Hello there! I hope February has gotten off to a good start for you. A new month means a new hostess for our challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches! Stef has some fun ideas planned for us, so I hope you’ll consider playing along with us and showing us your CAS skills.
The first Thursday of the month means its color challenge time. I have to confess that I struggled for a while with this one. The pinks didn’t bother me, but the orange combined with them threw me for a bit of a loop. After a few unsuccessful attempts playing with the inks in these colors, I decided to keep it simpler and just go with good old fashioned stamping. I’m going to need to make several birthday cards this month, so that’s how I chose the theme of my card. I stamped the presents in each of the challenge colors. Actually, it’s just one present stamp, but I “shortened” it by not inking it all the way to the bottom for the orange and the darker pink present. The sentiment is stamped with the darker pink ink, the additional banner is made from a scrap of orange cardstock, and the card base is the lighter pink color. The layout for my card is from the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge, but I’ve squashed it into a landscape-oriented rectangle.
All in all, I think the card came together all right. It’s not my most favorite card I’ve ever made, but it’s certainly not the worst, either.
Be sure to check out what the rest of the CAS Colours & Sketches design team did with these colors. Then show us what you can make with them! You can link your creation to the challenge blog until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, February 10. Thanks for stopping by today!
Supplies:
Stamps: Birthday Whimsy (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo (SU)
Other: Dimensional Banner die (My Favorite Things)
10 Responses to “CAS Colours & Sketches #159”
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Love how you have used the colours and the sketch, the folded sentiment banner adds depth and interest too. Beautifully done. Hugs Bev x
Fab line up of presents and I love that technique of inking up just part of the stamp to get different sizes – clever stuff!
This is such a lovely clean card – especially with those fresh pretty colours. Thanks for joining us at FMS this week!
Clever inking with the stamp Patricia and the colour combo has come together really well on your card. Stef x
I love those parcels! And I think the colour combo really came together. The banners add a great touch. Caro x
Wonderful card! Love the presents in different sizes!
The others have already said it! I really like the presents in different sizes, so much fun. Liz x
Great combination of challenges! I love the line-up of presents in those colors. Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!
I like how you ended up using the colors. The orange on the bottom strip from the sketch really highlights all of the pinks. Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
The colours work equally well for these birthday presents as with the hearts. Clever way to alter the stamp height to give the impression that the presents are different sizes. I too, lthought about using the pale pink as the card base, but went with white. Glad you chose to go with the pink
Louise xx