it's only Tuesday

 hello stampers

I'm kicking off the new year with a snarky card made especially for the sisters! The current challenge is N is for NBUS (never been used stuff). I used a brand new die from the Gummiapan advent calendar, day 5, as well as several stamps from Globleland that hadn't been used.

The background was stamped with several different stamps with an office theme in blues and browns. The border was edged with a micron marker. Sentiment from Tim Holtz backed with black card. The die was cut, stamped, backed with a black die cut, threaded with a ribbon, and popped up on foam tape.

I'm really hoping to join in with the snarky sisters more often than last year which was a bit of a crazy blur. I'm also posting this in Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Hugs Darnell! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

   

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #550 seasonal

 hello crafters!

This happens to be our 550th challenge. Woohoo! What a terrific way to round out the year! We're proud of the milestone but we couldn't have done it without you, our family of crafters. So thank you to all who joined in, read our blogs, or felt inspired by our challenges - join us in celebrating for the last challenge this year.

This is our last challenge for this year at CAS colours and sketches and as is tradition, Patricia has asked you to take one of our 2024 challenges and make it seasonal.

I chose to use challenge #548 which has such lovely traditional christmas colours. The background was stencilled using a texture paste. The smaller die cut tree was adhered. The larger tree was stacked 3 times, and adhered with foam squares. The sentiment was die cut from silver card, stacked twice and adhered with the tree.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

We wish you all the best for the holiday season and look forward to seeing you back again in 2025!

   


• dies: Gummiapan pine trees, merry christmas circle, Paper Rose birdie
• stencil: Aall and Create lotza dotz

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #549 sketch

  hello crafters!

This month's sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Patricia.  This one is perfect for a CAS layout with all the elements at the top of the landscape panel. You can flip the design if you prefer, or make it vertical. So many possibilities! I chose to make it a square card.

I used black card as the base, and die cut lots of little stars from ink smooshed card. A strip of vellum was stamped with the sentiments, clear heat embossed and wrapped around the front panel, over the stars. The 21 was die cut, stacked and adhered. The star outlines worked really well to stick the vellum down so it didn't bulge. The front panel was adhered using foam squares. This one is for my son who turns 21 just after christmas. Eeek!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Alexandra Renke stars, Kaisercraft numbers
• stamps: Gummiapan sentiments

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #548 colours

   hello stampers!

It's our colours challenge for November at CAS colours and sketches, and Patricia has paired these very christmassy colours together.  In all the hubbub of christmas preparations, I think it's nice to have a calming touch of minimalism. Join us with a CAS card!

The larger square was ink blended and die cut.  The smaller square was die cut from coloured card. The sentiment was inked and clear heat embossed for shine. The pine sprig was die cut, ink blended then die cut again to fit into the smallest square shape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Hero Arts infinity squares, Couture Creations pine branch 
• stamps: Altenew warm blessings
• inks: evergreen bough, antique linen distress oxides

depresso

 hello crafters!

The talented team at timeout challenges has a photo for inspiration this week. I couldn't resist!

I chose a strip of design paper which was the closest thing I had to coffee beans, and die cut the coffee cups. The lids were die cut from black card, and the little labels from aqua card. They were assembled on the design paper which was adhered with foam tape to give the idea of space in the cups. The sentiment was stamped, die cut and adhered with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: Gummiapan coffee cups, Spellbinders A2 matting basics
• stamp: Gummiapan