Come and join the birthday celebrations ........

Happy Monday ........

Just a quick reminder about this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge.  There's still plenty of time to play along, and don't forget we're celebrating this month.  It's our 5th Birthday! so why not join in the fun ..... there's some special prizes up for grabs.

Bonnie (Stamping with Klass) is our host this month and she would like us to do Print Making using Die Cuts.

I must admit I hadn't really tried this before but ....... what a fun technique!  Such a clever and different way of using our dies.

For this card I took a simple daisy die (not sure what brand ..... I think it may be from a Stampin Up! set but please don't hold me to that!)

 

I cut the daisies from watercolour card and then used Distress Inks to add the colour ...... I simply swiped the ink pad directly over the die cut daisy, repeating until I had a nice depth of colour

I then sprayed the inked die cuts with water, flipped them over, and laid them onto another piece of watercolour card to print my daisies ........

Some of the ink from the die cuts transferred onto the card creating pretty, pastel images of the daisies. To define the flowers a little more I roughly drew around the petals using a black fine liner pen ....... I like how this gives the flowers a hand drawn look

I added some highlights and detail with a white gel pen ......

 and finished with some ink splatters, a few dots of glitter glue here and there, and a simple sentiment.

And ...... I also have three, pretty coloured, die cut daisies left over to use on another card ...... bonus!

Our challenge runs until March 24th so you have plenty of time to play along and join in the birthday fun.  I look forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.

Speaking of birthdays, we had another one over the weekend ......... Remi, our little motorhome was one year old on Saturday!

It's twelve months since we brought him home to the island ........ and unfortunately he's spent quite a few of those months just sat on the drive (sigh!)  

Hopefully, at some point this year, we'll be able to get out and about again, and who knows maybe even go a little little further afield with him.   Although, our current 21 day lockdown has been extended today, only by a week, (fingers crossed!) so the Easter weekend is looking like a possibility for our first trip of 2021! 

Cheerio until next time .........

Products used:

Stamps: Happy Snippets (Penny Black) for the sentiment   

Dies: Daisy Die (not sure of the brand ..... may be Stampin Up!)

Inks: Distress Inks - Kitsch Flamingo, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Other:  Black Fine Liner Gel Pen; White Uniball Signo Gel pen; Stickles Glitter Glue