Phoebe is home from her week at school camp and is full of stories of her adventures. So I need to post this card quick smart so I can get back to the 'camp tales'.
This is my second entry for CAS(E) this Sketch this week. I was playing around with some Distress Inks the other day and had an idea that included a rainbow. It took a bit of fiddling and blending but I'm so happy with the final product:
Now, if you know me, you know I'm not so confident with using stencils etc but totally jumped out of my comfort zone for this one!
I cut a square from some plain paper for a mask and then die-cut three different sized clouds from white CS. I used washi tape to hold the square against the card front and the clouds in position. Out came my mini-blending tool and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and I went to town creating my sky. After die-cutting the rainbow from different pastel coloured cardstocks, I arranged my rainbow using washi tape behind it to hold it together. It was then popped up on foam tape over the clouds. The first part of the sentiment was stamped in black ink and the rest in soft pink.
This card is for Phoebe. She loves rainbows and did so well with her camp, dealing with scary situations (rock climbing, abseiling) and also some bullies. So will fill this out tonight and leave by her bed. She really is wonderful!
The rainbow die is from Paper Smooches, as is the 'wonderful' stamp (Kudos set). The 'you are' stamps are from Winnie and Walter 'The Big, the Bold and the Happy'. The cloud dies are from Couture Creations and the enamel dots are from Papervine.
I have three other challenges I would like to link this too:
Virginia's View Challenge # 14 (Layers and Dimension)
AAA Card Challenge # 36 (Easter Colours)
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Week 5 (Anythings Goes)
Right, I'm off to put on my pj's and jump in bed with Phoebe. We can watch some more Modern Family and catch up with whats been going on this week with each other. Boy, I've missed her!!
Take care
Shona
Well, we were just blown away by the entries for challenge #27 - Clean and Simple. There were so many projects and such brilliant designs. Extremely hard to choose a winner!!
For our TIME OUT challenge this week, our theme is:
CASE with your own twist
We have this stunning card by Kim Makortoff from Art Keeps Me Sane for you to CASE. CASE stands for 'Copy and Share Everyone' (well, I hope that's what it stands for...). It basically means you take inspiration from this card, whether it be the colour, the design or however this card inspires you, and you create your own card.
Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the fabulous Claire from Life on the Scrap Heap. Her designs are so sweet and she seems to be able to make cards in any style!
I don't usually make cards using mainly black card-stock, so thought this would a perfect time to experiment:
And yes, it was another chance to play with my new flower dies again!! I cut a panel from black CS slightly smaller than the card front. After die-cutting the flowers and leaves in various colours (from paint chips of course!), I arranged and adhered them on the panel. The blue flower was popped up on foam tape for a bit of interest. I heat embossed the sentiment in white and glued two other flowers on as embellishments. The panel was then adhered to the card front.
I really like how the white sentiment and the flowers pop against the black background. This might be one to try again!!
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches 'Kudos' and the flower dies are also Paper Smooches 'Flowers'.
I have five other challenges I'd like to link this too:
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Week 5 (Anything Goes)
Uniko Studio Challenge # 19 (Anything Goes)
Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge (Pastel colours)
Simply Create Too Challenge # 82 (Anything Goes)
AAA Card Challenge # 36 (Easter Colours)
You have two weeks to enter the TIME OUT challenge, hopefully plenty of time to be inspired by Kim's card. If your needing any help, the rest of the Design Team have created some gorgeous projects to get your imagination flowing. I hope you can join in and can't wait to see what you create!!
Take care
Shona
Oh my goodness, its the 1st of April. Where have the last three months gone????? I feel like I've only just gotten the kids back to school after their Summer holidays and all of a sudden they are going to be back home again for two weeks. At least there will be no rushing around late every morning, trying to get everyone organised. We can take it all very slowly.....
We have a new challenge starting today at Addicted to Stamps, and this week our theme is:
HOLIDAY
This means you can create a project relating to anything to due with holidays. Maybe you can make something for a national holiday i.e. Easter or about holidays in general. Its totally up to you! Our sponsor for this challenge is Stitchy Bears Stamps who are offering 3 digital images up to $10 for the winner. How exciting!!!
You may notice when perusing the cards by the rest of the Design Team, that I'm the only one who hasn't made an Easter card. Turns out I don't actually own any Easter related stamps, so it gave me a chance to add to my Christmas Card stash:
While wandering through Pinterest a while ago, I found a few cards that had circles of vellum adhered to cards in different spots. The vellum had gold spots on it and I suddenly thought about using plain vellum to try and create the idea of snow.
I cut LOTS of circles from vellum and after playing around with the arrangement, spent quite a while sticking each individual circle in a row, overlapping slightly and started from the bottom. After five rows I trimmed all the edges. I cut a strip of silver cardstock and adhered it over the top edge of the last row. The sentiment (from Uniko Studios 'Big and Bold Snow') was heat embossed in silver. So happy with how it turned out!
I'm going to link this to three other challenges:
Simply Create Too Challenge # 82 (Anything Goes)
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)
Uniko Studio Challenge # 19 (Anything Goes)
You have one week to enter your holiday creations at Addicted to Stamps. The rest of the Design Team have worked hard to make projects to help inspire you, these can be found on the blog. I really hope you have a chance to play and can't wait to see what you come up with!
Take care
Shona
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