A Spray of Carnations

Hello, crafting friends!

 

Today's card has been lying about on my desk all month! In early January, I had enthusiastically stamped some carnations on some snippets of white card and fussy cut them, but then came up blank on what to do with them. From time to time I'd pick them up and arrange them on a card base and then rearrange them, and then sigh and put them to one side. Can anyone relate?!

 

It's now nearly the end of January but here's the card in a state of completion! The carnations are from a retired Stampin' Up set (rather confusingly called Inspiring Iris.) To showcase them, I finally decided to stamp a Uniko background called Wonky Stripes onto a card base and colour the stripes with a variety of pink coloured pencils. On this background, the carnations were assembled into a curved spray and glued into place.

 

The card was finished with a favourite sentiment from another ancient SU set, stamped first with versamark and then dark red ink and heat embossed for a lovely shiny look. I also added a pink bow, cut out of a snippet of pink card with a die from MFT's Birthday Cocktail die set.

 

CHALLENGES

I'm linking up with Stamping Sensations, the challenge that had got me stamping carnations in the first place! There's a mood board featuring them and I took my pink and red colour palette from the board too. I'm also skipping over to play at The Snippets Playground as plenty of white and pink card off cuts were used in this creation.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

One of the joys of having two dogs is that it changes the dynamic with the other dogs you meet. Eva loves other dogs but is not very confident around bold dogs, especially now she's an older girl. Lulu on the other hand IS a bold dog!! On our walks we sometimes meet a lady with a large boxer called Boris. He is playful but rather pushy around Eva who stays close to me when he's around. He was out on the fields this morning and Lulu, noting his behaviour, told him off for leering at Eva and then proceeded to flirt outrageously with him herself! I love her boldness: when other dogs try to establish their superiority over her, she just frolicks around them, dancing just out of reach; when she's got their interest she gallops off, luring them to chase her, and she is SO fast they can never catch her. When they return, they are always her slaves for ever and she has protected Eva from their unwanted attentions! Darling Lulu :)

 

Sending hugs,

A bright hello!

Hello, crafting friends!

 

Welcome back to the Addicted to CAS challenge! We have enjoyed our break and are ready to inspire you to craft along with us again :) The talented Vicki is hosting this fortnight's challenge with this word:

Triangles are such a cool motif and can be used to make any kind of card!

 

For my simple one layer card, I decided to mask off a triangular background. I stamped Uniko's Wonky Stripes background into it using black ink and outlined it with a sharp black pencil. The stripes were coloured in rainbow colours with my coloured pencils - love these for one layer cards as they don't show through.

 

I finished with a favourite die cut sentiment from Funky Fossil. I cut this out of black card stock then smothered it in versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder for a lovely shiny finish. The flourish was too long for the card width so I trimmed the excess that hung off the card front.

So, now it's over to you! Are you ready to create using triangles? Do hop over to the Addicted to CAS challenge blog and see the amazing ideas my teamies have had. You'll find the Linky Tool at the bottom of the post so that you can link up your own creation. Don't forget to keep your card nice and clean and simple - and have fun!

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up with Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge and Happy Little Stampers Die Challenge where Anything Goes; I'm also joining in at Stamping Sensations where Anything Goes with an option to add a die cut; and at Addicted To Stamps and More where there's a Make Your Mark challenge.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Eva and her puppy friend were so happy to meet up again after the holidays!

They galloped around like a pair of loons until Eva suddenly remembered she was a Grown Up Lady Dog!!

Sending hugs,

A breezy hello

Hello, crafting friends!

It's Tuesday and that means that we have another fun challenge for you at CAS Colours and Sketches! Wei is hosting this month and she has chosen a beautiful colour combination this week:

I started my card by stamping the new-to-me Background Blocks Wonky Stripes by Uniko on a card panel.  The stripes were coloured with blue and Cabana alcohol markers for a breezy ocean feel.

The flowers are from an old Stampin' Up set, Painted Petals, and I stamped them and added extra colour with alcohol markers. After fussy cutting them, I glued them to the background and added a crisp white sentiment, cut with the Little Letters alphabet from MFT.

So now it's over to you! Do go to the CAS Colours and Sketches blog to see all the amazing inspiration from the team and from this month's wonderful guest, Melanie Hungerford. You'll find a linky tool there so that you can link up your creation. Don't forget to keep your design nice and CAS!

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD

This card won an honourable mention at Time Out :)

CHALLENGES

Coincidentally, the current challenge at Time Out has a beautiful inspiration photo in our colours, so I used it to inspire my design. I loved the boards on the floor and the ceiling and those gorgeous chairs contrasting with the bright flowers. I'm also linking this card at NBUS where it's all about sharing your Never Before Used Schtuff.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

You know, sometimes, all you need in life is a bit of a tummy rub. And then everything starts to look okay again.

I'm pretty sure this only works if you are a dog ;)

Sending hugs,