Calee CT -Blue and Brown combo

Hi everyone , this week I have a card  for my step by step guide. I am still playing with all the gorgeous new products and thought the journal page catalyst card would work really well with a blue and brown colour scheme . 

My first step then was to choose the blue and brown inks I wanted for my background . On a piece of smooth white card I inked across both corners in Vintage Photo distress ink. Choosing two D’inkables from set 2 . I then added some Blue Print Sketch distress ink , again across the corners , leaving the centre of my card ink free . 

Next taking a journal page catalyst card from the #4 pack.I stamped out a selection of clocks from both sets , Time is FREE and Wasted Time . 

Next , because I cant resist these leaves from the Journaling Essentials #7 , they just work for so many projects , I stamped out one in Blue Print sketch and one in Versafine Pine cone .These I would cut out later . 

I have been wanting to combine the beautiful clocks  with some flowers , so taking a look in my collection , I chose the Doodle Art  Dancing Daisy . Although this is a large stamp it is also quite delicate , so I knew it would make an impact without over shadowing the clocks . I stamped it on to another of the catalyst cards from pack #3.This time finding one in a blue colour scheme . 

Next I cut out the clocks , cutting one in half as I wanted to build them up in a group behind the daisy . And why use two when you can use one! 

Before deciding on the placement of the Daisy and clocks my background need a boarder . I added a black edge to my card using a ruler and broad black marker and with a fine liner pen, also black , I doodled around the edges

I usually stamp all of my images in black ink but for this project I kept to the brown / blue colour scheme and used a Versafine  Clair ink in Pine cone . I think it worked well for this card and I must try to use more colours for stamping in my crafting !  

To the finished the  card I added the Time is FREE sentiment from the set of the same name and a couple of circular elements from the Doodle Art Dancing Daisy set. 

Thank you for taking a look at my step by step this week , happy crafting

Calee 

For this project I used :                                                         

                 Catalysts cards - pack #3and#4

                                  Stamp sets  -Doodle Art  Dancing Daisy 

                                  Art stamps -Time is FREE            Wasted Time

                                Distress inks - Blue Print sketch 

                                                  Vintage Photo 

                      Versafine  Clair - Pine cone 

Some smooth white card pack, black pens fine and broad , a ruler and card blank .