Hello Chrysanthemum Friends

Hello, crafting friends!

 

I'm back today with a reminder to come and join in with The Flower Challenge where we're celebrating flowers with stencils this month :)

 

I adore all the huge flower stencils from Uniko and thought this gorgeous crysanthemum was perfect for an autumn hello to a pal. 

 

Three autumnal colours of ink were sponged into the stencil and I added depth with coloured pencils. The panel was cut out with a stitched rectangle die and mounted onto a card front.

 

The bold two-colour sentiment was created with my favourite hello die from Funky Fossil and the word friend spelled out with MFT alpha dies.

I hope you are inspired to get your stencils out and join us this month to make a floral card. Do hop over to The Flower Challenge blog and check out the cards made by my talented team mates. You'll find the blue Linky Button at the bottom of that post and can use it to share your own creation. We can't wait to see what you make!

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up at The Paper Players where Joanne has chosen the colour theme Shades of Orange and Brown; and also joining in with the Anything Stenciled Goes challenge at Stencil Fun.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Here's a photo of another friend!

 

This is Eva doing a fabulous recall! I am trying to look blasé and pretend that I'm pretty much a top trainer, but the reality is that I nearly dropped my phone when she turned and came running. Moments earlier she had been rolling in something suspect, oblivious to my feeble cries; and a little later on the walk, she was delighted to find a noisesome ditch she hadn't previously explored and seemed disappointed that I didn't share her excitement.

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,

A knitting pattern

Hello, crafting friends!

Today is the start of a brand new challenge at Addicted to CAS! Our hostess this fortnight is Sue and she's chosen the word Pattern which gives a whole lot of scope. 

I thought of all sorts of fun things to do but in the end I kept coming back to the idea of a knitting pattern!

I used my Knitted stencil from Funky Fossil, cutting a little mask so that I could ink up coloured rows and fading the ink out towards the right of my card.  The panel was trimmed to size with a stitched rectangle die by Heffy Doodle and attached to the card base.

The cosyiness of the woolly pattern made it the perfect background for a 'hugs' sentiment. I cut the letters three times out of grey card using the Little Letters alphabet dies by MFT. The letters were stacked and glued together and positioned on the card along with some frosty looking sequins!

Are you ready to play along with us? Click here to see what our special guest designer Milka has made to inspire you, as well as my talented team mates! Remember, ATCAS is a Clean and Simple challenge so don't forget to keep layers to a minimum and leave plenty of that all important space on your design! I can't wait to see what you make :)

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD

So pleased this card got a mention at The Color Throwdown!

CHALLENGES

I loved Lori's colours at this week's Color Throwdown so I'm linking up there; I'm also joining in at Perfectly CAS where we must use a stencil on up to one third of the card space; Use a Stencil is the theme at Uniko, so I'm playing along there too.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Have you seen ythose chunky knitted throws and blankets that are doing the rounds on Pinterest at the moment? 

Aren't they gorgeous? I know that I am not exactly known for my knitting skills (this is quite an understatement!) but surely even I could make something on massive needles! What do you think?!

Sending hugs,