CAS(E) This Sketch #373

I don't know why this card design suddenly popped into my head but I'm glad it did because it works perfectly for CAS(E) This Sketch.

The background from CF is heat embossed in white and colored with Antique Linen, Old Paper and Pumice Stone Distress Ink.  The matching flower was painted with Fossilized Amber and placed over a strip (it looks more like pumice stone IRL) that was heat embossed with a CB sentiment.  I originally had a pink flower but didn't like it so I will be making another background in a different colorway to use it.  With 20 cards going out every two weeks, I need all the generic cards I can make.

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a great day and stay safe.

Just Us Girls #441 - Color Week

Lisa is our host for Color Week at Just Us Girls and she's chosen these colors.

I had another card in mind when I remembered a background I stamped some time ago that could be finished up to meet the color challenge.

The stamp is from Concord and 9th and although the stamping isn't the best I thought it looked like denim so I left it as is.  I added Altenew inks in two shades of gray and aqua to finish up the flowers and leaves.  The label die was stamped with a Hero Arts sentiment in the same HA Navy ink that I used on the background.

The Design Team and our lovely guest, Patti Kehl, have some wonderful cards to inspire you to join our challenge.  If you do, you could be chosen Chic of the Week and have a chance to be our guest in July.

CAS(E) This Sketch #267 and Less Is More #369

I got a number of cards made this snowy, icy weekend and first up is one for CAS(E) This Sketch and Less Is More.  Here's the sketch I started with.

I had this heat embossed panel from CF in my drawer so I inked it up with some DOXs, trimmed it down and added what I "brought back" for the Less is More challenge.  Remember all those punches we used to have?  It's probably been 10 years since I used it and now I know why.  I had to use vellum for the lace because it wouldn't cut through anything else. I added a strip inked with Abandoned Coral to finish it off and gold embossed the sentiment from PTI.

Stay tuned for the rest of the week as I show off what I've been doing.  Well all but what I made for my Design Teams.  Those you'll see when the challenges go live. *wink*