New stuff!

I went to my first On-Stage on Saturday, and it was great! One stamp set I came away with was a lovely set of sentiments - "Strong and Beautiful' - which I've used on this very CAS card.
I combined the colours from CAS Colours and Sketches #297 - Balmy Blue, Rich Razzleberry and So Saffron - the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch's #297 and the theme of 'Compliment' from CASology 320.

Ingredients: Stampin' Up! ink: (Balmy Blue, So Saffron, Rich Razzleberry), card (Thick White), Stamps (Strong & Beautiful, Love What You Do), dies (Stitched Framelits), Rhinestones. 

Autumn colours and Happy Birthday

It's spring here in New Zealand, but the colours in CAS Colors and Sketch's Challenge #288 (Crushed Curry, Gorgeous Grape and Night of Navy) made me think of autumn. Which actually worked out okay, because it's been pretty cold and miserable for the last week - the daffodils are bowing their pretty heads under driving rain and wind.
I used the latest Global Design Project sketch:

to give a form to those rich colours. I'm glad I bought the latest watercolour pencils from Stampin' Up, since they contain both Night of Navy and Gorgeous Grape - which meant I could use both colours on my flowers. Here's the result:

Ingredients:

Stampin' Up ink (Gorgeous Grape, Night of Navy,) watercolour pencils (Night of Navy, Gorgeous Grape) card (Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Night of Navy), stamps (Love What You Do, Happy Birthday Gorgeous for sentiment), dies (Petals and More)

Other: American Craft twine, francheville pearls, Die-Namics Horizontal Stitched Strips

New season Stampin' Up!

A very useable challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch this week (#271) allowed me to dip my toes in the new Stampin' Up 'Love What You Do' stamps. I can see there's going to be a lot of fun to be had with these! I don't have the accompanying paper, but tried using some of its colours in the card. I was a little dubious about the combination in theory, but really like the result.

Card ingredients: Stampin' Up ink (Grapefruit Grove, Rich Razzleberry, Mint Macaron, Old Olive), card (Mint Maracon, Shimmery White), stamps (Love What you do, Thoughtful Banners - for the sentiment), Rich Razzleberry velvet ribbon and Share What we Love accessory.