
The challenge at AAA seemed like the perfect opportunity to use a new stencil I bought a few weeks ago. It is by Julie Balzer and I used the top portion only. I inked through using a brush until I was happy with the coverage. I just realized that without doing it on purpose, I used a few of the colours from the sketch, funny how that happens. I let it dry and then used a stamp set from YNS for the image and sentiment. The image was coloured using pencils and Sakura pens. The nice thing about Distress Oxides is that you can colour over them to a certain extent and in this case I kept some of the background colour and just added some additional colour where I wanted it. I sized the panel and then added it to a blue card front so a small border would show.
I hope you are all somewhere warm if you live in places where winter storms are occurring. After a very mild start to winter, we have suddenly gotten some cold temperatures and a lot of snow. It looks pretty, but it is very cold outside and my hubby is bundled up tight so he can use the plow and clear some of the driveway.
Thanks for stopping by, any comments you leave a much appreciated.


This is so sweet and fun – love the little pooch xx
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Thanks. It will go to my Weiner dog friend later this year.
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Very cute CAS card.
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Thanks.
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You certainly do deserve a ta-da and a big hurrah Johanna – that is such a fun CAS card and a great take on the sketch challenge at AAA Cards, thanks so much for playing along with us this week.
KarenR (DT AAA Cards)
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Thanks so much. I enjoyed playing along.
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That’s cute! The soft stencilling is so pretty!
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Coming from the expert that is high praise. Thanks a lot.
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Cute card. Love the sentiment.
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Thanks a lot.
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Cute! Great CAS card design. Love the partial background with the soft colors. Definitely does not interfere with your focal image and greeting.
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Thanks. For once my stenciling worked. It doesn’t always.
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Perfect! love the soft stenciling. The sentiment and the image are so much fun.
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Thanks my friend.
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I love this! That soft background is amazing.
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Thanks Golda
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What a fun card. love that dog and the sentiment! Smiles, Kathy
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Thanks so much
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Super cute card. I love the asymmetric way you created the pretty background. Thanks for joining us at AAA Cards.
sue n.
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Thanks a lot.
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