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 hello crafty stampers!

I've had a bit of fun today with the latest addicted to cas challenge where the code word is: stripes

I began by stamping and die cutting the bear and ice floe using MFT Cool Day stamp set and coordinating die set. The ice floe I gently coloured the edges and adhered it to the card panel.  I coloured the bear's sweater and hat with stripes using textas, his coffee mug with dots and gently shaded his fur, then popped him up with foam squares. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker. 

I just love this bear - his facial expression is priceless! And so versatile 😁

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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 hello stampers!

I am playing along with the talented team at CAS colours and sketches this week where they have a colour challenge #470.

I wanted to use a new embossing folder from Sizzix along with some Tim Holtz distress foundry wax in Sterling silver. Totally new to me and I found it pretty amazing! I began by embossing a small card piece with Sizzix 3D texture fades embossing folder Mini Foundry. Then I added some foundry wax in Sterling to make it look industrial. The foundry wax is highlighted by heat embossing. It really brings out the texture and adds a lot of shine!

I used MFT In Focus Florals and MFT Fab Foliage die sets to die cut some leaf sprays from some card roughly inked up with 2 colours from Altenew Cerulean Skies ink cubes. The flowers also got a little coating of foundry wax for the silver look. I used MFT Bitty Banner Alpha die set for the sentiment.

I'm also linking this card with Darnell's NBUS blog as the embossing folder and foundry wax are new. So happy to see you're back in the swing of things, Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

      

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 hello crafty stampers!

I'm playing along today with the paper players challenge #591 where they've asked for a cas card with the theme 'house'.

I decided to use the paper rose bird houses die set for the house and the little birdies. I began by stencilling using scrap matts branches stencil and distress oxide inks onto the card panel and another card scrap. I die cut the bird house from the card scrap and adhered it over the card panel so the stencil shape was in place. A little white twine held up the bird house. The birdies were die cut from some ink blended card, as well as the house heart. The sentiment from altenew sentiment strips was inked with the same distress oxide ink. Some wink of stella on the bird house and a few dew drops to finish.

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 hello lovely stampers!

I have been trying out a new to me technique I learnt from Chris Stokes on my cards lately and thought I'd change it up a little for this card made for the card concept challenge #175. The talented team chose such a gorgeous pic for inspiration!

The inspiration pic reminded me of some scraps of glossy paper I had left from a previous project. Aren't the soft and romantic colours just to die for? I was inspired by the colours, the rose, the circle shapes and the twine to make my cas card.

I die cut a circle from the paper using Hero Arts Infinity Circles, and then fussy cut a couple of the central rose. The circle was adhered to the card base so that the main rose was in the exact centre of the card panel, then I adhered one of the roses to the circle so it peeked out the side. The final rose was adhered to scrap card and I die cut the leaf sprays using MFT In Focus Florals die set.  The die cuts were adhered (perfectly) in place over the rose. The sentiment was stamped using SU Loyal Leaves with 2 colours of distress oxide ink. To finish, some linen twine and a few dew drops were added.

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today!

Perfectly CAS May challenge #27

 hello crafty stampers and welcome to another perfectly cas challenge! 

This month we have the theme: Distress. Our talented team have put together some beautiful cards and we can't wait to see what you create! Just remember to use no more than 1/3 of the card space for our challenge. 

I began with a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in card base and rather then using the 3x3 grid, I calculated 1/3 of the area - about 7 6/8 in. I chose a Paper Rose Stitched Rectangle die which is approx 1 7/8 x 4 inches which is just a little smaller than 1/3 of the card panel. Perfect!

I began with some ink blending using a honeycomb stencil then splattered it with water for some texture. This was die cut with the rectangle die and the edges distressed with some scissors. I stamped the foliage with distress oxide ink and die cut them with the coordinating die set. The sentiment was stamped, trimmed and popped up on foam for dimension.

As a note, 1/3 of a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in card base is also:

circle = 3 1/8 in diameter

square = 2 6/8 in sides

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today - we can't wait to see your card in our gallery!

Till next time, take care x

• ink: peacock feathers, mustard seed, carved pumpkin distress oxide
• stencil: Darkroom Door honeycomb
• stamp: MFT flower silhouettes, SU Loyal Leaves (sentiment)
• die: MFT flower silhouettes, Paper Rose stitched rectangles

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 hello stampers!

I have been inspired lately by the cas cards of Shayne Eddie and Chris Stokes and have been trying out some of their techniques on my cards recently. This weeks cas colours and sketches challenge #469 provided the perfect opportunity to practise some more.

I began by die cutting a square from a panel I had from a previous project where I used the leftover ink on the stencil, sprayed it and smooshed it onto a card. This gives such wonderful, soft forms and gentle colours. The seahorse was stamped in my Misti 3 times - onto scrap card, onto the inked square and onto the card panel. The scrap card was die cut with the coral shape.

The edges of the square were inked then it was adhered in place over the seahorse, the die cut was popped up on thin foam squares to allow the shape to sit up over the twine, with the other die cut tucked under the twine. The sentiment was stamped in a coordinating colour and the panel was finished with a few droplets.

I do love this Chris Stokes eclipse technique where the die cut is stamped and laid in place - it gives such interest and dimension!

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today! 

• stencil: paper rose small drops
• stamps: darkroom door under the sea, altenew ornamental bliss
• dies: mft flower silhouettes, hero arts infinity squares
• inks: tumbled glass, blueprint sketch, shaded lilac distress oxides

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 hello stampers!

It's been a while since I played along with freshly made sketches so thought I would join in this week with challenge #534 where the awesome Cecile has a sketch for inspiration.

I began by die cutting the feather and then used the die cut negative as a stencil to ink blend the 3 colours. Then the die cut feather was adhered and the sentiment die cut 3 times, layered up and adhered on top. 

I think these are my new favourite colours!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• inks: salvaged patina, pumice stone, stormy sky distress oxides
• dies: paper rose feather trio, altenew fancy thanks

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 hello crafty stampers!

I'm playing along with the talented team at cas colours and sketches #468 colour challenge.

I was inspired by a die cut overlay technique shown recently by Chris Stokes and thought I'd try it. The technique involves multiple copies of layered stamping then die cutting select parts for an overlay effect. 

The die cut butterfly is popped up on teeny tiny foam bits. The die cut hearts are adhered to the card for a more subtle effect.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

• stamps: altenew beautiful day, altenew ornamental bliss (sentiment)
• inks: tea dye, abandoned coral, vintage photo distress oxides
• dies: paper rose amaya butterfly, mft cool day

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 hello lovely stampers!

I have a sweet card for you today. I'm playing along with the sisterhood and their latest challenge #209: U is for Underwater.

I've had this stamp set for a little while now but this is the first time using this meece stamp. And yes, it was more than a little fiddly to stamp cleanly 😏. I ended up stamping the meeces in 3 different colours in my MISTI finally settling on black soot oxide ink for a slightly washed out black look (they are underwater after all!). 

The background is ink smooshed with 3 different blue hues of oxide ink. I think it was about 6 layers of inking and drying! I watercoloured their hats with abandoned coral oxide ink which really popped against the blue. The sentiment was popped up on tiny foam strips. The panel edges were ink blended with black soot and also chipped sapphire.

I'm entering this in Darnell's fabulous NBUS blog too! Hope you're doing well, Darnell! x

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

• stamps: stampendous birthday splash, darkroom door under the sea
• inks: tumbled glass, chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch, abandoned coral, pumice stone, weathered wood, pine needles, black soot distress oxides
• sentiment: Tim Holtz snarky small talk sticker