Primary Red, CAS Sympathy

Shopping our Stash wants red as the primary colour on a card.

I stamped the cat image, die cut the Merry Christmas frame out of red cs and layered it over the image, then trimmed the panel to leave a border outside of the red frame, and then bordered all of that with more red.

Simply Clean and Simple have "Flower" as their theme.  I made a sympathy card to have on hand.

I die cut a circle out of scrap paper for a mask, laid it over my card base, stamped the flowers in purple and then sponged over the whole circle. I die cut the flower three times and glued them together, then very lightly sponged it with lavender. 

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Technique Junkies
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - red and cream cs
Size - A2
Accessories - SSS Holiday Frame

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Elements of Style, Great Impressions sentiment
Ink - Distress Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender
Paper - white linen cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Alexandra Renke flower die, Spellbinders circle die

An All Blue Post

Two blue cards today!  My favourite colour!

First up for Color Hues "blue and turquoise":

I had a leftover piece of the SU white embossed leaf-patterned dp. I sponged shades of blue and turquoise Distress ink over it (the embossed leaves act as a resist).

On white cs, I stamped the butterfly using the same two shades of ink - the mini ink cubes make it easy to add the different shades to different parts of the image. I lightly spritzed the stamp to get the two blues to blend.

I die cut the leafy dp with a label die and put the butterfly behind it. Also tucked in my sentiment banner behind it.

The second card is for The Flower Challenge "Die Cuts or Stencils".  I went with die cuts.

I stamped the bokeh stamp off to the right side of my focal panel. Then die cut the cornflowers and words. I pressed my blue ink onto my craft mat, spritzed it with white shimmer spray to lighten it up and give some shimmer, and smooshed the die cut flowers and words into it, leaving the stems and leaf white. 

Challenges:

Color Hues

 

The Flower Challenge

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Technique Junkies butterfly, TH sentiment
Ink - Distress Faded Jeans and Salty Ocean, ColorBox white
Paper - white and black cs, SU white embossed leaf dp
Size - A2
Accessories - Sizzix label die, white embossing powder

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Bokeh Dots
Ink - Distress Chipped Sapphire
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Alexandra Renke cornflower dies, Tattered Lace thank you dies, Hero Arts white irridescent shimmer spray

Flowers with Lattice

A card using a lattice die that has been in my stash for years and never used.

I smooshed some Oxide inks onto coated cs, let it dry, and then die cut the Alexandra Renke flower dies. 

I die cut a piece of lattice and set it behind a stitched aperture die cut, then layered the flowers over it and added a sentiment banner.

The whole panel is popped up on foam tape to give more of a sense of dimension to the lattice.

For these challenges:

The Flower Challenge "Pretty Pastels"

Seize the Birthday "Spring Flowers"
 

 NBUS "Never Before Used Schtuff"

 

Supplies:
Stamps - SU sentiment
Ink - Distress Picked Raspberry; various orange, yellow, and pink Oxide inks
Paper - white and coated cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Spellbinders lattice die, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, Alexandra Renke flower dies, foam tape

Great Colour Combination and a Circle Challenge

Two cards today for two different challenges.

Just Us Girls has a colour challenge I really like:

I played around with using colours on vellum:

The technique:

1.    Background: Sprinkle Brushos on vellum (can be light-weight vellum as it will be taped down on your cs so that will give it substance), spritz it, and then let it air dry for several hours. 

2.    Die cuts: Be sure to use heavy-weight vellum.  Watercolour them with Zig markers (I use two shades of each colour) and a waterbrush.  Let air dry.

3.    Try to attach die cuts by tucking under a frame to hide the adhesive, or choose a layered die cut so that the adhesive is less likely to show through.

 It's a great way to use up some of that vellum in your stash!

My second card is for Addicted to CAS "Code Word: Circle":

I masked a circle and used lots of little circular pearls:

The technique:

1. I made a mask with a circle die, stamped and heat embossed my branches in white within the mask, and then sponged over it with Distress Oxide Iced Spruce - it didn't quite give me enough contrast so went over it with Faded Jeans, blending them to get an in-between colour.
2. The sentiment is heat embossed in white on grey cs, and I used the same cs for a border.
3. Since I have a large stash of pearls, it seemed a great opportunity to use some. I spent more time pondering the placement of the pearls than I spent making the card! And I think I overdid it and used too many!!

Supplies for card 1:
Paper - white cs, lightweight and heavyweight vellum
Size - A2
Accessories - MFT pierced frame die, Alexandra Renke cornflower dies, Brushos (greens and yellows), Zig markers (blues, greens, and yellows)

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU World of Dreams, SU sentiment
Ink - mixed media cs, grey and cream cs
Paper - ColorBox White, Distress Oxide Faded Jeans and Iced Spruce
Size - A2
Accessories - circle die cut, white embossing powder, pearls, fun foam