Thursday 28 February 2019

CAS Colours and Sketches 310 and Inspire.Create.37

Since my husband went off to golf this afternoon, I felt no guilt at heading for the craft room. I've used two challenges as my inspiration.
The first was the sketch at
CAS Colours and Sketches and the second was the colours at Inspire Create Challenge.



The final result was perhaps a little less CAS than originally intended but I think I got a nice card out of it. 😀


There was a bit of technique involved in this card. First I hand-cut a mask that replicated the curve of one of the masks from the Pattern Party decorative mask set. I stamped over it using the Sheet Music background stamp then sponged it in Mint Macaron. Then I used the decorative pattern mask with embossing paste mixed with Stampin' Glitter.


The butterflies are coloured with Stampin' Blends in Mint Macaron, Pool Party and Daffodil Delight.

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The Paper Players 430

It's sketch week at The Paper Players and what a great one it is!


While I'm usually a CAS girl, sometimes I like a good layered card just as much and this sketch was made for it. One of my many favourites is Petal Palette and I've used it again here.

The two rectangle panels are represented by the a layer of the Chicken Wire element which is now retired. The second, by a rectangle of card embossed using one of the Petal Pairs embossing strips. The base white card front has been embossed using the aptly named Subtle dynamic impressions embossing folder before assembling the rest.


The oval-but-could-be-any-shape is represented by the floral spray and die cut leaves. The horizontal element by a strip of cardstock stamped with the dots from the set and overlaid with the die cut lattice cut from silver foil, to tie in with the silver of the chicken wire.


I've coloured the floral spray using Stampin' Blends of various colours.

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Note: Chicken wire elements are retired.

Wednesday 27 February 2019

Colour Inkspiration 50 - Crew Card



Welcome to the new challenge at Colour Inkspiration! Aren't the colours so vibrant and summery?!


If you've not played with us before, you'll need to ask to join the Facebook group here. Once you're joined up you can play along, comment on other entries and vote for your pick of the five finalists for the challenge to help decide the eventual winner.

The Colour Inkspiration crew are all Stampin' Up demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand and we welcome participants from all over the world. 

These gorgeous colours are so much the colours of summer. I've used them to play around some more with my favourite Occasions sets, Butterfly Gala and Beauty Abounds. I'm not usually a fancy folder when it comes to cards but I've done some experiments with Bendi cards since seeing some online. For the base, I've used the very helpful tutorial by Jenny Hall. I've made a few minor alterations but that was what got me going. 

The butterflies are all from Butterfly Gala, coloured with daubers in Mango Melody, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Blueberry Bushel.


For the stamping on the card back, I used the bokeh dots and splatters from Beauty Abounds, incorporating all of the challenge colours.

Picking up on the Sahara Sand splatters, I used Sahara Sand DSP from the Neutrals DSP stack. on the front bends. I like the stripes because on the horizontal, I thought it looked more like garden trellis or fencing.

Next on the hop is the fantastic Lou Kitzelman. I'm sure you'll get lots of inspiration from her and rest of the team so after you've hopped around, why not join in?


I'm also entering this card into the challenge at TFIG Challenge.


Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at TGIF Challenge.


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