Card Concept & CAS(E) this Sketch

Another challenge over at The Card Concept! I’ll admit, I struggled with this challenge. I’m not very good with Tropical flowers and plants! Hahaha! So I decided to ink up one of my favourite Reverse Confetti stamp sets! I was inspired to make my bestie a “pretty in pink” birthday card!

I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my layout! It was challenging! I loved it! Please forgive my photos! I’m blogging from my iPhone as my computer is long gone! Must buy a new one soon! I was inspired by the colours and the party theme!

The links won’t go into my post tonight! I’ll try again in the morning!

Case this Sketch #378-With Sympathy

Happy Weekend!

My mom asked me to make some Sympathy Cards and I thought the sketch at Case this Sketch this week looked perfect for what I had in mind. I used one of my favourite Verve Stamp sets called “Beautiful Things” and coloured the flower with my Copic markers. I let the pattern paper help me to design the colours.

Take Care & Sparkle {SSS Wednesday Challenge, CAS(E) this Sketch & Color Throwdown

Today I made a card for three different challenges; Simon Says Stamp {Sparkle}, CAS(E) this Sketch and the Color Throwdown. One of my cards was watercoloured and the other card, I used my Copic markers. I also inked up the Bamboo Rose stamp set again, from Altenew. 

       

I loved the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch and used my new Tim Holtz stencil to add some neutral gray to my top card. The sparkle is the shiny sequins on my card. They sparkle in the light!

Coffee Lover's Hop & CAS(E) this Sketch

Tonight I was inspired to make one more card for the Coffee Lovers Spring Hop! I pulled out the Jane's Doodles set called Coffee Time and watercoloured one of the little mugs in the set. 

I used the great sketch again over at  CAS(E) this Sketch. I wanted to keep my design clean and very simple. 

CTD #385 & CTS #165 {Beautiful}

Thursday already? Where does the time go? My Spring Break is slowly fading away and so I wanted to spend some more time in my craft room. Hubby is out riding his bike. Although I should be prepping supper or scrubbing some pots, my craft room beckoned...and so I went in search of some inspiration!

I stumbled upon the current Color Throwdown Challenge #385. This is one of the first challenges I ever did as a blogging and it still is a favourite of mine. I loved the teal, aqua and gold combo! I used Mermaid's Lagoon & Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink to watercolor my roses. The sentiment is gold embossed.

Then I wanted to play with a sketch and I remembered the great sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch. I remembered it with the sentiment on the stripe going across...oh well! I hope they can see how I was inspired!

Paper Smooches & CAS(E) this Sketch {You Are Unique}

There's a fun challenge at Paper Smooches and it inspired me to watercolour! I took the leaf stamp from the Zoo Crew set (NBUS) and I inked it in the pattern of the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch. Then I coloured each leaf in a unique colour. The background was washed with water and then I dropped some china blue distress ink around it, to make a "watery" look. The sentiment comes from Swanky Snowdudes.

I let the ink go all over the card...haphazardly because being "unique" is about colouring outside of the lines! I hope you can see how I was inspired!

 

Season's Greetings {CAS Christmas}

I love the sketches at CAS(E) that Sketch! This week's sketch is very cool and I decided to go a little "off the sketch" but I hope you can see how I was inspired. I made a CAS Christmas card and so I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp too. Yay!

 

I just purchased this new Hero Arts stamp set from Butterfly Reflections Ink called "Holiday Petals & Leaf Stamp".  Anytime I can find a new poinsettia set, I buy it! I have a thing for poinsettias!

CASE this Sketch & Simon Says Stamp Very, Merry Christmas}

Hooray! World Card Making Day today! I have been stamping up a storm! I wanted to play along with the CASE this Sketch Challenge! Wow! LOVE the sketch! I also wanted to play along with Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes Challenge".

 

I just purchased this beautiful new poinsettia stamp set from Stampin' Up called "Reason for the Season". I also ordered their new poinsettia punch and I will admit, I am not in love with it. I find it difficult to make the poinsettia with it. I will keep trying.

I stamped the poinsettias in Memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured with my Copic markers.

The Challenge #43 {Inspiration Challenge}

Hello and welcome to The Challenge! 

We are so excited about this week's challenge because we get to introduce you to a new team mate!!! I am thrilled to welcome, Diane Jaquay to our team! Welcome, Diane. I asked Diane to share a bit about herself...here's what she had to say!

Diane Jaquay

Hello!  My name is Diane Jaquay and I'm super excited to be a part of The Challenge design team!  I love paper crafts, particularly creating cards, I think I'm "addicted" to it!  Anytime I can sit down and find time to create I'm a happy camper.  I live in beautiful Lancaster County, PA with my programmer/analyst husband and 14 year old daughter.  My son recently left us to attend Bloomsburg University, and I'm definitely missing him like crazy.  I home school my daughter and currently don't have a job outside of the home, and I think I like it that way.  My home is my haven and I love being here.  In addition to crafting, I love nature, reading, spending time with my family, and watching good TV shows and movies.  I also love to watch some of the reality TV shows that are on, my favorite being Big Brother (ha ha, yes, I'm not too proud to admit that, it's my guilty pleasure).  I'm thankful that Lesley asked me to be a part of her team, and I hope that my creations inspire you.

Thank you Diane!!! This week we have an inspiration challenge and I was so excited to make my card! I really wanted to do some watercolouring and some fussy cutting. I will admit, this card did not turn out as I had hoped...it is a little "weird" to me but I think you can see I was inspired by the colours and the textures of the photo. I usually like to have a white or "clean" card base but I was trying to recreate the wall in the background of the photo. I also used the awesome sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch! Love it! I thought it worked perfectly for the design I had in my mind! I hope you do too! I used a retired My Favourite Things stamp set.

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Alanna 

(Featured Designer)

Kim Heggins	Anita Madden	Kimberly Wiener
Lee Ann Barrett	Claire Broadwater	Nance Salkeld
Lori Tecler	Diane Jaquay	Michele Ferguson

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