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Thursday, May 16, 2013

10 Minute Craft Dash # 18 and CASology #44 - Bloom





I decided to play along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash #18 for the first time today.  The colors are lavender, green and yellow (my card is a bit more orange, but I was using YR copics)  I normally take days to make a card, starting and stopping, making and remaking each piece, so this was a fun challenge for me.  I also wanted to make a card for CASology #44 where this week's cue word is Bloom.  I just hung a beautiful hanging basket I received from my son on Mother's Day and it seemed like the perfect time to play along with such a happy, cheerful cue as Bloom.  Everyone loves flowers, even someone with a brown thumb like me.  I have a new stamp I have never used before, Serendipity Stamps Butterfly Garden.  It totally reminds me of the word bloom.

Butterfly Garden is super easy to color, requires very little shading (my type of coloring) and is perfect for a CAS card.  I just added the Serendipity sentiment (Thanks so much, large) and wrapped a simple twine bow around it.  This one will be very easy to mail, practically one layer.  This card was so easy and quick to make...final time was 9 minutes 30 seconds. (I had all the markers out and twine ready to go which made things go much quicker) Whew.  Fastest card I have ever made!


Butterfly Garden
Everyday Words, large

14 comments:

Lyndal said...

Gorgeous Spring card Cathy!
So glad you joined in the fun @ The 10 Minute Craft Dash - hope to see you again soon :)

Joyce said...

This is so pretty. I think that may be my favorite Serendipity stamp. Your coloring is amazing, and I do see some shading there. And, I'm impressed with your speedy crafting.

Meghan said...

Love this stamp and your colours are gorgeous! So glad you joined in on the fun at CASology this week!

Kim Heggins said...

Cathy, this is just beautiful. that stamp is amazing and you really hit this one out of the park! Your coloring is just beautiful too. Love all of your fabulous detail too.

Marybeth said...

Wow that is quick! I agree this is one easy stamp to color because you don't really need to do any shading. Love the colors and this is a perfect thank you card for the flowers you received . I like the way you tied the twine around the center.

Paulina said...

This is beautiful! Great job coloring in this image and getting that pretty twine on there within the time limit.

I was so happy when I saw your name come up in the link widget- so glad you joined in my challenge. Thank you for playing in the 10 Minute Craft Dash, Cathy!

Rhonda said...

This is so pretty Cathy. Love your coloring.

Anonymous said...

What a pretty card-fabulous colouring and i love your choice of colours ;)
Best wishes,Nessa xx

Tracey McNeely said...

Cathy gorgeous and wow I can't believe you accomplished that beauty in under 10 minutes. Love it love it. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!

Rosemary said...

lovely card... amazing that you were able to color it in less than 10 minutes! thanks so much for playing along with CASology!

Ardyth said...

Beautiful complementary colour scheme! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!

Judy1223 said...

Oooh, those purples and oranges really pop! What a wonderfully cheery card! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!

cassie said...

Gorgeous card, Cathy!
Thanks for joining us at the 10 Minute Craft Dash!

Sharron said...

Perfect bloom card! Love those great colors! Your coloring is wonderful but I just can't imagine this being a 10 minute card--amazing!