CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 180

Welcome to the new challenge  at CAS-ual Fridays!

I used the Starlequin background, white embossed onto watercolour cardstock and coloured with Zig markers and water, plus some Wink of Stella. I added a sentiment from Wall Flower, and then fussy cut around the edge of the Starlequin image before mounting the panel onto a pale bluee card base. I sponged the edge of the card with a little bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, too. Some sequins were the finishing touch. 

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CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 176

Hello! Today at CAS-ual Fridays challenge, it's a colour challenge!

I made a one layer card with some masking and copic colouring.

 I used the Pretty Posies stamp set from CASual Fridays, with images stamped in Tide Pool, Fresh Peach, and Wet Cement shadow inks from Hero Arts. I then chose Copic markers to blend with the inks and did some quick Copic colouring. I didn't do too much blending because the shadow inks are not Copic-fast, and I didn't want the outlines to bleed too much. 
 I added some Wink of Stella to the large flowers as a finishing touch.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the design team have created HERE, and make your own creation to join in on the challenge!

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CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 175

Welcome to a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

 I always need reminding to use my patterned papers - I have a much larger stash than I need (don't we all?) and I seem to reach for stamps and inks heaps more than I do patterned paper.

I had this piece of pink ombre paper from a Gossamer Blue kit from a couple of years ago, so I thought I'd add a sentiment from Sassy Smiles. I tried to mimic the ombre on the paper a little bit with the sentiment, by stamping it with a combination of Soft Cantaloupe and Raspberry Jam Shadow Inks from Hero Arts, then stamping over again with Versamark and clear embossing. I added this piece to a white card front, and put a couple of thin strips of red foil cardstock to define the edges.

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CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 174

Welcome to the latest CAS-ual Fridays challenge! This time, we're using a sketch:

Do you recognise the colours and the pattern? I used up leftovers from the background I made for the last CAS-ual Fridays challenge, using Full on Floral! I cut the watercoloured panel using the Four Petals Fri-dies, and I added a few more using plain coloured cardstock scraps from my stash, and used glue dots to attach them in a 3x3 grid pattern to match the sketch. I stamped the sentiment from Wall Flower onto some vellum with Versafine onyx black ink and clear embossed it, and then attached it over the middle, along with some sequins.

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CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 173

Welcome to a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

For this challenge, I used 6 colours and 6 sequins to make this card:

I used "Full on Floral" for the coloured panel, and a sentiment from "Shenanigans". 

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Off the edge, and a CASE

I had a birthday card to make today for a special friend. I decided to combine two challenges - to CASE a designer at Where Creativity meets C9, and Off the Edge at CASual Fridays.

I chose to case Lindsey Larsen's card from September last year - she used flowers across the top of her card, and a bold sentiment with a mixture of fonts (the sentiment is from CASual Fridays and from Concord & 9th). You can check out her card HERE.  I mixed it up by cutting the top edge of my card around some of the Concord & 9th floral image.
I stamped in Old Paper Distress ink, then coloured with Zig clean color real brush markers and water. I stamped the image over the top of the watercolouring with Old Paper again to add a bit more definition, but I was going for an "almost not there" kind of look, so didn't want a bold outline, which is why I chose Distress Ink - I knew it would diffuse into the water.  I did, however, want a bold sentiment, so the first line is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, and the "lovely" is stamped multiple times with Hero Arts Soft Blossom shadow ink.  I finished with a little Wink of Stella on the flowers and some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

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Watercolour thank you

After a very busy week at work, and an even busier couple of days coming up, I needed some crafty time today to keep me sane!  I went in search of a challenge, and visited CASual Fridays challenge. I was in the mood for some Zigs, so I pulled out some watercolour paper and made a one-layer card.

I used the Wall Flower stamp set from CASual Fridays Stamps, along with a new favourite of mine, the Mini Thank You from Studio Katia.  For the larger flowers, I stamped in Versamark ink and then white heat embossed, before adding some Zig clean color real brush marker in red, orange and pink, and misted with water. I then used the smaller flower image, and painted the stamp with the same colours of Zigs, but then misted the stamp with water before stamping.  Both of these techniques end up with unpredictable results - you have to embrace the uncertainty!

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Blow out the bonfire!

I got a bit inky today - you should have seen how purple and blue my hands were after making this card! 

I used the "Shenanigans" stamp set from CASual Fridays stamps.

 I'll be sharing this card at the CASual Fridays Challenge blog.

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CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 140

There's a new CASual Fridays challenge on, and it's

Michele's idea of summer includes having a tan, wearing white, and bright colours, so this challenge is to use tan, white and one bright colour. I chose red. 

 I used 3 stamps from the CASual Fridays set, "Shenanigans" and the smallest stamp from "Christmas Carols".  I used Real Red ink from Stampin' Up, some red and white bakers twine from Darice, and three little dots of Diamond Stickles. 

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CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 139

Hello, and welcome to CAS-ual Fridays challenge - it's our birthday challenge!  To celebrate with CASUal Fridays, our challenge to you is to make a birthday card using the colours in the CASual Fridays logo - Black, White, Orange and Turquoise.  

 I went a bit literal with this one, and used the logo as my guide! 

 I used the sentiment and flowers from "Wallflower", and added some dots from Simon Says Stamp.  I used Hero Arts Shadow inks in Soft Pool and Orange Soda, plus Hero Arts Black die ink. 

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CAS-ual Fridays challenge 138

Welcome back to another challenge for CAS-ual Fridays.

You must use kraft, flowers, and some twine. Here's what I did.

For those of you that know me, no I am not ill but, yes, I did use the colour orange (and it's not in a rainbow!) It's nice to break out of your comfort zone once in a while! LOL!

I used Casual elegance for the flower stalks and the sentiment, Wonderful Words for the flowers, and Christmas Carols for the line and dot border, all stamped in Versamark, and white embossed with Hero Arts embossing powder.   The bakers twine is from Darice.

 Looking forward to seeing your krafty floral creations over at CAS-ual Fridays!
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CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 137

Welcome to another challenge at CAS-ual Fridays! While we're still sweltering through summer down under and looking forward to Autumn, Spring is coming soon in the northern hemisphere, so the challenge this week is:

that is, use spring time colours, and a musical theme.  This is what I came up with:

I used a sentiment from Big Treble (which I mounted onto my acrylic block with a curve), along with Double Note Fri-Dies to create a mask to sponge Distress Inks in spring like colours.  I also sponged the same colours behind the die cut stitched panel. 

 I'm looking forward to seeing all your pretty spring colours in your cards.  Make sure you link them up!

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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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