Slothsome!

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with CAS Colours & Sketches and The Paper Players. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

I like the diecuts for this card. It gives the impression of jungle leaves without being too intrusive. I left the rest of the card monochromatic keeping it nice and simple.

Each sloth was stamped colored using colored pencils and
then layered behind the leafy branches. 

The sentiment is what really makes this card special. 
Slothsome! Love the pun!

Challenges Entered:

The Paper Players: CAS Challenge- PP579 Wild About Wildlife

CAS Colours & Sketches: Challenge#458

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Gingko Leaves

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with The Color Throwdown and CAS Colours & Sketches challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

I am never one to get a card mailed in time for someone's birthday. Terrible! I need to more dilgent because I really do care and want to show the recipient she is important.

The gingko leaves were created by randomly stamping the gingko leaves. Then lightly colored in the entire background using a light turquoise.

After the light turquoise wash I traced the leaves with a darker shade of the same color. Finally I colored the darker lines with the lighter turquoise shade to blur the sharp lines.

Challenges Entered:
CAS Colours & Sketches: Challenge #441- Sketch
Color Throwdown: ctd664

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Autumn Creatures

 Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with The Paper Players and CAS Colours & Sketches. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

The 'flaming' leaves are from a background I created using a combination of 'the baby wipe technique' and sponging using autumnal colors. I then die-cut the tree and leaves and placed it on top of the autumnal paper. I die-cut the tree bark and laid it into the void.

The forest animals are from an old SU set. I thought its whimsical character was a perfect fit for this card. The proportions were kind of a problem but the critters seemed to be in good proportion to the tree.

The sentiment is simple and sweet.
I can see the owl hiding in the tree surprising its friends.

Challenges Entered:

The Paper Players: Fall Critters- PP511

CAS Colours & Sketches: Challenge #391 - Colours

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

Black, White, and Turquoise

Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with CAS Colours & Sketches and The Color Throwdown. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Challenges Entered:

The Color Throwdown: ctd595

CAS Colours & Sketches: Challenge #372- Sketch

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

All the best,

Fab Friend

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to another week at CAS Colours & Sketches. This will be my last week designing for this amazing group of talented individuals. I am grateful and a bit sad to be leaving but don't worry I will be back for other challenges. My last card for today, enjoy!

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CAS Colours & Sketches

Challenge #368

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Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank CAS Colour & Sketches again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer this month. It has truly been a pleasure to be in such a privileged position. CAS Colours & Sketches have been fantastic hosts. They were full of encouraging heartwarming comments that soothed my soul during this strange time in history.

I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,

Wonderful Wycinanki

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to another week at CAS Colours & Sketches. I am here with you today as a guest designer for this amazing design group. Today we have a color challenge that happens to be my favorite type of challenge. So without further ado here is my card for today, enjoy!

A simple symmetrical design with lots of white
 space lends itself to a CAS design.

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CAS Colours & Sketches

Challenge #367

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As the title states, this set is called Wonderful Wycinanki by Altenew.
I love its graphic simple depictions of nature. Below you can see the endless opportunities this set provides.

A detail shot of the largest flower. Layering it was more difficult then I thought. The final result was after eight tries. Finally got close enough to call it good.

Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank CAS Colour & Sketches again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer this month. We will see you next week for another challenge!

I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,

Circles

Hello All,

And welcome to another week and another challenge at CAS Colour & Sketches! Again I am humbled to be in such talented company. All these designers blow my imagination every week 💥😲💥! Thank you so much, and here is my card for today, enjoy!

The middle of the card is completely cut out and the circle diecut was placed to fill the void. This allows light to infiltrate the translucent vellum on to the inside of the card.

CAS Colours & Sketches

Challenge #366

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Above: The contrast on the background really emphasizes the color from the translucent and opaque circles. Below/Left: Detail picture of the circles. Some are colored vellum, some clear acetate with a pattern, and some opaque with texture. Bottom/Right: Completing the sentiment on the inside of the card.

Time is such a curious thing during this lockdown. Time is not my friend right now. Time is something I can't seem to get a hold of these days. I am late or early for Zoom meetings, completely missed dinner the other day and finally, I almost forgot about this challenge. Why? I thought it was another day. Ahhh... Imagine! I hope when all gets back to normal time will too. I really hope I am not the only one going through this. 

Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank CAS Colour & Sketches again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer this month. We will see you next week for another challenge!

I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,

Hoppy Hello

Hello All,

I have had the joy of being asked to be a guest designer for CAS Colour & Sketches for the month of April! So excited to be in such talented company. So, here is my card for today, enjoy!

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CAS Colours & Sketches

Challenge #365

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Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank CAS Colour & Sketches again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer this month. We will see you next week for another challenge!

I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,