Saturday, April 01, 2017

CAS Mix Up April Challenge

Hi everyone.  Another month has started which means it's a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.  Bonnie is our host and she has come up with a fun challenge ...


This month we want to see stamping, inlaid die-cutting and one other technique or product (use the list on our right hand sidebar of the challenge blog for ideas).

I do love poppies. :)  I die-cut them from hot press watercolour paper and sloshed on some diluted inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon). Then I die-cut the same poppies from my smooshed watecolour background panel.  I carefully inlaid my orange poppies into the spaces.  I got them to fit just right and then added a few pieces of scotch tape to hold everything in place.  Sometimes I add a back panel and glue in my pieces, this time I took a short-cut. :)

The sentiment banner was stamped in Delicata Gold ... love this gold ink ... it's so metallic and sparkly without having to heat emboss.  I popped up the panel onto my card base to give it a bit of dimension.

My CAS Mix Up card has stamping, inlaid die-cutting, smooshing, and watercolouring.

We excited to have Maria (White Mood) as our Guest Designer this month.  Maria won the CAS Mix Up February Challenge - Corrugated Cardboard.  Welcome Maria!

I hope you'll have time to check out the challenge blog to see the gorgeous inlaid die-cut cards from the rest of our Design Team and our Guest Designer.  You will be inspired!







Stamps:  Friendship Messages (Simon Says)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Watercoloured background panel (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Watercoloured poppies (Arches 140 lb. hot press)
Ink:  Distress Inks (Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean) - background panel; )Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon) - poppies (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Water mister, Row of Poppies die (Memory Box), watercolour brushes

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up April Challenge - Inlaid Die-cutting

22 comments:

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous smooshed background Loll for your pretty die cut inlaid poppies. Your gold metallic sentiment is just the right touch. TFS my friend. Hugs...

Marianne said...

Gorgeous card Loll. Love how you made the poppies pop against the soft background.

Barb Ghig said...

Gorgeous 'smooshed' watercolored background and your inlaid poppies are just beautiful, Loll! I also love that you chose Delicata Gold for your sentiment...it's perfect! Can't wait to play along :)

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Just Gorgeous.
Faith
x

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

Really pretty Loll! Love your background and all those pretty inlaid poppies1 Have a great weekend! Luv n’ Hugs. Hazel xx
My Card Attic

Jo said...

What exquisite watercoloring Loll. The softness of this card is truly summery. You are right, that Delicata Gold is perfect for this gorgeous card! Hugs xx

Liz said...

Beautiful card, Loll. The smooshed background is just perfect for the lovely, inlaid poppies. xx

Stamps and Paper said...

Another lovely smoothed background and your inlaid poppies are pretty..

Anne

Bonnie said...

Your watercolored orange poppies are so pretty inlaid in the smooshed background, Loll! Love the gold sentiment that is so classy!

Nstiz said...

I would have never thought to use this color combination and it's beautiful! Inlaying those skinny stems is not always easy but this is flawlessly done! Your backgrounds never disappoint!

Julia Aston said...

A beautiful watercolored sky behind your inlaid poppies Loll - they sure to 'pop' in the orange - so lovely! Julia xx

Cathy said...

Very pretty card Loll, have been doing some inlay work so hope to play along, Cathy x

Susan said...

I love poppies too - and you've given them a beautiful treatment with the sloshed diluted ink on them. They look perfect inlaid in the green smooshing. Beautiful card!

Linda said...

I love your inlaid poppies and the smooshed background ..... the perfect match! And guess what ..... that gorgeous gold ink is now on it's way to the craft room .... I couldn't resist any longer! xx

Jeanne said...

Happy sigh...beautiful background with fabulous poppies, and the pretty gold ink make for a wonderfully gorgeous card! Wow! :)

Brenda said...

Your poppy card is just beautiful Loll! I love the background, it looks like a beautiful sky for the poppies! They just inlaid in there so pretty! Hugs, Brenda

Christine Alexander said...

awesome inlay with the stems and gorgeous background to frame the poppies.

kiwimeskreations said...

What wonderful smooshed poppies and a fabulous die cut - one classy card Loll!
Blessings
Maxine

Tina Z. said...

stunning card - I love poppies too!

Susanne Vargas said...

Your background is gorgeous for these lovely poppies! That must have been a bit of work to put all the pieces together but the result is eyecatching!

Robyn Oliver said...

Beautiful card Loll, love the colours and smooching, so pretty and beautifully inlaid.

Anita in France said...

Wow, those poppies are beautiful, Loll ... the background smooshing is perfect with them! Hugs, Anita :)