Birthday Picnic

 For the first time in ages, I had some time today to make a card for a few challenges.  I'm playing along with the colours from Color Throwdown, the CAS theme at Krafty Chicks and the Tic Tac Toe challenge (Picnic-Checks-Ink Blending).

 In keeping with the challenge's picnic option, I pulled out this stamp set from MFT and coloured various images in the Color Throwdown colours (the outfit and clouds are aqua-ish, the flowers and butterflies are yellow, the checked paper is green and the girl's hair and lid on the picnic basket are kraft.

To keep the card CAS but still have a "scene", I masked off a small strip on a white panel and ink-blended Peacock Feathers ink very lightly with a cloud stencil.  For the "grass" I cut two strips of check paper in a curved pattern, lightly sponged on some green ink (whatever was on the blending brush!) and adhered them under the clouds.

I then stamped a sentiment to give her foot some grounding and added the images with foam tape.

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Everyday is a Picnic, Essential Sentiments (MFT)

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K), Versafine Onyx Black, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Cardstock:  White, X-Press It, Homespun Gingham (MFT)

Dies:  Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT)

Accessories:  Copics, Micro Cloud Edges die (MFT)

Cheers

Karren