Ink and Spritz

One of my favourite techniques is to ink then spritz with water to give that watercolour effect.

My entry to ...

... Colour Hues #43 : Blue & Green

... Seize the Birthday #240 : Favourite Technique

... Addicted to Stamps & More #431 : Make Your Mark

... AAA Birthday #38 : Flowers 

Slimline Flower

The latest craze is slimline cards ... and I wondered how I could make one but also keep it light and CAS.

I had one flower and a left over frame sitting on my workspace ... added some script writing, a die cut sentiment (from Alexandra Renke - so thin and light) and a touch of Tonic Nuvo Aqua shimmer and sequins for that sparkle.

My entry to ... 

... The Flower Challenge : Add Sparkle

... Seize the Birthday : Tic-Tac-Toe I chose Large sentiment, flowers, one image.

  

... CAS on Friday : Nature

CAS Quartet

I started playing with the flowers of the Alexandra Renke Welcome Butterfly set ... and I ended up with four cards!

I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I stamped 2 sets of the flower with leaf, and the 2 individual flowers.  The flowers had two tones of inks : started with the pale pink, then dabbed on a darker shade to the centre.

I like the curve of the flowers and leaf and thought it would look good along a frame.  I wanted to keep it light so used 2 of the Alexandra Renke Oval Angular frames.

The second card was inspired by the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. I wanted the bigger flower and cut out the leaves of the flower & leaf images.

Now that I had that little flower with 2 little leaves left ... and a tiny piece of ric rac ribbon, thought it was perfect for the CAS(e) This Sketch Challenge.

All I had left now was one big and 2 little flowers. Used the middle piece left over from the lace frame and added 2 die cut leaves.

My entry to ...

... AAA Card Challenge : Max White Space with optional flowers

... CAS(E) This Sketch #382

... CAS Colours & Sketches #381

... NBUS Challenge #16

Blossoms and Butterflies

It's my last post as guest designer for the month for CAS Colours & Sketches.  This week there is a sketch challenge.

I used the ink and spritz technique.

Here are the supplies I used ... with the Alexandra Renke Welcome Butterflies stamp set.