Morning readers,
Welcome to Bank Holiday Monday and the weather looks to be almost typical Bank Holiday fashion) rain IS forecast! It was pretty nice for the weekend though, wasn't it? Hope you all got some sunshine and got to top up those vitamin D levels!
I've a make to share with you today ....... I recently dug out my twinkling H2O's and so enjoyed using them that I thought I should use them some more, but then - I came across the Cosmic Shimmer pot of glorious purpleness and I was powerless to resist being sidetracked! The effect is very similar to that of the twinkling H2O's too, such a lovely iridescent sheen
I've a make to share with you today ....... I recently dug out my twinkling H2O's and so enjoyed using them that I thought I should use them some more, but then - I came across the Cosmic Shimmer pot of glorious purpleness and I was powerless to resist being sidetracked! The effect is very similar to that of the twinkling H2O's too, such a lovely iridescent sheen
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| My C6 card |
The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope
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| A closer view of the gorgeous shimmer of the water colour |
Materials used:
- White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching envelope
- Card in white and black, for my image panel, insert and matting layer
- Cosmic Shimmer "purple violet" iridescent water colour brushed loosely and set aside to dry
- Hero Arts F2535 "Artistic Bird of Paradise flower" image stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
- Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "mini calligraphy") stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist and nocturne inks
I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
- HLS - May water colour challenge - ANYTHING GOES
- ModSquad - April 21st challenge - SPRING HAS SPRUNG
- Paper Shelter - challenge No. 467 - A BIRTHDAY CARD
- Creative Friday - challenge No. 280 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
- Pearly Sparkles - challenge No. 62 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
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| My Artist Trading Card - 2½" x 3½" |
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| And a closer view showing the shimmer of the Twinkling H2O's |
Materials used:
- ATC blank
- Snippets of leftover card in black and white
- Inkadinkado images (from 97724 "flourishes) - NBUS despite having this set for years .. bought then decided it was "too cute" for me! stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
- HLS sentiment (from "doodled flowers") stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink
- Twinkling H2O's : irish mist, rose petal, jasmine, passion and sunburst
I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
- CardzTV - challenge No. 139 - ANYTHING GOES
- Colour Crazy - challenge No. 17 - ANYTHING (hand coloured) GOES
- Love To Craft Challenge Blog - May challenge - ANYTHING GOES
- NBUS - May challenge - USE NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff)
- Pixie's Crafty Workshop - challenge No. 402 - USE SNIPPETS
14 comments:
Two lovely makes here Kathy. Loving that shimmery purple (as did you!).
Congrats on using some long-time NBUS.
Happy BH Monday.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
A simple beautiful image for our theme this week, love your choice of colour to. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxxx
Love the sparkle on both your card and your ATC Kathy using that pretty purple CS watercolour paint with the beautiful Bird of Paradise silhouette flower, and then the cute butterflies and trailing leaves in more fantastic H2O colour and the black background really makes it pop. x
Two great makes Kathy. Love the shimmer on the card.
Take care and stay safe,
Lilian
Simply gorgeous! I will have to dig out my Cosmic Shimmers!
Thanks for joining in this week at The Paper Shelter - good luck! Hugs Susan x
A fabulous card, and how you've done the coordination with the envelope is amazing. Thanks for joining us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge this month, good luck with your entry and hope to see you again soon, Claire DT
Oh my goodness - these are just delicious! I have, I think, every colour of H2o and - as always - neglect them so much. You did beautiful work here Katchy! Thanks for the prompt!
Hugs
Di xx
This is gorgeous set. Thanks for playing with us at Colour Crazy.
Wow, such great inspiration, Kathy! I never thought of just doing a glimmering wash as a background and it looks stunning! And what a great job of cutesie you did with your ATC! You should do it more often! Thank you for sharing your wonderful design with everyone at NBUS! I hope the sunshine has continued since you wrote this post! Hugs, Darnell
I love it when I come across your entries on another challenge. Then when it turns out to be all purpleness well then you top it off with something you've had for years and kept in mint condition! Your cards with matching envelopes always deserve admiration while the ATCs you share as an encore are always wonderful. x
Wie schön, mal wieder einen alten Hero Arts Stempel zu sehen. Die lilafarbige Fläche leuchtet so schön. Eine sehr schöne CAS Karte.
Danke für deine Teilnahme bei creative friday!
And a translation for Sidan's comment .....
How nice to see an old Hero Arts stamp again. The purple surface shines so beautifully. A very nice CAS card.
Thank you for participating in creative friday!
Kathyk
What a stunning image and I love your technique. It's also my favorite color! Thanks for joining our Pearly Sparkles challenge.
A great card - thanks for sharing it with us at the Love to Craft Challenge.
Helen x
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