Cature your dreams ...

Good morning,

A co-worker was moving to a new position, and I was asked if I had a suitable card.

I went through my box and found one I made in 2019 that would be perfect. The card was made by heat embossing the image onto watercolor paper and then using the smoosh technique with the gel crayons and water. I always loved how this butterfly came out.

Anyway, I did have a slight challenge with the size as many people needed to sign and this was an A2 card. So I just did some chopping and using a card sketch turned on it’s side from Mojo Monday, I created this card!

Original Card

Remake

Supplies, 5.5 x 8.50 card

• Black Embossing powder from Stampin Up!
• Canson cold press watercolor paper
• Cardstock from The Paper Studios (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Dew drop jewels from my stash
• Faber-Castel gel crayons
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Unity Stamp Company
• Sketch Mojo Monday 496
• Swallowtail Butterfly from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Autumn Comes ...

No spring nor summer's beauty hath such grace

As I have seen in one Autumnal face....

~John Donne, "Elegy IX: The Autumnal"

Good morning!

This morning I am sharing a card I made for the new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge which just started. You can find the challenge HERE

Our poem this fortnight is

Summer days are here at last,

Days of school are in the past,

Summer skies will turn to grey,

And summer's warmth will fade away,

Autumn comes and leaves fall down,

Winter comes, snow covers the ground,

Spring comes and brings new life,

And ends all of the winter's strife,

All the seasons come and go,

From the summer's heat to the winter's snow...

--- Katherine Knight ---

Our sponsor this challenge is Alex Syberia Design and I am always thrilled to use one of her gorgeous images! For my challenge card I am using her Autumn Leaves Frame. Although the title says Autumn, I do believe this image can be used for spring as well … just use bright greens instead of the autumnal colors like I used.

I colored my image using my distress markers, a bit of water and the smooshed ink method. I love how it turned out! Once everything was dry, I did a bit of fussy cutting of the center to create a window, added acrylic sheeting and made a fun shaker card using some random leaf confetti and sequins I had in my stash.

Supplies, 5.5 x 7 card
Image Autumn Leaves Frame printed in Hammermill Card Stock
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and scrap box
Die from Spellbinders (Fall Botanicals)
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Leaf confetti and seed beads from my stash
Ranger Distress Markers

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges we offer!

(Hugs) Cara

Possibilities

“If anyone has told you not to passionately pursue what sets your soul on fire. they are wrong.”

~ Martina McBride

Hi everyone!

Today a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through September through September 5^th

Our inspiration this weeks comes from

The Animal Fair

(American folk song by American sailors in the 19th century)

We went to the animal fair. The birds and the beasts were there.

The big baboon by the light of the moon was combing his golden hair.

The monkey fell out of his bunk and slid down the elephant's trunk.

The elephant sneezed - Achoo! And fell on her knees,

And what became of the monkey; monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey?

Supplies used

Card stock from Stampin Up! and the Paper Studio (base)

Embossing folder from Cuttlebug

India Ink from Memories

Pearls from Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment from Unity Stamp Company

Walnut Ink from Tsukineko

Water Color paper from Canson

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme: The Butterfly

When, within our souls and psyches we are made aware of a safe but insistent drum beat, repeated like butterfly wings in motion, we sense the message...that our inner self has begun its search for freedom. --  Mary Meeker 

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new Sunday Song & Rhyme challenge which is currently running at The Outlawz Challenges through June 1st

Our sponsor this month is Anne's Digital Art

Prize: 5 Images

Our challenge this fortnight is to find inspiration in any of the lyrics/words to the Song or Rhyme:

The Butterfly by Heather Reneé Adamkiewicz

As love falls down from the sky, It lands on the wings of a butterfly.

The butterfly sings its songs and rhymes, and flies through the air, no concept of time.

It is the messenger of patience and change, from flower to flower, it's odd and it's strange.

The butterfly can transform its world.

And give way to new beginnings, unfurled, it is the keeper of transformation, and flies on faith and imagination.

The butterfly as no fear of change, it bravely escapes its homemade cage.

To change, it knows is necessary, for all the burdens we need not carry.

The butterfly soars, and merrily sings, For, without change, it could never grow wings.

I use the smoosh technique for this card to create the red & blue background

Supplies:

• Black Embossing powder from Stampin Up!
• Canson cold press water color paper
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Faber-Castel gel crayons
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Unity Stamp Company
• Swallowtail Butterfly from Stampin Up! 

So, remember to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where you will find more challenges and inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara