Tag Archives: Chalk Lines

Chalk Lines and Wetlands

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This week’s challenge at Less is More is for a one layer card and the theme is At Sea. One layer cards are tricky and having looked at the Design Team’s inspiration, I’m not as happy with my card as I was. But they can’t all be my best card can they (by definition!)?

Stampin' Up! Chalk Lines and Wetlands

I decided to use my favourite birds from the Wetlands set and I’d been wanting to play with Chalk Lines some more before it retires. So first I stamped the birds in early espresso (as part of my plan to use brown more often) onto a card base of soft sky. After making sure it was really dry, I rubbed the embossing buddy over the card to remove static and stamped the image from chalk lines in versamark. A sprinkle of clear embossing powder and a blast of the heat gun gave me what looks like a wavy sea to me. I dithered about adding a sentiment but after hovering the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes (no, it’s not quite worn out yet!) over the card, decided to add it. It’s also in early espresso.

I used my beloved envelope liners framelits dies and the soft sky backgrounds DSP that retired last year but I’m still working my way through some of the colours!

I’m planning on offering a paper and ribbon share so that you can get a taste of all of the new goodies without having to take out a loan. I think I’ll take a share myself so that I don’t have quite so much DSP to use up – I don’t seem to be good at using an entire pack.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Chalk Lines for CAS Colours & Sketches

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Today is the beginning of Caro’s first sketch challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. I hope that you’ll pop over to see what the other design team members have created as well and to join in the fun yourself.

Stampin' Up! Chalk Lines and Watercolor Wishes

Here’s Caro’s sketch which inspired my card:

I took liberties by adding a sentiment but it’s clear that the sketch inspired the card! I used the stamp from Chalk Lines which I’ve never inked up before – just in time since the set is retiring at the end of the month. I decided to go monochromatic and inked it in watermelon wonder and stamped on very vanilla. I turned the image through 180 degrees for the second stamping to create a very symmetrical look.

Next I added a sentiment in watermelon wonder which comes from the Watercolor Wishes set. Yes, again. I am definitely overusing this set! Have you ever found a set that just works everywhere and you can’t stop inking it up?

I then added my very vanilla piece to a watermelon wonder card base. And that’s the very CAS card for this week’s challenge.

I hope that you’ll have a go at this challenge – it would be great to see you in the gallery.

See you tomorrow,

Liz