Doodle Friend

Hi and welcome!  Today I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing at Addicted to CAS.  The code word this fortnight is:

Because doodling is not my thing, I decided to look through my stamp collection for an image that has the doodled look to it.  A Paper Artsy image came to the rescue:

I stamped the image onto a white panel and colored it in quite a one-dimensional fashion with Polychromos pencils, in keeping with the doodle theme.  Once that was done, I die-cut a scalloped frame and adhered it with foam tape.  The "Friend" die-cut was cut from black cardstock and I adhered it using the negative so that it lined up and was evenly spaced.

I even have a You Tube video for you, if you're interested.  It shows a foolish mistake I made and how I covered it up ;)

Thanks so much for visiting!  The Addicted to CAS design team have some gorgeous cards, I'm sure, so head on over and check them out.

Cheers
Karren

Remember the Now

Hi!  I've got a couple of days off work and what better than to spend some of that time stamping!  I made a card for several challenges that I'd like to show you.  I used the sketch at Fab Friday, the colors from Color Throwdown, the neutrals theme at Card Concept and the buttons theme at Cardz for Guyz.

I went with a different style to my usual CAS and I guess you'd call this Shabby Chic.

I started off by stamping a Paper Artsy collage image onto a sheet of watercolor paper using Grout Grey ink, which made a very, very light impression and was the look I was going for.  I then tore the edges and sponged Antique Linen all over the panel, concentrating on the edges.  The watercolor panel underneath was lightly sponged with Weathered Wood distress ink and I then stamped some first and second generation splatters on using my new CTMH Ink Blot stamp set.  I used an off-cut from that panel for the sentiment, which was stamped in Slate ink as I didn't want a stark black ink on the card.

Pulling it all together, I decided to add some sewing, so I sewed two deliberately wonky lines all around the edges on the Desert Storm base and also stitched the sentiment panel onto the card as well.  I threaded a button with some of the same thread and glued that to the card.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Hot Pick 1305 (Paper Artsy), #Hashtags (Stampers Anonymous), Ink Blot (CTMH)

Ink:  Grout Grey (MFT), Slate (SSS), Antique Linen, Weathered Wood (Distress)

Cardstock:  Desert Storm, watercolor

Accessories:  Button, sewing machine

Cheers

Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Card Concept.