Showing posts with label Bloom Sketches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bloom Sketches. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 August 2018

Stencil Monoprint


When I run out of mojo, I turn to the wonderful crafting challenges out there on the interwebs as they are a great source of inspiration. The DT projects often give me new ideas, and sometimes I get inspired to use a technique I don't usually use very much. The August CAS Mixup challenge is Stencil Monoprint which is a technique I don't usually use but is such a great way to get more out of your stencils and get really cool artsy backgrounds. So I got to work and created several monoprints. This is one of them which I created with Distress Inks (Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet) using the ARTplorations Just Flow Stencil and cut it up into two background panels. 


I stamped the poppies from Bloom Sketches, my first (and one of my absolute favourite) STAMPlorations stamp sets and coloured them with Copics before fussy cutting. I mounted the monoprint onto turquoise cardstock, added the poppies and heat embossed a sentiment (my additional choice of technique for the challenge) onto a strip of white card I inked with Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers. 

I'm also linking up over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the theme is to create your own background. 

Card: White 200 gsm card, Daler&Rowney 300 gsm watercolour card, turquoise card from my stash
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches
Ink and Colouring: Distress Inks Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Copics, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark
Stencils: ARTplorations Just Flow
Other: gunmetal embossing powder from my stash 


STAMPlorations discount code: If you want to save 20% when shopping at the STAMPlorations store you can use the code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout. The discount applies to all normal priced and discounted stamps, stencils and dies. The code cannot be combined with other discount codes.


Saturday, 20 May 2017

Oxide Watercolour Flowers


I've continued my play with the Distress Oxides - still not sure I know what exactly to do with them but I hope practice makes... well if not perfect, at least better. Today I had a bit of a play using the Oxides for watercolouring, inspired by the CAS Watercolour Flower theme.  I can't believe I haven't managed to play along with this month's challenge yet as I love both watercolour and flowers. I was also inspired by the beautiful rainbow coloured flowers in this week's Inspired By All The Little Things and the embossing theme over at AAA Cards




Card: Daler&Rowney 300 gsm watercolour paper
Ink and colouring: Tsukineko Versamark, Distress Oxides Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Wilted Violet and Worn Lipstick
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches
Dies: CUTplorations Celebrate Word Die
Other: Papermania Seafoam White Embossing Powder, sequins from my stash


STAMPlorations discount code: If you want to save 20% when shopping at the STAMPlorations store you can use the code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout. The discount applies to all normal priced and discounted stamps, stencils and dies. The code cannot be combined with other discount codes. If you have any questions or problems, just let me know!


Saturday, 29 October 2016

You Are Awesome


Are you in full swing autumn mode? I know the blogosphere is full with pumpkin spice this and pumpkin spice that. It all looks great but I have to admit it's not really my thing. And don't even get me started about Halloween. I guess growing up in a country where we didn't have Halloween means that I don't really connect with all the dressing up and candy collecting. And of course being surrounded by chocolate and candy when trying to avoid sugar is not very nice to be honest. But what we do have back home at the end of October is All Saints' Day. It's a day when families often visit the cemetery to leave flowers or candles on the graves and also light candles in memory of those who have passed. It's time to dig out all those candles which have been put away for the summer. And of course we get the luxury of an extra hour of sleep tonight when the clocks go back which is always lovely although it will be dark so early in the afternoons. I'm not quite sure what I feel about the whole malarkey of changing the clocks. I'm lucky in not really reacting to it much, but I know some people really struggle with it. So whether the benefits really override the trouble it causes I'm not quite sure.

Just a quick morning crafting session this morning - I had to get up early as my back was killing me again. I'm not quite sure what's going on with it but at least it woke me up early so I had time to make a card before I headed off to the gym. It's almost the end of The Hop to Stop but if you are quick you will still be able to manage an entry for a great cause, which is what I'm doing as there is one more day left of the hop. I was inspired by the colours over at ColourQ and the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. I was also inspired by the theme to make the sentiment your focal point over at Just Us Girls. Last but not least I'm linking up with Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge where the theme is Autumn and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where Anything Goes This Week.



This card was a very quick and easy creation. I started by stamping the gorgeous poppies from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches in Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink. Then I coloured the image using Gansai Tambi watercolours and a really fine brush. I covered the coloured image with a piece of scrap paper and splattered purple watercolour over the background. To create the sentiment I used the CUTplorations Awesome Word die and a stamp from Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic. And that was it - Halloween colours but something completely different.

Card: Daler & Rowney 300 gsm watercolour paper, scraps of black and purple card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches and Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic
Ink and colouring: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade, Gansai Tambi watercolours
Dies: CUTplorations Awesome Word die


Thursday, 3 March 2016

March STAMPlorations CAS challenge - Anything Goes with Yellow


Have you managed to get your head around the fact that it's March already? I haven't, I hardly accepted that it's 2016 yet, not to mention that we are almost a quarter into the year already. Today is the first Thursday of the month, and that is of course the day when we are happy to reveal a new CAS challenge for you to dig your teeth (or maybe stamps and stencils) into on the STAMPlorations website. Thank you to all of you who shared your gorgeous creations with us last month for our Red challenge, it was so hard to pick our favourites. Shery is preparing the winner's post as we speak so make sure you head to the STAMPlorations website in a few days to see if you are one of them!

This month's challenge is Anything Goes with an optional colour twist of Yellow. Perfect for your Easter/Spring themed cards, right? STAMPlorations products are not required for participation, but we always love to see them in your crafty work if you have any. One randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations shop ($15 if using STAMPlorations products), and the DT will also vote on favourites who get to display the top pick badge on their blog! Don't forget that to be eligible for the price we ask you to display the challenge graphic (the thing right below this line of text!) in your blog post and to link back to the CAS challenge page so others can join in the fun too!


For my card I used the Bloom Sketches stamp set. This is the stamp set that made me fall in love with the gorgeous stamps from STAMPlorations and it's one of my most used stamp sets. I started by stamping the flower in Staz-On ink and cover it with a mask. I then decided to add a bit of inking through a stencil as well. Actually two stencils, as I created a rectangle window home-made stencil by die cutting using a rectangular die, and then added that on top of the STAMPlorations Retro Circles stencil before using sponges to ink with Tim Holtz distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron. After removing the masks, I watercoloured the flower with various yellow Distress Inks and added a bit of Vintage Photo to the centre. Last, I stamped one of the sentiments from Bloom Sketches in black. This is all a one-layer card, and I used linen textured card to add a bit of texture and interest to it all. Now it's your turn to show us your creative CAS cards.

I'm linking up with the following challenges:
CAS on Sunday - One Layer Wonder
Unicorn Challenge - CAS 
Freshly Brewed Challenges - Spring
Little Red Wagon - Layer of One
The Artistic Stamper - Springtime

Card: 300 gsm white linen textured card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches
Stencil: STAMPlorations Retro Circles  
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-On Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Cracked Pistachio, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Vintage Photo

Disclaimer: I have received some STAMPlorations products for free in exchange for creating cards for the challenge. All opinions however are completely my own. As you can see by browsing my blog, I have been using STAMPlorations products (which I bought myself) way before my time on the DT and I wouldn't recommend them unless I absolutely loved them myself.

Saturday, 6 February 2016

A little bit of sunshine is just what we need!


How are you? Sorry I haven't been around. Don't even get me started. It's been insane. I keep thinking that the job will ease up as soon as we get through x. But then there is y. And no matter how much we think that will be the last level of craziness then there is z and it's five best friends sneaking up on us around the corner. Sigh.

I did manage to squeeze in a little bit of crafty time the other day, but it's like going back to the gym, the first time is a complete disaster. I did manage to do an intervention to save today's card from joining it's friends in the bin by applying a bit of banner magic. As we haven't seen the sun for ages, I thought a bright yellow card would light up the day a bit. I used the spritzer tool on the background card, and splattered some watercolour as well, although it doesn't show very well on the photo.


I'm linking up with the following challenges:
Shopping Our Stash - Dreaming of something warm
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Ray of Sunshine
Time Out - Love is the flower you've got to let grow
Addicted to CAS - Bloom
Allsorts Challenge - Clean and Simple
Cardz 4 Galz - Fantastic Florals
Hiding In My Craft Room - No red or pink

Card: 300 gsm white card, 190 gsm watercolour card, scrap of Stampin' Up Old Olive card
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-on Jet Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Spized Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches
Other: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies

Friday, 18 December 2015

Ombre background poppies


This whole Christmas thing isn't exactly going to plan. By now I was supposed to be off on my long, and even if I say so myself, well-earned Christmas break. However, turns out I have to work both Monday and Wednesday. Sigh. So I have decided to boycott Christmas, and publish non-Christmas cards to make me feel less bad. A bit hard to not think of the C word though, as I have the constituent parts for four gingerbread houses right next to me, spreading a wonderful Christmas-y scent. Putting them together has to go on the to-do list for the weekend, along with scrubbing the house from top to bottom to make it presentable to the un-laws, preparing Christmas food, doing the big Christmas shopping, getting a few more presents, wrapping the current ones and best of all, finally picking up the snake baby!! That's a to-do list and a half. I cannot wait for those hazy lazy crafty days between Christmas and New Year when I can get back into creative mode again.

Anyhow, today's card is using a stamp that has somehow sneakily become my favourite in the STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches set. And of course watercolour, my most favouritest technique ever ever ever. Not to mention one of my favourite colour combos, turquoise and purple.

Quite a simple card, started by stamping the gorgeous poppies in Staz-on, masked them to create the ombre background using Tim Holtz Distress inks in Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Bundled sage. I coloured the poppies in Mowed Lawn and Wilted Violet. Last, I stamped a few sentiments from the same stamp set and adhered the front panel onto linen textured card.

It's not easy to find a non-Christmas related challenge this time of year, but I would like to link up with the following challenges:
Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog - Use a Sentiment
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes 
2 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Card: 300 gsm linen textured card, 300 gsm watercolour paper
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-On Jet Black, Tim Holtz distress inks Bundled Sage, Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet
Dies: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Watercolour poppies


I'm back today with a brand new card, I think I must be slowly getting over my cold as I was able to create today. I didn't quite get through everything in one go, I had to take a nap halfway through, but at least I did manage to finish the card. This means it's back to work tomorrow, which is good as there has been a bunch of things that have piled up while I've been away. I do feel terribly guilty about taking sick leave. I know I shouldn't, and it's probably good that I'm not at work giving everyone my cold (although to be honest, colds are already contagious before you feel the symptoms, so chances are I have already given it to my colleagues...) and the truth is I probably wouldn't be very efficient in my current state, but I still feel so guilty just wrapped up warm in my bed or on the sofa.

Isn't it funny how some stamps become your favourites almost without noticing? I fell in love with the STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches stamp set because of the gorgeous daisy stamp, but somehow surprisingly and a little bit sneakily, the poppy one has been my most used stamp from this set (despite being quite a pain to colour, not to mention fussy cut...). As the theme over at Fusion currently is poppies, I couldn't resist to play along. I was inspired by the fun sketch over at Mojo Monday (which I interpreted very liberally) and the colours over at Color Throwdown. I also went to look for inspiration over at STAMPlorations CASEplorations. I was inspired by the stunning watercolouring of Deepti's card, and the cool stamping on Monika's card. Last but not least, I'm linking up with the STAMPlorations Anything Goes challenge.




Card: White 300 gsm card, 300 gsm watercolour paper, gold mirri card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, Mixed Media Elements 
Ink: Tim Holtz distress inks Abandoned Coral, Antique Paper, Peeled Paint, Tsukineko Versamark
Other: Gold embossing powder, gold sequins from my stash, Lawn Fawn Thinking About You border die
















Monday, 5 October 2015

Twice made card


I should have worked late tonight. I really would have needed to prep for my meeting with the big boss tomorrow. Instead I came home to craft. At least I have my priorities all worked out! Today was another one of my "where did Mr Mojo go?" days. I ended up making this card twice as I destroyed the first version by doing a stupid polka-dot background. So I had to start again from scratch. I've had enough of watercolouring for today, that's all I can say. At least the second version turned out better than the first, so I guess it was worth it in the end.

Sadly, we have now entered that half of the year when I can't get pictures of my cards in daylight anymore and for the next six months or so I will sadly have to ask you to put up with the horrors of flash photography. Oh well, it's almost Christmas, and then it's just a few short months until spring. Whoever said my glass is not half full?

Today's card was partly created in my head while stuck in traffic on my way home. Then it took a detour to polka dot-ville and ended up in my bin. Second time somewhat luckier. My inspiration was the gorgeous image over at Just Add Ink. I was inspired by the colours, the layout of the fun collection of spherical stuff which I think resembles the shape of the flower stamp I used. I was also inspired by the grey stripes in the right side image, and the bling-y mirror for the silver sentiment and small gems, and the sheer curtains were an inspiration for my vellum sentiment panel. I have to say I really love this inspiration image! For the layout I was also inspired by the current Retro Sketch. I am also linking up over at STAMPlorations October challenge where the theme is stamps + fave colour combo. I have two mostest favouritest colour combos, pink and green, and purple and turquoise. I guess pink and brown would be up there as well... anyhow, this time I went for pink and green, with a bit of gorgeous grey thrown in for good measure. And while I'm at it, why not link up at STAMPlorations anything goes as well.





I started by die cutting watercolour paper using a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die and stamping one of the gorgeous flowers from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches in Staz-on ink and coloured with Stampin' Write markers and a watercolour brush. I masked off the central "panel" with washi tape and coloured with Tim Holtz Hickory Smoke. I really love this new grey from Tim, it's just the perfect grey. I stamped the sentiment from Lawn Fawn in Versamark and heat embossed in sparkly silver before cutting into a banner. I matted the flower panel onto lovely hammered white card. I just love the texture of this cardstock, and it looks so great with the watercolour paper. 

Card: 300 gsm white hammered card, Daler&Rowney 300 gsm Aquafine watercolour paper, Dovecraft 110 gsm premium vellum
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-On Jet Black, Versamark, Stampin' Write Markers Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Tim Holtz Distress marker Hickory Smoke
Other: Papermania Silver Tinsel embossing powder, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die, adhesive gems from my stash (no brand, ordered from eBay)

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Spritzed rainbow tag


It's funny how you never know which one of all those weird and wonderful projects you have in your head will work when they are transferred to the real world. Today I made one project that just wouldn't work, no matter how I tried to force it. And then there was this one, which didn't take me long at all to create, but somehow it just turned out better than it did in my head. 

If you have been reading a few of my latest posts, you will not have been able to miss the big news that I finally managed to make my Tim Holtz spritzer tool work (after it's been sitting in the back of the craft room cupboard for over a year due to it's users inability to work this highly complex piece of crafting equipment...). I promise I will get over my spritzing frenzy soon... For another card, I had been slightly playing with the idea of creating a tag shaped stencil and spraying through it to create a background, but it didn't work for that one. Browsing for inspiration, I came across the STAMPlorations CASE Playground, where the September CASE was the cutest ever tag from Gail from The Crafty Nomad. By the way, this tag made me realise to my shock and horror that I don't have a single pig stamp. This great injustice has to be remedied immediately. 

Anyhow, back to today's card. Inspired by the whole tag idea, in another inspiration post I also came across the beautiful rainbow coloured flower card from Maria, and the amalgamation of the two resulted in my rainbow coloured spritzed background. As I was planning to make a one layer card, I used a linen textured cardstock to add some interest, and a stitched die to cut the front panel of the card. All that was needed after that was just one of the gorgeous flower stamps from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches and a combination of sentiments from Bloom Sketches and Floral Bliss. First, I was going to stamp the flower onto a separate piece of cardstock and colour it with watercolours and fussy cut it, but I just didn't want to cover up those gorgeous colours. I've said it before and I will probably say it again and again and again... rainbow is my favourite colour!

I'm linking up with the following challenges:
STAMPlorations CASEplorations - September
STAMPlorations - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Love This Technique (stencilling, spritzing - my new fav! and one layer design)
Addicted to Stamps - Make your mark (spritzing done with distress markers)
Mod Squad Challenge Blog - Flower as focal point



Card: Linen textured 300 gsm white card, black 300 gsm card 
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, Floral Bliss
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz distress markers Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries, Seedless Preserves, Mermaid Lagoon, Shaded Lilac, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber
Other: Lawn Fawn Tag Your It, Stitched Rectangle dies

Saturday, 5 September 2015

Field of flowers


Today when I went to the conservatory to photograph my card,  I saw that we had a little visitor in our garden. A little Muntjac deer was munching away on the apples that have fallen from the apple tree. Unfortunately the little creature was so skittish that I could only snap a few very poor quality photos through the window, but when I tried to quietly make my way outside for a few more snaps, the little cutie had already hopped along elsewhere. I do love these little moments of getting up close and personal with nature.



My card is also inspired by Nature, and the lovely STAMPlorations flower stamps. I was also inspired by the sketch over at Retro Sketches (although the result strayed quite far from the original inspiration) and by the inspiration image over at Just Add Ink. I am also linking up my field of flowers over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the theme is Make It Colourful and the STAMPlorations Anything Goes challenge. 




Card: Daler&Rowney 300 gsm watercolour paper, 300 gsm linen textured white card, black 240 gsm card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Floral Bliss and Bloom Sketches
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress markers
Other: Lawn Fawn Scripty Congrats die, coloured pearls from my stash

Tuesday, 28 July 2015

The joy of watercolours


As much as I love all my DT assignments (and in a few days I have another guest DT spot that I'm dying to share with you), sometimes creating for them can be a bit restrictive, particularly if working with sponsor images that you get assigned to. So today I enjoyed the total and absolute freedom of just creating a card based on a few inspiring challenges and then just sitting down with some stamps, a brush and some inks. I love watercolours, they are my current favourite.

Today's card was inspired by a few challenges. First of all I was inspired by this week's CAS-ology cue card, Wings. I immediately knew I wanted to use my STAMPlorations gorgeous hummingbird. I was also inspired by the Flower theme over at Make My Monday. I also wanted to challenge myself by using the colour combo over at ColourQ, which this time was very far outside my comfort zone. I did love the fact that I got to use two of my new Tim Holtz inks, Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber. I would also like to link up with Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge where the theme is "No ordinary paper". I used my favourite type of paper, watercolour paper. Last but not least I would like to link up over at the STAMPlorations Anything Goes challenge.



For my card, I stamped the hummingbird in Scattered Straw distress ink, and the flower in Abandoned Coral onto watercolour paper. Then I used Scattered Straw, Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber and Chipped Sapphire to watercolour the image. I created the sentiment by combining a sentiment from the STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches stamp set and a Lawn Fawn die cut. Last, I cut the image using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies and added a few sequins. I do like how it turned out, despite using a  colour combo which was very far outside my comfort zone. I absolutely adore these stamps, and the way the distress paints behave when you use them as watercolours. They blend so perfectly!

Card: Daler&Rowney 300 gsm Aquafine watercolour paper, 240 gsm coloured kraft card navy
Stamps: STAMPlorations Stamp Lab Hummingbird and Bloom Sketches
Inks: Tim Holtz distress inks in Scattered Straw, Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber and Chipped Sapphire
Other: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies, Scripty Hugs die, sequins from my stash


Thursday, 25 June 2015

Fusion card challenge

This is the card I wanted to make ever since the first time I saw the gorgeous STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches stamp set. I love the gorgeous big flowers and there are so many ways to use them. And they are so great for water colouring. When I saw the the inspiration image over at Fusion Card Challenge I knew exactly what my card would look like. I kind of used the sketch too, or maybe not, I'm not sure. I would also like to link up over at Allsorts Challenges where the theme is Use a Stamp, The Artistic stamper challenge where the theme is Summer Is On It's Way, Live and Love Crafts Inspiration Blog with the theme In the Garden and the STAMPlorations Anything Goes challenge.

To create this card I created a mask and then stamped the flowers using the mask to give the impression of depth. I chose the colours from the inspiration image and coloured the flowers using Tim Holtz Distress markers and a water brush. I also created a green shadow around the flowers to further emphasise the impression of depth. Then I inked up the Stampin' Up Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and spritzed it with water before stamping to create the effect of watercolour splotches. Then I die cut the sentiment which was inspired by the colours of the butterfly in the insoiration photo, and stamped the second part in black ink. Last, I matted the front panel onto green and blue cardstock to match the watercolour splotches. I absolutely love the look of those flowers, and I love how impressive stamps are the perfect tools to create really impressive cards without much more than a few markers and a watercolour brush.
Card: white 300gsm card, Hobbycraft three shades of Blue and Three shades of green as well as 160 gsm white card, scrap of black card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, Stampin' Up Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-On Jet Black, Tim Holtz distress markers Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmelade, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Broken China
Other: Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs die

 

Monday, 22 June 2015

Watercolour flowers in turquoise and pink

I can't believe we have passed midsummer. The longest day of the year has gone and now it's inevitably getting darker again. But hopefully not colder! This must have been the coldest start of the summer in ages, makes you wish for a bit of that global warming you keep hearing so much about. I am currently typing up this post in my Sis' living room, under not one but two blankets! It's something about these old townhouses, they never seem to warm up. But tomorrow we are jetting off to a somewhat different climate as it seems to be 28 degrees in Cyprus at the moment! I can't wait to be able to walk around wearing nothing but a summer dress. And of course bathe in SPF50 and probably still get sunburn... I have a few posts scheduled for when I'm away but it will be quite quiet overe here for the next week or so. I hope my stamps don't feel horribly abandoned and depressed in the meantime.

Today's card is yet another chance to play with my awesome new STAMPlorations goodies. The card is inspired by the colour challenge over at Color Throwdown as well as the new sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch. I'm also linking up over at the STAMPlorations Anything Goes challenge.

 
Card: white 300 gsm card, scraps of Stampin' Up Basic Grey, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, Stampin' Up Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Tsukineko Staz-on Jet Black, Stampin' Up Basic Grey, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise
Other: Lawn Fawn Scripty Congrats die