CASEing some more

I had so much fun doing my previous challenge for CASEing the Catty that I decided to make another card.I'm so disappointed with myself that I have missed the first 7 challenges of the series! It was hard to choose another project, as I wanted to try to recreate pretty much all of the cards in the Card Giving section (page 102-143). In the end I settled on page 115 where I found a great card with the "colour the chalkboard stamp with markers" technique (yes, of course that's the official name of the technique...). 

Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue 2014-2015 page 115

I don't have the great Friends Who Know stamp (although I know who I would make a card for using the stamp should I have it) so I used the only chalkboard type stamp I have - from the Chalk Talk set. I also don't have the Chalk Lines stamp set (would love it though) so I had to come up with a replacement for that too, and settled for the new photopolymer stamp set Show&Tell 2. And finally, I also realised I don't have a single black and white DSP, so I created my own using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I think you can certainly see where the inspiration for this card has come from, but at the same time I have put my own little twist on it. I didn't see any rule saying you can only participate with one contribution to the challenge, so I'm submitting this as my second card for the challenge, and can't wait for the next one. I was photographing in rather challenging afternoon sunshine so the small detail photo shows the colours a bit more correctly than the overall photo.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party
Stamps: Stampin' Up Chalk Talk, Show&Tell 2, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Crumb Cake and Pool Party, Stampin' Write markers in Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral
Other: Chalk Talk dies, scrap of DSP from Sycamore Street

Almost black and white

The inspiration for today's card is the Stampin' Royalty challenge where the theme is "Black and white with a pop of colour". I was also inspired by the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch. I didn't want the card to have the air of a condolence card, which is what black and white easily make me think of, so I added the whole rainbow to bring some Birthday Cheer to this simple and elegant card. 

I stamped the En Français background stamp in Versamark onto black cardstock and heat embossed with white powder. I used Tim Holtz distress inks and a foam applicator onto white cardstock to create the rainbow banner. I love the way the colours blend into each other. The flower was heat embossed using white powder onto vellum with a pearl as the final touch. I also added a white ribbon with a slightly wonky bow. One day I will learn to tie pretty bows...

Cardstock: Leonardo Stationery 350 gsm smooth white card, Coloured 240 gsm kraft card in black, Hobbycraft 160 gsm white card, Dovecraft 110 gsm Premium Vellum

Stamps: Stampin' Up En Français, Flower Shop, Petite Petals, Petite Pretties

Inks: Tsukineko Versamark and Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves and Spiced Marmelade

Other: Stampin' Up Basic Pearls, Papermania Seafoam White embossing powder, white ribbon from my stash