Soft Blossoms

First time playing with the Altenew Hill Blossoms Stencil! Doodling gives it another look (see Norine Borys' card - so inspiring). 

I wanted to keep this very pale, so when you do the first layer, use a very light touch - you should almost not be able to see the colour. 

I added some paint splatters so that it would carry on the feel from the patterned paper strip.

My entry to ...

... Addicted to CAS : Nature

... Seize the Birthday : Pastel Colors

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Birthdays

... NBUS #30

Happy Birthday - More Doodle Flowers

I had some doodle flowers left over from this card, and thought I'd better use them up and not let them gather in the ever increasing left-overs pile!

I added a light touch of shading on the inner side of the doodle lines to give a little depth.

Then I topped the centres with Nuvo Glitter gloss, and covered with a layer of Gloss Accents. 

My entry to ...

... CAS Colours & Sketches #421

.. AAA Birthday Challenge #25 

... AAA Cards Challenge #190

 

Hello Beautiful

The creative process sometimes takes you in a different direction to what you had planned. The Altenew May inspiration had me thinking of having rows of colourful flowers along black lines ... but then the flowers I had stamped were too large to have more than 2 rows. Then the slimline sketch came to mind, so I went with that.

I added some Tonic Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the centres.

My entry to ...

... Altenew May Inspiration

... Freshly Made Sketch #487

... Just Add Ink #556 : Slimline

... Addicted to Stamps & More #406 : Make your Mark

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

Doodling ...

Doodling some grass, stems and dots for the lovely primroses.

Adding some enamel accents to the centres.

My entry to ...

... Less is More : Doodles

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

Ombre Hi

I have had new supplies coming in so fast! I find it helpful to go back to the cards and ideas that made me buy them in the first place.

I so enjoyed Seeka's idea of using one die behind the negative cuts of letter dies. So I pulled out one of my inked card fronts and went from there.

I obviously still had the actual letter dies left over.  I started by distressing them with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean in an ombre way.  Then I thought they needed some more details, so stamped the SSS Outline Leaves Background and embossed in white.  I coloured the leaves with white pencil which helped them stand out.

I love this Stampin' Up embossing folder - so subtle.

My entry for ...

... Addicted to CAS : Ombre

... The Flower Challenge : Add Leaves

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Anything Goes

Watercolour Doodles

Watercolour dots with doodles ...

I added some black and white enamel accents to some hearts and dots.

My entry to ...

... CAS Watercolour : Red and Black

... Paper Players : Red, pink, black & white

... CAS of Friday : Love

Happy Daisy

Don't you think that daisies are such fresh, happy flowers?!

I coloured the outer die cut in C1 Copic, and yellow and grey in the center of the petals. Stamped some "paint" stamps and doodled the black lines.

My entry to ...

... Freshly Made Sketches #398

... Addicted to CAS #163 : Daisy

Framed Birthday Wishes

I'm trying to use up the bits left over from a card on a new card asap ... instead of it collecting in my bits and pieces boxes! Yes ... Boxes!

So I had leftover cut out pieces from THIS card, and wanted to use them up.  As there were just a few, I went with a smaller area and framed it with added texture using the  Dynamic Ruffled embossing folder.

My entry for ...

... Just Add Ink : Sketch

... TGIF : Ribbon Ruffles

CAS Embossing

I've done both heat and dry embossing on this card.  

• I embossed the flowers with clear embossing powder on black ink ... makes it easier to colour in the lines! ;) 
• I used a die cut to do dry embossing on the background.

My entry to ...

... LIM : CAS Embossing

... AAA Cards : Clean & Simple Birthday

... Die Cut Divas : Celebrate the Birthdays

... CAS Watercolour : Something Blue