T is for Tropical and tree

When checking on challenges to do today I found that on CAS on Sunday you were to add  a splash of watercolor and for the Just Add Ink challenge this week you were to do something for the letter T. So, here is my tropical tree, with some watercoloring in the bg.  I love this old SU palm tree from a retired set. I used distress oxide inks to do my watercoloring. Kept it clean and simple by using white paper.

CCEE1828 National Simplicity Day

It's Lynn back again to share with you the second July challenge. 

July 12 has been declared National Simplicity Day in honor of Henry David Thoreau who was a devoted advocate of living a life of simplicity. So on this lazy day of summer it's time to simplify. My challenge to you is to create a clean and simple one layer card!

Please include keyword CCEE1828 if you choose to play along and post your card to an online gallery.

I used white cardstock, a stencil, a stamp, and a punch. Pretty basic stuff for this simple card. 

Less is More 369 - Bring Something back!

When I saw that the challenge for Less is More 369 was to bring something back, I thought of this old stamp set that has been sitting in my garage for some time now. It was dated 1997, which makes it 21 years old. Wow, where do those years go?? I always loved this set and just could not seem to part with it although I had not use it in a decade probably. Then I thought it would be fun to use the new Distress Oxide inks to give it a new life with these amazing inks. The sentiment is from Verve.

Power Poppy's June Bug Challenge

I loved Allison's challenge over on Power Poppy's blog for June.  I used the Pure Prairie digital from Power Poppy and the scripture is also a digi from Power Poppy. Because this is a digital, I was able to make it the size I wanted it to be. This is a great advantage over the vinyl or rubber stamps, which I make use of often. I made this a CAS and added an embossed edge just a a final touch to the empty side of the card. I love how the colors pop from the white.

Less is more 288

This card is for the Less is More challenge #288, which was to use brown and blue. I used these shells from Flourishes and the block stamps from many retired sets from Stampin' Up. I took the time to take all these shape kinds of stamps from any sets they were in and put them in an orgazizer together so that I could use them to make these kinds of backgrounds. It makes a quick and easy card and finding them will be so much easier.

You can find this challenge here. 

Power and Spark Challenge - May Flowers

There is nothing better than flowers in May and nobody draws them prettier than Marcella Hawley over at Power Poppy. This is one of her digital designs as is the sentiment. They are so fun to color and I used my copic markers to do my coloring. I kept this clean and simple because it is easy to mail and the beauty of Marcella's artwork stands alone without a lot of fluff to be added. I simply added a goldenrod cardstock that was punched with a Martha Stewart punch for a bottom border.

CAS on Sunday challenge #81

I did this for the CAS on Sunday challenge found here:

Challenge #81

I went diagonally across the Bingo card to the floral, stamp, and ribbon criteria. 

The floral is a digital from Power Poppy, and the sentiment is a stamp from Power Poppy.

I used copic markers for the coloring and this is on a white one layered card. 

Just Us Girls Challenge 333

This card is for this challenge for Just Us Girls 333:

I pulled out an old retired stamp from Stampin' Up and gave it a new look. I am also using this card for the CAS 367 challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The vase is a diecut oval cut on the sides. I used my Tim Holtz brick embossing folder for the background.

CAS on Sunday #62

CAS cards are becoming my favorite cards, because they take less time, they are easier to mail, and simple often seems more elegant. I used two different companies embossing edges for this card. The sentiment is from Flourishes and the sun and seagulls are die cuts. I love the fact that embossing causes shadows, and I used dimensional strips to stick on the birds to add extra shadows, and let the sun and shadows help emphasis the words of this proverb. This took less than 10 minutes to create and I really liked the look. Hope you do too. Check out the others over on CAS on Sunday' blog.

CAS on Sunday 61

 

The challenge on CAS on Sunday #61 was to make a one layered card. That is one of my favorite things to do and I really like making one layered collage cards. So, on my card today, I used an old retired background stamp from Stampin' Up, then I do some multilayered stamping using some Kitchen Sink Stamps for the pen and butterfly, The postage stamp and cancelation stamps are also Kitchen Sink Stamps. Then for the final thing was to ink an embossing folder and stamp with it the geometric pattern. I wanted to leave some of the card clear of all stamping as it is a CAS card.

CAS(E) this Sketch 129

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I make my stencil from the negative side of my leaf diecut. It works so beautifully. I sponge the Mountain Pine and Pear tart Memento ink on, added some small punched flowers, and centered them with pearls. A simple but elegant look. I had the sentiment in my Sweet and Sassy container, so I assume it is from there, unless I misplaced something cleaning up.

CAS some sunshine

Having some fun with a new set I got from Stampendous.

CAS on Sunday #56

The challenge on CAS on Sunday was to use gold. I stamped this silhouette with versamark and then added gold embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment in tuxedo black. The silhouette is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps.  I love CAS cards, and nice and flat that are easy to mail.  Here is where you can find out more information on this challenge:
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/

CAS on sunday 9-21-14

The challenge over on CAS on Sundays was to use sequins. I used some gold sparkly ones on my card. The stamps I used are from Our Daily Bread Designs. I used peanut brittle ink from Memento and ivory paper from Recollections (Michael's)  My sweet sister gave me these stamps for my birthday back in August and I finally got the chance to stamp with them.

CAS on Sunday #35

The challenge this week on CAS on Sunday was to use paper piecing. I love this stamp from Inkadinkado. Some of the bottles are paper pieced with design papers. The coloring is done with copic markers. I kept it clean and simple by stamping into onto white cardstock and making it only one layer.

CAS-ual Friday Challenge 130

This is for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge to use an oval. My ovals are the eggs in the basket and the loops on the basket. This is as CAS as they get. I am using an older stamp that has not been stamped in a while and I embossed the partial chevron lines just to add a little texture to it. As we enter Holy Week, may you be blessed and filled just as this little basket is.

CAS on Sunday

The challenge over at CAS on Sunday is to make a one layer card. I love making one layer cards and did a little masking with this one. Also decided it was time to start getting some of those Easter cards rolled out.
I added a few scoring lines just to add a little bit to the design of the card. This little chick stamp I found in the $1 bin at Michael's last spring. It was just too cute and the price was too good to pass up. I used some leaves from an old retired Stampin' Up set for the leaves and a sentiment stamp from Printworks.

CAS on Sunday #25

Here is my CAS card for the CAS on Sunday challenge this week to do a love card.
I embossed the white cardstock base then added a puffy heart sticker and ribbon to it. Pretty clean and simple yet the embossing and puffy heart added a little dimension to it. I love making Valentines and hope to spend the week making and designing many more.

Double the challenge Double the fun

This card is for the CAS challenge 215 for this week as well as the CAS=ual Friday Challenge #97. The CAS challenge was to use turquoise, pink, and celery. The CFC challenge was to use a chevron pattern and flowers. My chevron pattern is an embossing border from Darice, then I rub a turquoise pad across the embossed protion. It is a little shabby because of the extra ink that is on the white portion of the card. The sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps.

SSIC149

I did some reverse masking on this card using Baja Breeze and curry. The sentiment and image are stamped in tuxedo black. The stamps are from Stampabilities. I did some scoring and added a rhinestone cross.