CAS(E) this Sketch 177

Playing along with CAS(E) the Sketch for an anniversary card for my daughter and SIL

stamps & dies:  PTI Garden Grace, Beautiful Butterflies

I used a few of the PPP Lavendar Moon sequins

 Oh we have a beautiful day today...perfect temperature!

Hope you all have a good week!

Heart Hugs, friends!

MIM # 235 Adding color to Stamped Images

Laurie has a video up at the current Make It Monday,

she shows adding color to stamped images using pencils and gamsol or an ink blending solution.

Hi friends, I have added copics to highlight stamped images, but had not used prisma pencils and an ink blending solution.  So I gave it a try.

I stamped the flowers with Berry Sorbet and then went back and added a darker red in the center from the prisma colored pencils called rouge.  Then using a fantastic dipped in the ink blending solution I spread the color out, it really does help give dimension and added color to the images. I did the same with the little leaves.

 stamps and dies:  PTI Graceful Garden, Keep it Simple:  Praying for you

Can you stand ONE more MIM?

I have been wanting to try this layout technique from Maile for quite some time and decided today was the day!  I hope you all aren't tired of seeing this Make it Monday technique here on my blog.

Like I said, I pulled out a bunch of my IP ( I don't have that many) and impressed the papers, then laid the papers out with my chalk and daubers and went to town...then it was a matter of stamping them.  So this is the wood grain as you can see, I used Garden Grace for my stamps and sliced through it for the sentiment (which is from Botanical Blocks).

If you have some chalk in your stash now is the time to pull it out and use it.

Last March when my BFF was here, we went to Craft Warehouse in  Gresham OR and spotted a box of firm round spongie things...we asked if they worked good for daubing, and was told yes, but they aren't soft, so they don't squish, but man they work great for chalk!

 

Thanks again for taking a look,

hope you all have a great week!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen



One Layer Simplicity ~ just add water

One Layer Simplicity  is the new kid on the block...this is the third challenge for them and they want us to "JUST ADD WATER".

I stamped the image using Distress Ink and then added water with a brush to give it a water color look.  Using versamark, I added the same image onto sweet blush ink and then a little sweet blush polka dot ribbon on the side

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Stamps:  PTI Garden Grace, Make a Wish (sentiment)

ink: Distress Inks: bundled sage, shabby shutters, spun sugar, fired brick, versamark 

paper:  Hero arts Water color, sweet blush, rustic cream

 

My sweet BFF, Linda is here and I have to say we are both struggling a bit with paper, inks, embossing powder...maybe we need to call it a night, have some cake and try it all again tomorrow!

 

Heart Hugs, friends

Colleen

Okay, I messed up, even though I typed this up:  ONE layer simplicity, for some reason it didn't connect with me, so I apologize for this card NOT being one layer!!