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Saturday 4 April 2015

HLS April Sketch Challenge & Craft Stamper Take it Make it April Challenge

Happy Easter everyone - hope you are all enjoying the long Easter weekend and maybe indulging in a little chocolate???? lol

I'm joining in the HLS April Sketch challenge which is shown below:


and I'm also joining in with the Craft Stamper Take it Make it challenge.  The requirements are:

As you might remember, this year our challenge is alternating between 'Take A Stamp', and 'Take A Technique'....and this month our challenge is 'Take A Technique'!
Well, not so much a technique as a theme.... this month we want you to go all out with the colour!

April Challenge:
'Take A Technique: Colour'


and here is my card:


I used a water brush to wet an area of watercolour card and then used my Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pens to add random colour.  This was then cut out using my Die-namics Banner dies - I chose the largest which was too long but as I wanted an oblong shape rather than a banner this was perfect.  I passed it through my BS and then turned the die around and placed it on the uncut end of watercolour card to get a long oblong shape.  The greeting is die cut using my Winnie & Walter "In a Word: Happy Cutaway" using black mirri card which was then popped up on d/s foam squares.  The "birthday" was stamped in VersaFine black and is from Waltzingmouse Stamps WMS IC3 set.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Happy crafting.












12 comments:

  1. I love the effect you've obtained with the colours here - very colourful and just right for the sketch challenge. Have a good weekend

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  2. stunning Karen.....loving the watercolours...so vibrant xxxx

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  3. Hi Karen. The watercolouring is so beautiful. Love the shades and how they transition from one to the other --- perfect! And the large, black sentiment die-cut just pops. Great job!! Thanks for playing along with us at Happy Little Stampers. xx

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  4. Lovely coloured background Karen....lovely bright card

    Anne

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  5. Sigh ... stunning card, Karen ... fabulous rainbow watercolouring, gorgeously graphic die cut and tons of white space ... blissful! Joyeuses Pâques! Hugs, Anita :)

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  6. Fabulous mix of bright colours Karen - your card is a sight for sore eyes! The word "HAPPY" says it all .
    Hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine - hugs, Sylvia xxx

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  7. wow! I love this Karen. The colours turned out so bright. Beautiful card! Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers xx

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  8. I love this, really effective. Might have to investigate the die cut words!

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  9. Love the watercoloured panel! Thanks for joining us at Take It Make It :)

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  10. What a fun design and colors Karen.

    Hugs diane

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  11. Love the CAS design .... great use of colour too. Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper challenge ..good luck! Linda xx

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  12. Oh, I love what you have done here, Karen!!!! Your watercoloured strip is beautiful and the black 'happy' looks great on it!!!! A beautiful CAS creation!!!!

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