Hope Your Birthday Is A Splash!

The Cue at CASology #371 and Just Us Girls #543 inspired me to pull out some things from my stash that I have had for a long time and never used and make this card. I had so much fun with it! I  created my pool with the Inkylicious Mini Splatter Circle, Salty Ocean DO ink, watercolor paper and spritzes of water. My water ballerinas wearing rainbow bathing suits colored with Copics were made with Avery Elle's Splash stamps and dies and popped up with foam tape to give them dimension.

I am also playing at:

AAA Birthday Challenge #15 - 3D

Seize The Birthday #194 - Anything Birthday Goes

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Ink It Up

Allsorts Challenge #579 - Summertime

Challenge Up Your Life #125 - Vacation Mood

Life After Chaos

I have been on a stencil kick lately. I have so many wonderful stencils that have been sitting patiently waiting some love. Today I created an underwater scene using one of the components of Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Scene Builder stencil set with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink. On top of that I placed Funky Fossil Designs magnificent Turtle stencil with Gina K's Grass Green Glitz Glitter Gel. I added a sentiment from Picket Fence Studios Swim In The Sea stamp set, and my card was complete.

I am playing at:

Stamping Sensations July 2020 Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

Alphabet Challenge - G is for Glitter and Gems

You Are Amazing

The featured technique over at CAS Mix Up for July is Stencil Tracing. This is a new one to me and I wanted to give it a whirl. Basically you outline with the stencil left on your image or free hand 

outline with the stencil removed.

Funky Fossil Designs Seahorse Stencil and Mask seemed to be a great choice for this technique, plus I wanted to try layered stenciling, and the Seahorse was a good choice for that too. I began by blending Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass DO ink on Neenah Solar white 80# Card Stock. I then placed Hero Arts Abstract Waves Stencil over the Seahorse aperture and blended Chipped Sapphire DO over top of that. I removed that stencil and laid Dylusions Small Bubbles Stencil on the Seahorse aperture and sprayed it generously with Imagine Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. When I removed the bubbles stencil, I traced around the edges of the Seahorse with a Copic 0.2 Multiliner. I was thrilled with the way it came out. I debated whether to give my funky seahorse a googly eye, but I left it alone in the true spirit of CAS. I thought hard about what sentiment to use, and finally settled on this one from The Ton's Pyrotechnics set. I die cut the panel with a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die, backed it with fun foam and mounted it on Gina K. Designs Base Weight Turquoise Sea Card Stock.

Hello Birthday Girl

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is FUCHSIA, YELLOW & GREY.

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays this month.

https://cas-ualfridaysstamps.com/products

To create my card, I blended the challenge colors on Funky Fossil Designs Butterfly Wreath in the bottom right corner of my card base. The sentiment is done with Simon Says Stamp + CZ Design Hello You Stamps and Die. I stamped and die cut the word "hello" on white card stock, and stacked three more die cuts beneath the stamped one. I stamped the rest of the sentiment below the die cut, and my card was complete. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #278 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes #194

Festive Friday #FF0062 - CAS Design, Single Image, Birthday Theme

Krafty Chicks #514 - Stamp Act

Use Any Stamp you have on your project.

Make My Monday #125 - Use Stencils

Thanks

There's a beach theme over at Moving Along With The Times. I love to play with that theme whenever I can!

To make my card, I used Funky Fossils SeaShells Stencil and Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks. I added some water droplets. The sentiment is die cut with a die from SSS Summer Greetings.

Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

The Card Concept #138 - Summer Fun

My inspiration was the overall theme and the shells around the candle.

Little Red Wagon #556 - Summer Fun

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Stenciling

Make My Monday #125 - Use Stencils

You're Doin' Great!

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #165 is a Theme Challenge - Days Gone By. This could be anything that has to do with the past. Any memory that you have, person you admire, scrapbook page documenting your family history, a vintage outfit, a phrase, and old fashioned word, a style of card you used to make, life before isolation... you get the drift. There is an optional twist to add embellishments.

We are generously sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Our Guest Designer is Claire  of Life On The Scrap Heap. Claire is a top notch designer whose creations are always greatly inspiring.  Claire's art is fabulous from design to coloring. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some awesome inspiration.

I thought this Doing Great stamp from CAS-ual Fridays was just perfect for our theme of 'Days Gone By'. I stamped and heat embossed it on a background that I created with alcohol inks and water. To frame it out, I die cut the stamped panel with a Spellbinders Rectangle Hemstitched Die and popped it up onHero Arts Sea Mix Layering Paper.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Claire and our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Love You

I created this card for Inspired By... Fresh Morning Challenge. I love the colors, the stripes, the coral on the pillows... so many wonderful elements. I'd love to wake up in that room!

Supplies:

Stamps ~ Designs By Ryn Coral Set; The Gray Muse You Grow, Girl.

Ink ~ VersaFine Onyx Black, DO Inks: Abandoned Coral, Ripe Persimmon, Broken China, Salty Ocean.

Accessories ~ Doodlebug Designs Washi Tape; Spellbinders Hemstitch Circle Dies; ARTplorations Weaving Stencil; Heidi Swap Square Lattice Stencil.