CAS Card for Bizzy Becs.

Hi, I am here today to share a Clean and Simple but effective card with you.

I normally do layered cards with a cute image in the middle and I would say that cute and layered is definitely my "style".  However sometimes the person or mail restrictions just don't lend themselves to a frou frou card.

This is when CAS cards come into their own for me.

I decided that a simple but pretty Thank You card was what was required for this post.

So here it is....

I have used Flower Festival by Penny Black for the image,the set has a lovely selection of flowers to choose from.  Since I adore yellow I chose the marigolds. I stamped the image onto Neenah Cardstock and coloured it up with Shimmering H2O watercolours.

The die I used is similar to the Frantic Stamper Accessory Words #3 die.

I popped up the butterfly with some foam tape to finish.

I hope I have inspired you to try something different and step out of your comfort zone.

Lou

Well Hello There with Spiegelmom

It has been a little while since I have posted a Spiegelmom project but I have actually been creating projects just quite remiss at putting them on my blog. 

Today I have a cute "Hello"  card to share.  I love the colours on this card and all the gorgeous shimmer from the mists and sequins :)

I started with a plain white card base as I adore the way the sequins shine on the white.  I cut a doily in half and sprayed with Heidi swap colorshine sprays in blush, gold and mint green and dryed between each colour with my heat gun to prevent muddiness.  I also sprayed a cork heart with gold and inked the edges.   I glued the doily down first then added my stamped sentiment and heart.  I then scattered my sequins on the card and adhered them where they fell.   Lastly I added the pink thread and tied in a bow and fastened with a cute peg.

I really like how cute but simple this card is and is also pretty flat so it can go in a regular envelope.

Be sure to join me next week for another great Spiegelmom project - a blinged out thank you card.

Lou x  

     

Southern Girls & SpiegelMom Scraps Combined Bloghop

Welcome to The SGC and SpiegelMom Scraps combined blog hop especially for National Scrapbooking Day :)    We have been having a blast with all the challenges over on Facebook and it is not too late to play along if you haven't already.

As some of you may know I am co-owner of Southern Girls Challenge with one of my best friends Tracy BUT I am also lucky enough to be a member of the design team at SpiegelMom Scraps.  So we have joined forces to bring you a fantastic combined bloghop with spectacular prizes.

So here is a rundown of my projects for our challenges....

So hopefully you arrived here from Lauren's blog  if not here is the hop list....

SpiegelMom Scraps! 

Dawn Turley 

Julie Blakeman

Karen Oliver

Kat Benjamin

Lauren Colless 

Louise Forsyth - You are here!!!!!

Lyne Blodgett 

Neha Aggarwal 

Sarah Nancarrow

Wendy Nicola Jackson

Brenda Morgan 

Shell Becker 

Alicia Borowski 

Laura Rumble 

Jennifer Dykstra 

Rachelle Olaridge 

Jennifer Shamblin 

Tracy Jackson 

If you do hop along you win some awesome prizes including this one from American Crafts...

So get hopping :)

The EastWind New Release Card - Diva Lisa

If you follow me on Instagram (@loulouforsyth)  you will have seen a sneak peek of this image early last week.  She is Diva Lisa from The EastWind

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I love her as she has a big chest area just like me :)  Although I am really not sure I could pull off that dress after 4 kids LOL.

I coloured her up with copics and taking a leaf from my good friend Trace's  book of colouring tips and used prisma pencils to highlight, but I only did her hair with them.  I obviously haven't quite got the technique down because it made my blending look a bit crap.  BUT I do like the conctrast so hey ho, I'll let it go, let it goooooo  ;)  

I actually coloured her before I had picked out papers too, which is quite unusual for me and definitely not part of my normal crafting process.  I chose these papers from The Garden Tea Party stack from DCWV which is so old you probably can't get it anymore, even in an antique shop.

Thanks loads for dropping by, have an awesome week and Happy Scrapping :)