Colourful Butterfly- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

I can't believe it's August already, the summer is going way too fast!

A new month means a new theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Our theme this month is Colourful Butterflies.

We are so happy to have a Guest Designer joining us too.  

Guest Designer:  Amy (Miss_Lomax_Art)

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and masked along the edges of my card front.

Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and inked up the Shattered Glass stamp with some DOX inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  The water helps the inks move and blend together.

While that dried, I stamped the butterfly on a scrap of cardstock and used some more of the DOX inks and a wet paintbrush to watercolour it all in.  

When the main panel was all dry, I stamped the flowers, then I took my ScorBug and added scored lines down each side to help define the inked area.  For those of you that are not familiar with a ScorBug, it is a scoring tool that can be used with your ScorPal to add little perforated scored dots.  

I placed the piece back into my Misti and stamped the sentiment, then fussy cut out the butterfly and pop dot mounted it over the inked background.  I added some black gems to the butterfly body as well.

I hope you get a chance to check out the beautiful butterfly gallery and all the wonderful cards created by our most talented team!

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- SUMMER

Sweet Stampers- SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Shattered Glass (Local King); Lunar Buds (Lavinia); Wings of Change (Visible Image)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxides- Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers,

Wilted Violet; Evergreen Bough; Broken China (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- ScorBug; ScorPal; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Mister (TH); paintbrush;

black gems; Tombow Mono clear glue

Rainbow Wishes

Good Morning.

I've had some extra time this long weekend to make some cards which has been fun.

I am also playing along with some of the challenges at Splitcoast Stampers for their big event held every year with contests and prizes for it's members.  I just love it there and I am always inspired by the creative spirit found there.  It is such a wonderful community of people.

This was a simple card, tried to make it more masculine and fun.

I began by placing the Shattered Glass stamp inside my Misti, inked with Versamark and pressed onto my heavy weight paper.  I then clear heat embossed the image.

Next, I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto my non-stick craft sheet.  I wet a section of my card front with water and using a paint brush, dripped the inks onto that area.  I continued around my card front adding the different colours and letting the inks run over each other.

When the piece was dry, I stamped the birthday sentiment in the center using my Misti and Archival black ink and added some Nuvo Drops.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dare 2B Artzy- PASTEL COLOURS

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Create- ANYTHING CREATIVE/MIXED MEDIA

Supplies

Stamps- Shattered Glass (Local King); Handwritten Happiness (MFT)

Inks- DOX-Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade,

Broken China (TH); Versamark; Archival Black (Ranger)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; Nuvo Drops; pop dots

For You

Good Morning.

Simple card today.  Haven't played with my Brushos for awhile now and it was time.

This Shattered glass stamp from Local King is such a great one to use for watercolouring or Brushos.  

I began by stamping the image with my Misti and Versamark then white heat embossed.

I sprinkled on Brushos, sprayed with water and left it to dry.

I die-cut the Just for You from Penny Black and rubbed it with Stormy Sky Distress ink roughly to give it a bit of a distressed feel.

I glued the die-cut onto my card front then mounted the piece on a stitched border piece of white.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- CRUNCH

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

The Paper Players- DIE CUT, FUSSY CUT

Love to Create- MIXED MEDIA, ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG.

Have a great week and thanks.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King/ die- PB, Memory Box/ ink- Versamark, Distress/ Brushos/ Mini mister/ white eb powder/ heat tool

Classic Navy

 Meet today's card.

A super simple monochromatic card using a classic color combo, navy and white.

Those colors just remind me of summer; maybe nautical?

I always like a nice crisp, white border on my cards so I began by masking off the edge with Painter's Tape.  I stamped the flower from Local King onto a piece of scrap paper and cut it out to use as a mask and set that aside.

I then placed my flower stamp inside my MISTI so it was positioned right in the bottom corner, inked it up with Faded Jeans Distress ink and stamped.  This stamp is so detailed that I repeated that process again to get a dark, rich stamping.

Next, I placed the paper mask over the first flower I had stamped and stamped the flower image again on either side repeating the above process.  By doing that, I made the corner flower really become the focal point as the other flowers appear to be behind the first image.

 I stamped this sentiment, one of my favs from Rubbernecker, on the top corner and then sponged on some more Faded Jeans ink over the piece.

The final finishing touch was to pierce a border around the edge which really brought the whole layout together so well and added great interest.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING SUMMER

 CAS on Sunday- BLACK, WHITE, ONE OTHER COLOR

Come and Get It- PAPER PIERCING

Inkspirational Challenge- MASKING

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks so much for coming by.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Rubbernecker/ ink- Memento, DI/ piercing tool/ applicator tool/ painter's tape

One Layer Magic

Morning.

First, I want to wish all the Moms out there a very
 Happy Mother's Day!!

As most of your already know, I love making clean and simple card so when I saw the challenge at Splitcoast, I just couldn't resist and had to play along.

So, the challenge was to create a one-layer card inspired by the host's board on Pinterest.  

I couldn't settle on just one card so I created my card based on the many elements that can be added to make a one-layer card special.  You know what they say, 'It's all in the details'.

I took a few of the card elements found on the cards there and put them together like the masking, sponging, inking, splattering and scoring.  

To create the side panel, I masked then I randomly put some Distress ink on my acrylic block, sprayed with water and dragged the ink down the side of my card. By dragging my inky block, I got a swipe of colour instead of a more concentrated block of colour and I like that there is still some white showing through.  I wiped off my long acrylic block each time then applied a different colour, sprayed with water and dragged again. I stamped the feather using my Misti then splattered white acrylic paint over the image to add more interest. I also added scoring to the side of the panel with my Scorbug and my ScorPal. 
The sentiment was stamped with black Memento ink and heat embossed to help make it pop.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS Mix Up- STAMPING, HEAT EMBOSSING, and YOUR CHOICE

(splatter, acrylic block inking)

 CASology- MOVE

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK 

Craft Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

I hope you enjoy a wonderful day and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- STAMPlorations, Local King/ Distress-Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Dusty Concord/ Memento ink/ wh acrylic paint/ paintbrush/ MISTI/ long acrylic block

Penciled In

Meet today's card.

I had never tried a technique call Sketched Stamping before, so when I saw the challenge at Splitcoast I really wanted to give it a try.  The idea is to make any stamped image look as though it has been sketched with a pencil instead of stamped with ink.

Basically what you do is to faintly stamp an image.  You can do that by either using a very light stamp colour or by inking and stamping off on a scrap piece of paper.  Next, you take a pencil and sketch over the stamped image adding some shading and definition with the pencil marks. 

This is a new flower stamp I just bought by Local King and thought it would work perfectly for this technique because of the details and shading it has.

I faintly stamped it with grey Memento ink then penciled in over the faint image adding details and shading. I added some Antique Linen sponging to the center and around the edges for interest. I didn't have any graphite pencils to sketch with so just used a regular pencil.
The framing is done in a dark chocolate cs...had trouble getting a good photo of that, it looked black.
The sentiment is from Penny Black.


 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- MAKE IT GIRLIE

Crafty Boots- MONOCHROMATIC

Craft Your Passion- ANYTHING GOES

 Make My Monday- APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS


I hope you get a chance to try out this technique.  I had fun doing it.
Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:   stamps- Local King, Penny Black/ Memento ink/ pencil/ Distress ink/ Applicator tool

LOVE Brushos

Morning.

It's that time of year again when we talk a lot about 'LOVE'.

The challenge at Splitcoast today is called just that, L-O-V-E.  The challenge though, is not to use a heart on our card but to think outside of the box and create a card with elements using the letters of the word.  

So here is what I came up with.

I began by masking the edges of my heavy weight white cardstock and the center area using tape.  I like the look of a fresh, crisp, white border.  

Next, I attached my Shattered Glass stamp from Local King onto my MISTI.  I painted on some Brushos that I had mixed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the results of colour on my paper.  Leaving the masks in place, I took a wet paintbrush and pulled some of the colour on the outlines into the white areas to help blend the colours and to give a more watercoloured look.

I then removed the masks and added a panel with the Happy Birthday sentiment stamped onto it with pop dots. 

 I think it makes for a great card for a guy.

So here was my take on the challenge:

           L - Layered- I layered the colours by first painting Brushos onto my stamp 

           then stamping and painting again until I had the colours I wanted. 

The sentiment is also layered over the front panel.

                     O- Outlines- I pulled the colours from the outlines of the stamp to paint in the 

background with a wet paintbrush.

V- Violet- was the colour I used on the bottom portion of my card

E- Explosion- The explosion of colour. and embossing- the birthday sentiment 

was heat embossed.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- ADD 'V'

Sweet Stampin- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Inkspirational Challenge- POP

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Studio G/ Brushos/ paint brush/ painter's tape/ Memento ink/ pop dots/ MISTI

Burst of Colour

Morning.  It's been such a busy week I just haven't had time to stamp at all.  

The challenge at Splitcoast this am was to create a watercolour background so I just had to play along.  Here's what I did to created my card.

First, I inked the stamp from Local King (I think it is shattered glass) with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Next, I sprinkled Bister (a paint medium) all over the embossing and sprayed with a generous amount of water.  Love the burst of colours that appeared.  

When that was all dry, I cut a curve then stamped the sentiment and mounted the painted piece with pop dots.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Shopping Our Stash- LOST and FOUND

(this shattered glass stamp that I found in a drawer)

Fab 'n' Funky- MASCULINE

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting From the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Local King, Hero Arts/ wh embossing powder/ Bister/ mini mister/ heat tool/ bl Memento ink/ curved die-SSS

Masculine Birthday

On my continued pursuit to create some 'masculine looking' cards, here is what I created.  For this one I used a big bkg. stamp from Local King Stamp (love the graphic look) and after masking the center section, stamped it on an angle.  I then added the sentiment and coloured the masked area with a Copic marker.  I added the scoring lines for interest and also coloured some of the squares to make them pop.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Local King Stamp, Woodwares/ Copic markers/ pop dots/ Scorbug

Just Chillin

Ok!  Who doesn't want to be sitting on this beach right now??  The water would be too cold yet, but sitting in the sun would be wonderful especially with a nice summer fruity drink in hand.   Oh well, a girl can dream can't she?

Today, I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast and here is what I came up with using a few new stamps I got a Stampfest (NOTE TO SELF: awesome and totally going again next year).

I stamped the chairs in Memento black then coloured them with Copics.  I did a wash on the bkg. to look like the water and the sand.

If you are at the beach or live near one right now, I am totally jealous.  
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps:  Local King Stamps; Rubber Soul/ Copics/ Distress inks/ pop dots