May CAS Watercolour Card Challenge - Night Sky

Hello everyone and welcome to May.
I hope you are all managing ok through this Coronavirus Crisis.

I know crafting has helped me cope with staying at home.  I can spend a whole day working in my craft room.

And now there's a new Watercolour CAS Card challenge up on the blog.   Jenny is our creative hostess this month and she would like us to watercolor the Night Sky!

I water colored a dark night sky behind a cityscape die cut layered over the sky with foam dots.  I embossed the HOPE in silver as well as the rest of the sentiment below the image. I layered the panel to a slightly larger panel of metallic silver card.

One photo of my process.  I just purchased the Boku-Undo Shadow Black watercolor paints (thank's for the enabling Nancy!)  I used the Bluish Black on the top of the panel and the Purplish Black along the bottom.  I started by brushing water over the watercolor panel and then brushed on the inks.

The card echos the worlds' feelings as we hope for the lessening of the Coronavirus spread and the return of being able to gather with others.

So please join us this month.  You'll find more inspiration from the Design Team as well as our talented Guest DT Tina - over at CAS Watercolour.
We can't wait to see your CAS watercolored night skies!

I'm also  linking my card to:
The Library Challenge
The main character spent a lot of dark and scary nights trying to figure everything out - but always hoped she would find the answer and her own self worth.

 

Stamps:Guiding Lights - PTI
Paper:  White,  True Black - PTI, watercolor paper - Canson, Kraft Metallics Silver - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Silver Embossing Powder, City Scape Dies - Impression Obsession,  Bluish Black and Purplish Black Boku-Undo Shadow Black Water color paints, foam dots, water, paintbrush.

A Socially Distant Hug

Those of us living through this pandemic will certainly never forget it and we'll be telling the stories to our children and grandchildren about schools and shops closing and having to stay at home, and not being able to find toilet paper!

There are also many products we can purchase having to do with these times and the fun stamp and die set, Hang In There, recently released by Honey Bee Stamps is one of those things.

Inside, I couldn't help myself, I had to use the fun toilet paper roll included with the set.  

The quote sentiment is from Impression Obsession and the How's it Going stamp is from PTI.  

The roll of TP is popped up on foam dots. 

The pretty floral papers are from the Spring Fling 6x6 Paper Pack from Lawn Fawn.

 The bunnies are colored with Copics and popped up on foam dots.

I made 8 of these cards and have sent them to some people in my church - just to keep in touch while we are not able to meet on Sundays.

I'm linking my card to:

Cute Card Thursday

My scallop edge has dots in it, and there are dots in the DP as well as the cheeks of the bunny!

Simon Wednesday Challenge

Flower Power

The Library Challenge

Inspired by the cover florals and there are always bunnies in gardens!

Path of Positivity

Style - Clean and Simple

 Watercooler Wednesday

Stamps:  Hang in There - Honey Bee Stamps,Taking Time - Impression Obsession, Ways to Say: Hello - PTI
Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface, White - PTI, DP Spring Fling 6x6 paper pad - Lawn Fawn
Ink: Obsidian - Altenew
Accessories:  Noted: Scalloped Suare die - PTI, Hang In there dies - Honey Bee Stamps, Copics RV21, W2, RV23, foam dots

Some Bunnies for Easter

I've been busy making bunnies for Easter!   Although my friends and I will not have our usual Easter Sale at church (since services have been suspended) I still wanted to make cards and treat boxes to deliver or mail to several people in this time of being Alone-Together!

I used the super fun Bunny Hop Dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix for my ballerina bunnies

I used my Nested Egg Nestability dies to cut the large eggs out of watercolor paper and the small ones out of patterned paper.

I inked the egg by smooshing it onto my craft mat where I had rubbed both Ranger Distress Vintage Photo and Broken China and spritzed them with water.  I pounced the egg onto the inked mat until I was happy with the coverage.  I sponged around the edges of the egg with Ranger Distress Vintage Photo Ink.  I used a pink Copic for the ears, a grey Copic for the nose and an 01 Micron black fine tip marker for the eyes.

I made the tutu out of a rectangle of white netting.  

(It had been wrapped around a bouquet of flowers I was given sometime in the past and I'm happy I saved it!) 

 I sprayed the netting with Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Picked Raspberry on bunny above and Seedless Preserves on bunny below).  I dried it with my heat tool and gathered it along the top long edge with embroidery thread and tied it around the back of the bunny.

I adhered another die cut egg to the back to make the card, scoring it across the top about 1" down, so it would bend out and I cut the bottom of the back egg flat so the card will stand up!

And here's the boy bunny version using a different bunny die from the set.  I sponged around the edges of this bunny and the egg with Distress Vintage Photo ink

Next, I made some sweet little bunny treat boxes using Tiny Gift Box and Tiny Gift Box Bunny Add On dies from Lawn Fawn.  These are so adorable with their little die cut arms that can hold things

 (a carrot die and egg die are included in the set)

The box opens by pulling up on the bunnies tail!  And the back legs are adhered to the sides.  There's another leg die piece you can use that adheres to the sides and the bunny actually stands up on them.

These little boxes are about 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" - two of these Hershey eggs will fit inside

And finally a bunny card - where the bunny has had bites taken out of him by Big Grumpy - Cat, from Taylored Expressions.  I used the die for the chick (where the little bird legs are cut) to cut the 'bite marks' on two edges of the bunny (ears and back).  The sentiment and popped up pieces are from Big Grumpy - Easter stamps and dies also from Taylored Expressions.  I colored the pieces with Copics

 I'm linking my Ballerina Bunny to the following challenges:

The Library Challenge

Inspired by the Title  - (Egg)

 Inspired By Challenge

Make My Monday - Make Your Own Background Paper

 Watercooler Wednesday