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Monday 11 February 2019

…they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom


Sharing a quick thank you card I made featuring a stamp from the So Happy For You set by Concord & 9th and ‘thank you’ from the Whatnot Sentiments Six set by Your Next Stamp.


For my colours I used the current palette at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I actually used Stampin’ Up! cardstock and inks in the specified colours.  My Gray Granite stamping looks a bit off but think it’s the pink background that’s thrown off the colour compared to the piece of Gray Granite cardstock I matted my flower stamping on.

The layout of my card is from the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.  After I cut all my cardstock and layered them up, I realised my background of Powder Pink looked a bit bare with just the one ‘thank you’ stamped in grey on it.  So I decided to repeat stamp the sentiment in VersaMark ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder to create my own background.

I’d already clear embossed over my flowers and focal sentiment to give me one of my three elements from the tic tac toe board at Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe.  My other two to complete the row are the colour pink and the pearls I added to the flower centres.

This particular card is going out to a colleague but I’ve cut a bunch of layers to make a few for my stash.  I always think a thank you card is one of the easiest ways to bring a smile to someone and a handmade one is even more sure to make them feel appreciated.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear
Embellishments
Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Red
Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Blush
Inks & Paints etc
Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Gray Granite, Lovely Lipstick & Powder Pink
VersaMark Stamp Pad ~ Watermark
Papers
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ Cotton Blend
Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Gray Granite, Lovely Lipstick & Powder Pink
Stamps
Challenges
http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-307-colour.html
http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2019/02/case-this-sketch-308.html
http://joyofsetstictactoe.blogspot.com/2019/02/joy-of-sets-tic-tac-toe-challenge.html

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…the fine simplicity of our forefathers


Sharing a card I made for a fishing friend featuring one of the stamps from the The Great Outdoors set from Close To My Heart.


I used the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for my layout and thought it would be fun to use the bubbles from the Big Bang Confetti set by Winnie & Walter to create the scattered circle pattern.  I stamped these first in VersaMark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then added the fish in and used a mask to keep the fish white while I did the distress watercolour background technique to create my water.  Unfortunately, once I added in the background the bubbles became a bit too subtle but this led me to a fix that let me use some of my PTI raindrops I’ve been hoarding since forever.  Love the subtle dimensional element these added, just wish I had more sizes to fill all the stamped bubbles.

I wanted to play along at Mod Squad for their fun titled challenge ‘Greet Your Vellum’ so I stamped my sentiment on a piece of vellum that I attached under one of the raindrops.  The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up! Lemon Zest set and was heat embossed with some metallic Zing! embossing powder.  I cut the piece of vellum to a flag shape and only adhered the point so it would flap a bit like a fly you use for fishing.

Over at Southern Girls they’ve got animals up to all sorts of antics and, as my card features an animal, I’m also linking up in their challenge.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear
Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Silver
Zing! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Finish Blue
Embellishments
Papertrey Ink ~ Raindrops
Inks & Paints etc
Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers ~ Meteorite & Moonbeam
Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Evergreen Bough, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers & Tumbled Glass
VersaFine Clair ~ Paradise
VersaMark Stamp Pad ~ Watermark
Wink of Stella Glitter Marker ~ Clear
Papers
7 Dots Studio
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Lagoon
Bazzill Vellum ~ White
Stamps
Close To My Heart ~ The Great Outdoors (retired)
Challenges
http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2019/02/freshly-made-sketches-374-sketch-by-jen.html

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