Thursday, 10 September 2015

Hello

Hi!  It's time for another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and this week our hostess is Jen Mitchell.  Check out this cool sketch:

For my card, I decided to use a new-to-me die from Clearly Besotted called Shaker Shapes Square Hello Die.  



I die cut that from a panel of white cardstock and put it to one side.  I then took a piece of watercolor cardstock and splashed on some watercolors, focusing on blues and greens.  Once I was happy with that, I dried it with my heat tool and then flicked on some gold and pearl paint using my paintbrush.


To put the card together I cut some fun foam to pop up the front panel from the watercolored piece.

 All in all a very simple but fun-to-make card.  I'm linking this card up to CAS on Sunday who have a Splash theme - quite a bit of water went into my watercolored background :)
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 Products used:  

 Cardstock:  White, Watercolor
Accessories:  Shaker Shapes Square Hello Die (Clearly Besotted), Kuretake watercolor paints, fun foam

 Cheers
Karren
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17 comments:

  1. Becca Cruger10 September 2015 at 01:29

    This is perfectly amazing. The combination of that pristine white with the vibrant blues and greens - be still my heart! Of course, if I tried to do something like this, ink would wind up all over the white space. :0)

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  2. Gibmiss10 September 2015 at 10:14

    Fabulous card... Love your inked background....
    Stunning Karen...
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  3. Linda Callahan10 September 2015 at 13:05

    What a cool die cut! And your background is gorgeous! Great mix of color!

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  4. Christine Blain10 September 2015 at 15:42

    Oh, I laughed at Becca's comment - that's so what would happen to me! This is awesome, Karren. The intensity of colour is beautifully highlighted by the crisp white card - and what a beautiful die!

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  5. Sarah10 September 2015 at 18:31

    I like this card also ! When I have more time than I check more of your blog ! Bye ☆ Sarah ☆

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  6. anja curvers10 September 2015 at 22:35

    Wow such a great card really love it. Thanks for joining us over at CAS on sunday.

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  7. Amy O11 September 2015 at 13:22

    I love these blues and greens together! And I love this die cut. Cool card, Karren!

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  8. Mariken11 September 2015 at 21:59

    What a beautiful card! Thank you for joining our challenge at CAS on Sunday!!

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  9. Cindy Lovell12 September 2015 at 07:36

    I love the background of this card,Karren!! Great colors and i love the gold and pearl paint!! Awesome!!

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  10. Anita in France12 September 2015 at 08:06

    Wow! Karren, this is fantastic ... love all that gorgeous crisp white against the amazing blue/green shimmery background ... just stunning! Anita :)

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  11. Jen Mitchell12 September 2015 at 14:02

    This card is soooooo cool Karren! Your watercolor background is fabulous, especially with the little flicks of gold and pearl paint. And the die cut sentiment on top? Absolutely fantastic!!

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  12. Maria Rodriguez.13 September 2015 at 02:15

    Love this die, just so perfect for a shaker card. Love your amazing water colored background, it really pops behind the super crisp and flawless white of the die.
    Thank you for sharing.

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  13. Jen Brum13 September 2015 at 13:44

    Such a gorgeous card Karren! I love that beautiful background! The colour is so vibrant against the white! Just fabulous!

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  14. Wendy13 September 2015 at 14:48

    Just had to pop in and say how much I this card. It definitely inspired me...not so much for the card that I just made for the challenge...but your card got those wheels turning in my head : )

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  15. Rita W15 September 2015 at 07:15

    I LOVE this! That watercolor background is amazing and a perfect way to accent the white die cut. Awesome card as always.

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  16. Greta15 September 2015 at 15:52

    I "need" that die--love it! Your background is absolutely stunning, Karren!

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  17. Narelle Farrugia15 September 2015 at 22:28

    Perfect use of die and fabulous background technique - you're awesome Karren!

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