papercraftisann: August 2016

Friday, 5 August 2016

CAS(E) this Sketch #184 Flourish Birthday

This is my offering for CAS(E) this Sketch! # 184. I have reverted to a limited colour palette for this card (yes, still having trouble with colours ;) ). I used the new Flourish thinlits for the flowers (I love these delicate dies!) in Melon Mambo and the sentiment, frame and coordinating framelit is from the Rose Garden thinlits and Rose Wonder photopolymer stamp set combo. I have 'fancied' up the flowers with some White Perfect Accents which I had thought were retired but am pleased to report are still available. I did notice as I was photographing the card that my layers aren't straight :( But as I always say "That's how you know I made it!". This is the sketch:

And my interpretation:

The fine point glue pen is great for applying tiny amounts of adhesive to centre portions of the delicate flowers & I've curled up the outer petals a little. The sentiment is popped up with dimensionals. Thanks for looking!

tams# 8455

Product List

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

$54.00

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

$47.00

Flourish Thinlits Dies

[141478]

$49.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$12.25

White Perfect Accents

[138416]

$8.75

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$12.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$10.00

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Touch of Texture for FMS 248

Sorry it's been so long! I don't have any excuses really but I have been scrapbooking - my first attempt & it is a slow process! I am making an album of our recent holiday to Hong Kong. However, Stampin' Up has a new Annual Catalogue (well new as of June 1st) and I have some very cool new stamps and thinlits that need to be used!

This is a card that I made for a sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches using my new Touches of Texture stamp set. I did use my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to 'line up' the colours more easily as I have the set in wood mount but I don't think it needs to be precise. I used some of the new Copper Metallic Thread to wrap around for the horizontal element. The sentiment is from Balloon Celebrations, and punched out with the now retired Washi Label Punch and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I also used a long retired distressing kit to rough up the edges of the stamped layer and sponged the edges with the 'Tea Stain' ink that was part of the kit. It has come out quite yellow looking so I think something like So Saffron would be a reasonable substitute, or even Daffodil Delight matching the flower colour. This is the sketch that my card (somewhat loosely!) is based on: