Hello there and welcome to our next challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches – Nancy has give us this great palette to work with, which I thought would be ideal for a Valentine’s themed card using the ‘love grunge elements‘ stamps from Clarity Crafts.
I’ve managed to combine a few other challenges into this one too – not bad for such a CAS card! The Valentines theme at Festive Friday was an easy start, picking up
pink, red, square card, hearts & love sentiment from their inspo list. Time Out‘s request to ‘pick two’ of their word challenge gave me heart & love, and the moodboard at The Paper Players speaks for itself.
So here’s my process… I started with a 5×5 card blank and embossed a frame on the front using one of Clarity’s square embedders, before stamping the grungy heart into the centre using ‘red geranium’ Archival ink. I shaded in the design with Pergaliner pencils, picking out the flowers in pink and using a bright green for some of the little accent circles.
I finished by adding the small solid heart and the sentiment in ‘mowed lawn’ Distress Oxide (my closest colour match to the ‘summer splash’).
Now, these colours aren’t exclusive to Valentine’s cards – come and share your take on them with us in the CAS Colours & Sketches gallery!
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So pretty and delicate!
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Thank you x
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Beautiful
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thanks Johanna x
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Clean and beautiful, Deborah! The “grunge heart” is a lovely image. I like how you colored in sections of it. Thank you for playing in my challenge at The Paper Players this week!
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That’s a terrific grungy heart, Deborah! The details are highlighted perfectly in the simplicity of your design. Beautiful!
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Thanks Rachel!
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I really like that grungy heart, Deborah. The splashes of green stop it from being too sweet. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players.
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Thanks Jan
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So much detail packed into that grungy heart Deborah and the green adds a vibrant pop of colour too. A great CAS card!
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thanks Joanne x
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What a lovely card design! That set has lots of fun elements in it! Beautiful take with the colors!
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thank you Vicki x
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Such a small heart with such a big impact, Deborah, aided by your artful touches of coloring. This is a very sweet card and perfectly CAS as always! Thank you for joining us at the Paper Players this week!
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Who knew that grunge and CAS could come together so nicely! Your heart and love elements are very evident in your design. This card would be a great set of cards to give someone as a gift. Thanks for sharing it with us at Time Out.
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WOW! You really combined those colours together well! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS Colours & Sketches and Time Out Challenges!
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Love your Clean and simple card! Thanks for playing along with Festive Friday Challenges!
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Love your Clean and simple card! Thanks for playing along with Festive Friday Challenges!
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Beautiful card, Deborah! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge! 🙂
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I love how you put this card together- such an original design. The green touches are just perfect.
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