I was invited to be a guest designer for Challenge #34 Back to School on the Craftaholics R Us Blog. I chose to pair an image from A Day for Daisies called, Happy School House with the Pencil Me In from PTI. Lots of red and yellow with the lined handwriting paper give this a great fall look. This will be a card for my DIL next week when two of her three kiddos are back in school! 
It's the fifth Tuesday of August, which means we have a CC&S double challenge for you this week involving colour and a sketch. Thanks Karen, for hosting this month! 
Back with a great sketch challenge this week for the CAS Colours and Sketches Blog. 
Challenges Entered:
I have to admit, this month's Stick It Down sketch challenged me! The good news is pulling out all of my stamps to find "the one" and going through my hoarded pile of paper unearthed some fabulous "finds" - right in my own stash!! 
You know those stamps you must have when you see someone's card online? That was the case for me with Altenew's Vintage Flower Set. It has been in my collection for over a year and has never been inked. I can't even remember the card that called out, "Buy this set, now!" I've pulled it out before, but the three layer stamping just sent me over the edge! 
Welcome to this week's CAS Colours and Sketches blog. Karen has some fun, happy colors for our challenge this week. I pulled out an old PTI stamp, Modern Basics, by one of my favorite designers, Mailes Belles, for my main image and added a newer set from Lil' Inker Designs, called Whoops for the sentiment. Fortunately, I had all three ink colors in my collection and once I settled on the stamp set, decided to make a one layer CAS card. My Misti was so helpful in making sure everything was well-inked! The Calypso Coral looks a lot more orange in the photo than it does IRL. Lots of white space and judicious use of the Bermuda Bay to keep your eye moving over the card helps this design!
Stamping Senstations August - AG
This week Patricia has a sketch challenge for us on the CAS Colours and Sketches Blog. I rotated the sketch and decided to use an adorable image from Dilly Beans' creative artist Megan Suarez, called Amalia Flower Fairy for the shape. I took Patricia at her word when she said "any non-rectangular shape" - and cropped the image on the right side of the page. The sentiment is computer generated for a friend who is a new grandma.
Good Morning CC&S Fans,
The stamp set is called Find the Beauty from Right At Home Stamps. A Misti was instrumental in creating this card because it allowed me to stamp each flower three times to have a well-stamped image. I stamped three more layers of Blushing Bride for the lines on the petals, giving it a deep color. Cajun Craze was too much of a contrast on the flowers, so it was relegated to the little cluster of dots moving around the flowers. The sentiment is white embossing powder and the lacey oval background is a very old (and seldom used) die from Papertrey Ink.
