CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #515 colours

hello crafty stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Jeanne has put together 3 gorgeous colours.

Some white heat embossed stars surround the city shape. The city was die cut from washi tape covered card - I love this washi tape with the little crosses, it almost sparkles! The city was also die cut from inked card in the other 2 colours. The little envelope has a coordinating flap, but is just a tiny rectangle, trimmed and adhered with a tiny foam square. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery! Don't forget to check out the team's cards for inspiration, as well as our guestie, Tristan!

• dies: Kaisercraft city, MFT skinny strips
• inks: abandoned coral distress oxide, soft sea foam
• stamps: MFT bitty holiday wishes, Lavinia mini stars

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #514 sketch

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Shannon has proposed a very versatile sketch on a square background.

The background was a leftover from some ink mopup with some wet stencilling over the top. This was ink blended around the edge and layered with black card behind. The butterfly stamp was clear heat embossed for shine. Shout out to Chris Stokes @chrissieannie who has used these mini butterflies on her cards and I thought they were so gorgeous I had to get the die! 

The sentiment was also clear heat embossed, edged in ink then popped up on foam squares. 

It's quite hard to take a photo of the black embossing, but it's quite shiny irl. Thanks so much for spending some time with me today. With such a versatile sketch, we'd love to see your card in our gallery! Big thanks to Lesley for being our fabulous guestie - don't forget to check out her card too! 

**I'm also entering this into a new to me challenge, alphabet challenge where the prompt is F is for Flying!

• dies: hero arts infinity squares, memory box mini intricate butterflies, MFT skinny strips
• inks: chipped sapphire, wilted violet, salvaged patina distress oxide inks, versafine clair nocturne
• stamps: honeybee stamps bitty buzzwords, Tim Holtz happy everything blueprints
• stencil: aallandcreate lotza squares

CC&S challenge #513 - colours

hello stampers!

It's time for this month's colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Shannon has proposed 3 colours that I wouldn't have thought of putting together but actually play really nicely with each other.

I began by ink blending lightly over the centre of the card panel, then stamped dots with the same ink. A square was die cut, then embossed with lines, then adhered over a die cut leaf. The presents and arrows were die cut and adhered. The sentiment was stamped, die cut then adhered over another die cut tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery! Don't forget to check out our guest designer, Lesley's blog too!

• dies: gummiapan presents, paper rose arrows, altenew leaf mix, MFT skinny strips, hero arts infinity squares
• inks: su blushing bride, memento tuxedo black
• stamps: gummiapan happy birthday, lavinia stamps mini dots
• embossing: fiskars texture plate lines

CC&S challenge #512 double

hello lovely stampers!

This month has a double challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and this time Patricia has proposed a beautiful combo of colours with a simple sketch.

For the sketch part, I placed the offset panel over the card base and gently swiped some ink at the edges to give the effect of the tilted panel.

A circle stencil was placed over the card front, then the ocean waves were stencilled through it. A separate circle stencil was used for the sun. The sailboat was die cut from orange card and mounted on tiny foam squares. Sentiment was stamped in the same colour as the ocean waves.

We'd love to see your creation in our gallery! Don't forget to check out our guest designer, Lesley's blog too. Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: gummiapan sailboat
• inks: peacock feathers, mustard seed distress oxide
• stencil: MFT circles, darkroom door small circle, scrapmatts ST9074 
• stamps: Altenew sentiment strips

CC&S challenge #511 sketch

hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Cécile has proposed a very versatile sketch on a square card.

I wanted to use up some die cuts that never made it onto previous makes - my little box is overflowing! Ended up using lots!

Some leaves were die cut from ink smooshed card, some from white and watercolored, and some from ink blended card. The flowers were all die cut from ink smooshed card in different colours. The vase was die cut from white and lightly stencilled, the sentiment was die cut from ink blended card and mounted on die cut vellum. The leaves and vase were adhered, the flowers were popped up on foam squares. Sentiment was adhered with the vellum.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today. Make sure to check out the other design team cards, and our guest designer, Lesley!  We hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan flowers, hearty twigs, witch hazel, paper rose little vases, hugs, altenew leaf mix die set, MFT fab foliage
• inks: mowed lawn, twisted citron, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, tumbled glass, bundled sage distress oxides
• stencil: paper rose mark maker 1

CC&S challenge #510 colours

hello stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Cécile has proposed a beautiful group of colours.

Hexagons were die cut, 1 from embossed card and 1 from an ink smooshed card scrap. The birdie and birdcage were die cut. The birdcage was clear heat embossed for shine, and some twine wound through the top. 

The sentiment was also die cut and adhered. I love how the clear heat embossing makes the cage look like metal!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan birdcage, gummiapan happy birthday, paper rose birdhouses, hero arts infinity hexagons
• inks: abandoned coral distress oxide
• embossing folder: su woodland

CC&S challenge #509 sketch

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Valérie has proposed an interesting sketch on a slimline card.

The inspiration for this card was Jo Rice from Lavinia Stamps. If you have a chance, spend some time watching her videos - they're always inspiring!

I began by cutting the card base and front panel. I admit I had to check on the size of a slimline card as I don't often make them - the most popular size is 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" which is quite a big area! I cut the front panel 3" x 4", which leaves so much glorious white space!

I began by ink blending around the edge of the base and panel. Then some ink was blended over a stencil held over both panel and card base. The stamps were applied just to the card panel. 

The sentiment was die cut from inked card, clear heat embossed and stacked twice. Lastly the butterfly was stamped with a coordinating colour.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan happy birthday
• stencil: Lavinia stamps elegance
• inks: bundled sage, dried marigold, carved pumpkin, mowed lawn, aged mahogany distress oxides
• stamps: Lavinia stamps mini seed head, mini flutter, foliage set, woodland fern, altenew wildflower doodles

CC&S challenge #508 colours

 hello crafty stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Valérie has proposed a very happy group of colours.

A big inspiration for this card was Chris Stokes and her card layouts. Her cards are always lovely, usually cas, and quite simple and elegant. Do find her on YouTube @chrissieannie - her videos are excellent!

I began by lightly stencilling the background in a neutral colour. The vines, grass and flowers were die cut and watercolored. I used very watered down ink for the overall colour with a stronger blend for the details and centre of the flowers and leaves. The ladder was die cut, stacked twice and roughly ink blended with a neutral colour.

I had fun winding the vines around the ladder - springtime is lovely, isn't it?

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: gummiapan ladder, grass, vines
• inks: su shaded spruce, mustard seed, pumice stone distress oxides, altenew rubellite 
• stencil: darkroom door brick wall
• stamps: su loyal leaves

CC&S challenge #507 sketch

 hello crafters!

It's that time again and we have the next challenge for you at CAS colours & sketches! This sketch by YoonYoung is so versatile - I even chose to do a christmas card!

I began by stencilling the background in distress oxide ink. The 'christmas' word was die cut from gold card and adhered onto the card panel.  The 'merry' was die cut from patterned paper with each letter from a different design but the same colours. These die cuts were stacked twice and adhered on top of the 'christmas'. 

The little line was die cut from the patterned paper, stacked twice and adhered. Lastly some tiny gold stars were die cut and adhered, then the panel was adhered to the card base. Such a simple card but I think it has lots of interest.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We're looking forward to seeing your card in our gallery!

• dies: sizzix arctic bear, gummiapan merry christmas, MFT bitty banner die set
• stencil: paper rose mark maker #1
• ink: antique linen distress oxide ink

CC&S challenge #506 colours

hello crafty stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and YoonYoung has proposed a lovely group of colours that reminds me of spring. We're looking forward to seeing your card creations in our gallery!

The front panel was die cut with a circle, embossed with little hearts, and popped up on foam squares. After die cutting the happy birthday circle die, I die cut the centre and replaced it with a die cut circle of ink smooshed card. This was then positioned into the aperture on the front panel and popped up on foam squares. The butterfly was die cut and positioned on the panel, with a few clear drops. The little hearts were hand embossed.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: hero arts infinity circle, sizzix brushstroke butterflies, gummiapan happy birthday circle, fiskars texture plate hearts
• inks: mustard seed, mowed lawn, twisted citron distress oxides

CC&S challenge #505 sketch

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and this time Joanne has proposed an awesome sketch perfect for CAS cards.

I just love making panels using the ink smooshing technique with distress oxide inks. You never know how it's going to turn out, but they're always beautiful and this one is no exception! 

I cut one of the inked panels down to create the lower portion of the card, then stamped the sentiment in one of the blues used in the panel. The ice floe was stamped and die cut then inked gently around the edges and popped up on foam squares. The iceberg was die cut and inked around the edge and a little on the front to bring out the detail. 

The polar bear was die cut from different white card, stacked three times and adhered on the ice floe with foam squares along his back to give him stability.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we can't wait to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: MFT BB Cool Day, MFT iceberg, Sizzix Arctic Bear
• inks: tumbled glass, salvaged patina, salty ocean distress oxides
• stamps: Altenew Ornamental Bliss, MFT BB Cool Day

CC&S challenge #504 colours

 hello crafty stampers!

It's time for the colours challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and Joanne has proposed a lovely group of colours perfect for spring.

The woven background was die cut from white so we get the dimension without adding any other colour. The hearty twigs were die cut then the hearts were watercoloured in sweet sorbet colour. A matching sentiment was stamped and fussy cut then popped up on foam squares. 

The beautiful butterfly was die cut from balmy blue and mint macaron card, and adhered just on the body using a glue dot so the wings have some dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and we hope to see your card in our gallery!

• dies: kaisercraft woven, gummiapan hearty twig, sizzix brushstroke butterflies
• inks: festive berries distress oxide
• stamps: newtons nook peony blooms

CC&S challenge #503 double

hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the double challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and this time Patricia has proposed a beautiful combo of colours with a simple sketch.

I chose to do a child's birthday card and couldn't resist this cutie elephant die. And of course what self respecting elephant doesn't have a birdie on top! 

The elephant was die cut from barely banana card then clear heat embossed for shine, stacked 3 times and adhered leaving the ear free so it can sit out a bit. The birdie was die cut from inked card. The sentiment was easily stamped in multiples using my Misti.

We'd love to see your creation in our gallery! Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: gummiapan elephant, paper rose bird houses
• inks: spun sugar, festive berries, seedless preserves distress oxides
• stamps: gummiapan happy birthday

CC&S challenge #502 sketch

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and sketches and this time Michal has proposed a sketch that is perfect for cas cards.

The background was ink blended lightly then splattered with black ink. The hexagons were die cut then inked with only the focus three fully covered in ink. The gorgeous bee was stamped then watercoloured with the same honey colour ink. 

We can't wait to see your card creation in our gallery! Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: hero arts infinity hexagons
• inks: wild honey, scattered straw distress oxides, memento tuxedo black, versafine clair nocturne
• stamps: lavinia stamps bee miniature

CC&S challenge #501 Colours

 hello lovely stampers and happy new year!

I'm so excited to be joining the talented team at CAS colours and sketches and am really looking forward to contributing as a design team member! 

This month Michal is hosting and for this colour challenge she has chosen cherry cobbler, granny apple green and blackberry bliss - a beautiful combination!

I wanted to use a new to me die and thought the colours would be great with this dreamcatcher. I die cut the front panel then die cut an aperture for a window. This was backed with acetate. The die cuts were adhered to the "window".

The sentiment was die cut and stacked 3 times and adhered to the card front. I love the way the acetate reflects the light - creates such an interesting effect. 

Since this is the first cutting using this die, I'm also posting it in Darnell's wonderful blog, NBUS. Sending hugs, Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: gummiapan dreamcatcher, spellbinders matting dies, kaisercraft dream big word pack