Thursday 10 September 2015

Grungy Flowers

I'm back! This is my first post since I went off on holiday, the five of us (hubby and three offspring- can't really say children anymore!) were lucky enough to be able to get away for a three week whirlwind tour of Florida, finishing with some theme park fun days out in Orlando. It was a ball! Now I've had a good break I really enjoyed an afternoon of crafting earlier this week when everyone went back to school, work, university etc. I made three cards but I've just got one to share this morning, it's for the sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches

I had a little extra help too, from the colour palette at The Colour Throwdown




I used a stamp set from Visible Image for this one. If you know me you'll know I don't do floral very often or very well, so this stamp set caught my eye as a bit grungy and alternative. See what you think...









A purist might say that a CAS card is no place for embellishments and, on the whole I agree, but these little brads from Stampin Up just matched so perfectly and I thought they added something to the card, rather than detract from it. I just love the little Kraft coloured butterfly! There is plenty of white space too 

I also used Work Of Art to stamp the 'buds' beneath the brads. The sentiment is from Blooming Marvellous and I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to get it in just the right position. 



I used Kraft card as a mat and added a simple scored frame. I hope that, like me, you find some time to craft in this coming week and I look forward to seeing those sketch inspired cards over at the challenge blog.








8 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Louise and so you - I love it xx

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  2. The abstract floral design is really cool - and I think the minimalistic brads are perfectly OK for your CAS card!

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  3. What a great design! Love how you used the brads here. Thanks for joining us at The Color Throwdown!

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  4. Stunning! Love everything about your card and the Visible Image stamp is fab too.

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  5. What a fun and artsy CAS design! Thanks for playing along with us at Color Throwdown!

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  6. Fun flower set!! Great use of the colors! So glad you joined us at CTD!!

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  7. Wow, great interpretation of the sketch! Love the colours and the brads!

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  8. Love this take on the sketch - your grungy flowers are super. x

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Louise xx