keeping your card CAS!

I die cut a small square of watercoloured card, then stencilled in 2 colours over it, and ink blended the edges. It was mounted over a strip of inked card, then the little butterfly was adhered. The butterfly was die cut from watercoloured and ink smooshed card. Sentiment was stamped and die cut.

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

• dies: MFT skinny strips, Hero Arts Infinity rectangles, Sizzix brushstroke butterflies
• stamps: Altenew under the cherry blossom tree sentiment
• stencil: Stamperia crackle
• inks: blueprint sketch, ripe persimmon, faded jeans, lost shadow distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #588 colours

 hello stampers!

This month for our colours challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches Suzy is our host and she's chosen some gorgeous deep colours. I wanted to do flowers but thought I'd change it up a little!

I recently got a new set of dies with flowers and leaves and thought it would be great in these colours. Then when looking through my die cut stash I came across this butterfly in the right purple colour. Serendipity! 

I've been wanting to do a butterfly half flowers for a while. I ended up die cutting the leaves from green card and the flowers were die cut and watercoloured with the purple colours. Truly this was not a difficult make - simply placed and adhered the leaves and buds, then the purple flowers on top, after tracing out the shape of the butterfly in reverse. The sentiment was sponged with an ink dauber with both purple and black to make a variegated look.

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

 

dies: Uniquely Creative flower cluster builder, Paper Rose butterfly, MFT skinny strips

stamps: Altenew sentiment strips

inks: wilted violet, black soot distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #587 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by me! I thought a tag on a square card offered so many options. Can't wait to see your designs in our gallery!

I wanted to give the tag a few layers to make it stand out, but I think in the end it's the leaves that stole the show! lol The tag was die cut from a reverse stencilled panel, then stamped with dots and edged with 2 colours of ink. The cogs and leaves were die cut from ink smooshed panels and lightly ink blended. The sentiment was stamped and clear heat embossed, to echo the white heat embossed butterfly, then die cut into a banner.

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

• dies: MFT itty bitty strips, Recollections tag, MFT bitty fall leaves, Gummiapan cogs
• stamps: Gummiapan, Lavinia Stamps mini flutter
• stencils: Hero Arts fall leaves
• inks: barn door, ripe persimmon, mustard seed, scattered straw, carved pumpkin, vintage photo distress oxides

bloom

 Morning crafters!

I recently purchased some lovely design papers from a few different companies and couldn't wait to use some for a card. The sketch over at freshly made sketches provided the perfect opportunity! 

I found this subtle paper for the background and die cut some blooms to match. The lovely sentiment came from the same set of paper. I've always loved the look of a bouquet of flowers in an envelope so decided to make some tiny envelopes and fill them with blooms!  

I'm also posting this one to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Sending hugs, Darnell! 

Thanks for stopping by today and spending some time with me!