CAS Watercolour September Challenge

Hi everyone.  It's the beginning of September already!!  This year is flying by.  Time for a new challenge at CAS Watercolour.

For our challenge, silhouettes can be black, white, metallic or any other dark colour (gray, navy, brown).

My card starts with a tissue paper watercoloured background - click HERE to see my video tutorial.  I used a piece from my stash, so not sure of the ink that I used but believe it is Distress inks worn lipstick and peeled paint.  I glued it onto a piece of white card stock for sturdiness.  I placed a Wildflower stencil over top and sponged with Delicata Gold ink.  The card front was mounted onto a base and then the sentiment banner was glued on top down the left hand side.

We are thrilled to have Birgit (Rapport fran ett skrivbord) as our Guest Designer this month.  She won the July Butterfly challenge with this amazing card.  Welcome Birgit!!

Please check out the challenge blog to see the beautiful silhouette cards from our Design Team and Guest Designer, Birgit.  And then come play along!

Stamps:  The Big, the Bold, The Happy (Winnie & Walter)
Paper:  White tissue paper; White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.).
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz); Delicata Gold (Tsukineko)
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, Wildflower stencil (Tim Holtz), sponge

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour September Challenge - Silhouette

CAS Mix Up September Challenge

Hi everyone.  Welcome to the launch of the September CAS Mix Up Challenge.  This month the challenge is hosted by Bonnie.

Playing with re-inkers to make this card. I placed a drop or two of red and brown distress inks on my palette, diluting with a bit of water.  Then used a round brush to add clear water to my mixed media card front.  I picked up red ink with my brush and just made some loose brush marks across my card front.  Rinsed out my brush and picked up the brown and added strokes of brown, making sure to overlap the red. That's it.  Let it dry and added a simple black stamped sentiment and black silhouette flower die-cut that I shaped with my stylus.

Check out the CAS Mix Up Challenge blog to see the amazing cards from our talented Design Team and wonderful Guest Designer, Cathy (Cathy's Card Spot).

Then come play along!!

Stamps:  Everyday Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper:  Mixed Media card front (Strathmore 140 lb.); White (Neenah 110 lb. card stock)
Ink:  Distress Re-inkers:  Candied Apple, Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, paint brush, Joyful die (Penny Black), stylus and mat


Challenges:
CAS Mix Up September Challenge - Watercolour Wash

Thoughts of you

Hi everyone.  Sharing a card I sent to a friend who recently had surgery.  Thankfully everything went smoothly with the surgery and she is doing great!!

I used gold embossed images from Altenew that my dear friend, Bonnie, sent me ages ago.  I really need to be better about using up gifts!  I watercoloured with my zigs and fussy-cut.  I added a pierced border and a gold embossed sentiment to match.  I arranged the flower spray in the bottom right corner of the pieced rectangle, popping up the large flower for added dimension.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Beautiful Day (Altenew); Gratitude (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Zigs (Kuretake); versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Waterbrush, gold embossing powder, heat tool, paper piercing tool and template

Celebrating Christine

Hi everyone.  Today I'm celebrating with my dear friend, Christine.  She has had the most amazing month with recognition for her talent of making beautiful cards.

First, she won the Craft Stamper Magazine challenge for the month of July.  That means that she was interviewed by the magazine and she is featured on their blog (click link above to see) and will also be featured in one of their upcoming publications with a picture of her card that won, along with the interview and pictures of more cards from Christine. Congrats on this huge honour of being published, Christine!!

Next, she was chosen to be the Featured Stamper this week at Splitcoaststampers (SCS).  It's a wonderful honour to be chosen among all the talented crafters that post their cards.  And that brings me to my card for today.  As Feature Stamper, the challenge at SCS is to CASE (copy and share everything) one of Christine's cards from her amazing gallery (click to go to her gallery at SCS).

I chose to CASE this beautiful card from Christine's gallery.  I made this background piece during a play day with Christine and Susan a while ago.  It's made on mixed media paper with spray starch and drops of re-inker (Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise).  Then a piece of cling wrap was placed over top, scrunched up, and left to dry.  I love the design it created when the cling wrap was removed.  I used a new Penny Black deer die to place on top of two torn pieces of white cards stock (snow). I splattered the background with diluted white acrylic paint and added the sentiment stamped in Delicata Silver.  The panel was popped up over the card base for added dimension.

One final note about Christine.  She only started a blog less than a year ago, so there may be some of you who do not know her.  Please take some time to visit her blog (It's a Card Day's Night) ... you'll be glad you did!!  Thanks!

Stamps:  Festive Snippets (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Re-inkers:  Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise (SU!); Delicata Silver (Tsukineko)
Accessories & Tools:  spray starch, cling wrap, Inspiring die (deer - Penny Black), white acrylic paint

Challenges:
SCS FS551