This card has been sitting in my pile of things to share for a few months now. I'm not sure how I missed sharing it with you all!
It's time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS...
Since I still had a scrap of vellum on my desk from a card I shared earlier this week, I decided to play with it again for this card. It's just a highlight circle behind the floral element.
I'm back with my second card using the June sketch at Build Your Stash Holiday Card Makers...
For my card today, I decided to use an embossed background instead of patterned paper. I just absolutely LOVE snowflakes! I used a small strip of holographic cardstock to cover up the spot where the two papers join up.
We have a botanical themed challenge for you at CAS on Friday... anything botanical will work, as long as you keep your creation clean and simple.
I had a few ideas in my head, but decided to play with some vellum (which then lead to at least two more cards being made using vellum). I haven't used vellum in forever!
Every month, I participate in a rainbow themed hop on Instagram. We are talking about the colours, not the shape. To add to the challenge, we are all trying to create only clean and simple cards as well.
For my card this month, I used a circle stencil from my stash but I masked off all but one circle. I then blended my rainbow colours to create a background for this fun celebrate stamp...
The theme for June for the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop is rainbow... I got this new rainbow die set last week and decided to play with some non-traditional looking rainbow colours. I am so happy with how it turned out!
What a wonderful colour combination for our first colour challenge of Summer at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Such pretty colours, and yet I struggled with them! I love these open daisy flowers and the pops of colour in the centres were perfect!
We have a beautiful new sketch at Atlantic Hearts today... and I chose to keep my creation really quite clean and simple...
First, the sketch.
And here's my card. You can see that I switched up the shape and used a slightly larger sentiment, but I still think that the essence of the sketch is there.
Yes, a lot of posts from me today! This one is for the Create It 3-Ways Instagram Hop. Each month we create three cards using at least one common element following a theme. We want to show others that you can use the same items from your stash to create different cards and looks.
This month our theme was "thinking of you" and I chose to use the same floral stamp and the same colour combination on all three cards.
For my first card, I chose to do a mini slimline. I stamped the floral image at the top and the bottom of the front panel and coloured it with Copics. I added a small "thinking of you" sentiment in the middle of the card.
For my second card, I stamped the same floral image and coloured it the same, but I cut it out using the matching die. I put it on top of an embossed panel and added a die cut sentiment.
For my final card, I once again stamped and die cut the floral image. I placed it on a smaller front panel and let it hang off the edge. I trimmed off the pieces that hung over the edge. I attached the smaller front panel to my card front with foam adhesive and then glued the small cut off pieces directly to the card front to create a little something extra.
A brand new hop has hit Instagram today... one where we will be playing with our patterned paper each month! We all have a stash of it that isn't getting used up... this is a great reason to play!
I was inspired by a card I saw by Bette Manning... a wonderful fun fold (you can see how it opens in the second photo...
I can tell you that this card sat on my desk, completed, waiting to be photographed for a few days... and I had used a different patterned paper for my background. The more I looked at it, the less I liked it. So I used a different pattern from the same pad of paper. The front image is from that same pattern paper package!
Here's how the card looks open...
This month for the Crushing Christmas Instagram Hop, we are playing with wreaths. I kept my card super clean and simple. I created my wreath with two two circle dies and some white glitter paper. I added some Christmas greenery to it as well...
It's time for a photo inspiration challenge at Time Out Challenges. You can be inspired any way by our photo... just make sure we can see where your inspiration came frome.
I was inspired by the heart and all of the different textures in it. I cut a heart shape from white cardstock and used an embossing folder to make the textures. I then lightly brushed some ink over it, making some of the spots stand out a little more. I had hoped to get a little closer to the coral colour in the photo but I failed LOL
This week for the My Favourite Instagram Hop, we are focussing on our favourite Father's Day stamps or dies. I will admit that I don't really need a Father's Day card, but I played along anyway.
To make my card, I started with the strip of patterned paper. I die cut a circle and then cut out the letters to spell the word DAD from the circle. I placed the circle on top of the card and trimmed off the edges. I added back the small pieces from the letter dies and stamped a quick sentiment on it.
I love that this paper looks like ties my Dad used to wear...
There's a new colourboard challenge that starts today at AAA Colourful. We challenge you to find inspiration in the colours in our colourboard to create something wonderful!
I had fun with these colours and a simple stencil. I almost feel like I did some graffiti on this card or something!
On the 2nd Saturday of each month, a group of us play together on Instagram to CASE a card that has inspired us... we find something on Instagram and make a card of our own that is inspired by that first card.
First, here is the card I was inspired by, but the wonderful Beverley Brown... I just fell in love with her rainbow of butterflies... and the simplicity of the card. And of course the mini slimline said "pick me"!!
I changed it up a little bit, but not a lot. I used a rainbow of flowers instead of butterflies and I used a larger sentiment. Otherwise you can definitely see that I was inspired by Beverley.
There's a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS... WATER
I almost skipped this challenge... but I had an idea and I kinda like how it turned out. I did some ink blending with a few shades of blue to mimic the water and the sky... I kinda like how it turned out.
Each month, a group of us gather on Instagram to share cards that might help to lift someone up who's finding life a little rough. A little piece of sunshine, if you will.
I bought this Taylored Expressions stamp and die set and was a little disappointed that the stamps and the dies don't line up. So what I did today was cut the rainbow out of a white panel. I took the arcs and did some ink blending on them and then put them back in to my die cut panel (the negative space). I then stamped some of the elements from the stamp set on top. I like how it turned out.
Good morning creative friends! It's time for a SUMMER themed challenge at CAS on Friday.
I went for a beachy look for my card... some big leaves and some fun summery colours that I blended on to my card panel to kind of look like a beach scene, mimicking the waves with my blending. Did I succeed?
This month, the theme for the White on White Instagram Hop is floral... I embossed a panel with a leaf embossing folder and then added it as an inlaid panel . I aded some pretty flowers and to follow the theme.
The key to a white on white card is texture, layers and dimension.
There's a lovely new sketch at Atlantic Hearts that starts today... And I decided to make mine rather clean and simple (although with the all-over embossed background it's not really clean and simple).
First, the sketch...
And here's my take on the sketch...
