Sunny colors for a birthday card

Seize the Birthday has a lovely challenge - CASE the designer:

Well, I DOUBLED cased them!

I really loved Barbara's card, who, in her turn, cased Cathy's card, so here're both cards:

First, Cathy's card:

And Barbara's card:

As you can see, my take on those two cards is very loose, but that's okay when you Copy And Selectevly Edit a creation....

I was inspired by the vertical panel, and it has been a while since I made a card with this design.

Instead of a panel with alcohol inks or an embossed panel, my panel is with layering stencils.

I matted only the sides of the panel and adhered it to a kraft basis, as I thought kraft was so perfect with these sunny colors.

I added stripes of sentiemnt from my pre-made pile, and added some enamel dots.

It also goes for the 'Anything Goes' challenge at SimonSays Wednesday challenge.

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A rainbow on the edge - CAS card using solid cardstock scraps

 

I'm still working on reducing the pile of scraps... After I made 2 blue-green cards (you can see them HERE), I opted for a more colorful design - the whole rainbow colors!

I adhered the colorful scraps on a scrap of a white cardstock, this time not lining them up, for more interest.

The colorful panel was adhered to the edge of the kraft basis with foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment 3 times for some dimensional, and adhered  to the kraft basis.

I die cut a branch with leaves (SSS Detailed Leaf Cluster die) from a textured white carstock, and adhered it to the kraft basis, partialy under the colorful stripes.

Challenges:

AAA Cards #228 - along the edge + rainbows:

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Scraps of scraps of scraps cas cards

The pile of scraps is overloaded, and I had to reduce it.

For the 1st card, I trimmed stripes, 1/4" each, in blue and green tones, and adhered them to a white cardstock. 

I trimmed the excess (which provided a nice colored stripes for the 2nd card), and double matted it with black and gold cardstocks.

I die cut the leaves from a white cardstock scrap, leaving some of the inside die cuts, to make it more interesting, and adhered it to the colored panel.

I used more scraps on the back of the panel, for some dimension,  instead of using foam tape, and adhered it to the white basis.

I wanted to keep it as flat as possible, so I didn't add any other embellishment.

I adhered the sentiment sticker (which says, in Hebrew 'Quick Recovery').

As I mentioned before, I was left with colored stripes, so I cut the edges to form a banner stripes, adhered them to a kraft panel, and then matted it with a black cardstock.

Again I used a sticker for my sentiment, and added some star stickers too.

I think the pile of scraped is just slightly reduced, so more work need to be done with those scraps...

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Many sprigs and leaves CAS card

 

Here's my take on the current color challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches #496, which asked for pale grayish green, olive green and dark brown:

I must admit - these colors were a little intimidating for me, and it took me awhile to decide what am I going to do with them.

Finally, I decided to go for a flower and leaves. I stmped the sketch flower in dark brown on a pale grayish green cardstock, and die cut it (Papertrey Ink Pop Up Florals).

I die cut a stitched hexagon shape and run it with a pierced leaves die. I matted the hexagon with dark brown cardstock.

I adhered the flower on top of the white hexagon, using some foam tape for dimention. I stackec lots of sprigs and leaves in brown and the two shades of green under the flower, and added a glitter dark brown enamel dot in the middle.

I die cut the sentiment in green and brown and adhrered a little overlapping each other, as if there's a shaddow.

I really love the contrast of the white hexagon against the kraft basis, and the natural atmosphere of this card. 

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A fluttery birthday card, with a matching envelope

It has been a while since I made cards with butterflies, and I'm not sure  why....

I used MFT 'More Brilliant Butterflies' stamps, with pale blue and dark blue inks. I added an oragne glitter enmal dot in the middle of the butterfly.

For the background I die cut a stitched square and inked an embossing folder with orange ink, and embossed the square, and matted it with another stitched sqaure, using dark blue cs.

The butterfly was adhered using foam tape, and so was the blue square.

A sentiment stamped in dark blue ink on the kraft background.

I also made a matching envelope. On the front I stamped the sketched butterfly in dark blue, and the back was embossed with the same embossing folder I used for the orange background.

Challenges:

Global Design Project #369 - color challenge of dark blue, pale blue and orange:

Just Us Girls #658 - make a matching envelope:

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A basket full of flower and leaves - The Color Throwdown no. 719

Featured at The Color Throwdown 

As I mentioned before, I'm in love with fall colors, so the current challenge at The Color Throwdown #719, was right up my alley, with brown, red, orange and yellow:

I used SU stamp and dies set and added a few glittery enamel dots.

The sentiment was stamped in red, as I thought it was the best with the kraft background. It says, in Hebrew: Mazal Tov, which can be used for many occasoions.

I matted the panel with yeallow cs to bring some more light, and adhered it to the kraft basis.

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Dare to Dream -playing with colors for Kraft +

I really liked the August inspiration moodboard at Kraft +:

Amazing colors and the DT outdid their selves with loads of inspiration.

I decided to make a card. At first I thought of a flowery card, but I ended up with a rather masculine one...

I used two different inks on the gears stamp, creating a gardient look, then stamped on another kraft cs the winged gear in a teal ink, fussy cut it and adhered it a little under the sentiment (which is also matted on a kraft cs).

This is one of the things I really love about challenges - it makes me go out of my comfort zone, trying new colors combo this time.

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All occasions CAS card

Yesterday I posted my DT layout for CSI (you can find it HERE), and I had some more stamped flowers and leaves, so I made an all ocasions card with them.

I used Freshly Made Sketch no. 420:

I replaced the circle in the middle with the flower and leaves, and since my sentiment was heat embossed, it doesn't overlap the main element.

I find that the kraft background makes the orange and green colors pop up, while the white matting and heat embossing enhance the whole look.

It also goes for the CAS challenge at Addicted To Stamps no. 374:

And the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Krafty Chicks.

Here's a close-up on the main element and embellishments:

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Kraft & Scraps - 4 cards

Like most, if not all, paper lovers, I have ton of scraps. While working with my October Counterfeit kit, the pile of scraps just grow, so I decided to try and use all those scraps, along with the challenge that CKC gave - Get Kraffy!

I used kraft cs as basis for all 4 cards. 2 cards were done with stripes of scraps, one using a punch and the last, with the hexagons die cut I added to my kit.

This last card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch, sketch #344:

I rotated the sketch and used heart stickers instead of the stars.
I should do this more often, to reduce the scraps in my pile....

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