Blue Snowdrops

I'm really enjoying learning a little about the designers over at Flourishes. This week the focus is on Cindy Lawrence, and if you haven't already read about her, you should head over to the Flourishes blog and at least read her "random facts" at the end of the interview. She has lead an interesting life, to say the least, and is quite the world traveler. I haven't traveled around much, but I did once have an experience similar to one of hers: I once drove my car into the side of a Dairy Queen. ;)  (Also, like Cindy, I'm an excellent driver...I think that little mishap occurred in 1976--when I was learning to drive!)

For the CASE Cindy Challenge, I chose this card here. I've always liked the way she layers ribbons and borders. I copied her card very closely, using different, but similar elements. I even dyed my braided trim with a Copic marker, like she did. ;) I'd never have thought to do that, but it works like a charm. I used a Pearl Pen for my pearls and chose to do some stitching with my machine, rather than faux stitching.

I don't like leaving the inside of my cards completely bare, but I didn't want anything at the bottom to show through the punched border on the front of the card, either. So, I went simple, with just a top and bottom scallop from the same dp as the front of the card, and a few Pearl Pen pearls.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Flourishes Designer Focus CASE Challenge: CASE Cindy
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes

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Stamps: Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 & 2 (Flourishes)
Paper: Best of K&Co
Ink: Copics; Memento; Distress
Dies: Tailor-Made Classic Bookplate Template Die (Flourishes/Spellbinders)
Accessories: Garden Rail Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); Bracket Edge Punch (EK Success); Woven embossing folder (Lifestyle Crafts); grosgrain ribbon; sheer ribbon; braided trim; Pearl Pen; Scor-Tape; sewing thread
Size: 3.5" x 5.5"

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Seaside Bookmark

I wanted to CASE one more of Christine's creations for the Flourishes Friday Focus CASE Challenge, and the deadline is looming, so I'll be quick. ;)

Check out this great masculine bookmark Christine made using the What A Catch stamp set. Her coloring on that image is amazing, isn't it! I don't have that stamp set, or any other fishing stamps, but I do have the A Guiding Light stamp set, that has some fab masculine images. I colored the lighthouse image with Copics and added a little glimmer to the sand and water with a Spica pen. After distressing everything (you know I can't make something without at least a little distressing!), I used her general layout to put it all together. I had to raid my DD's shell collection for the little seashell at the top of the bookmark. :)

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Flourishes Friday Focus CASE Challenge: Case Christine
ColourQ Case Challenge #191
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge: Into the Woods (I used a wood image dp)

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your evening!

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Stamps: A Guiding Light (Flourishes)
Paper: Dolled Up (My Mind's Eye); Clippings (Basic Grey)
Ink: Copics; Distress; Memento; Spica pen
Accessories: Corner Chomper; jute; seashell; circle punches; pearls; Zing embossing powder; eyelet
Size: 2.75" x 5.5"

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Pears...A CASE

I tried my hand at a bit of watercoloring today, using my Distress Ink Reinkers. Flourishes is having a CASE challenge, to CASE one of Christine Okken's cards, and I absolutely love the Old Tea Rose card she watercolored with reinkers a few weeks ago, so I checked her blog, and since she had explained how she painted it, I decided to give it a try, myself.

The Pears stamp set from Flourishes is one of my all-time favorite stamp sets, and it seemed perfect for a watercolor project. I used the Week 4 Viva la Verve Sketch for the card since it has a nice, big panel to work with, but I turned it upside down because I didn't want to cover my pears up with the horizontal strip (or in my case, ribbon) that stretches across the card. I watercolored the image, without worrying too much about the ink bleeding, and I colored the bg with Peacock Feathers reinker, simply because I love that color with green. Then, just as Christine did on her card, I flicked color over the image, and distressed the edges, both with ink and with my Distrezz-It-All. She did some sewing, and added buttons with jute twine, so I followed her lead. As I was working on this, I wasn't too sure it was going to work out, but once everything was dry and put together, I loved it! I can't wait to try watercoloring again! :)

On the inside, I stamped a smaller image from the Pears set, added a scalloped dp for some color, and sewed a strip of the green cs over the join.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve May 2013 Week 4 Sketch Challenge
Flourishes Friday Focus CASE Challenge: CASE Christine
Simon Says Stamp & Show: Favorite Ink (mine is Distress Ink)

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Stamps: Pears (Flourishes)
Paper: Watercolor paper; Que Sera Sera (K&Co)
Ink: Distress Ink pads & reinkers; Versafine
Dies: A2 Matting Basics
Accessories: Diamond Lace Edger (EK Success); ribbon; jute twine; buttons; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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