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Tuesday 11 June 2013

Flowers for Make My Monday

When I saw the theme for Make My Monday this week I was pleased, then spotted the dreaded words 'clean and simple' which isn't really my chosen style. I decided that while the floral bouquet stamp by Chocolate Baroque was out I would use it again but in a different way.  I've had this stamp plate for quite a while but to my shame this the first time I'd actually used that particular stamp - shame really because it is so pretty.  I cut a mask out of thin card using a Spellbinder die and coloured through it using distress inks before stamping the flowers in black - a simple stamped sentiment and the CAS floral card is done.  Do take a look at the various ideas made by their design team - lots of ideas there.

The sunshine seems to have deserted us for now and it is dull, grey and very wet this morning so you can probably guess what I will be doing today.- once I've tidied away the stray ink pads, stamps and so on which seem to be cluttering my working space.


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9 comments:

  1. this is even better than the quintile Val - love the colours, and definitely CAS

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  2. Beautiful card Val. I love the image. Hugs Rita xxx

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  3. You might dread CAS but you've done a great job here Val. I'm with Veronica with this, I love the quintile, but this is better.

    Sue x

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  4. Love your card Val and like the beautiful background colours...that stamp is lovely and can be used for lots of occasions...

    Anne

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  5. Beautiful tones...cannot tell it is not your usual style! Lovely!

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  6. Looks brilliant with those soft colours for the inked background against the black of the stamped image. I always muck up an attempt at CAS - not an easy one at all.
    Paula (PEP)

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  7. Oh, this is absolutely stunning! LOVE the gorgeous coloring for your black lined image! Thanks for joining us at MMM! :)

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  8. Great card thank you for joining us this week at MMM, Laura DT XX

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  9. Ohhh, this is lovely Val. So effective with the pastel sponged background and the bold floral on top. Great one layer CAS card.

    Karen x

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