CAS Colours & Sketches #323

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May 282019

Hello!  It’s time for one last challenge for the month of May at CAS Colours & Sketches.  This time it’s a very simple sketch that puts focus on the sentiment.

After looking through my stamps and dies, I chose to go out of season and make a Christmas card, splitting up the “Merry Christmas” sentiment with a die and a stamp.  I cut the “merry” twice from red cardstock so that I could stack the two diecuts for dimension.  After I placed them on the card front, I stamped the word “Christmas”.  It’s actually from a stamp that says “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” but I was able to ink up just the one word. I like the contrast of the curly, scripty “merry” and the simple, clean lines of “Christmas”.  I chose linen textured cardstock for the card front to give some subtle visual interest (which unfortunately is probably too subtle to see in the photo).  For the embellishments, I chose some shiny star-shaped brads that I’ve had for years; I didn’t have enough gold or silver ones so I used copper.   I used dimensional adhesive to attach the card front to the card base, partly for a little extra interest and partly to accommodate the prongs of the brads.  I considered using a green card base to bring out more of that color, but the card didn’t look as CAS as with a white base.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the CC&S Design Team has done with this sketch – they’ve made some awesome cards!  Then give it a try yourself.  You have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, June 3 to link your card at the challenge site.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Stamp: Merry Messages (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Solar White, Solar White Classic Linen (Neenah); Real Red (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Emerald Envy (SU)
Other: Merry Script die (Mama Elephant); star brads (The Paper Studio)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Lawn Fawn, Mama Elephant, Stampin' Up!

CAS Colours & Sketches #322

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May 212019

Hello there!  It’s time for another color challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.  We have some bright, cheery colors to work with this week.

I kind of dove into the “cheer” aspect of the colors and made a birthday card.  I started by cutting the white panel to size.  Then I stamped the sentiment at the bottom, which I thought paired well with the image stamps I chose.  Next I stamped the “wax” part of the candles.  For the flames, I inked the stamp first with yellow, and then touched my orange ink pad to the stamp just enough to grab a little of the orange color before pressing it onto the cardstock.  I decided to offset the panel when I mounted it to the card base.

I don’t think it’s one of my better cards, but it is definitely clean and simple in style, with minimal layers and lots of open space!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out what the rest of the CC&S Design Team has made with these colors.  We hope you’ll join in our challenge, too!  You have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, May 27 to link your card to the challenge post.

All supplies are from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Cake & Candles (Avery Elle); Fun With Shapes
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Avery Elle, Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Stampin' Up!

CAS Colours & Sketches #321

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May 142019

Hello!  It’s the second Tuesday of the month, which means it’s sketch challenge time at CAS Colours & Sketches.  Other shapes can be substituted for the sunshine element drawn on the sketch, but we would like for you to keep the triangular areas as triangles.

I’ve flipped the sketch mirror image for my card because I wanted to use this cute bunny stamp and he looked better facing the opposite direction from the way the sketch was drawn.  I chose some designer paper that had some neutral colors in it that would be easy to match to the base cardstock and to color for the bunny.  I stamped the bunny on a scrap of white cardstock, colored him, cut him out, and attached him to the card with dimensional adhesive so the card wouldn’t feel quite so flat.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you’ll make a card with this sketch and share it with us at CC&S. You have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, May 20 to link your card at the challenge site.

Supplies:
Stamps: My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Sahara Sand (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah); designer paper from Papyrus 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Premier colored pencil (Prismacolor); odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol); dimensionals (Stampin’ Up)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Lawn Fawn

CAS Colours & Sketches #320

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May 072019

Hello!  I’m the challenge hostess at CAS Colours & Sketches for the month of May.  I’m looking forward to seeing what our challenge participants make with the challenges I’ve created!

As usual, we’re starting off the month with a color challenge.  I’ve used the three colors from the combination to stamp a rose and some leaves, using generational stamping to get the different shades of green and marigold.  (I don’t actually own any Mango Melody cardstock or ink, so I’ve used a long-retired In Color called Marigold Morning as a close substitute.)  I stamped the images on a scrap of white cardstock, fussy cut them, and then assembled them together.  I used dimensional adhesive to attach the flower to the card.  The layout for my card is my take on a recent Freshly Made Sketches challenge; unfortunately for me, that challenge has already ended so I can’t link my card there.  The white cardstock background has a subtle linen texture that is very hard to capture in photos, but it does add extra visual interest to the card.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the CC&S Design Team and our May guest designer have made! Then create your own clean and simple styled card with these colors and link it to the CC&S site by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, May 13.  We’d love to see what you make!

All supplies for this card are from Stampin’ Up.
Stamps: Picture Perfect
Cardstock: Marigold Morning, Whisper White textured, Whisper White
Ink: Marigold Morning, Mango Melody, Garden Green
Other: dimensionals

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Cards, CAS Colours & Sketches, Stampin' Up!
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