Geometric Sympathy, Bright Butterfly, Christmas Heart

I need to send a sympathy card today so used the ATCAS "Geometric" challenge and a technique I learned from Eileen Godwin to make this card.  It's also for Shopping our Stash "It's Not Easy Being Green" challenge.

Using a straight edge and blending brushes, I lightly brushed four colours of ink on the background, turning the straight edge every time I changed colour.  This created the geometric pattern.  Then using the same colours, I lightly stencilled over top of it.

Then I stamped the image and sentiment on top of it, trimmed with a stitched rectangle and popped it up on fun foam.

Next up, a birthday card for my sister.  Penny Black Saturday Challenge wants "Wings", My Time to Craft wants "Create Your Own Background", and Sweet Stampin' wants "Bright Colours".

The background was created using the saran wrap technique with Brushos sprinkled on glossy cs, spritzed with water, then saran wrap scrunched on top and left to dry.  The butterfly was stamped on watercolour paper on which I'd sprinkled the same colours of Brushos and spritzed with water, letting the colours blend and dry naturally.  I then fussy cut the butterfly, glued its body to the background and popped the wings up with bits of foam tape.  I die cut the sentiment twice and glued them together for extra dimension.

For Christmas Crafts All Year Round "Hearts", I used a stamp that is a heart-shaped wreath.

The background was created by sponging with three shades of green Distress ink and splattering with some diluted white paint.  I stamped and heat embossed the heart wreath in white and added a bit of colour with Tombow markers.  Then trimmed the panel with a stitched square die.  Finished off with a dark red mat and a sentiment trimmed with a small rectangle die.

   

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Stampendous Branch Flight, Great Impressions sentiment
Ink - Distress (Shabby Shutters, Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint, Old Paper), Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Lime Citron stencil, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black butterfly
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white cs, white glossy cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - blue, yellow, and green Brushos; saran wrap, happy birthday die, foam tape

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - Penny Black Christmas heart, unknown sentiment
Ink - green Distress inks, ColorBox white, Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and dark red cs
Size - 5.25" square
Accessories - Tombow markers, white embossing powder, Lil Inker stitched square die, Spellbinders small rectangle die