Thursday 30 April 2015

Off the Edge

Hi and welcome to Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Day!  Today, Kim, who makes the most beautiful CAS cards, has a very fun and interesting sketch for us.  This sketch calls for an element to be off the edge of the card.  How cool is that?



For my card, I decided to play along with the challenge at Friday Mashup, to use either umbrellas or polka dots.  I went with both.  I'm also linking to The Challenge where polka dots are the theme.



On my white cardbase, I stamped the polka dot strip in Audrey Blue down the left side of the card.  I then stamped the sentiment in black.  Then I used my Misti to stamp my umbrella and its components onto the die-cut before popping it up with foam tape on the card base.

The umbrella was painted with clear Wink of Stella, which you can't see in the photo.  Some blue sequins and I was all done.  In hindsight, I possibly should have made the polka dot strip wider, but it's done and I ain't doing it again!




Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the amazing DT.  And as a special treat, we have the genius who created Freshly Made Sketches as a guest.  Be sure to check out Lesley's blog - she does amazing work!





Products used:

Stamps:  April Showers (Clearly Besotted), Basic Borders (Mama Elephant)
Ink:  Green Apply, Audrey Blue (SSS), Daffodil Delight (SU), Memento Grey Flannel, Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  White
Accessories:  Wink of Stella, sequins, April Showers die

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Friday Mashup.

21 comments:

Samra said...

Oh my goodness what a gorgeous CAS card!!! Love it Karren!!!

Linda Callahan said...

Sweet sweet sweet as can be! Great colors....beautiful design!

Lesley said...

The is adorable! Love the colours!

Shannon Jaramillo said...

I love this so very much!! Sweet, sweet, sweet and a perfect pairing of stamps and color!

Jen Mitchell said...

A beautiful CAS card. I wouldn't change a thing!

Cindy Lovell said...

Beautiful,Karren!!! Love all the white space!!

LeAnne said...

SO very cute, I love the sequins as raindrops!

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

This, to me, is the epitome of Clean & Simple! The colours, the design . . . just beautiful! Thank you for the inspiration over at FMS . . . I love the challenges! Hazel xx

Heidi Baks said...

So pretty and clean! Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

I Card Everyone said...

Karren! Love your dotty umbrella... perfectly perched! Thanks for sharing this little lovely with us at The Challenge!
=] Michele

Amy O said...

This is so fresh and adorable. You must have really gotten the hang of your MISTI because your stamping of the different panels on the umbrella is spot-on. I thought that you must have paper-pieced it with polka dotted dsp. Love this, Karren!

wienerhoneymooners said...

Love the crisp fresh airyness and the CAS looks and lovely colors!! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at The Challenge!!!

ÅsaJ said...

I´m so impressed (don´t know the spelling in english....) in all of your work! I get so much inspiration from you! You are so good in this! I´m glad I found your blog. Hugs Åsa

Jen Brum said...

I just love this card Karren! That umbrella is so sweet! Love all of the polka dots! So clean looking!

Lori said...

This is fabulous! Love the sweet dotted umbrella. Thanks for joining us at The Challenge!

Milka Gubo said...

GORGEOUS card!!! Love it! :-D

Kim S said...

Perfect use of the sketch! LOVE the cute little umbrella and the sprinkling of sequins.

Cindy said...

Oooooo, I love the colors for the "Get Well" theme of this card. So pretty and cheerful, crisp and clean. Love the sequins, too!

Jen Timko said...

Another day, another card that I want to CASE. Love everything about this!!

Narelle Farrugia said...

This is super stunning with all that white space and your choice of striking blue paper & sequins!

Lisa said...

Beautifully done, Karren. Thank you for joining us at The Friday Mashup!