Ombre Set

I was inspired by Zsoka's ombre cards to make this set.  She used the Altenew A Study in Watercolour set, but I used the Floral Shadow set. I mixed it up with a sentiment from the Uniko Birthday Wishes set.

My entry to ...

... CAS Mix Up : Ombre 

... Time Out Challenge : Nature

... The Flower Challenge : Focus on Background stamping

Ombre Leaves

Some ombre stamping ...

My entry to ...

... AAA Cards Challenge : Along the Edge

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

Stamp Kissing

It's been a while since I used the stamping kissing technique. The creative process went like this ...

• When I had created this card, I thought "this would be a good stamp to try stamp kissing"
• But it wasn't so easy because although it was a solid image, I was using different colours for the petals and leaves. It took a lot of wiping away the "wrong" colour from the parts I didn't want stamped.

• Then I thought of Watercolour Wonders - one of my favourite stamp sets! The leaves and petals are on different stamps. So much easier to control especially as I spaced them so I could die cut them.

Here's a close up of the stamp kissing ... using the flourish stamp from the Block Print set. The background is one of the other stamps from the same set which I partially inked so to only get the edges.I added mint Liquid Pearls to make a center.

Since I had some die cuts left over, I decorated the envelope too.

My entry to ...

... Altenew January Inspiration Challenge

... Freshly Made Sketches #371

Distress Oxides on Kraft

I had not planned on using my Distress Oxides on the kraft, but the creation process sometimes goes in it's own direction.

I started with leftover pieces of kraft after die cutting a frame. I had stamped my Floral Shadow stamping in Hero Arts White Unicorn with the intention of colouring with Prismacolour crayons. But then I thought the area was too great and decided to try painting with Distress Oxides as a quick solution. Decided to add some pencil at the end to give some more detail.

I popped up the middle panel on foam to give it extra dimension.

Added white enamel accents to the flower centers and doodled white dots and lines with a gel pen.

My entry to ...

... Inkspirational Challenge : Kraft

... Papercraft Challenges : Celebrate

Gold leaves

A CAS card inspired by Rebecca at Less is More ...

Popped up the panel with red foam. Lovely gold splatters made with Gold Delicata refill ink.

A different angle to catch the gold embossing ...

My entry for ...

... Less is More Challenge : Lucky Dip

... CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge #291