Outlines and solids!

The next pair in my rainbow die cut series are these two using the green to violet range of colours with The Stamp Market Botanical Beauty die.

First the inlays in colour in a white outline with a striped background die.

The diagonal stripe die is from Simon Says Stamp, called Air Vent, but I think it's not longer for sale. But there is a very similar one from Memory Box called Diagonal.

The second uses the coloured outline on a inked embossed background.

My entry to ...

... Just Us Girls : Stripes

... CAS Mix Up : Paper piecing

... Global Design Project : Sketch

 

Birthday Spring colours

Here are my next set from my zoom class examples ... spring colours! Just one end of the rainbow.

This time I used the lovely Botanical Beauty die from The Stamp Market. Such a lovely flow to this leaf.

My entry to ...

... Inspired By Challenge : Spring into Color

... Just Us Girls #577 : Photo

... Addicted to CAS : Birthday

 

Relax Your Way

The situation here in Mauritius has changed dramatically since my Birthday just over a month ago. We have been back in serious lockdown since 10 March! No one can go to work except for medical staff and essential workers. Only supermarkets are open, and you can only shop twice a week according to alphabetical surname. One mistake in our quarantine procedures for those arriving in Mauritius means we lost our ZERO covid cases status in local population as we've had for the last 10 months. We went into lockdown when there were 8 local cases and now we're at 212 new cases. Yesterday we had 230, so for the first time the numbers are going down.

Our area has been declared a red zone, so in addition to all the lockdown rules, no one is allowed in or out of the area. We can't get deliveries in from places outside the zone. 

So my son spends another Birthday in lockdown. Last year he had to cancel the party he had organised - this year he already knew he wouldn't be celebrating with his friends.

We tried to give him some fun ... I taped some paper across in front of his door ... and filled the space with balloons.

When he opened his door, he was showered with balloons. 

Since it's not an easy situation for anyone at the moment, I thought I would give a card encouraging him to be relaxed. We can only take things a day at a time.

My entry to ...

... Addicted to CAS : Shapes

... Make the Card : Masculine

Christmas in July

My first Christmas Card for this year ... Christmas in July.

My entry to ...

... Die Cut Divas : Christmas in July

... AAA Cards : Made in Minutes (optional Christmas in July)

... CAS(e) This Sketch #380

... Just Add Ink : Choose Two : Trees, Texture are my choices

... Global Design Project #249 

More Mini Wishes

While I had the stamps out from this card, it was so much fun I had to make some more.  This time I went with the presents instead of the balloons.

And decided the road need not be so steep! 

My entry to ...

... Seize the Birthday : Red, White & Blue

... The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

Mini Wishes

This little mini is just the cutest!

My entry for ...

... CAS(e) This Sketch #379

... The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Flowing Flowers

Another mini card to the gift set ...

I added texture by using a die cut as an embossing plate.

My entry to ...

... Addicted to CAS : Texture

... CAS Colours & Sketches : Double

... The Flower Challenge : Spring/Autumn

Birthday Blooms

Some delicate birthday blooms ... some left white, some stamped with the ink and spritz technique.

My entry to ...

... Fusion Challenge : Cake I went with the photo and instead of hexagonals going up I have blossoms. 

... The Paper Players : Tic-Tac-Toe.  I went with die cut, spring, birthday.

...  Use My Stuff : Birthday Challenge

Beautiful Birthday

Sometimes the creating process takes off on it's own.  I was die cutting the flowers, and it happened that the washi tape I was using to hold down the dies in position was the green grid one.  And "Voila!" thought that would go so well with the flowers.

For the background, I mixed in some distress inks into the embossing paste and used a leaf stencil.

I first water-coloured the flowers with Distress Inks, but then thought it was a bit pale.  Here's the before photo...

So I added highlights with Prismacolor pencils. And black enamel accents to the centres.

My entry to ...

... CAS(e) This Sketch #363. I rotated the sketch so the stripe was on the left.

... AAA Birthday : Flowers

... The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

... The Flower Challenge : Anything Goes