CAS

  All week, I have been trying to make a card for this week's  CAS-ual Friday's sketch challenge.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but spent too much time either creating my card for PTI's Blog Hop or hopping on the blog commenting on everyone's beautiful cards.
Here's the sketch.

   Needless to say, I missed the deadline. I have a hard time getting good pictures with artificial light. I had to take the photo today with daylight.  Maybe that will teach me. The card is for my future daughter-in-law's bridal shower. Keeping with the theme of the invitation and set of notecards I made her, this is the card I created.

 Here's a close up of the peonies. The one in the forefront is propped up with dimensionals.

   Thanks for peeking. I am off to start a crafting project for my son-in-law who is going to be participating in the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati on May 6th.

PTI's April Blog Hop

The 25th is one of my favorite days of the month since PTI sponsors their monthly Blog Hop. Welcome to the April Blog Hop.  This month the focus is on florals, damasks & polka dots based on the inspiration picture below.

 

This is my take on the inspiration picture!

 I immediately knew I would focus on the damask. For once my idea materialized when I saw that the stamped damask image would fit inside the oval. I ended up switching out the white background for Sweet Blush. I think this will make a great wedding shower card for my daughter to give to her future sister-in-law.

Here's a close up shot of the damask design stamped in Versa Magic Pixie Dust on Hibiscus Burst CS. I used one of Martha Stewart's butterfly punches to connect the ovals from the limitless layer dies. Prior to assembling the card, I realized I had the damask IP so I decided to add that to the background.

     Thanks for taking a peek at my contribution to the Blog Hop.

Supplies: CS: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst

Stamps: Damask Designs, Botanical Silhouettes

Ink: Versamagic: Pixie Dust, Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Limitless Layers: Ovals, Damask IP. Butterfly punch, pearls, dimensionals.