CAS? ME??

This is today's second post.  To see "Snowflake Bear" for A Gem of a Challenge, please go here.  (Or scroll down.)

Hello!

Today's card is made for the challenge going on over at the Addicted to CAS challenge blog.  ATCAS has teamed up with Inspired By Stamping, and we at IBS are contributing our creations.  Now anyone who knows me knows that I quake at the notion of making a CAS card.  No multiple layers?  No die cuts here, there, everywhere? No buckets of glitter and flowers?  Whaaa???

Hold your horses.  Nobody said I couldn't have glitter.  Or flowers.  Or layers.  Well, not out loud at least.  So here is my contribution and I hope it satisfies the requirement that CAS is Clean and Simple.  This is clean.  And simple.  I did color the image, but it was a quick coloring.  That should count, right?  RIGHT??

*ahem*

 

I used one of the stamps from the IBS Elegant Flowers set and colored it with watercolor pencils.  Keeping it simple, you know.

Then I stippled the background with a Copic marker for a little added interest.

In keeping with the sketch (shown below), I applied Scor Tape in two widths to each side and covered them with Art Glitter, which is the sparkliest glitter I know.  OK, I was feeling better by this time.

A small double-layered sentiment with a couple of rhinestones finishes the card, and by now I was feeling pretty mellow.  CAS?  I can do CAS.

And that, dear readers, is my CAS card for the day.  For the week.  Probably for the year.  (Just kidding.)

Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a happy Saturday full of clean and simple pleasures with a little sparkle to jazz things up.

Happy crafting!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says...Anything Goes
Pile It On #30 - Anything Goes
613 Ave. Create #30 - Anything Goes/Friendship Day
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Stamp Nation Sketch #10

Chicago Peace, and IBSIC Challenge #51

Hello!

Today is my third week as March Guest Designer to play with the lovely and talented Design Team over at Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge (IBSIC), and I am so enjoying making these projects for them, but the time is flying by too quickly!  Wah!

This week's color challenge was truly a challenge for me and was inspired by this picture:

What was challenging is that it is completely out of my comfort zone of pinks, purples, vintage and/or shabby and required some creative thinking on my part.  But what good is a challenge if it's not, well, challenging?  At least I knew exactly which stamp I would use.

I used the single rose from the IBS Elegant Flowers set.  I've had this stamp for a few weeks and have been dying to color it.  I've attempted to color it as a Chicago Peace rose, though admittedly I took a little creative license with it.  OK, roses are the hardest flower to color, so I just did the best I could.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I colored the image with Copics and used the pointelle method behind it.  That white was just too stark.  Also too stark was the white doily, so I colored it with two colors of CI Paints, Mango and Peach.  One was too light, the other too dark, so I attempted to lighten it again.  Think three coats was enough?  *sigh*

Layered ribbon bows, a pearl, and a custom made stick pin form the embellishment, and a banner with a sentiment from the IBS stamp set Vintage Frames offset the central image.

A little stitching and a lacy border complete this card.  I hope you've enjoyed it, and I do hope you'll join the ladies over at IBSIC.  Make sure you stop by the DT to see the lovelies they've created for you this week!

Happy crafting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Elegant Flowers, Vintage Frames (IBS)
Ink: Versafine Smoky Gray, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie (SU), MME Miss Caroline Howdy Doody
Extras: Dies: Decorative Doily, Faux Crochet Border (Dienamics), ribbon, pearls, custom stick pin, sewing machine, Copics, CI paints, .

Challenges entered:

ALOTA #103 - Springtime
The Shabby Tearoom #158 - Anything Goes
Timeless Tuesday #212 - Bring On Spring!
Inky Impressions #102 - Flowers
3 Girl Jam #14 - Green with Ribbon
Really Reasonable Ribbon #68 - Flowers and Ribbon
Allsorts #198 - As Easy as 1, 2, 3 (3 embellies: pearls, bows, stick pin)
Pile It On #11 - Circles and/or Squares
613 Ave. Create #11 - Anything Goes (Optional: St. Paddy's Day Green)