CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #532 colours

  hello stampers!

It's a new month and we have a new colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches. Joanne has put together a terrific group of colours. I've recently returned from a holiday in Japan and I saw some lovely ikebana there - I've always been a fan, so this was the inspiration for my card.

I began with the die cut vase, ink blended it roughly then stamped some circles in the same colour. All the little dies were cut from either ink smooshed card scraps or coloured card. I lightly ink blended the background and stamped a few more little circles in a neutral colour.

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

• dies: Gummiapan bluebells, witch hazel, feathers, flowers, paper rose bitty vase
• stamps: Gummiapan happy birthday, MFT take shape
• inks: salty ocean, peeled paint, pumice stone distress oxides

happy birthday

 hello stampers!

I'm playing along with the lovely team at addicted to cas #252 where the theme is geometric. I wanted to use some new to me dies from Gummiapan also, so will post this to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS.

The background was stencilled using All & Create Lotza Dotz, and a rectangular stencil. The tree dies were die cut from ink smooshed card then ink blended on one side for some dimension.

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happy birthday

 hello lovely stampers!

I'm playing along wth the team at timeout challenges #257 where they are celebrating their 10th birthday! Congratulations, such a milestone! I wanted to celebrate with them, so am entering my card in their challenge.

It's a little card using Gummiapan dies. The panel was embossed using SU woodland, then mounted on a wet stencilled panel. The beautiful birdcage was gold heat embossed and a black one was die cut and mounted as a shadow. 

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CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #531 sketch

 hello lovely crafters!

It's time for our monthly sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, and this sketch was put together by Michal. I thought this design was perfect for CAS cards and lends itself to many simple ideas! Although it's presented as a landscape card, feel free to flip the design to make it portrait.

I wanted to use up some ink smooshed backgrounds that are gradually multiplying by mopping up every time I ink something, so I chose this pink background. I stencilled over the top and also stencilled a white card the same. The sentiment was die cut twice and stacked, and the little word stamped on an offcut from the white stencilled card. The little bouquet was die cut and popped up on foam squares. 

I'm a little surprised how pretty this one turned out - I'm not usually a fan of pink, blues being more my thing, but I'm quite liking this.

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

• dies: Gummiapan dahlias, Honeybee bitty buzzwords
• stencil: Lavinia elegance
• stamps: MFT bitty holiday wishes
• inks: speckled egg, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberries distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #530 colours

 hello lovely stampers!

It's time for this month's colour challenge at CAS colours and sketches and Michal has put together such a happy group of colours. It reminded me of the sea!

I haven't used these dies in a while and they're so sweet - I really should get them out more. The background ocean is ink smooshed card, die cut into a circle. The shells and sealife were die cut from ink smooshed card and coloured card. I love how the seahorse has wrapped his curly tail around the netting!

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

• dies: Gummiapan fishnet, seashells, seahorse, crabs, Hero Arts infinity circles
• stamps: Lavinia pink orbs, Paper Rose tiny forest
• inks: broken china, candied apple distress oxides