CAS Mix Up November 2017 Challenge

 

A card for CAS Mix Up 

Wish you could see this in real life.  The glitter is much shinier & prettier.   The top one is a pretty rose.

 

Rubberneck Butterflies Are Free Dies,  Used with score tape for the glitter.

PTI's Mix & Mat Flourishes 

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CAS Watercolour August Challenge

 

A card for CAS Watercolour 

 

I sponged, stamped, and used my Gasai Tambi paints and added table salt to my sun.

I think maybe I should have made the sun a little smaller.  

Penny Black Delicate Silhouettes, PTI Keep It Simple Praying for You

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CAS Mix Up June Challenge

 

A card for CAS Mix Up 

Another fun day, playing with my friend although we got a later start because we had to go take care of my 96 year old dad first.  We used to take him to I-Hop for breakfast and then for a drive every Thursday, but the last 3 weeks he has not been able to walk very well, so we have gone for breakfast and brought him back his.  We were able to get him out for a little drive today.  So after we got back we went into my craftroom to play and we are still here.  Tomorrow we are going to the Scrapbook Expo Show.  Neither one of us has been before so not sure if it will have enough stamping goodies, but I think it will be fun.  Then on Saturday, we are going to Impress for the Hero Arts Release day.  And then she has to leave on Sunday, boo hoo!   So we don't have any full days of stamping left so we are making the most of it.

I used embossing paste with some CP Mint to Be ink with a Medallion Stencil on PTI's Linen & Aqua Mist cardstock and Keep It Simple Praying for You and a Butterfly sponged with Aquatini & Mint to Be CP ink. 

Nuvo Jewel Drops Grey Mist

I sponged, embossed, die cut and stamped.

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CAS Watercolour April Challenge - Pink & Green & Work It Wednesday April SSS

 

Another card for CAS Watercolour 

I have been practicing with the PTI Peonies on Parade Watercolor Sheets and my flowers would always turn out one color.  Still need more practice but this is the best of them.  I like how the background turned out.  Used Distress Inks in pinks & green.  That is Twisted Citron not yellow.

Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle.

Work It Wednesday

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The Card Concept #70 Purple Haze

 

Feeling better every day, enough so I can finally play in my craft room.  Here is a card for 

The Card Concept 

I actually had colored this and it was sitting on my table ready to be used.  When I saw the inspiration photo, I knew that I could use it for this challenge.

Altenew's Beautiful Day colored with Copics, RV 63 & RV 66 & G14, 17 & 28.

MFT's Stitched Scalloped Rectangle

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PTI's January 2017 Blog Hop

 

It's been a couple month's since I have entered a card in the Blog Hop by PTI 

Here is the inspiration photo

 

I used PTI's Botanical Blocks III embossed in white on black cardstock and then used my Prismacolor Pencils to color.

Keep It Simple Praying for You.  I first tried just stamping with white pigment ink but lost the outline and am not good with outlining so decided to try embossing it.  However the leaves turned out better with the ink than embossed cause there wasn't much to color, but I am happy with it.

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The Card Concept #65 Fresh & Bold

 

A card for The Card Concept 

I was inspired by the pink and orange on the all white bed for my CAS card.  Also, the swirly pattern on the pillows.

 

PTI's Garden Gild Cover plate sponged with CP's New Party Collection Inks.  They were great for sponging. 

PTI's Keep It Simple Praying for You. 

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CAS Mix Up - January -4

Another card.  I was trying to use this piece for my first card and just couldn't come up with a design.  So I am Skyping with my friend and she gave me the idea of using a silhouette and we actually liked the white better.  That's what blogging friends are for to help when you are stumped....

This is the piece that I also used on the butterfly.

There is still another method I want to try and that is putting drops of inks in water and then dipping your paper in and it comes ups with some really pretty backgrouds.

I will enter my 4th card in CAS Mix Up

 

I used stamping, die cuts and alcohol inks

PTI's Stylized Autumn, Keep It Simple - Praying for You.

 

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CAS Mix Up December Challenge

 

A card for CAS Mix Up  

 

Stamping, Sponging & die cut

I been wanting to do a card for this challenge for a couple of weeks but just been too busy getting ready Christmas. 

Finally getting some time in my craft room today.

PTI's Winter Floral sponged with Distress Inks.  I sponged first and then die cut it out.

Graceful Greetings II

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CAS Watercolor October

 

Another card for CAS Watercolour  

Hope this qualifies for CAS, there is lots of white space at the top, not so much at the bottom.

Again, it took me numerous times to get this right, but finally came up with something I liked.

I used Distress Inks to stamp on some Art Impressions Foliage and a couple of images from WPlus 9 Fresh Cut Florals & Coming Up Roses, then used an Aqua paint brush to soften the edges with water to get the watercolor look.

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Muse #173 by Anita

 

A card for Muse this week

I loved the colors and the silhouette look of Anita's card.

Anita's card

 

PTI's Life,  Sunset done with Distress Inks  I masked off a border which was even at that time but to put a black border around it had to cut one side smaller due to the sentiment. 

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CAS(E) this Sketch #171

 

A card for CAS(E) this Sketch

I'd forgotten how much I used to love this color combination until Marcia starting using it.

I used to use it a lot but for some reason I just forgot about it.  Love how this turned out.

I masked off a PTI Modern BG Stencil with a Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle and sponged with Limeade Ice.

PTi's Color Pop Butterflies stamped in Memento's Lavender Lulu and Grape Jelly.

PTI's Keep It Simple Praying for You

Some PPP sequins  

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PTI's 9th Anniversary Celebration - Create Along With Us - February 2016

 

My card that was inspired by

 Dawn's Card

 

PTI's Embossed in white Life is Beautiful and Butterfly Dreams then sprinkled on Brushos and spritzed with water.  Love how it turned out.

Stitched Pinked Edge Label 

A second card

I also decided on doing a second card using Botanical Blocks, III.
I really liked this card by
Heather 
 
I used Distress Inks to water color.
Delicata Gold Ink
And gold Uniball for the outside border
Brass Perfect Pearls 

On Line Card Class Day 6- Expressive Florals and Leaves -2

 

 

This is my last card for the On Line Intermediate Water Color class.  This class was so great if you are an artist, which I am not.  I was able to do some of the techniques, but there were some, try as I might, could not even come close.

I am impressed that I was able to freehand this card. Yah, can you believe it?  This was a combination of Kristina's and Jennifer's techniques.  Kristina takes a picture like the one I have here to use it as an example of how to design her card, and then I used Jennifer's flowers, cause I wasn't able to re-create the ones in the photo.

Great, great class but I'm afraid a little (lot) above my skill level... 

Altenew Academy, Stunningly Simple Watercolor Day 4 No line watercoloring.

 

Ok, so I need a lot more practice with this technique.  I have trouble making nice crisp lines and not going outside the lines and then being patient and letting one petal dry before trying to paint the next one.  I did do every other one but still had a few issues.

I wasn't able to play yesterday but I'm getting caught up today.

Altenew Academy Stunningly Simple Water Color Day 3, Coloring Embossed Edges

 

Day  3 Embossing your image and dropping in water color after wetting image.

Again I used Altenew's Wild Hibiscus and Distress Inks, Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Cracked Pistachio & Evergreen Bough.

The Paper Players a Color Challenge by Joanne

 

A card for The Paper Players 

 

MFT Forget Me Not sponged with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink

Black Versafine Ink

DCWV Metallic Silver cardstock 

PTI's Deco Cover Plate,  Keep it Simple - Praying for You.