Inspired By All The Little Things Challenge #27

Hi there, blog friends ~

I have the distinct honor of being the Guest Designer at the Inspired By All The Little Things Challenge Blog, and I am so excited! My super sweet and incredibly talented blog friend Karren Johnson asked me to be her guest, and here is the inspiration photo:

How about all those fabulous umbrellas! I have a few umbrella stamps and dies to choose from, so my head was spinning with ideas ~

Here is my card:

I combined stamps and dies from a few different sets, and started by using distress inks in the same colors for the umbrellas, and splattered them with water. I kept all of the critters light gray so it wouldn't distract from the colors on the umbrellas and sentiment. I blended Sea Glass ink on the background, and angled the cloud die, then added clear sparkle to the sentiment for fun...here's a close-up: 

I hope you'll stop by the Inspired By All The Little Things Blog to see what their fabulous Design Team has created, and to see how I answered some questions posed to me :)

With special thanks to Karren and the Team for inviting me along to be their Guest Designer for this challenge!

Have a great weekend, 

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CASology Challenge - Week #217 - Cute

Hi everyone ~

A really quick post tonight to share a card I created for CASology. This week's Cue Card is 'Cute', so I couldn't resist using a brand new set by Wplus9, 'Friends for all Seasons - Fall' ~

My apologies for the poor quality of the photo...we have overcast skies today, and I had to use artificial lighting. 

He's cute, right? I was in the mood to use my colored pencils on Kraft, so I stamped the images, colored everything with pencils, and added Glossy Accents for the balloons :)

So, that's it for me...Have a great week!

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Addicted to CAS Challenge #98 - Watercolour

Happy World Cardmaking Day, everyone!

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to CAS and our Code Word is Watercolour. Anja is our Hostess, the incredibly talented Maria Fischer is our Guest Designer, and Happy Little Stampers is offering a $15. GC for the winner! 

For my first card, I wanted to do some soft watercoloring with my Zig markers ~

I started by drawing a circle with my pencil to create the wreath, then after I die cut and watercolored everything, I cut the flowers and leaves to create the shape. I added the bow and birds, and embossed the sentiment in gold...and that was it!

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A few weeks ago, Sarah Platt created a beautiful card as our Guest Muse, and I missed the deadline...Since my card was already finished, I thought I would share it here ~

I created a watercolor panel with Orange, Yellow and Scarlet Red Brushos, and used it for the heart and sentiment. The diagonal stripes are MFT patterned papers, and the stamped sentiment is from PTI. Lastly, I created the enamel dots with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Have you heard...There's a brandy-new card challenge? The amazing Loll & Bonnie have started a new challenge called 'CAS Watercolour Challenge' which begins today, and the theme for October is "Autumn"!  Congrats to you...I'm sure this challenge will be lots of fun! And, since I used fall colors on my 2nd card, I would like to enter it into their new challenge!

That's it for me today...Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend ~

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