CAS on Friday Guest Designer!

Hi! I am very honoured to be invited as guest designer for the current challenge over at CAS on Friday! The theme is:

One layer wonder - make a card with no layers

I have a brand new stamp set from Paper Artsy, which I thought would be perfect for this challenge. I stamped the flowers, then coloured with inks and a water brush. When dry, I added extra detail with a white gel pen. To keep it completely one layer, I resisted the urge to add Nuvo Drops - I'm never quite sure if Nuvo Drops or gems are allowed on one layer cards! But I'm pleased with how it turned out - the white gel pen brightens up the blocks of colour.

Ingredients:

Paper Artsy stamp set: EKC15 (by Kay Carley)

'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Adirondack Ink pads: Cranberry, Butterscotch, Meadow

White Sakura Gelly Roll gel pen

Spring Tulips

Hi! I bought a new stamp set... I really need to show some restraint :-s  But anyway, it's lovely, and here are a couple of cards I made with it! I stamped the black part of the image, then inked up the coloured part and spritzed with water before stamping. The blue & purple one blended a little better because I used watercolour paper, but I like the effect on both. There are more contrasting patches of colour on the red one, and I like the simplicity of the stamps on the texture of hammered card.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: 'Flowers'
Pink Gem Challenges: 'Spring Flowers'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sparkles Monthly: 'Clean & Simple'

Stamp Ink Paper:

Ingredients:

Stamps By Me: Beautiful

'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'

Artistry Inks: Indian Jamun, Blue Chase

Stampin' Up! Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Flowery Flowers

Hi! I bought a new stamp set, designed by Kay Carley - I love it! The flowers even have little flowers on the petals! Anyway, here's a card I made, inspired by this week's beautiful Muse card (ok, it has flowers instead of cats and dogs, but it has the grassy background...). I used a stencil and ink dusters to create a subtle background first, and used ink dusters to add more green to the bottom of the card. Then I stamped the flowers, stems and leaves, and coloured with inks and a water brush. I added white Nuvo Drops to the dots in the centres of the flowers, although they don't show up very well. Maybe I should have used purple instead of white.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Muse:

Simon Says Stamp: 'Make Your Own Background'


Ingredients:
Paper Artsy stamp set: EKC15 (by Kay Carley)
'Birthday Wishes' sentiment from Woodware 'Daisy Panel'
Paper Artsy Stencil: PS061
Adirondack Ink pads: Cranberry, Butterscotch, Sail Boat Blue
Artistry Inks: Blue Chase, Indian Jamun
Nuvo Drops: Gloss - White