This week it’s time for a sketch and this is the one that Cathy came up with for us to play with.

I took a bit of artistic license with mine, and placed the oval slightly further down the card. I’m hoping Cathy doesn’t mind.

It took me a little while to get the stamping on the oval right. I tried a number of different combinations of colours before I came up with this one.
The flower head was stamped in Night of Navy, the stem in Pear Pizzazz and the sentiment in Basic Black.  I coloured in the petals on the flowers using a Blender Pen and some Night of Navy ink. 
I used some co-ordinating paper to finish off the inside of my card and the envelope too.

Brief instructions on how to make this card are as follows:
  • Base card is a piece of Thick Whisper White measuring 10.5 x 29.8 cm which has been scored and folded at 14.9 cm.
  • A strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Delightful Daisy pack was cut. The strip measures 2.5 x 14.4 cm. 
  • The strip of DSP was then cut in two at 2.0 cm to give a strip measuring 0.5 x 14.4 cm and another measuring 2.0 x 14.4 cm.
  • Glue the two strips of DSP to a piece of Thick Whisper White measuring 10.0 x 14.4 cm. There is a 0.5 cm gap between the thickest strip and the edge of the cardstock and another very small gap between the two strips o DSP.
  • Adhere the piece of Thick Whisper White to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Using a scrap piece of Whisper White (measuring at least 5.0 x 7.5 cm) stamp the sentiment in Basic Black. Then stamp the flower stem in Pear Pizzazz – please note I only inked up the top 1/3 of the stamp. Lastly,  stamp the flower head in Night of Navy ink.
  • Using the 2nd largest of the ovals from the Stitched Shapes Framelits cut of the oval around the stamped sentiment and image.
  • Using a Blender Pen and some Night of Navy ink, lightly colour in some of the flower petals.
  • Add the oval to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Decorate inside of card and envelope as desired.

I hope you like this project and please feel free to leave a comment.  Also, don’t forget to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team over on the CC&S Challenge Blog.
Fiona xx
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3 thoughts on “CAS Colours & Sketches – Challenge # 231”

  1. I love how you have stamped over the flower with your sentiment and the patterned paper works in beautifully with the stamped flower!

  2. Pretty paper and blue floral. Great idea to over stamp the flower with the sentiment, gives a wonderful focal point. Hugs Bev x

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