Softly Autumn CAS Watercolour Reminder

This is the actual card that I watercolored during Hurricane Matthew.

It's a CASE of this card by Heather Telford.

I stamped the image with Antique Linen Distress Ink a couple of times on
a folded piece of hot press watercolor paper.

I used my Zigs and an Aqua Painter to add color to the flowers.
I first applied Carmine Red to the base of the flower with a bit of orange next to that.
Then I added Yellow to the tips and used the Aqua Painter to blend the colors.

I determined where I wanted more flowers and added some more using the same technique.

I masked off some of the sentiment before inking.
(I actually remembered to remove the inky tape before stamping. Not always the case!)

And I added some orange splatters for extra interest.

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge
is open until the 24th of October
Here's this month's challenge

and I'm playing along with some other challenges too.

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge

Where my friend Karen has asked for

Red, Orange and Yellow 

on our one-layer cards.

Penny Black and More Challenge

AUTUMN

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS

and last but certainly not least is a brand new challenge

The Flower Challenge

Where this month's challenge is

ANYTHING GOES WITH FLORALS

Loll and I are thrilled with the participation at 

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge!

We've had so many wonderful entries and a lot have DT on them.

It's going to be a hard choice!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Softly (PB), Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs (Distress)

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. Hot Press) 

Other:  Zig CCRBM (Carmine Red, Orange, Yellow, Mid Green, Brown), Aqua Painter

Ghosting Reminder for CAS Mix Up

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at

CAS Mix Up

Using Stamping, Ghosting, Stenciling, and Die Cuts

We're using the Ghosting Technique this month.

It seems that the CAS Mix Up Design team is thinking about Christmas.

I hope you'll go check out their inspiration pieces.

I used a piece of a Ghosted Brusho background to die cut my tree.  I tore some snowbanks, and

stenciled some snow to add to the scene.

There are some great videos on this technique.

Ghosting Technique by Loll Thompson (4:28).  See Mac's sample card using this fun technique.  Loll's sample card combines Stencil Monoprint and Ghosting.

Ghosting with Stencils and Rubbing Alcohol by Jane Davies (1:39)
Water Stamping (Ghosting) by Shery Russ (4:05)

Versamark Ghosting Technique by Seasons of Stamping (4:15)
Bleach without Bleach by France Martin (12:29).  See Bonnie's sample card using this easy technique.
Ghost Stamping with Gel Medium by Jill foster (6:34)

Lots of snippets on this card so I'll take it by
Pixie's Snippet Playground.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Naturals White, Snippets of  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White (SU), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. CP)

Other:  In the Meadow Dies (PTI), Falling Snow Stencil (SSS), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Dazzling Diamonds

Penny Black Bashful Butterfly

I posted this card last week where I had done some ghosted images.

I had a little piece left over and didn't want to throw it away or put into the bottomless UFO box...

So I cut this daisy from some mixed media paper and watercolored it.

The daisy is a Penny Black die and the butterfly stamp, that you can barely see over it,

is also from Penny Black.

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge this month is

AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS

 
and a reminder that at CAS Watercolour Card Challenge we are doing

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio, Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Old Olive, Smokey Slate

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Heavy Wt. Whisper White (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Bashful Die (PB), Linen Texture Plate (PTI)

Vintage Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday Time

This week, Lori  chose our theme.

I used a topper that had been gifted to me.

All it needed was a few layers to enhance it.  I did sponge a bit around the edges of the embossing.

Quick and CAS!

I used some snippets so I'll take this to

Pixie's Snippet Playground.

I hope you'll join us this week at 

Merry Monday.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe  

Paper:   Very Vanilla, Garden Green

Other:  Square Lattice EF (retired SU)

Another Ghosted Card and Design Team Call

Do you like to use Mixed Media on your cards?

Do you enjoy making CAS (Clean and Simple) cards?

We're having a Design Team Call at

CAS Mix Up

It's open until October 15th.

If you're interested, just add DT beside your name 

when you add a card to the gallery.

This month we're using the Ghosted Technique on our cards.

I used Stamping, Ghosting, Brusho Background, Dry Embossing and a Die Cut

I sprinkled some green Brusho crystals on a piece of mixed media paper and spritzed with water.

I love the speckles of blue that show in the green!

I used a dark blue ink for the sentiment to accentuate those speckles.

When it was dry, I spritzed water on a stencil and laid it on top.

After a few seconds I removed the stencil and blotted with a paper towel.

I love how it leaves a subtle pattern in the background!

Here's some links for the ghosting technique.

Ghosting Technique by Loll Thompson (4:28).  See Mac's sample card using this fun technique.  Loll's sample card combines Stencil Monoprint and Ghosting.

Ghosting with Stencils and Rubbing Alcohol by Jane Davies (1:39)
Water Stamping (Ghosting) by Shery Russ (4:05)

Versamark Ghosting Technique by Seasons of Stamping (4:15)
Bleach without Bleach by France Martin (12:29).  See Bonnie's sample card using this easy technique.
Ghost Stamping with Gel Medium by Jill foster (6:34)

CAS Mix Up

I want to wish my friends in Canada a 

Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Inspiration (Stampin' Studio now OOB)

Ink:  Midnight Muse 

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Whisper White 

Other:  Brusho Crystals, Delicate Fern Die (MB), Layering Mini Stencil set 4 (TH), Stately EF (retired Craft Concepts)