A butterflies 'thanks' card, in blue and brown

 

One of my all time fav color combo is blue hues and brown hues. Usully, it reminds me of seaside and sand, but this time I'm in the 'butterfly mood'...

I blended several TH's disress inks - Broken China, Faded Jeans and Peacock Feathers, on a textured white cs. I then die cut 4 stitched squares and mounted them with foam tape.

I stamped the butterfly twice, with Pink Fresh inks - Doe and Warm Buff, fussy cut them and adhered them partially overlapping each other, with foam tape. I then adhered the two of them on the bluish squares with foam tape.

Before adhering the squares and butterflies, I stamped the sentiment with Pink Presh ink Gathered Twigs.

I added a thin stripe of turquoise cs for more interest, and some translucent dots.

It goes for the following challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches - sketch:

Sunday Stamps - colors:

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Thanks - a recipe for neutrals

One of the FAV 

at Tuesday Morning Sketches

On one hand, making cards in neutrals colors can be very challenging. On the other hand, these colors make a very elegant combination. And who doesn't love a card in neutrals colors?!

So I took inspiration from the challenge at As You See It challenge blog, whith a recipe for a neutrals card: to use an embossing folder, a ribbon or a twine, a die or a punch, one sentiment - and all that with neutrals:

I chose to work with the neutrals colors white, vanilla and kraft - for my cs, and brown ink for the sentiment.

I followed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches #631:

The banners, the feathers and the tag - where cut with dies. The white stitched banner was embossed using dots embossing folder. 

I tied a bow around all the feathers with a jute twine, which also was used to tie a knot on the tag.

A one sentiment 'thanks' was stamped on the tag, and I adhered it beneath the feathers.

It goes also for the 'thanks' challenges at SimonSays Monday challenge, and SimonSays Wednesday challenge.

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A Happy Birthday card, with stars

 I made a CAS birthday card, for some challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches - colors:

CAS on Friday sketch:

My take on the sketch is a little loose, but you can still see the inspiration.

Seize the Birthday, with the optional topping - faux stitching:

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Capture the Moment

One of the TOP 3 at Challenge YOUrself

Case file no. 328 at CSI has a wonderful beach/ lake side theme:

It was just perfect for our sailing photo, taken last year at Lake Como in Italy.

I used all 5 colors and from the evidence I took: stripes, grid pattern, beach elements, camera, circular elements, anchor and fringe.

I followed Laura Whitaker's sketch for Sketches In Thyme no. 431:

I'm an old fan of Laura's sketches!

Another challenge this layout goes for, is the August challenge at Challenge YOUrself - I'm on vacation:

I was also inspired by the marine inspiration photo at Creative Embellishments:

I was inspired by the blue and green colors of the water and used scalloped pattern under my photo.
The background was made in smooching technique, using Lindy's sprays: Tibetan Poppy Teal and Aloha Avocado.
I used some CE products - camera chipboard (heat embossed with Lindy's Orange Creamsicle ep),

fishnet background stamp and the chipboard title (heat embossed with Lindy's Spring Leaf Chartreuse ep and Guten Tag Teal ep, and then colored here and there with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal shimmer spray).

To make the steering wheel and the anchor I die cut eace shape several times from a watercolor paper and glued together, so I got kind of chipboards.

The steering wheel was covered with pp with life buoy pattern (the same as I coverd the half circles).

The anchor was painted with Finnabair's Rich Copper Metallique Wax. I glued Finnabair's mini art stones, and colored the anchor again with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal spray. After it was dried, I wraped it with a wax cord. I really love the aged look it got!

Some Robbin's Nest transparent drops added to the water drops look.

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Open Skies - CSI case file 325 July 15th

I'm not an American, so I don't celebrate July 4th, but still the colors of the inspiration photo for Case File 325 at CSI, cought my eyes:

The photo was taken on October 2015, when me and my youngest were on a vacation in London. Yet my journaling is 'Here & Now' - how Covid-19 abolished all our vacation plans since the skies are no longer open.

All papers I used are Piatek13, except the grayish woodgrain one, from the 'Off  Shore' collection. I love their papers - so beautiful and also heavy whieght.

How I solved this case file:

I used all 5 colors of the scheme. For the evidence I used: stripes, stars, woodgrain pattern, vintage/retro style elements (the alphas, the black stamped lace border), flowers, a banner, distressing, something transparent (vellum leaves) and melt something (I heat embossed the flowers and the hidden London stamp on the blue paper).

For my journaling I used the inspiration words free/ freedom and added stars to my journaling spot.

I used PageDraft sketch from Challenge YOUrself:

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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Your special day kite

One of the Favorites

at CAS(E) This Sketch

Trying to cheerup with bright and cheerful colors from my pp...

CAS(E) this Sketch has a geometric clean lines sketch:

Although this sketch is built on 3 different layers, it still has a very CAS look, and I kept my card the same. I have another idea to use this sketch, so please stay tuned :).

I liked the rainbow inspiration given at TGIF:

Being a birthday card, it fits the 'Happy Birthday' challenge at SimonSaysStamps Wednesday challenge.
And last, but not least, it also goes for the 'Kite' challenge at CASology:

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Home - Corona Virus Days - CSI case file no. 315

A new case file at CSI, with a warm and cheerful inapiration photo:

I wanted to scrap the 'here & now' - what is going around us with the Corona Virus.

I didn't use any photo this time, and instead I used this 'HOME' chipboard - where we all ought to stay, to protect ourselves.

I used all 5 colors from the scheme.

As for the eveidence - I used stripes, hexagons, birds, buttons, potted plants, stitching (faux), something puzzy and fabric (both in the felt hearts).

I used the 3 arrows to give some movement, and the dew drops to give some airy feeling.

I documented what is going on with us, since February till today, so it's kind of 'something that happens at home'... I wrote it on some of the hexagons.

Here're some close-ups:

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Childhood Hero - CSI no. 312

Happy March 1st to all! it's time for a new challenge at CSI - case file 312, with this awesome inspiration photo:

The colors of the inspiration photo screamed 'Disneyland', so I used two photos that were taken on our visit to Disneyland Paris on April 2016.

Winnie the Pooh was my eldest's childhood here. He just loved it so much, and went with his big puppet everywhere, and even went to sleep with it by his side on bed.

Naturally, we went to meet Winnie on our visit and took many photos with him.

I used all 5 colors from the scheme. For the eviedence I used: tone-on-tone patterns, wood (the arrow wood veneer), stripes, dots, checker pattern, speach bublles, stars, flair badage and stitching (faux).

My testimony is about how awesome and adorable was my son with his Winnie the Pooh.

I used Laura Whitaker's sketch for My Creative Scrapbook:

I used two photos, and for the third one on the sketch I just added stickers.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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The stars shine for you - CAS masculine card

A featured Rising Star

at A Place to Start

Here's a masculine CAS card I've made, using MFT two challenges - color challenge #134 and sketch #474 challenge:

It also goes for some other challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Ombre

Double Trouble - 'Again and again'

A place to start - 'Masculine'

The paper girls - 'Birthday'
Simonsays stamps wednesday challenge - 'Anything goes'.

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