Hello crafty friends!

I have a cheerful card to share today. 

My creative friend Heather Telford suggested I enter it in the Foiled Fox's current challenge, so here goes:

I used the "Doodle Garden" background stamp from Catherine Pooler, heat-set with WOW's "Silver Pearl" embossing powder onto water-colour card-stock.

Next, I wet the panel and dropped Distress inks into the various areas, picking the colour up with a water brush, and adding successive layers of colour. Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and Wild Honey were the colours used. Further spritzing with water and Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist ensured lots of blending and shine.

The waterfall card designs was inspired by a recent Youtube post by Ingrid Blackburn. You can see a video of the inside elements on my Instagram post @canadianliner.


 

Enjoy the sunshine and flowers!

Caroline

Good morning, crafty friends.

I created this graduation card for my son following a Stamp Nation challenge.

It looks deceptively simple, but contains a surprise.

It also fits the current code word at Addicted to CAS, which is RAINBOW!

You will note I didn't use the entire seven-colour palette for a proper rainbow. I focused on my son's favorite colours, one of which is purple.  I used Catherine Pooler inks, which work wonderfully for blending. I masked off the area for the rainbow and applied ink with a foam blending-tool. Next I used the MISTI to add the sentiment in black ink.  I added thin strips of black cardstock to define the rainbow section. A few stars and sequins hide some smudges!

Here's the inside:

An explosion of sentiments and fire-work-ish images.

 

The challenge at Addicted to CAS runs for another week--make sure to check it out.

Thanks for taking a look today!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler inks: Tiki Torch, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini, Something Borrowed, Flirty Fuschia and Midnight (black)

Cardstock: Catherine Pooler-white; Michael's-black

Stamp sets: Catherine Pooler, from the "Perfect Reason" collection

Sequins: Close to My Heart

Good morning, crafty friends.

This post is a little late for the celebration, but last Thursday, April 6th, was National Tartan Day in Canada. It's not an official holiday, just an observance, and has been in effect since 2010. It commemorates the signing of a document of independence in Scotland in 1320. People of Scottish descent can celebrate and wear their family tartan!

I've been playing around with plaid lately, with water colour paint and with alcohol markers. This is a paper version of the clan Macdonald tartan. It's much more beautiful in real life!
 The inspiration this week over at Freshly Made Sketches was all about squares.

Plaids and tartans are definitely all about right angles!  I decided to feature a piece of water-coloured plaid, with some of the stripes done with  opalescent gold paint.

 All squares were cut with Lil'Inker Designs' Stitched Mats square dies, then attached to a 5" square card-base. Along with the water-colour panel, I cut squares from Close to My Hearts' fundamentals collection. These papers have white designs on one side, with embossing on the other. The sentiment is from Catherine Pooler Designs' "Hello World" stamp set. Pretty easy card to put together!

Make sure to check out the amazing submissions over at Freshly Made Sketches.

Fare ye weel!

Caroline