CAS(E) This Sketch #371

I'm cutting it kind of short for my entry into the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.  It took me until last night to come up with something that I liked.

I've been trying to use more of my patterned paper and this one caught my eye.  Well to be honest plaid always catches my eye and I thought this would be a little different.  The photo editing makes it have more of a yellowish cast but it matches the ivory cs I used for the card base and the hemstitch die cut oval.  The Altenew Weekend Doodles were stamped in brown and heat embossed in clear so I could color it with Zigs to match the colors in the plaid.  There was only room for a tiny sentiment and this one is from PB.  Good for the times I'd say.

So take care all of you visitors to my blog.  Thanks for dropping by.

Just Us Girls #410 - Trend Week

I'm hosting the challenge at Just Us Girls this week and I've chosen

Not sure what this is?  You put ink on your acrylic block, spritz it with water and stamp on watercolor paper.  It's best if you leave the block on the paper for a few minutes to let the ink soak in.  For a more detailed description of this technique, check out this blog post and video by Jennifer McGuire. That's where I got my inspiration to make my card.

After my Distress Ink was dry, I white embossed the flower and sentiment from PTI's Stemmed Sentiments, trimmed down the panel (my block wasn't centered) and mounted it on Summer Sunrise cs.  See anything unusual about my card?  Gasp! I added some sequins.  Not something I often do but I thought the card called for it.

While I was playing around with the technique I tried it in another color way.

I used another flower from the stamp set and mounted the panel on Plum Pudding.  I decided it was about time to start using some of my colored cardstock.  And sequins. *wink*

I will tell you that there's a fine line between not enough water and too much, but don't let that discourage you.  Mop up the excess with a paper towel and you might be surprised at the results you get.

Just Us Girls #336

And another week rolls around.  Time for a photo challenge from Just Us Girls.

I have to say that I must have looked at this photo 10 times and went through all my stamps wondering what I could do for my card.  While looking for something else I noticed some seashells on my PTI Summer Jar Fillers and bingo!

I die cut a LF stitched panel from watercolor paper, stamped, painted and masked the seashells,  and then gave the panel a wash from top to bottom. Leaving the masks in place, I splattered some DI and used the Tim Holtz Distress Marker sprayer.  Instant sand!  The seagulls were hand drawn with my IdentiPen.

Need more inspiration?  Head on over to Just Us Girls to see what the rest of the design team has for you.  We'd love to see your photo inspired card in the gallery this week. You might be chosen Chic of the Week with a possibility of being a future Guest Designer.

CAS(E) This Sketch #137

The challenge:  CAS(E) This Sketch

The card:

I embossed some Fine Linen cardstock with the basketweave folder for my base. Neenah Solar White is cut by hand to fit the fern from PTI's Meadow Greens. I smooshed some ink on watercolor paper to make the fern and then die cut it, also cutting into the panel.  A tiny Snippet from PB is the sentiment.

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