A very CAS card from me today for the challenge over at CAS Colours and Sketches #353
I started off with a layer of white card and a piece of patterned paper from Kaisercraft Enchanted paper pad. For my panel across the front I used some thinlets in leaves and branches simply in white. The sentiment is from a retired SU set Cottage Greetings stamped in Fresh Fig. A single little star at the bottom completes the card.
My card today is for the Fab Friday challenge - which is a colour challenge
I made this card a few days ago and when it was first made those colours looked so vibrant. It's had a few days to settle and I'm surprised how soft and muted they have gone - maybe I needed more ink in my water colouring to keep the bright colours showing? Or it could be the paper I used as I don't have any water colour paper at the moment.
I've used Colourful Seasons for my card and am pleased this one didn't retire this year as I don't have very many current sets left. I started the card using my aqua painter using the colours above. I then stamped over them with a Tim Holtz dots stencil and alternated the colours. I used the small dot stamp from Timeless Textures to carry the dots on and off the paper.
I used Bermuda Bay as the base card stock and also cut out the chair from the matching thinlets. However I embossed the chair first running it through the Big Shot so that the chair had some texture. The sentiment is from another retired set from SU Cottage Greetings. I added a few sequins just to finish off the card.
Here's our sketch this week at TSOT #410 with the option of using Pastels.
I went with the pastel option and started off with some Powder Pink card stock from SU. I used Mint Macaron and a stencil to create the swirls in the background. I then used a piece of DSP from Garden Impressions. The stamp is from Painted Season inked in Mint Macaron. I used some Circle framelits and added a butterfly in vellum with some tiny added pearls. The sentiment is from a retired set called Cottage Greetings. A touch of the retired Bronze thread behind the circle just finishes off the card.
Our challenge over at Stampin Up Only challenge this week is Spring - with an option of Mother's Day - though for us here in the UK Mother's Day was in March. I lost my mum 9 years ago this month so doubly Mother's Day is not a card for me at the moment. My card however does have a spring like feel to it and I've used my mum's favourite flowers - roses.
I've used the very lovely Petal Promenade DSP together with one of the pieces of the Delightfully Detailed laser cut paper. Both of these were gifted to me by my friend Andrea Parr and this is the first time I've used them.
I used the pale pink backing of one of the papers and added the lovely trellis piece on top. This was backed onto some of that lovely pink rose paper and I used some of the cut offs to punch out the butterflies - I've used my retired Butterfly Punches in both large and small for the butterflies. The sentiment is from a retired set Cottage Greetings and I've inked it in Fresh Fig.
I look forward to seeing all your lovely spring like creations - I know my mum would have loved this card.
