JUGS #280

I'm just squeaking in at Just Us Girls for their burlap challenge.  I'm also cheating.  Sort of.  It didn't say you had to use real burlap.  I don't have any but I do have the MFT burlap stamp.  Next best thing IMHO.

I stamped some kraft cardstock in HA Soft Brown with the burlap stamp after cutting both layers with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles.  The flower die is from Memory Box colored with liquid watercolor.  The watercolors were given to me by my art teacher granddaughter several years ago but I wasn't quite sure how to use them until I saw this video by Jill Foster on the Penny Black blog.  A tag by SSS with a sentiment from PB and a little "burlap" string and my "on trend" card is complete. Or as my Dad would say "Not bad for a quickly thrown together _____."  He usually said "meal" but I think card applies.  ;-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Time Out #4 and CASE Study #189

Happy Tuesday, All

I was out of town yesterday so I didn't get to participate in the Online Card Class - Watercolor, and I'm anxious to get started. Before I do, I have a couple of cards for challenges ending shortly.  First up is CASE Study.

This is Wida's lovely card and I'm not sure I did it justice.  I always feel that way when I force an idea.

I used a NBUS border stamp from The Alley Way in a variety of Hero Arts inks.  The sentiment is also from HA that I did a little surgery on so I could stack the words.

The next card I like a whole lot better.  The challenge at Time Out was to CASE Virginia Lu's card.

I was inspired by the patterned paper and the large element nested on jute.  This is a NBUS butterfly die from Memory Box. The outline is cut in black and embossed with black sparkle and the solid part is cut from aqua vellum so there's a sheerness to it.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by.  I'm off to get some lunch and then watch the class videos.  The next cards you see will be homework.

CF#115 and DCD #134

While I had my inks out yesterday, I made another card for a couple of fall challenges.  CASual Friday

and Die Cuttin' Divas - Fall Colors

The leaves are from Straight from the Nest, cut from a scrap of orange print paper, and highlighted with some Distress Inks.  The bottom layer is a plaid from an old, old stack.  On top of it is kraft cardstock, antiqued around the edge with Walnut Stain.  I cut apart a Hero Arts sentiment and stamped it with Kraft Ink from PTI, tied on some gold colored jute, and popped up a couple of the leaves.   Now if this doesn't say Fall, what does?

ETA:  I'm also going to enter this at  Addicted to CAS.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the colors in nature so matter the season where you are.