CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 136

It's time again for another challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

That is, make a card using watercolour that has a love theme.  Here's what I made:

I started with a swish of dark and mid-pink watercolour on a white card base.  I then added some die-cut quavers from Double Note Fri-Dies cut from cardstock from my scraps file, and a sentiment from Big Treble. Some Wink of Stella painted onto the black quavers finished the card.

Make sure you drop in to CASual Fridays and link up your watercolour love!

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Online Card Class CAS 4 - Day 1 again!

I know, I already made a card for day 1 of the Online Card Class, but there was another technique from Day 1 I wanted to have a go at.  This technique, called Faux Ceramic Tile, was demonstrated by Julie Ebersole - and it's her birthday today!  Happy birthday, Julie!!

I'll be sumbitting this card to CASology Week 131: Birthday

 and also to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. 

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Fusion - Heartful

Another challenge at Fusion has just begun - in plenty of time for you to make some Valentines Day cards!

 Will you use the photo, or the sketch, or make a Fusion like I did?

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Online Card Class CAS 4: Day 3

Jennifer McGuire used an interesting technique in today's Online Card Class - stamping with Versamark over the top of Hero Arts shadow inks to give a kind of watermark effect. (it works with some other inks, too, but I have the Hero Arts ones).  Jennifer used it to cover a whole card, but I cut down a piece to create a patterned panel.

I'll be sumbitting this card to CASology Week 131: Birthday

and also to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. 

Thanks for visiting :)

Online Card Class CAS 4: Day 2

Catching up on homework - this card is using Debby Hughes' technique to mimic paper cutting my cutting up die cuts.  I don't have many very intricate die images, so this was made with just two dies - the "love" word from Winnie and Walter, and the Fairytale Flower Border from Memory Box.

 I used shiny metallic cardstock in navy blue for the card base, so getting a clear photo was a nightmare!  Please excuse the partial fuzziness of the photos. :(  You can see the sheen on the cardstock on the photo below.

I'll be submitting this to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. 

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Online Card Class CAS 4: Day 1

Another Online Card Class is on this week - I love these!  (well, I love them when I have time to play along!)  I'm catching up on some homework today, and this is the first one I'm sharing (because it fits with Day 1 of class.) I used Jennifer McGuire's embossing with masking technique. Now, I don't have many embossing powders - I have gold, silver, white, a clear glittery one and clear.  I used the gold, silver and glitter ones on this card.

I'll be submitting this to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes. 

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A quick birthday card

I needed a quick card - this one came together by starting with Hero Arts "Many Birthday Messages", then using my Faber Castell watercolour pencils with a stencil from Create a Smile. 

Make sure you drop on over to A Blog Named Hero's Facebook page - we have lots of inspiration and ideas, and questions for you to answer as well!

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CASEing Jennifer McGuire with some new dies

I received some lovely steel dies in the mail just after Christmas from my Secret Santa, Jeanne Jachna! Thanks so much, Jeanne - so generous!
I thought I'd CASE a card by Jennifer McGuire - you can check our her's HERE.  Mine is different in that the white panel and die cut are not raised with dimensional adhesive - mainly because the die cut heart does not overlap the white panel, and it is so intricate, it would be very tricky cutting dimensional adhesive small enough!

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A new challenge at A Blog Named Hero

There's a new challenge starting today at A Blog Named Hero - the theme is "Personalise".  As soon as I saw this theme, I thought of my sister-in-law, Claudine.  Her name is not common in Australia, so when she was growing up, the shops never had a personalised keyrings or pencils or mugs with her name on it. So, seeing as her birthday is in January, I thought I'd make a card just for her.

I thought I had finished the card with just stamping (and the calligraphy for her name), but the flowers looked a little flat (even though they have a mixture of two different Hero Arts Shadow Inks on them), so I went over them with some matching Copic markers - not much, but enough.  Here's the before and after, side by side, so you can see the difference:

 Make sure you drop on in to A Blog Named Hero to check out what the rest of the Design Team have created to inspire you.

 And, don't forget, there's a voucher from Simon Says Stamp up for grabs for one lucky entrant!

Supplies:

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I'm over at A Blog Named Hero today

I have three cards on A Blog Named Hero today, all using the GORGEOUS Leaf and Flourish Stencil from Hero Arts.
Here's a sneak peek:  

Make sure you drop in to A Blog Named Hero to see the rest, and also visit again tomorrow for our brand new challenge, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

Thanks for visiting :)

Fusion - Wooden Hearts

Welcome back to another Fusion challenge!  I went quite literal with this one, and used actual wooden hearts!

I can't wait to see what you create - make sure you link up your cards at Fusion!

Thanks for visiting :)

MFT Sketch Challenge

Sorry for 3 posts in one day - I've been busy!! 

The My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge is back!  I thought I'd pull out one of my favourite MFT stamps and join in!

 Thanks for visiting :)