"Happiness" = CASEing Brian King at #GDP060

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Today I am sharing with you a couple of cards designed from CASEing Brian King. This is the challenge over at Global Design Project this week

Isn't he just so cute

For my cards I chose to loosely CASE Brians colours and layout. I say Loosely because i couldn't tell whether the pink he used was Pink Pirouette or Blushing Bride. I chose Blushing Bride :) teamed with Crumb Cake. My stamp set used is 'Touches of Texture', set 1 and 2 + the sentiment is from 'In This World'.

 And here are my cards

'Happiness'

1 and 2

#Happiness #Touchesoftexture #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Cardmaking #Stampinup #Australianmade #Bees #Inspiredbynature

For these cards I used Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake for the cards stock. The ink I used was Blushing Bride and Tip Top Taupe.
For the flowers, I first used the splash image to go under the flower for the front. I have then stamped 2 flower images...One was stamped over the splash stamped image. The other onto scrap paper,  I then fussy cut around some of the petals to glue to the front of the card. Just to add some more dimension and texture. 

#Happiness #Touchesoftexture #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Cardmaking #Stampinup #Australianmade #Bees #Inspiredbynature

 

#Happiness #Touchesoftexture #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Cardmaking #Stampinup #Australianmade #Bees #Inspiredbynature

For the bees I used the jumbles alphabet to indicate the constant noise that bee's tend to make when busy collecting and pollinating :) I stamped my bees over the jumbled alphabet image. I then stamped two more onto scrap paper and fussy cut around them. the fussy cut bees have been adhered using dimensionals.

As you can see in the pictures above and below, I have carried my theme through to the inside of the cards. I do think this just gives the card that feeling of being a little more special :)

#Happiness #Touchesoftexture #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Cardmaking #Stampinup #Australianmade #Bees #Inspiredbynature 

Each card has been put together in layers. Starting from the first layer (the stamped image) This was adhered using tear and tape to crumb cake, which was adhered to the DSP using Dimensionals. The DSP was adhered to the crumb cake using tear and tape and that layer to the crumb cake below was attached using dimensionals again. So we have loads of layers and two of those using dimensionals.

I love this design because of it's implied simplicity.
Two colors, two stamp sets and two card stock colours!

I do hope you enjoy them too.

#Happiness #Touchesoftexture #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Cardmaking #Stampinup #Australianmade #Bees #Inspiredbynature

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Feel free to ask any questions you mat have in comments below. I always reply!

Just in case you would like to purchase any of the items I used to create with today, 

I have listed them all for your convenience in the carousal below.

For You Anything - #CTC009

Welcome to my blog.

This is where I share my creations with you all. Sometimes I share tutorials and techniques here along with the cards I created using those techniques. Other times I enter my creations into challenges, then share them with you all here. 

Today is a day where I share with cards I entered into this weeks challenge over at www.jessieholton.com for her weekly Case This Card Challenge. This week we are CASEing Louise Jappe's card  pictured below.

I decided for my CASE I would use the colour scheme that she used for her card

Sweet Sugar Plum

Bermuda Bay

Melon Mambo

Dapper Denim (sentiment)

Blushing Bride

Pear Pizzazz

For my cards I chose the Hostess stamp set called 'Fabulous Flora' 

This stamp set becomes available to my hostess's as a choice to purchase when holding a workshop, or party. You can even hold your party online!

Without further ado I present to you my card entry for #CTC009 

'For You Anything'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

For this card I used a water colouring technique with Aqua Painters and Ink pads. I stamped my image onto thick Whisper White in Stazon Black then proceeded to water colour. I coloured the flower in Blushing Bride the melon Mambo. The stems and leaves have been coloured in Pear Pizzazz. The centre of the large flower has been coloured using Crushed Curry. For the back ground I used a mix of Bermuda Bay and Dapper Denim.

As the stamp indicates a messier style of painting, I let the colours bleed outside the lines in some areas. 

I added the sentiment onto a Sweet Sugarplum strip of card, which I then cut into a ribbon shape. This was adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I left the card front as clean as possible, something new for me :)

'Inside View'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

I used the same process for the inside, making sure that I stamped the image of the paper. This leaves heaps of clean space for a personal sentiment/note to the recipient.

For my next card I used a technique I had used before, a long long time ago...

Meaning when I was in High School! 

OMG that was like, eons ago!?! 

Hang on ....counting the years.... Jeepers!!! OK I stopped counting at 30 :o hehehe

Anywho I digress. 

I was reminded again of this technique by Juan Ambiba and the colour stamping on dark card stock card, created a couple of days ago. You can see the card by clicking his name.

When I was my high school Art Class, we quite often used water colour pencils on dark/black paper to experiment and create with. 

And well, this was almost exactly the same, the only difference being a stamped image to colour in!!!

 So here is my card using the water colour pencils on dark card stock!

'For you Anything'

done on black card stock

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

Just to ass some interest I used the bumble bee from Touches of Texture set 2 of 2 and after making a mask for the Fabulous Flora image I stamped another floral image. The masking enables me to make the last image appear as if behind the first. 

For the inside of this card,  I stamped as per a normal image on white paper, but coloured with the pencils to keep the same feel and texture.

On the front image, I used clear Wink of Stella on the main flowers and the Bumble Bee after colouring with my pencils.

The sentiment has been created using White emboss powder.

I also added 3 Rhinestone jewels for some added sparkle.

 'Inside View'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

I thought I would take a picture of both cards together

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

The card stock used for the card on the left is: Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White and a piece of floral Blooms and Bliss DSP in Dapper Denim and Mint Macaron.

For the Dark card  I used : Sweet Sugar Plum Whisper White and Basic Black.

If you would like to purchase any of the items I used to create this card, I have listed them for your convenience in the carousal below.

Thank you so very much for stopping by to see my creations. If you have any question please ask in comments below. I always reply!