Create without Fear

It's not often I post twice in one day but the rest of the week is the new release at Uniko so I will be here everyday showing off some sneak peeks.

 My card here was inspired by the 'shape' challenge at CASology. When I saw this cue card I was going to go along the geometric line but before I did I pulled out the dictionary and looked up 'shape' and there was the verb-'to shape' with the alternatives 'to mould' and 'to create' Why hadn't I thought of that-good old dictionary to the rescue!

With this in mind I came up with:

Before I made this I looked up a colour combo and came across the monochromatic crisp cantaloupe challenge at  Colour Me. I also based my layout on the sketch at retro sketches-this is a very CAS version however it was this sketch I had in mind when making this card.

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-lets get sentimental

STAMPlorations-anything goes-the sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

See you tomorrow.

    

Inspiration Galore!

Yesterday I had a day when I just felt like getting out my water colours and joining in a few challenges. My card is very CAS today and has water colouring that had to be quite detailed to get the look I wanted. First the card then the huge amount of inspiration that was drawn on to create it!

First off I used the photo from Fusion. I immediately loved the bunch of flowers in the photo and used the stunning splashes of blue, green and yellow as my starting point. I have used all these colours in my flowers, gradually blending from green, to blue and yellow. This was not my normal splash it on water colour painting but very specific and subtle. I love the texture of the water colour card and this was a nod to the wood grain in the photo. 

My card is one layer and only uses 2 flowers (not my normal 3) so I could enter Less is More and Crazy for CAS

All my stamps are from Uniko Studios and I have used 2 of their challenge colours so this will be entered into their challenge.

And finally I will enter Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is to use water colours.

Strange how you see one challenge (Fusion) then a few more pop up and a card comes together.

Even for me this card is very CAS and I did wonder if it was too CAS but then I went with my gut that was telling me....you like it!!

    

Just for You

I am popping in with a card that was inspired by the photo this week at The Card Concept. I have used the CAS design for my card. I love the clean look of this photo and have been wanting to play along with it since I first saw the photo. I used the sketch at Less is More-flipping it-so pleased they had the little ribbon edge as I re-discovered the cute little ribbon I have used.

I was going to place the black base around the card that I have stamped my tree on but decided I liked the clean look of keeping it all white. I just added a few dots using my copics to match the ribbon stitching. I kept looking at the sentiment and it didn't look right on its own I knew it needed something extra and the dots did it for me! My linen impression plate on all the card added some texture.

I will also enter it into the anything goes challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

Have a fun day x

      

TIME OUT Challenges #13

Its Friday Eve and that means we are ready for a new challenge at TIME OUT Challenges.

We have our 'Inspired by Words' challenge for you this week. And we have gone all thespian on you this week and have a well  known phrase from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'

'If music be the food of love, play on'

What a wonderful quote and we thought this had plenty for you to be inspired by...remember you can choose the whole phrase or just one single word. I don't think I need to tell you what phrase I went with! I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch just making my central panel more on the slim side!

These are all stamps from the 'Boxed Blooms and Bold Sentiments' from STAMPlorations. I stamped the 'Love' sentiment in grey and then again in red and fussy cut out each letter. I adhered these flat but the 'you' I fussy cut out and popped it up for dimension. All the red letters have a added sparkle from my new wink of stella pen.

Our Guest Designing this week is the very talented Rosemary. Her blog Hey There....rosigrl is full of so many creative projects (and Rosemary...such a cool blog name!)

Our Design Team have all been inspired by this Shakespeare quote in their own and very creative ways. Check out what they have made here, then you know what to do....

Take some TIME OUT and play on!

I will also enter this into the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge