Hello crafty friends. It’s Tuesday and time for our new theme at CAS Colours & Sketches, where I’ve picked a palette that looks perfect for spring themed cards! It gave me the opportunity for an early peek at a new set of stamps that Barbara will be launching on HobbyMaker TV tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1pm – meet the SHAC Bouquet stamps! I love these oversized bunches of flowers with the little figures to carry them, they’re just so quirky!
I took a piece of Clarity’s 6×4.5″ premium card and trimmed the short side to 4″ so it would sit perfectly on a 7×5 card blank, then stamped the bouquet of roses and lilies onto it using black Archival ink. I could then add the little figure holding them tightly.
Time to break out my Polychromo pencils to shade them in using ‘coral’ from the Winter set for the roses and my little lady’s dress, ‘cadmium orange’ from Autumn for the lilies, ‘may green’ from Summer for the leaves and ‘cream’ from the Essentials set for the paper wrapping. I then used a dry blending nib to smooth out the pencil colour and added the sentiment from the stamp set.
Next was to create an embossed frame around the image using a rectangle embedder and shaded a little ground under the figure with the ‘may green’ Polychromo. To finish, I simply added a mount of green Waimea Falls companion paper and attached it to the 5×7 card blank.
So, what have my colours inspired you to create – will you go floral or find a different route? Hop over the the CAS C&S blog for more inspiration from the rest of the design team and then come and play along with us. And there’ll be more inspiration to see from the Clarity design team when Barbara’s on HobbyMaker TV tomorrow afternoon.
Mean while, I’m off to share this card with a few challenges, having picked up ‘pastel’ and ‘bloom’ from Time Out’s ‘choose two’ options. Allsorts are looking for ‘anything but square’ (this card’s a rectangle) and I’m also adding it as another contribution to Beautiful Blossoms‘ gallery.
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I love the oversized bouquet with the teeny tiny figure – she is one lucky lady! A great touch of whimsy to compliment those colourful blooms Deborah.
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thanks so much Joanne x
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Absolutely adorable! Such a fun way to give a bouquet!
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thanks!
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So pretty Deborah! I love how your coloring made this bright combo look so soft on this bouquet. TFS!
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Another beautifully coloured card filled with whimsey and style.
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thanks so much x
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Beautiful blooms is a pretty soft pastel colour palette, many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.
B x
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So pretty, Deb xoxo
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Thanks Em x
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This is gorgeous – love the colouring on the florals – fading to white at the edges of the petals. xx
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thank you – all down to Barbara’s tuition!
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A beautiful floral card! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!
Diane BB DT
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So sweet and beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us at Time Out:)
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What a cute image with the small character and the large bouquet! Thanks for sharing with us at Beautiful Blossoms 🙂
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Oh my goodness, what great images with the ginormous bouquet delivered by tiny people. Your coloring is juat wonderful. Thanks for sharing this beautiful with us at Time Out.
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Aww.. such a Gorgeoaus card… love the beautiful bouquet with tiny people. Love it so much. Thank you so much for playing with us at Time Out. Hugsxx Deepti
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Gorgeous CAS look for this stylish card! Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.
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