Wednesday 22 July 2015

Creative Collage

Good Morning.

Had some time to play this A.M. and the sketch challenge at Splitcoast got my creative juices flowing.
A quick, collage-style card.  Haven't done one of those for such a long time.

I began by picking up my smallest acrylic block and sprinkled Brusho directly onto my block, sprayed with water then pressed onto my paper.  I like the watery impression it left behind.  
The background stamp is a long, narrow stamp from Kaisercraft that I just partially inked up and stamped over the Brusho area. 
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment that I just got.  It is by Tim Holtz.


I am adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- SPOTS and STRIPES
(a loose interpretation of the theme-small stripes in bkg and spots)

Addicted to Stamps- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Craft Stamper- TAKE A STAMP/ANYTHING GOES

Craft Your Passion- ANYTHING GOES

The Crazy Challenge- MONOCHROMATIC


Thanks so very much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Kaisercraft, Tim Holtz/ Brusho/ acrylic block/ mini mister/ Memento bl ink

22 comments:

Unknown said...

Such a simple but so effective card. Karen x

Nessa's Crafty Place said...

Beautiful card-what a striking design,yet perfectly CAS :)
Best wishes,Nessa xxx

Marie-Louise said...

Gorgeous cards Karen. Sorry I am only catching up now - I haven't had time to blog as my husband has been ill.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Awesome card and love the collage element and sentiment.

nancy littrell said...

I LOVE every single detail Karen. TFS your description. Your card is surely a winner! TFS my friend.

Barb Ghig said...

Ooh, I love how you played with your Brushos, Karen! Such a fabulous collage and sentiment, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM!

Vikki said...

What a great card! Love the CAS about it but it really pops as well!!

OH Babs said...

Love the card Karen and you can be another tip about using Brushos. I have to admit I did begin playing with them but boy did they make my fingers messy/dirty. Thanks for the info.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

This is a really cool card! I've heard Brushos really stain so I'm wondering how they fared on your acrylic block. Not that a stained block is bad... you could probably find it easier in a mess than a clear one!

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Gorgeous art work. Happy Friday!

Love and hugs
Maarit

Ellie Knol said...

Happy you're with us in the TIMI challenge from the Craft Stamper... love your composition!
xxx Ellie Knol xxx

Loll said...

Very cool ... and very creative, my friend. LOVE the acrylic block brushos background and collage of stamps. xx

Deepti said...

Oh so cool and stunning :)

Bobby said...

You're the epitome of that sentiment, Karen. Love this collage! (but no flowers? lol) Thanks for joining us at ATSM this week.

Anonymous said...

This is super cool, Karen! I really like the sentiment, the watery green and the background stamp. Lovely and striking combination! Thanks for playing over at ATSM's CAS challenge this week. Melissa - DT

A Pink said...

I LOVE your card Karen . A fine example of less is more . Stunning ! Good luck x

Rocky said...

Brusho's are great aren't they, I love what you've done here. Thank you for joining us at TMR.

Linda said...

Fabulous CAS design. Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper challenge ..... good luck! Linda xx

Lucille K said...

Great card and I love that sentiment it's so true :)

Pillan said...

Nice card! Thanks for joinins us at The Crazy Challenge.
/Pillan, DT

LeAnne said...

Cool!

Deborah Frings said...

Love the look of this card - great image and colours. Thanks so much for playing along with The Male Room, and I'm sorry I'm so late commenting!! Deborah x