Saturday 17 May 2014

Beautiful Blossoms... Sketch Saturday Week #310 :)


Hello!! :)


It's time for another Sketch Saturday GDT card from me... the sketch was again a little out of my usual CAS comfort zone this time so the card(s - I made two in the end!!) have come out rather busier than my recent norms... but... I really love it in the end!! :) Plus, I got to use my new (and utterly, amazingly gorgeous!!) CBS Love Blossoms Stamps and Dies on the day they arrived!! lol So, here they are...



I mainly stuck with the dies for these cards to save on time/energy as I am still feeling rather exhausted after my friends' visit last week and I used some beautiful papers which came free in Craft Seller magazine a few months ago... oh but they are soooo pretty!! :)


I shaped the flowers slightly by pressing them into my cupped palm and then they, of course, got the WoS and Stickles treatment for a bit of sparkle :)


The sentiments are layered for extra impact (as were the branches actually) - thank you to whoever came up with the stacked die cuts idea... love it!! :) The underneath layers are just cheap white card so I edged them with co-ordinating ProMarkers... fiddly but it looks so much better!! lol




{The List}

Cardstock - 6x6in scalloped card blanks, Core'dinations - Super Assortments Nostalgia
Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps - Love Blossoms, A Little Sentimental
Dies - Clearly Besotted Stamps - Love Blossoms Die Collection, Birthday Word Die, Thanks Word Die
Inks - Memento - Espresso Truffle
Colouring Mediums - ProMarkers to edge the diecut layers
Papers - Craft Seller Magazine Freebie - Oriental Garden Collection
Tools - Cuttlebug, scissor blade for distressing; Martha Stewart Punch - Butterflies
Embellishments - Anita's - 2mm Pearls
Finishing Touches - Clear Wink of Stella, Stickles - Crystal


This week's sponsor at Sketch Saturday is the fab Bunny Zoe's Crafts...


... and here's the sketch for you...


Challenges: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Colour Challenge (I have the peachy-pinks and brown... hope that's enough!!) ; Papertake Weekly - Pretty Pastels :)

I'm going to keep this short and sweet as I really don't have a lot of energy at the mo' and my arms are exhausted just typing this much but I hope you'll join in and pop over to the SS blog to see what the rest of the DT have come up with!! :) Have a good week!! :)


7 comments:

Sandra H said...

So pretty Rachel x

Anonymous said...

Beautiful x

Mandy said...

Two very lovely cards Rachel x

Debs said...

Beautiful card - love the colours and the perfectly matched DP's
Thanks for playing along at PTW this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx

coops said...

so gorgeous rachel.the blossom is beautiful and i love your pretty colours ;D

xx coops xx

Debra Miller said...

Love your take on the sketch Rachel. The colors and flowers are lovely. Hugs, Deb

Stephanie said...

All I can say is...WOW! Beautiful :) Thank you so much for entering the Clearly Besotted Challenge, Rachel! x

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