Little love notes

Hello, crafting friends!

Are you up for a new challenge? When there's a fifth Tuesday in the month we make it even easier for you at CAS Colours and Sketches, providing both the sketch AND the colours!

I don't have any ink pads even close to these colours but I wasn't going to let that stop me! To create the banner, I masked off the shape on a card base with sticky notes and got my coloured pencils out. I matched the Tangerine and Peach colours as closely as possible and created a blend using the crosshatch technique.

For the rectangular element of the sketch I stamped the notebook from Sugar Pea's Beautiful Books set onto pink card stock and fussy cut it. The bookmark was added using a matching scrap of ribbon, which I trimmed into a fishtail to echo the banner. I found a tangerine marker and used it to ink up the glasses from the set, cutting them out and positioning them on top of the notebook.

The set also comes with this sentiment and a variety of hearts which I used to link the main image with the background.

So now it's your turn! hop on over to the CAS Colours and Sketches blog where you'll find heaps of inspiration from the design team. You'll also find the Linky Tool there and will be able to  link up your own creation. Please remember to keep your card clean and simple with that all important clear, unpatterned space, but above all have fun! 

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up with Perfectly CAS, where the challenge is to make a clean and simple card using just one corner and using up to one third of the card front.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

This weekend I met up with family for a picnic in a large country park. It was beautiful, with pathways meandering through wildflower meadows, wooded areas and unexpected views over rolling hills. Eva, who gets very distressed on long journeys, was unable to come with me but as we were strolling back to the car after lunch, I felt a little sniff at the back of my legs, turned and found a young golden retriever there who obviously recognised a friend! His owners raced up and were very apologetic but of course I assured them it was an honour to be singled out by a golden pup! Later we saw the family again by the side of a muddy pond in which the golden was swimming around with the air of a dog who feels sure there must be ducks in here somewhere! He was only eight months old and reminded me so much of Eva at that age.

Sending hugs,