CAS-ual Fridays: CFC 199

Welcome to a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

 I started by stamping and masking the flowers and leaves from CAS-ual Fridays "Pretty Posies". Before removing the masks, I used an ink blending tool to add Distress Oxide ink in Broken China and Salty Ocean. I also spattered on some water droplets, and some Perfect Pearls mixed with water. I removed the masks, coloured the images with Copic markers, added a sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays "Mon Ami", and cut the left edge to give a little bit of white space, and to match the sketch (notice how one of the stars in the sketch is off the edge?) 

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Fusion: The Harbour

Welcome to a new challenge at Fusion!

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Birthday Butterflies

I had to make another card with the oh-so-pretty "Stitching Butterflies" die from the "Fluttering By" release from Simon Says Stamp. I went for a completely different look to the card I posted yesterday - yesterday was bold and bright, this card is soft and pretty.

I used Distress Oxide inks to create the rainbow of pastel colours on the bottom edge. I die cut the butterflies from white Bristol cardstock, and sponged on some colour. I added a sentiment from "Thoughtful Messages", also from Simon Says Stamp, and a scattering of jewels from Studio Katia.

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April release from Simon Says Stamp

I got a package yesterday from Simon Says Stamp, with some gorgeous new dies released in April, and some slightly older (but still relatively recent) dies and stamps. I put them together over an alcohol ink background and came up with this:

The butterfly is from the "Stitching Butterflies" die set in the April release called "Fluttering By". I cut the wings from vellum and the body from white cardstock. The sentiment is "Big Thanks" dies (also cut from white card and vellum) and "Big Thanks Words" stamps, embossed onto a scrap of grey card. The background is Yupo with alcohol inks, with some hot pink foil over the top.

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Purple bouquet for Mother's Day

I made this card for my workmate, Krista - her mum really likes purple :)

I used stamps from Studio Katia, coloured with Zig clean color real brush markers.

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