enjoy the little things

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in today with the clever sketch at freshlymadesketches. Their design is perfect for creating a little scene, and that is right up my alley!

I strayed from my usual CAS style today and had some fun! The background is a mixture of watercolouring, stencilling and stamping. Had some fun with ink smooshing for the trees and fence. The lambs were paper pieced with ink smooshed card.  Lots of threes on my card - but aren't those lambs the sweetest?

Thanks for sharing some time with me today!

• dies: MFT ewe are the best, petite clouds, Gummiapan tiny flowers
• stamps: MFT ewe are the best, Gummiapan sentiment
• stencil: MFT radiating rays
• inks: evergreen bough, pine needles, bundled sage, vintage photo, salvaged patina, tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #572 sketch

hello crafters!

Our latest sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Suzy.  Cards always look so fun with a banner I think! 

I ended up flipping the sketch so the mailbox faced the right way. The banner was trimmed to shape and stamped randomly. The mailbox was die cut and coloured. Kitty and the envelopes were die cut and gently ink blended. Sentiment was stamped, die cut and popped up on foam squares. I just love this lil kitty with his curly tail, and he’s getting so many birthday cards! lol

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

• dies: Gummiapan cats, tickets, mailbox, letters
• stamps: Kaisercraft script, Gummiapan happy birthday 
• inks: candied apple, dried marigold, ground espresso distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #571 colours

  hello crafters!

We have a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and this time Suzy has chosen the colour palette. While they may look like similar colours, it very cleverly combines coral with orange and deep yellow. Flowers? sunshine? autumn leaves? so many possibilities!

I decided to use a new to me stencil from Simon Hurley with such a gorgeous sunset scene, and create all the colours with inks. I know! How long has it been since I did a card with no die cutting? Eons. Such a fun stencil, with all the masks also provided to make it easy to produce the layers. Finished off with some wise advice - I mean a sassy sentiment from Tim Holtz small talk, and we're done!

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

• stencil: Simon Hurley Sedona scene maker 
• inks: abandoned coral, carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, mustard seed, black soot distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #570 sketch

 hello stampers!

This month's second sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Nancy. Such a clever CAS design giving all that gorgeous white space!

For the background, I used a watercoloured piece, and also die cut some for the sentiment. The lamb was stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut. Birdie was die cut from ink smooshed card.

**Don't forget to add your entry to our challenge and add "DT" after your name if you're interested in joining our DT. We'd love to have you on the team!

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

• dies: Gummiapan birdie, MFT itty bitty strips
• stamps: Honey Bee stamps bitty buzzwords, MFT ewe are the best
• inks: abandoned coral, stormy sky, salvaged patina, salty ocean distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #569 colours

 hello crafters!

We have a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches and this time Nancy has chosen the colour palette for you to use.  The colours remind me of autumn going into winter, warm and cosy colours!

I decided to do a super simple card. I ink smooshed 2 of the colours onto card then die cut the leaves. The sentiment was die cut from the final colour, popped up on foam squares, and paired with a single strip as background.

**In other news, we are looking for some more talented crafters to join the CC&S Design Team. The full details are in the challenge post but you'll need to enter this challenge (colours) and the next challenge (sketch) so we can see your crafty cards. Just put "DT" after your name on your challenge entry if you're interested. Best of luck!

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

• dies: Gummiapan leaves, Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords
• inks: vintage photo, black soot, chipped sapphire distress oxides