Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box…

Sharing a QCAS card featuring one of the sentiments from the It’s Going to be Okay set by Picket Fence Studios and a butterfly from the Butterflies set by Darkroom Door.

This card is going out to a friend and colleague who is finding social distancing at home with her parents, husband and two young kids a bit fraying on everyone’s nerves.  The inside note references the drink I’ve promised to take her for as soon as social distancing rules are lifted.

The layout of my card is from the sketch at AAA Cards and I’ve used a butterfly so I could also play the optional twist of it flies.  My sentiment is embossed and the butterfly was done by spritzing the stamp with water after inking to give a watercolour effect.  I added in some sparkle (hard to see in the pic) to the detail on the butterfly’s wing given it’s all the one colour.

And I’ve stuck with the one colour so I could also play along at CAS on Friday for their black, white and one colour challenge; my one colour being blue.  I added in a few tiny blue gems because I’ve kinda fallen into following Kristina Werner’s capsule crafting, basically all this social isolation stuff has made incredibly lazy so I’m using whatever is left on my craft table and these gems haven’t moved off since I made the first card with them a few weeks back!

As I’ve added a butterfly to my card, I’m also linking it up at Addicted to CAS for their current animal themed challenge.

All the challenges I’m entering are CAS themed and you don’t get more CAS than this card or quick either.  If I’d skipped out the layering of cardstock (I couldn’t though because I love the weight it adds that screams handmade card to me!) and embossing this would be a matter of minutes card.  As it is, if it took me 10 minutes it was only because my ATG ran out midway.  And you can’t get better than that for a mid-week craft session especially when the result is pretty striking (if I do say so myself) and I know will brighten the day of the recipient.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Embellishments

PortaCraft 2mm Rhinestones ~ Blue

Inks & Paints etc

Gina K Designs Ink ~ Amalgam

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Broken China & Salty Ocean

Uniquely Creative Glitter Brush Pen ~ Clear

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Black

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Island Breeze

Bellbird Paperarts Cardstock ~ 300gsm Cotton Blend

Stamps

Darkroom Door ~ DDRS025 Butterflies

Picket Fence Studios ~ S111 It’s Going to be Okay

Challenges

CAS on Friday #177 ~ Black, white and one colour

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…may alight upon you

Sharing a QCAS card featuring one of the pretty images from the Butterfly set by Darkroom Door and a sentiment from the Dare to Dream set by Hero Arts.

My colour scheme comes from the current palette at Color Throwdown.  I’ve used each of the three colours in my mats and then the two purple shades for my sentiment and butterfly with the green coming in again with my embellies.

For my layout I’ve followed the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  My butterfly is the circle element, the thin rectangle my sentiment and the larger rectangle hinted at with my embellies.  The sketch worked well for a CAS card and allowed me to also play along at AAA Cards where they looking for cards that feature only one image.  You can go an optional twist of shimmer, which I have some of in the clear embossing powder over my sentiment and embellies.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Embellishments

Queen & Co Rhinestones ~ Grass Green

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord & Milled Lavender

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Close To My Heart Cardstock ~ White Daisy

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green & Purple Posey

Stamps

Darkroom Door ~ DDRS025 Butterflies

Hero Arts ~ CL925 Dare to Dream

Challenges

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…for that is all there is of you

Sharing a card featuring a section of the Darkroom Door Butterflies stamp and a couple of sentiments from the You Got This set by Pinkfresh Studio.

I’ve gone to town with my mats to layer up big so I could play along at Creative Knockouts and basically because I love lots of layers.

They’re asking at As You Like It whether you are a CAS or FAF crafter.  Although it’s layered up my card is fairly CAS, which is the style I tend to do the most now.  I used to be a FAF kind of girl with a real grungy vibe but for a while now I just haven’t been into.  I try to filly and fancy up but it just never seems to get there or I give up trying to find embellies to suit, which means I have drawers of embellies and lace and ribbons everywhere.  And don’t let’s get started on all the designer paper that’s just collecting dust!  There’s just something about the look of all that clean white or single colour cardstock, highlighting a main image or element that does it to me.  So I’m a CAS girl and that’s why.

All my layered colours are from the palette at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I did up my alcohol ink background in the closest match to the Stampin’ Up! Rococo Rose and Smoky Slate.  I added in a bit more smoky slaty goodness with my embossing powder on the butterflies before stamping the sentiment in Mint Macaron.

This is also my DT card for our October challenge at Bizzy Bec’s, where the theme is always anything goes.  We’d love to see your creations over there and you could win five digis of your choice just by linking up your latest creation.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Bellbird Paperarts Embossing Powder ~ Ultra Fine Platinum

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Inks & Paints etc

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Mint Macaron

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Raisin & Slate

Tsukineko ~VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bellbird Paperarts Card ~ 210gsm Cotton Blend

Ranger Card ~ Alcohol Ink

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Mint Macaron, Rococo Rose & Smoky Slate

Stamps

Darkroom Door ~ DDRS025 Butterflies

Pinkfresh Studio ~ PFCS1019 You Got This

Challenges
As You Like It ~ Favourite Style (CAS or FAF) and Why
 

Creative Knockouts #318 ~ Lots of Layers

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