Sunday 12 October 2014

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!!

    


36 comments:

  1. Your card is so beautiful Sandie! Excellent in it's simplicity! (perfect for the Less is more challenge too!!! - go check if you want to ;)

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  2. OOPS, I missed the link, I see you did link up there! * blush!

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  3. Oooh the colouring is beautiful.

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  4. Lovely! such a pretty cars Sandi!

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  5. Gorgeous colouring Sandie, Cathy x

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  6. woooooo, amazingly CAS. I love it!!! xx

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  7. Stunning card, amazing water colour!
    Elaine

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  8. sweet CAS card, so glad you played laong with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

    sparkle & shine *~*

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  9. Swoon...love the subtle pops of color against the crisp black. Thanks so much for playing with us at Fusion Sandie. xoxo

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  10. Very beautiful card!
    Thank you for joining us at CFC

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  11. This is beautiful Sandie, wonderful watercolouring. Carol x

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  12. The subtle colour behind the silhouette(ish) blooms is fabulous, Sandie ... so soft and pretty ... and so lovely with the sentiment font! Anita :)

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  13. Beautiful CAS card Sandie. Fabulous texture from your watercolour paper. Love the soft colors and silhouette images. Not too CAS ... just perfect!! :) Loll xx

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  14. Love this and what a fab colour pallette xx Jan

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  15. This is super, what great colours.
    Thank you very much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  16. Love the subtle touches of colors on this black and white design. This card needs absolutely no more, I love the simplicity of it!

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  17. I love the coloring on those flowers! So creative. The single rounded corner is also a great touch!
    - Shauna

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  18. Gorgeous flowers and I love the texture from the water color paper! Beautiful one layer card, Sandie!

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  19. The subtle water colouring is so effective - I am still in the 'slap it on' school of water colouring! Love the CAS design and Uniko flowers :)

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  20. Sandie this is perfect, lovely CAS creation, not too simple at all!
    Thanks so much for joining us in our one layer challenge
    Anne
    LIM Designer

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  22. How beautiful simple can be. Thanks for joining CFC

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  23. This is a stunning card! The fine details make it elegant and so beautiful! This way it can never be too CAS! Hope your weekend was fun! Hugs, Gerrina

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  24. Joining with the others, Sandie - this is cas-ilicious in every way!!
    Hugs~c

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  25. Beautiful blended colors ... such a lovely CAS deisgn ... so glad you joined us at Fusion Card Challenge.

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  26. Wow, very lovely, and you are right, SUPER CAS!!! ---to the Rescue!!! Rescuing Kimberly to place a smile on her face!!! Hooray!!! Yay, LOVE this card, super sweet!!!

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  27. And........Thanks for joining FUSION!!!

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  28. This is such a cool design :) Thank you for sharing with Fusion

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  29. Beautiful image Sandie ... think that's UNIKO I spy!
    Love it and the colours you've used
    Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  30. Sandie your Uniko flowers are so gorgeous! Wonderful design!

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  31. I think that about my CAS cards sometimes. Anita reminded me the other day of something I once said 'if it was anymore CAS it would be blank!". If you like it, then it must be good I think. I think its gorgeous and love the hint of colour. CAS perfection!

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  32. WOW! CAS perfection, my friend!
    hugs, Asha

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  33. Perfectly CAS... These flower stamps are beautiful and I love the simple layout and coloring. xxx

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  34. Wow such a great card. Thanks for joining us over at Crazy for CAS.

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  35. wooowww I love that simple Image on your card...simplicity but so effective...Lovely element too...great CAS card Sandie...

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