Like the mellow ray of a departing sun…

Sharing a CAS card featuring one of the images and sentiments from the now retired Beach Happy set by Stampin’ Up!.

I needed to make a retirement card for a male colleague and was in need of inspiration so I turned to the challenge blogs and, as usual, I found some.  First up was Addicted to CAS and their silhouette challenge, which, when combined with the black and white and a splash of colour challenge at Creative Friday had me digging through my stamps for this deck chair image.  I used a circle die to create a stencil to add in the sun for my splash of colour and then did the rest in the requisite black.

For my layout I followed the current sketch at The Paper Players.  It gave me the opportunity to frame the silhouetted image adding some interest to my otherwise quite simple card.  Although CAS I love the pop of yellow and think it turned out pretty good.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Dies, Stencils & Templates

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies ~ S4-116 Standard Circles

Inks & Paints etc

Gina K Designs Ink ~ Amalgam

Sharpie Pen ~ Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed & Squeezed Lemonade

Tsukineko Marker ~ VersaMark

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Grapefruit Bliss

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Black

Stamps

Stampin’ Up! ~ 148585 Beach Happy

Challenges

Creative Friday #254 ~ Black and white and a splash of colour

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There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed

Sharing another thank you card, this one features one of the images from the Papertrey Ink set Orchid Expressions.

This is a fab layering stamp set that lets you build as much of the complete image, a lovely orchid spray in a pot with a bamboo stake, as you want.  For this I used just the orchid spray itself and did the orchid in shades of yellow as I used the colour palette over at Sunday Stamps.

You need to use a minimum of three colours from the palette so on top of the yellow and orange on my flowers I’ve also used some of the greens on my stencilled background.  I then used yellow and green again in my mats.

The layout of my card is from the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, where I’ve just made it under the wire to enter.  I had to make the main element a bit smaller because I wanted to use up a scrap of stamping paper rather than cut into a whole new sheet.

Given my bright colours and flower image along with the cute bee charm I think this is a very spring inspired card so I am also linking it up at Sparkles Monthly for their current spring themed challenge.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Gold

Dies, Stencils & Templates

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Layering Stencil ~ THS080 Splash

Embellishments 
Stampin’ Up! Botanical Prints Product Medley ~ Copper-coloured metal bee 

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron & Wild Honey

Tsukineko Ink ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Grapefruit Bliss & Lime Crush

Doodlebug Design Inc Sugar Coated Cardstock ~ Bumble Bee

Stamps

Altenew ~ ALT1760 Beautiful Inside (sentiment)

Papertrey Ink ~ 3566 Orchid Expressions

Challenges

Sparkles Monthly #127 ~ Spring is in the Air

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…who has done a lot for you

Another CAS thank you card, this one featuring an old stamp from Heartfelt Creations from their Blazing Poppy Petals set.

My layout this time comes from the Fusion sketch and I am also playing the inspiration image as I’ve used a poppy.  It seemed fitting as ANZAC Day is all about remembering and being thankful for the sacrifices of other and this is a thank you card for someone who truly has gone above and beyond for a stranger.

I added in the stripe element with some paint splatters so I could also play along at Inkspirational.  I chose a lovely blue to give me the showers element for the Allsorts theme so I’m rocking both the flowers and showers.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Gold

Inks & Paints etc

Nuvo Glitter Brush Pen ~ Midas Touch

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Candy Apple

Tsukineko Ink ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ 300gsm Cotton Blend

Stamps

Altenew ~ ALT1041 Tulip (sentiment)

Heartfelt Creations ~ HCPC-3674 Blazing Poppy Petals

Challenges

Allsorts #568 ~ Flowers and/or Showers

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