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 hello snarky stampers!

I'm thrilled to have been chosen as the sisterhood's Queen of Snark with this card! Queen gets to enjoy the absolute privilege of being guest designer for the next challenge.  Woo hoo! The theme for this challenge is L is for Layers.

I began by creating 3 base layers for my card: stencilled chipped sapphire distress oxide using Paper Rose Striped stencil, stamped the fish with peacock feathers distress oxide using Darkroom Door Under the Sea stamp set, and stencilled tumbled glass distress oxide using Paper Rose Small Drops. These panels were then cut to size and arranged on the card base. I die cut using Paper Rose Arrows die set from ink blended card many many arrows and arranged them onto a fourth layer, then trimmed and mounted that onto an ink blended card for the fifth layer.

Using MFT Cool Day I die cut the ice bergs, inked the edges and the details, then stamped and die cut the ice floe. The bear was stamped using Colorado Craft Company Sweater Bears stamp set and fussy cut. These were all mounted on foam squares. The sentiment from Tim Holtz small talk stickers was adhered onto ink blended card and mounted on foam squares. Whew!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Perfectly CAS April challenge #26

 hello crafty stampers!

The 15th is here again and we can't wait for you to join us in the Perfectly CAS challenge this month. This time the theme is: Gold.

I wanted to use the beautiful Paper Rose Amaya Butterflies die set and thought it would be whimsical to have the gold butterfly fluttering to a vase of gold flowers. The background was ink blended with distress oxide ink after masking off the centre third. The vase was die cut using Paper Rose Little Vases die set 3 times, and stacked, the top one was given a light blending of distress oxide ink. The flower and leaves were die cut using Altenew Leaf Mix die set die set using some gold paper adhered to a scrap of card, and some green card.  

The sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips was stamped in the same colour as the background. The butterfly was die cut 4 times, stacked with the gold cut on top and adhered to the top of the panel. 

We'd love to see your card in the Perfectly CAS gallery this month - just remember your design should be 1/3 of the card or less. Thanks so much for stopping by!

warm hugs

 hello stampers!

I've got a lovely card today to celebrate autumn! The leaves are starting to turn here, as the weather slowly cools. I'm playing along with the lovely team at Paper Rose who have an autumn themed challenge this month.

I began by ink blending over Paper Rose Leaves stencil with several colours of distress oxide ink. Lots of leaves were die cut from white card using Paper Rose Little Foliage die set, then watercolored. The sentiment was die cut using Paper Rose Hugs Fine Script die, edges inked, and backed with an ink blended die cut circle. The little word 'warm' was white heat embossed on a scrap of the ink blended card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

live it up

 hello crafty stampers!

I'm thrilled to be the guest star stamper for this week at the color throwdown. I was lucky to be chosen as featured stamper with this card, so I have done a card for challenge #687 with the colours lime green, aqua and gold.

I began by doing some ink smooshing onto white cards with twisted citron and salvaged patina distress oxide inks. Then I die cut from them using Hero Arts Hexagon Infinity die set. I also die cut from some gold card. I stamped using Carabelle Studio Citron stamp with twisted citron distress oxide ink onto some white card and clear heat embossed it for shine. This was then die cut into a hexagon. I applied a mask to the stamping and ink blended the lower portion using salvaged patina distress oxide ink and splattered water. Here's a closeup of the shiny citron.

The card base was ink splattered with twisted citron distress oxide ink on the upper portion, then the hexagons were adhered some with glue, some with foam squares. The sentiment from Stampendous Birthday Splash stamp set was stamped in memento tuxedo black.

Thanks ladies for the shout out! I had such fun making this card, the colours were inspired!

We can't wait to see what creations will be in the gallery this week. Thanks for stopping by!

donut

 hello crafty stampers!

I'm playing along with the paper players challenge for this week PP585 where the theme is 'laughter is the best medicine'.

I'm always one for a witty line and couldn't resist this challenge. I toned down the snark and made a very sweet card (get the pun there?) lol

I began by masking off a section of the card panel and ink blending with dye ink, then used Paper Rose Stripes stencil to ink blend the top part. Using the donut stamp from Stampabilities Trendsetter stamp set and scraps of coloured card, I stamped many donuts in coordinating ink colours. They were die cut using Hero Arts Circle Infinity die set and the centre punched out. The mug was paper pieced using MFT Cool Day stamp and matching die, some ink blended for a shadow, and popped up on foam squares. The sentiment from Tim Holtz small talk stickers was adhered to a pink card scrap. Lastly some white gelly roll pen was used for the shine on the donuts and mug.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!