Full Moon

Mid month and time for a reminder to join in the challenge at CAS Watercolour  --  this month the theme is Night Sky 
We'd love for you to share you creative watercoloring with the team - there's lot of inspiration on the blog so pop over and check out the fabulous DT cards.

We recently had a Super full moon here in Australia and that inspired me to try and create a full moon rising over the ocean. 
First I masked off a rectangle on white card and then I die cut a circle from the sticky part of a Post-it note and used that as a mask for my moon while I watercoloured in the sky and ocean in different shades of blue Distress Ink. Then using Twinkling H2Os in a mix of white and yellow I coloured in the moon and some reflections.  I used white gel pen to add some stars and water movement.
Trimmed the card to leave a white border and attached to a dark blue panel front.  This looked a bit sad so I added some black die cut leaves as a silhouette on the night sky.

Thanks for stopping by my blog  ---   have a Happy Day and stay safe





Card Recipe 
Stamps: 
Dies: Kaisercraft - Vines
Inks: Distress Ink - Salty ocean, Chipped sapphire, Faded jeans
Other:  Twinkling H2Os - yellow, white, white gel pen

Peace on Earth

This is my last month with the CAS Watercolour team and I would love to thank Loll, Bonnie and the design team for a wonderful time, lots of inspiration and above all the far reaching friendships I've made with people I've never met but feel encouraged and thankful for being able to share my beloved card making craft with such talented ladies.... thank you, thank you, thank you.
Now onto this months ..
CAS Watercolour challenge
...... hosted by DT  Jenny,  "NIGHT SKY"

Firstly I cut a sloping mask from a post-it note and attached that to the bottom of my white card panel. I used a blending brush to add light blue (bottom centre) and dark blue Distress Oxide to make the night sky...when it was dry I lightly spritzed with water and it helped blend the inks and add lots of texture to the sky.  Replaced the mask and used black ink to stamp my tree silhouettes to one side and then used a black marker to stretch the branches onto the snow bank, and then added some shadows with Distress ink.  Next I decided to try and add a rising moon to the horizon... used a wet brush with yellow Magical Micas to paint this just behind the tree and added some to the lower side of the branches like a reflection....looks better in real life than the photos.
To finish the card I used a stitched rectangle die to emboss a frame on a white panel and then stamped and gold embossed the sentiment on the bottom.... I attached the picture panel with foam sheet.

Hope you are inspired to pop on over to the CAS Watercolour blog and join in this month... check out the fabulous cards from the team and our guest artist Tina.
Thanks for stopping by my blog  ----   Have a HAPPY DAY  and   Stay Safe

Card Recipe
Stamps: Kaisercraft - Frosted, Crafters Choice - Rustic Christmas
Dies: Poppy Craft - Stitched rectangle nesting die
Inks:  Versamark, Versafine - Black, Distress Oxides - Chipped sapphire, Salty ocean, Distress Ink - Stormy sky
Other: Gold embossing powder, Magical Micas - yellow rose of Texas, black marker

Spring Love

Mid month already and a time for a reminder card for the April CAS Watercolour challenge - SPRING FLOWERS.

An easy and quick card from me today....
Stamped my tulips on a die cut circle with Distress Ink Antique Linen to give me a non-line image.... then watercoloured them with Distress Ink and added some fine line detail with coloured pencils....added a light wash for the background and splatters.  To finish I die cut the sentiment three times and layered them to give dimension.

Do hope you are all keeping safe and that you're finding time to be creative... the team have inspiration over on the CAS Watercolour blog... pop over and hope you can watercolour up some gorgeous spring flowers to bright your day.
Thanks for stopping by my blog ---  have a HAPPY Day and stay safe.

Card Recipe 
Stamps: Hero Arts - Tulip portrait
Dies:  Sizzix - celebrate, Poppy Craft - double stitched nesting circles
Inks: Distress Inks - Antique linen, Candied apple, Fossilized amber, Spiced marmalade, Old paper, Peeled paint
Other: coloured pencils, 

You Brighten Everyone's Day

Hi and how is everyone managing with the restrictions, I do hope you are all ok and enjoying lots of time crafting.   All good at our home and I'm finding plenty to keep myself occupied - even deciding it's a good time to have hubby help with some spring cleaning and gardening...

Now it's time for our April challenge at
 CAS Watercolour 
with Susan our host wanting to see lots of happiness with SPRING FLOWERS 

I was inspired by  William Wordworth's poem -  I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vale and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

I stamped my daffodils with grey ink and used Distress Oxides ti watercolour them ... then I continued using the colours to create a field in the background and used coloured pencils to add fine line details.  Then I stamped on the sentiment, and to finish I trimmed the panel and rounded the corners and used foam sheet to attach to a white card.

Do hope you are inspired to join in our  Spring Flowers challenge - pop over to the CAS Watercolour blog and check out the design teams fabulous card, also Vicky's who is our guest this month.
Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---   Have a Happy Day and Stay Safe

Card Recipe 
Stamps: Hero Arts - Daffodil portrait,  Power Poppy - Poppies (sentiment)
Dies: 
Inks: Versafine - Smokey grey, black, Distress Oxides - Mustard seed, Carved pumpkin, Bundled sage, 
Other:  Coloured pencils, corner rounder

Good Luck

Reminder time of the month for
CAS Watercolour March challenge...
... you have until the 24th of the month to share your cards on the blog

I had to think a bit out of the box for my card today... as I only seem to have to Good Luck sentiment stamps...  So I created my own three leaf clover stencil with a small heart die and used the same die to create my four leaf clover from green card.

For my background I smooched Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio onto my mat and sprinkle on the tiniest bit of Emerald green Brushos, then spritzed with water.

I used my blending brush with the stencil and randomly sponged leaves over the dry background.  I trimmed the panel to fit on one side of a white card and attached my clover leaf and a also  a stitched circle die cut with the stamped sentiment.

The good luck sentiment prompted me to make the card up as a card holder where I could insert a lottery ticket and stamp a sentiment on the inside - like happy birthday, or congrats, or fathers' day.

I am also playing along with The Rainbow Card challenge #15 - Especially Emerald

Thanks for stopping by my blog  ---   have a Happy Day

 
Card Recipe
Stamps: Very old no name stamp - sentiment
Dies: Poppy Craft - Heart frame set, Ornate Peaked frame set, and Stitched circle nesting die, 
Inks: Versafine - black, Distress Inks - Cracked pistachio
Other: Brushos - Emerald green, 

CAS Watercolour March challege

Julia is hosting our March challenge at

CAS Watercolour

Luck of the Irish

I've made this card with the recent Australian bushfires in mind....a truly devastating event seen across the world
My red card represents the fires
My dark gum leaves represent the burnt landscape
My green 'splash' represent the rejuvenation of the vegetation and hope for the future.
They say Australia is the 'lucky country'  ....
So I'm wishing all those affected 'Best Wishes and Every Luck for the Future' and a huge Thank You to all those who fought the fires and those who assisted.

I started by creating the background using Brushos sprinkled onto white card and liberally spritzing with water, then I took another panel of white card and pressed it over the top - this gave me two watercoloured green panels.  From the darker one I die cut the gum leaves and inked these with Pine needles DI and Hickory smoke, then I took the Versamark pad and inked the edges of three leaves and gold embossed these, then repeated that and embossed with black EP.
With the second green panel, I trimmed it and stamped the sentiment in black and clear embossed, then used dark green card as a frame layer onto a red card.
The team at CAS Watercolour would love for you to join in this month and share a card, go check our guest Hannelie's gorgeous card too over on the blog
Thanks for stopping by my blog  --- have a Happy Day and send out some loving thoughts to all those suffering from dreadful weather conditions and also those affected by the virus...

Card Recipe 
Stamps: Close to my heart - Beloved Bouquet - sentiment
Dies:  Ultimate Crafts - Eucalyptus Blossom
Inks:   Versamark, Versafine - black, Distress Inks - Pine needles, Hickory smoke
Other:  Brushos - Lime green, gold and black embossing powders

Red and Black Silhouette

Reminder for February CAS Watercolour challenge

RED & BLACK

Something a little different from me today...

I started with a light water wash over white cardstock then using Brushos - Rose Red, a water wash which came out pinkish.  Next I stamped the silhouette image (which is two stamps aligned) in black.  Then when dry I used a brush to add layers of deeper red using Brushos Rose Red, Scarlet.... which then looked like distant hills, and some to the moon as well.  I added two border layers in red and black and attached to a white card.  Lastly I stamped the sentiment in black and added a red frame to the strip.

I hope you are inspired to create a red and black CAS card and to share it over on the CAS Watercolour blog..... the DT ladies have lots of fabulous inspiration to check out too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---  have a Happy Day


Card Recipe
Stamps: Crafty Individuals - Four Tree Landscapes set - landscapes and sentiment
Dies: 
Inks:  Brushos - Rose Red, Scarlet, Versafine - black
Other:

CAS Watercolour February challenge

Time for a new challenge at

CAS Watercolour

 with our lovely Marcia hosting a colour theme:

RED & BLACK

Such striking colours together and initially leaving me with a creative block...

I don't really have any very special Watercolour Cardstock, but my friend Vikki gave me a few sheets to try out and the Canson 300gsm worked beautifully with my most favourite stamp at the moment.  Using my Misti I positioned the stamp over the card panel and spritzed the card with water, inked my stamp with red DI and stamped the image -- it worked beautifully with just enough water to blur the outline... I let it spread a tiny bit then carefully dabbed off the excess and let it dry.  Then I re-inked the stamp (still in place in the Misti) and re-stamped the image which re-highlighted the outlines.  When that dried I added some detail and depth with a sharp black coloured pencil.
To finish the card I added a fine black card layer to frame it on a deep red card and stamped the sentiment and white embossed it on a scrap of black card and attached this with foam tape.

I am also playing along with Penny Black Saturday Challenge February - Love is in the Air.

Hope you are inspired to pop on over to the CAS Watercolour blog and check out our guest designer Michelle's fabulous card and the wonderful cards created by the design team.
Thanks for stopping by my blog ---   have a Happy Day




Card Recipe
Stamps: Penny Black -Spontaneous Joy, Chocolate Baroque - Amazing Birthday sentiments
Dies: 
Inks:  Distress Oxide - Barn Door,  Versamark
Other:  White embossing powder,  coloured pencils - black, cardstock - Canson watercolour 300gsm, Misti

Cool Colours Watercolouring

Mid month reminder to join in and play along with 

the CAS Watercolour January challenge

hosted by Bonnie with the theme

COOL COLOURS

Here's a sampling of cool colors

For this card I chose a poppy - part of a large stamp, carefully inked the area I wanted in Versamark, stamped and clear embossed it - then watercoloured it with "cool coloured" Distress Inks and a tiny amount of Brushos. Then I fussy cut the image, die cut a stitched frame using a large die with tails but part cut it, turned it and re-positioned the die to make it smaller...I often do this... did it also with the stamped and silver embossed sentiment.  To give the card some dimension I dry embossed the background panel and then arranged the elements with foam tape...and to finish added a few silver gems.

The CAS Watercolour challenge closes on the 24th, we'd love to see your cards in the gallery.
Thanks for stopping by - have a happy day



Card Recipe:
Stamps: PSX - Poppies, Clear Impressions - Celebrate set (sentiment)
Dies:  Poppy Crafts - Stitched Flag Tails
Inks: Versamark, Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky,  Brushos - Violet, Cobalt blue, Lime green
Other:  Kaisercraft EF - Fern Leaf, silver gems

CAS Watercolour January challenge

Well I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas and start to 2020....
and now all ready to go with new challenges
CAS Watercolour team member Bonnie is hosting a
COOL COLOURS THEME
for January, so let's start off the year with something cool.

For my CAS card I used my old watercolour pencils - the wood has split and the leads keep breaking, but there was enough for me to scribble lots of colour onto my plastic worksheet - started with some blues and then spritzed with water and smooched my white card in the puddle, then I added some purple, lastly I pulled out a piece of that stretchy white foam latticey stuff they put around bottles to protect them and this added some depth and dimension to the flat panel I had made.  I thought it looked a bit like water so added a large die cut wavy section to the middle, stamped and silver embossed the sentiment and finished off with a fussy cut, stamped silver embossed sea shell, lightly painted with watercolour pencils and added some die cut 'water weeds'  behind it.

This is my first card as a member of the CAS Watercolour team and I'd love for you to pop over to the CAS Watercolour blog and check out the awesome cards from the other DT ladies and also our Guest Designer - Chrissie.
Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Print Blocks - shell, Inspired by Stamping - sentiment

Ink:  Versamark

Dies:  Spellbinders - curved border, Sizzix - spring greenery

Others:  Watercolour pencils, Crafty Kids - silver EP