Flower Sketch

Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge this week is to use the colours dark red, yellow/gold and green (and black if you must, for the sentiment).

I've taken liberties with this week's sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch by placing the flowers alternately up the stem.  The side stems and leaves are hand drawn.

The flowers are from Hero Arts CL519 Many Dots, stamped in ColorBox ochre and chianti, and the sentiment is Hero Arts C2656 coloured with a green Tombow.

Watercolour Tulip

The challenge at Simon Says is to create a sympathy or thinking of you card, and the colour challenge at ColourQ this week is:

This card almost fits Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge of red, yellow and green, but I've done another card for that which I'll post tomorrow.

The tulip stamp is from Penny Black 40-103 Delicate Florals, coloured directly with Tombows and the colour dragged with a water brush.  With sympathy is from Clearly Besotted, stamped in Colorbox Dune.

Orange Thanks

Funny how we react to different colours.  This week's Less is More challenge is pink.  I have an aversion to pink, yet I knew instantly what card I wanted to make.  It turned out how I expected, and better still, I liked it.  This week's CASology challenge is orange, which is one of my happy colours, but I just couldn't come up with anything.  

So I went for a wander through blogland, and a card in this post by Maria inspired me.  

Now I could tell a beautiful lie and say that those birds are starlings, and the tiny specks on their breasts are their iridescent feathers.  Or,  could tell you the ugly truth that the ink pooled on the stamp so the coverage wasn't good.

The challenge at The Paper Players is Give Thanks.

The orange panel is Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink on an acrylic block and spritzed.  Once stamped, I let the colour pool at the top while the bottom portion dried, then let it run down.

Birds stamp is cArt-Us, thank you stamp is Ladybug Crafts It's Only Words.

If you're looking for another challenge, there's a new one called Addicted to CAS starting soon.  Check it out.

Think Pink

The challenge at Less is More this week is Pink.  I made the bottom card first, and was about to post it, when I got the idea for the top card, and now I like that version better, it's a bit funkier.  The petals are stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid, and the outlines are overstamped with Brilliance Graphite Black.  The centre is raised on pop dots for added dimension.

I like the slightly arty/grungy feel that the overstamping gives to the flowers.

Sentiments are from Hero Arts CL611 Many Birthday Messages, and the petal stamps are from Stampin' Up Pick a Petal.

Bring On The Bling

During my daily blog-stalk yesterday I found this card by Therese, and was inspired to CASE it.  I don't have that particular memory box die, so I decided to use these flowers from Hero Arts Framelits instead.

The colour scheme at Dynamic Duos this week is ideal.

Add a bit of bling, and it's eligible for the Hero Arts November challenge, Bring On The Bling.

And because the bling is so old (Suze Weinberg Puttin' On The Glitz glitter glue - I must have had it 10 years, and it's a tad gloopy now from lack of use) it's also eligible for Lawnscaping's Dust 'Em Off challenge.

I also made this card for the Hero Arts Bring On The Bling challenge,

and this one for the colour challenge:

I created a vague tree shape using the Hero Arts CL519 Many Dots set, and added silver self-adhesive gems.  Sentiments on the top two cards are from Hero Arts CL611 Many Birthday Messages.

Round and Round

The challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a male birthday card.

If I'm making a male birthday card, I tend to go for blues and greens, but the challenge at ColourQ is to use these colours, so I thought, why not?

I quite like the result.  My prize from Hero Arts Fresh Face Winner had just arrived, and I couldn't wait to use these stamps!

I've used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch.  My second entry to this sketch!  I seem to be getting the hang of it...

CL519 Many Dots
CL611 Many Birthday Messages
Stars from CL139 Birthday Messages

Time Is On My Side

This week's One Layer Wednesday card challenge kept me awake half the night.  The challenge, set by Ardyth, is to create a card inspired by your favourite song, singer, composer, performer or something else musical.  Hours of mentally going through my music, and my stamps, and I was still wide awake at 2am - I just couldn't switch off.

One of my favourite bands is The Rolling Stones, but a lot of their song titles don't lend themselves to a cardmaking challenge: Sister Morphine? Sympathy for the Devil? Honky Tonk Women? Dead Flowers? Mother's Little Helper?  However, one of their early songs is called, "Time Is On My Side", which works perfectly with this clock stamp and sentiment.

I've based the design on the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch, colouring in different elements of the watch faces and adding grey shadow to represent the different circles in the design:

And I've used the colour scheme from CR84FN:

The watch is from Kanban 9039 Jasper, and the sentiment is from Fiskars Make a Wish Quotes.