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

Krafty Mums

Hi and welcome!  Today's card was made for Darnell's latest NBUS challenge.  This challenge has the optional twist of coloring on kraft.  I'm not great with colored pencils - I just don't have the patience to go lightly and blend, blend, blend - but I do enjoy using them for relatively quick colored pieces.  Coincidentally, I was on a local website that specialises in gaming and DVDs here in NZ the other day and lo and behold, they stock Polychromos pencils.  I've been hankering after these for some time, so decided that fate had sent me to that website on that day specifically to buy them.  Who am I to deny fate? 😃

This WP9 image is NBUS as is the Power Poppy sentiment.  I stamped the floral image onto some tan cardstock and colored it with my Polychromos.  (Five points for spotting where I made a boo-boo and colored where I shouldn't!  It's pretty obvious!)  Once I was finished coloring, I stamped the sentiment then outlined both with the white pencil.  Some clear sparkle pen was applied to the two big blooms.

I adhered the tan panel to the NBUS Park Avenue frame, cutting out a couple of the leaves on the left to overhang the frame.  I then adhered both panels to a white card base.  I finished the card with a few sparkling clear sequins.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Beautiful Bouquets:  Mums (WP9), Tea in the Garden (Power Poppy)

Ink:  Black Licorice Hybrid,  Black Soot Archival

Cardstock:  Strathmore Toned Tan Paper, White

Dies:  Park Avenue (Mama Elephant)

Accessories: Polychromos pencils, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen