CAS - Right as Rain

Freshly Made Sketches – 400th Sketch Week 2

Hello! I have had such a great time playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenges of late. This week’s sketch had me stumped all morning! There are so many possibilities.

In the end, I paired a textured panel with patterned paper and used a die-cut fence as the divider between the two.

I cut SU So Saffron cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Woodgrain die and adhered the patterned paper (retired Basic Grey) to it. I die-cut the Taylored Expressions fence and adhered it to the yellow panel so that the base would be resting on the patterned paper.
I cut the Poppystamps Barnyard Rooster (now retired) from red cardstock that matched the red in the patterned paper. I adhered the rooster just behind the fence.
I heat-embossed a MFT sentiment (the idea being that the rooster was crowing about an accomplishment) on dark grey cardstock and cut it with a banner die. I added the sentiment to the fence with a small staple.

Supplies: Poppystamps Barnyard Rooster, SU So Saffron cardstock, Taylored Expressions Fence die, Basic Grey Patterned Paper

Gone Fishing!

Hello! Seems as if everywhere I turn, there are people fishing! Today I am sharing a watercolored Penny Black image paired with a punny sentiment created on my computer. The image is from an older (and favorite!) Penny Black stamp set – Sunny Days. Let’s take a look!

I stamped the image with VersaFine ink on Cold Press watercolor paper.
I colored the image with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. The background was colored with the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker in Light Blue.
I used square dies to cut a frame from the cardstock on which I printed the sentiment, as well as from TE Sweet Potato Pie cardstock for an inner mat.

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Masculine CAS Hello – Color Blocked Die-Cut Horse

Hello! Today I am sharing a masculine, Western-themed, CAS “Hello” card. This card is headed to my brother, who recently moved. I used color blocking to create the background; the focal image is the now-retired Galloping Stallion from Poppystamps. Let’s take a look!

I used a die from a Reverse Confetti treat bag set (the rectangle is 3/4″ wide x 2 7/8″ long) to die-cut five different colors of cardstock – Taylored Expressions Toffee, Stampin’ Up Cajun Craze, TE Sweet Potato Pie, SU More Mustard, and SU Not Quite Navy. This particular treat bag is now retired, but a rectangular die will work. I wanted the colors to convey a western feel – think Pendleton blanket.
I attached the rectangles to a 3 3/4″ wide by 5″ wide panel.
I die-cut the stallion from Taylored Expressions Chocolate Truffle cardstock and attached him with foam adhesive to an oval, cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities set from Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla and dry-embossed with the TE Weathered embossing folder.
I stamped the sentiment with Archival Potting Soil ink on Taylored Expressions Toffee cardstock and cut it with a TE tag die. I added May Arts twine, which ties in with the rustic theme.

Freshly Made Sketches #400

Hello! I am playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches 400th Challenge.

I began by finding the patterned paper that I wanted to use. I still have A LOT of patterned paper. I chose Pebbles Seen & Noted. This is an older pad with great coordinating patterns and colors. I used basic shape dies to cut the three patterned paper pieces.

For the focal image, I went through my butterfly die sets and chose the Memory Box Moonlight Butterfly. I cut the body and antennae from solid papers in the Pebbles pad.

The butterfly was lost against the patterned papers, so I cut a vellum circle to quiet the pattern behind the butterfly. I adhered the butterfly to the circle with glue and the assembly to the patterned paper pieces with foam adhesive.

The sentiment – Pinkfresh Studio Word Series: Thanks – was stamped with Espresso Truffle ink. I don’t have a lot of occasion to use that ink color but I felt that stamping in black would be too harsh with the other colors.

I added three enamel dots in gold (another product of which I have a lot of inventory) in the upper-right corner.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Bear Cuddle

Hello! Today I am sharing a sweet scene showcasing the Penny Black Bear Cuddle stamp and coordinating die.

I stamped the image on different papers and colored it with a variety of mediums. In the end, this one, watercolored with the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors on Arches Cold Press paper, was my favorite.

Once dry, I cut the image with the coordinating die. I’m delighted that Penny Black now has coordinating dies for many of their images!

I added Distress Oxide ink to the top of a square panel and stamped it with the sentiment from the Flower Teddy set.

Originally, I envisioned a green card base (to tie in with the cushion in the image), but I didn’t have any green cardstock in the same shade. I ended up using Lawn Fawn Paper Bag.

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