CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog - CFC 137: Springtime Melodies

Welcome back!  It's time for another fun challenge over at the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog!  You guys did an AMAZING job with the watercolor challenge!  I was blown away by the gorgeous creations that were posted.  Can't wait to see what you all create for the next round!  Speaking of which, here's the theme:

For this month's challenge, create something musically themed with spring colors.  I couldn't decide how to interpret springy colors, so I made two cards.  Here is the first:

For the first card, I thought about how flowers start blooming and the grass gets green again.  This is my first attempt at creating a bokeh background.  How did I do?  :)

Here is my second card:
 

This card was inspired by lots and lots of pretty flowers in a garden.  I used four different distress ink colors with a mask to create the bold frame.  I embossed the sentiment using my shimmery silver embossing powder. There is a fun surprise inside this card:

I used the musical note from Love Notes and stamped it on the inside of the card, using my shimmery silver embossing powder again.  I thought it was a cute touch.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create!

Until next time...

Paper Girls Challenge #73 : Love/Anniversary

Good Morning, friends!  Today I am back with another Paper Girls Challenge!  This week's theme is Love/Anniversary.  Good timing, with Valentine's Day coming, don't you think?  :)  Here is the card I made:

And here is a close up:

First, I stamped a frame from Paper Smooches' Flirty Frames set using Versamark, then I used clear embossing powder to set it.  Next, I wet the entire frame area using a clean brush and water, then dabbed different colors of pink watercolors around the frame.  Once it was dry, I die cut out the frame, then backed it with some acetate.  I surrounded the acetate with foam tape to make it a shaker card.  I used a scrap piece of watercolor paper and used more pink watercolors to color the entire area.  Once that was dry, I used my Mama Elephant Confetti Creative Cuts die to cut out a bunch of hearts.  To the hearts, I added some different colored pink sequins and some clear glass beads.  The sentiment if from Paper Smooches' Good Gabs set.

I love how this card turned out.  Simple, pretty, and fun!  I am also submitting this card for this week's Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...