I couldn't resist playing along with this months CAS Christmas Challenge, they have such a fun theme going on for April ........
I cut myself a simple mask from a piece of copy paper to cover the bottom half of my card. With this in place I then used various colours of Distress Ink, and the tall triangle aperture stencil from Sweet Poppy, to create the line of rainbow trees.
The stencil is quite a large aperture as a whole, I only used the top part and varied the height slightly as I went along the card ......
I stamped my sentiment underneath in a gold ink .......
and added some sparkle with a touch of fine crystal glitter along the tree line.
A tiny star on top of one of the trees finishes off the card ......
I've also got a little more inspiration for April's CAS Mix Up challenge. I'm hosting this month, and the theme I've chosen is ........ Paper Piecing
OK a bit of fussy cutting is required, and I know that's not everyone's favourite thing to do but, if you keep your images simple then cutting them out isn't going to take that long. And just think of all those bits of patterned papers you can use up!
I like to use old book pages to paper piece, I think the text gives a little more interest to your designs.
I brushed some colour onto my background using Distress Ink ..... I smooshed the colour onto a craft mat first, spritzed with water and then used a paint brush.
I then stamped the single poppy onto the inked background, coloured the stem with a ZIG Marker and paper pieced the head of the flower .....
I used two sentiment stamps to complete the card .... one heat embossed in gold,the other simply stamped in black
Thanks for popping by ...... enjoy the rest of your day and have a lovely weekend.
Remember the yacht I told you about sitting in Douglas Bay well, it's still there. Lauren and I were out and about yesterday ...... we had a little trip to the garden centre now that they're open again, so we decided to drive along the prom and take a look at this boat.
OMG! it's BIG!!!!
We managed to park somewhere quiet and take a few photos .......
It did look nice in the sunshine though .......
It's the Grand National at Aintree this weekend. I'm not normally a horse racing person but, there's something about the National.
One of the runners is owned by a guy on the island so it would be rude not to have a flutter now wouldn't it. Trouble is, I can't win an argument never mind a bet on a horse race ..... wish me luck!
Cheerio until next time .........
CAS Christmas
Stamps: sentiment was from Uniko but I think its now retired
Inks: Distress Inks - Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Kitsch Flamingo; Delicata - Golden Glitz
Other: Tall Aperture Stencil (Sweet Poppy); Fine Crystal Glitter; Quickie Glue Pen
CAS Mix Up
Stamps: Happy Watercolor (Stampin Up!) for the flower; Sentiment Collection, Heartfelt (Penny Black)
Inks: Distress Ink - Festive Berries; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Versamark
Other: ZIG Clean Color Brush Marker (for the stem); Gold embossing Powder (WOW!)