Shine Bright

 I am thrilled to be Guest Designing with the amazing team at CAS Mix Up Card Challenge this month!  The challenge this month was something I have never done before and found it to be so much fun to do.  The challenge this month is to use gesso and stencils.

Started by stenciling with gesso through a star stencil onto some white linen cardstock.  Sponged on some Broken China Distress Oxide ink and buffed with a soft cloth which left the stars white.  Stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts in Memento Danube Blue ink.  Die cut the panel and layered onto a white linen card base.

I sent this off to my oldest Grandson who is starting college knowing that he is definitely going to shine bright in his college career!  I also tucked in a little bit of cash to pay for his first pizza.

Delicate Dragonfly

 Playing along with a couple of challenges this week.

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge  

and "Less is More" Challenge  

I had a scrap of leftover watercolor panel and cut into a square and stamped the sentiment in black.

Stamped the dragonfly in Versamark and heat embossed with gold ep.  Fussy cut the dragon fly and used Lindy's Magicals to watercolor the dragonfly.  Adhered the dragonfly down his body to let the wings be free.  Put it all together onto a linen card base.

Pretty simple!

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Serene Dragonfly

 I was inspired by a fun technique of stencil embossing for the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge this month and Cardz 4 Guyz - Thinking of You.

I made the brick stencil by die cutting some clear plastic with a die from Marianne Designs.  Sponged Versamark through my stencil and heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Spice ep on kraft.  Stamped the dragonfly by Sheena - Crafter's Companion with Versamark and heat embossed with black ep on vellum, colored with Touch Twin markers on the back side and fussy cut.  Added the sentiment from Hero Arts.  Matted on some Gina K green cardstock and onto a Gina K purple card base.

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Bleached Hydrangea

I had so much fun bleaching on my last card, that I had to do it again.  This is another one for the April CAS Mix Up Card Challenge.

First I inked up a white panel with various Distress and Distress Oxide inks.  Stamped the Gina K Heartfelt Hydrangea with Versamark and heat embossed with gold ep.  Bleached the flowers and leaves.  Added some chalks to the leaves and flowers to give them more depth.  Stamped the sentiment with Stampin' Up Vintage Violet ink on white and cut it out.  Layered onto a Vintage Violet base.

Stamping, heat embossing, sponging, chalks and bleaching.

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Bleached Just Because

At the CAS Mix Up Challenge they want us to use bleach and I thought the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!  would work perfectly with these very old Stampin Up boxed flowers.

Stamped the flowers (a very old set from Stampin' Up) with Versamark and heat embossed with gold ep on some old Stampin Up Vintage Violet, which I had hoarded.  I die cut the squares out of Kraft and lined up the images to stamp them using my MISTI.  Added bleach with a Q-tip on the petals.   Finished off by stamping the sentiment from Hero Arts in black.

Stamping, die cutting, heat embossing and bleaching.

I really like how the bleached petals turned out.  What do you think?  Thanks for stopping by!

Cascading Leaves

Fall is such a beautiful time of year with the pretty colored leaves falling and that is what inspired this card.

I'm playing along in the CAS Watercolour Card Challenge and the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge.

I started by sponging some Deco Foil Transfer Gel onto the cascading leaves and onto the larger maple leaf, then running it through my laminator with some foil that was various shades of copper, gold and some silver.   Watercolored the larger maple leaf with Inktense watercolor pencils.  Used some Distress Inks to watercolor around the foiled cascading leaves, but it didn't show up very well against the kraft background and the leaves were totally lost.  Pulled out some Distress inks in browns and sponged on the color until the leaves popped.  This card includes:  foiling, stamping, sponging and watercoloring.

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Watercolored Die Cut

The July challenge at CAS Mix Up Card Challenge is to Colour your Die-cuts + stamping + your choice

Also, over at CAS Watercolor Card Challenge this month the challenge is Splash Watercolor

Die cut the flower 3 times and glued together then watercolored with Distress Inks.  Watercolored the background panel with blue and green.  Stamped the sentiment and used a word window punch and adhered to the watercolored panel overlapping the edge.  My flowers are a little splotchy from some of the glue getting onto the top, but it gives it a little character and that's what I'm going with!

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