I couldn't resist creating a fall-inspired card with Patricia's colour choices this week on the CAS Colours and Sketches Blog. The llama and basket are from Flora and Fauna's stamp, Llama Set and white embossing powder on Cajun Craze paper helped keep it simple. The "polaroid" die cut and sentiment are oldies from Papertrey Ink. I framed the image by scoring two lines on each side with the help of my Score Pal.
Since July has a fifth Tuesday, it's a "Timeless Tuesday" which is a double challenge on the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge Blog. We are reaching back into the archives and pulling out an old sketch as well as retired SU colours, hence the "timeless" part of the name! 
Love the angles on Jeanne's sketch for this week's CC&S sketch. I opted for minimal stamping and used some of my hoarded SU DSP for the main panel on this card with a word die from Sugar Pea Designs.
Jeanne has chosen some fun colors for this week's CC&S challenge. My card uses Stampin' Up's Balloon Celebration stamp and features Lemon Lime Twist and Coastal Cabana with pink sequins as accents. The sequins are iridescent, so the colors are a little more varied in the photo than IRL. The sentiment uses both colors to create an ombre look. Such a simple, fun card to make!
Jeanne's sketch for this week's CC&S challenge really tested my creativity. A Spellbinders vine die I from my collection served as the outer shape and then a very old Pure Innocence stamp from MFT became the focal point. The sentiment was from the stash of discards on my desk and is perfect for this card!
Wei's fun summer colors for this week's CC&S challenge took me in a different direction than I originally imagined. After deciding on W Plus 9's Doodle Buds stamp set, this card started to take shape. I pulled out black embossing powder, some watercolor paper, a water brush, and my Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral inks. The strips of paper are Bermuda Bay and Pool Party. A sentiment from MFT's LJD Words of Inspiration is heat embossed and finished off the card.
The fifth Tuesday of the month means "Timeless Tuesday" which is a double challenge on the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge Blog. We are reaching back into the archives and pulling out an old sketch as well as retired SU colours, hence the "timeless" part of the name! Right At Home's Sweet Stitches Die Set is used for the sentiment and flowers. Copics were used to create the ombre look for the sentiment, flower centers and the band behind the panel. A scrap of patterned paper was scalloped across the bottom.
It's a colour challenge week on the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge Blog. Our colours are Pacific Point, So Saffron, and Pear Pizzaz. I'm on a roll with coloring on colored cardstock lately. I started using my small collection of Prismacolor pencils, but didn't have the right blue for Pacific Point. I went to my granddaughters' craft desk and grabbed the 50 colored pencils I purchased from Costco last year and scored! They actually worked well for most of this image!
It's a sketch challenge this week on the CAS Colours and Sketches Blog. I created this sketch with a new die I purchased from MFT in mind. The birds are MFT's Birthday Chicks stamp set; I inked up their Happy Birthday background stamp behind the windows. This was such a fun card to make, I know I will bring the stamp set out again in the near future!
Happy MAY CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge Friends!! We are thrilled to see grass again here in Minnesota, so I thought I would celebrate spring with my CC&S card this week. I love the warmth of the sun and the lengthening days!
Make My Monday #70/ - Embossing
I had a great idea for working with the colors Karen gave us to work with on the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge Blog this week, but in the end it didn't feel CAS so back to the drawing board and this was the result. (Here's my first card, in case you are curious!)
Karen is April's CC&S challenge-host. Take a peek at the DT's make's HERE. Hope you have time to join us this week.
