CAS Mix Up July Challenge

The CAS Mix Up Challenge for July is 

Colour Your Die Cuts.....

The design team and our fabulous guest designer Susan Joyce from Cat's Ink Corporated

have wonderful inspiration for you over on the blog.

There are video's links too, to inspire you further......

This is my card....

Colour your Die Cuts and keep your card CAS.

Include some stamping and your choice...My choice is ink blending and splats.

I die cut the flower out of watercolour card.

This gave me the shape and confidence to free hand draw my flower inside the die cut.

I coloured my flower with a light wash of grey watercolour, charcoal pencils 

and black Indian ink.

I die cut a further five flower shapes to add dimension.

The leaves have been stamped, colour washed and hi-lighted with a black pen.

The background has been masked and blended with distress inks.

I finished off with stamping the sentiment, silver foiling in the centre of the flower 

and white splats. 

So many techniques to use to colour in your dies.

By using the die cut as a template enabled me to try, 

for the first time drawing my own flower.

I am looking forward to seeing your creations in the gallery.

Challenges I would love to enter......

Monochrome Magic - Fun challenge with or without the twist of purple...
I have just found this fun challenge and thought I would join in...
Thank you for the shout out.....Delighted x

Exotic......

Hello There......

Today's card is a CAS fun card.

The giraffe has been stamped and then masked so I could use a stencil 

and blending with distress inks.

I thought the stencil from Stamplorations looked like a Giraffe.

The edges have been heat embossed with gold and copper.

I finished off with lightly colouring the Giraffe and stamping the sentiment.

Some smudgy bits but I guess that the Giraffe won't mind!

Thanks for stopping by....

Crafty Hugs x

Fun Challenges I would like to enter......

Simply Less is More - Exotic

CASology - Cue Card - Fun

AAA Cards - Blending

Stamplorations - Sketch and  or Theme - Stamp and Markers

Happy Little Stampers - CAS - Masking
Thank you for the Favourite shout out with this card....

Masking......

Today's card.......

Having fun with Camp Create and the MFT Challenge

and today's challenge for me is Masking......

After die cutting the London Skyline out of masking paper 

I attached it to CS to use as a mask.

I have blended a few shades of blue inks for the sky and reds for the Moon.

I edged the skyline with red to give a 3D effect.

I removed the mask and again blended the same colours at the bottom.

The hello sentiment was also die cut and used as a mask.

I finished with stamping and embossing the I miss you sentiment and

flicking water to represent water...The river Thames.

The card ended up being on one layer.

I enjoyed using the die cut as a mask instead of using the actual die cut.

I am enjoying participating in the MFT Camp Create Challenge 

and chose the colours to enter The MFT Color Challenge too.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter....

MFT Camp Create-Magnificent Masking

MFT London Skyline Die and Hello Die and I Miss you stamp

MFT Color Challenge.....I chose the colours so I could also enter the color challenge

Technique......

One Layer and Technique...
Update...I was lucky enough to be Hi-Lighted over at One Layer Challenge for this card. 
Thank you so much, I am delighted and thrilled x

Today's card is on one Layer using the faux bleach/Ghosting technique.

The background has been blended with several different colours of distress inks.

After popping the stencil on I lightly sprayed water 

and blotted off the excess to produce the ghost flower image.

I popped the stencil back on and did some more blending 

to achieve the look I was after in some pats.

I finished off with stamping the sentiment in black ink and flicking

splats in gold paint...although I am never sure if these show up in the photos x

Thanks for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter....

One Layer Challenge - Stencil

Simply Less is  More - Faux Bleach

My white space is blended shades of   'sunset' ...one layer and no embellishments 

Happy Little Stampers - CAS Ghosting

My white space is blended shades of   'sunset' ...one layer and no embellishments 

The Mixed Media - Cards Only - Sunset

The distress inks I have used are colours of Sunset

Distress inks/Blending...Stencil....Faux bleach...Stamping...Splats 

2B or not 2B.....

Inspired by The Male Room Challenge...Shakespeare 

to make today's card....

I had lots of ideas but went for maybe an obvious one...2B or not 2B

Sue from the DT was also inspired by this but went for a different idea, 

which was really fun and clever...

I have stamped and embossed, splattered, die cut, blended, layered

and used inca gold and lindys sprays to make the card.

I enjoy making masculine cards and was hoping to be considered 

for the DT call but I am away this week, until the end of the month 

so cannot make the second card, which is a requirement.

Hopefully next time xx

I had fun making the card and thank you for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter.....

The Male Room - Shakespeare

Cardz4guyz - Monochrome

STAMPlorations - Sketch or Theme Challenge

I have gone with the theme - Stamping

STAMPlorations - Never Ending Anything Goes

The sentiment stamp

Life is an Adventure.....

I am delighted to be a Guest Designer at STAMPlorations ......

for their Sketch and Theme Challenge this month.

The Design Team is fabulous and always come up with the 

most original, creative and stunning inspiration. 

STAMPlorations have a very active Blog, if you've time pop across and take a look....

They also have great challenges, incorporating lots of different crafting styles.

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to Guest with you this month.

The Challenge for May is.....

Use The Sketch and....or The Theme

I have used the Sketch and the Theme...

This is my card.......

I have used 'Born to Roam' and 'True North' stamp sets for my card.

I have stamped, sponged, masked, blended, coloured 

and used Frantage heat embossing powder, which I love!

I had fun making the card and I thank you once again for the opportunity.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter......

CAS Mix Up - Stamping + Heat Embossing (Frantage) + Masking/Blending/Colouring

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I have gone for the diagonal line....Things that fly..Sponging.....Masking

Addicted to Stamps - Make Your Mark

STAMPlorations - On Going- Anything Goes using their products

Hello Friend .....

CASEing Shery's card today...

CASEplorations at STAMPlorations

This is my take on the card.....

I picked up on the colours Shery used and the black prominent sentiment.

I blended through the butterfly stencil with distress inks 

and then stamped the butterflies using the co-coordinating stamp. 

I also loved the artsy effect on Shery's card so used distress inks to stamp

and splats of water to hopefully achieve a similar, watery, less crisp look.

I stamped a black butterfly as a way of contrast and to hi-light the sentiment further.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges to enter...

STAMPlorations - CASE a Card

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes using their producs

Thinking Of You ......

Today's Card.......

CASEing a card today over at STAMPlorations...

This is Donna's card...

I was inspired by the pretty colours 

and that the die cut feathers where interlocked to each each.

So with this in mind I made my card....

I used the stencil and blending inks for the colours.

I masked to achieve the interlocked idea that Donna had used with her dies.

I also loved that Donna had tipped the top of the feathers with colour, 

so I stenciled through the bird as a nod to her idea.

I finished off with the stamped sentiment and black splatters.

The splatters are quite small, as I wasn't brave enough to make them bigger,

as I had never used black ink splats before and they seemed so permanent and scary!

Thank you so much for popping by...

Crafty Hugs x

STAMPlorations Stencils and Stamp

Flutters and Splatters stencil-Some Birds Stencil-Trendy Feathers Stamp for the sentiment

Challenges to enter.....

STAMPlorations - CASEplorations - CASEing Donna's Card

Addicted to Stamps - Anything goes

STAMPlorations - Never Ending-Anything Goes - Using their products

Journey .....

This is my second post today...

I really want to participate in a challenge that is ending shortly....

 City Crafter is Celebrating their Sixth Birthday!

Their challenge is to CASE a card from the Design Team...

I have attempted to CASE Ros's card.....CASE Number 3

I am a big fan of her work and I think it's wonderful to get the opportunity 

to 'Copy/CASE' her card x

So here's my project.....

and Here is Ros's card......

My starting point was the mesh looking metal behind the image.

I die cut the the distress collage die from Memory Box to represent this.

The background has been blended with blue distress inks.

I was inspired by the die cut leaves, so using Memory Box leaf dies 

I cut them out of black card and vellum.

The flower is a two part die, also by Memory Box.

I die cut the line flower twice, to use as a stencil.

The embossing paste has glitter in it for a little bit of bling.

The background has been splattered with water.

After assembling the card I finished off by stamping 

the sentiment and popping on a few sequins.

The reason that I made a notebook was that I will be going on holiday in May 

and wanted a notebook to take with me.

I love the textural feel of it and I know it will get bashed around a bit but that's OK with me.

So glad I was able to CASE the card and make the notebook out of it...

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter my card into....

STAMPlorations - Never ending- Anything goes using their products

City Crafter - CASE me if you can

Memory Box - Anything but a card
AAA Cards - Anything Goes
STAMPlorations - Anything Mixed Media - Using a stencil