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 hello stampers

I'm joining in today with a couple of challenges: the Color Hues challenge has the colours red and pink and Timeout challenges have a 'pick 2' theme. I picked red, pink, heart, and aperture.

I used some tiny fimo hearts which come in red, pink and white, and couldn't resist making a shaker card! Some bold red and white striped paper was die cut for the surround, while the sentiment was die cut in white, stacked twice and adhered over the top. The tiny flowers and butterfly were die cut from matching pink card.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today!

   

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #578 colours

 hello stampers!

Our latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches  is a gorgeous palette of colours put together by Amanda. It reminded me of the sea so I used a favourite sailboat die. 

The waves were stencilled and the sentiment stamped with the same ink. The sailboat was die cut twice, and paper pieced with the sails, then popped up on foam squares.

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

• dies: Gummiapan compass, sailboat, MFT skinny strips, Hero Arts infinity rectangles
• stamps: Stampendous birthday splash sentiment
• stencil: scrap matts ST 9074
• inks: SU soft sea foam, uncharted mariner, pine needles distress oxides

hello lovely

 Hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with 2 challenges - both request using blue hues. My favourite colours, I seem to make quite a few blue cards! Inkspirational challenges has a 'shades of blue' theme and color hues has the colours 'blue and white'.

I wanted to use a new stencil I got from Stamperia - I am so fascinated by the golden spiral and its beautiful form. The background was watercoloured, then stencilled using texture paste, and the edges ink blended. The die cuts were all stamped or ink blended with shades of blue with the seahorse and jellyfish given a sparkle with wink of Stella. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

   

• dies: Gummiapan seahorse, jellyfish, Hero Arts infinity rectangles, MFT skinny strips, Paper Rose little branches
• stamps: Darkroom Door seaside inchies, Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords
• stencil: Stamperia golden spiral
• inks: stormy sky, faded jeans, prize ribbon, chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #577 sketch

 hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Nancy. So lovely and CAS, so don't forget to leave all that gorgeous white space!

I used a stencil for the stripes - the lines of writing fitted the sketch perfectly! The little cotton branch was die cut twice for depth, and the sentiment was stamped, fussy cut and adhered with foam squares.

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

• dies: MFT infinity rectangles
• stamps: Altenew under the cherry blossom tree
• inks: stormy sky distress oxide
• stencil: Stamperia handwriting

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #576 colours

hello crafters!

Welcome back to our first challenge of the year. Hope you had a lovely holiday season and a happy new year! Our first colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches was put together by Nancy.

I decided to make the background white to show off the colours in our palette. A white background gives a beautiful clean look, and lets the chosen colours jump off the page.

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

• dies: Kaisercraft buildings, Gummiapan trees, buildings, Paper Rose birdie, MFT clouds
• stamps: Honey Bee stamps bitty buzzwords
• inks: black soot, chipped sapphire distress oxides