CASology 353: Feathers...

Hey,

Happy Saturday to you!

Hubby and I got approved for our Green Cards yesterday!! Can't believe it, after all this time and paperwork, needless to say I feel slightly jaded today..

Today I wanted to play along with the current CASology challenge -

I have a few feather stamps, but I thought I'd add a little twist and use the fabulous 'Mardi Gras' set by Avery Elle (sadly, no longer in stock).

I started by die-cutting the black panel using a stitched rectangle die.

Then I stamped the mask from the set (using Versamark embossing ink), slightly off of the edge of the panel and then heat embossed it using my all-time fave embossing powder Liquid Platinum by Ranger.

I stamped the feathers from the set onto a piece of red card and again heat embossed them using the same powder and then die-cut them out.

After much rearranging of the position, I FINALLY settled on a place for the sentiment and used the same methods as above to heat emboss it.

I affixed the entire panel to a black card blank. Then I arranged the 3 feathers and added them to the corner of the mask.

It felt like it was missing something, so I added a super shimmery Neat & Tangled gold enamel dot.

CAS can be 'black' space too ;)

Cx

p.s Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!

The Paper Players: Birthday Wishes...

Hey,

Happy Monday!

Yesterday I was having a little messenger chat with my friend Jen and she sent me a photo of the challenges she was planning on playing along with and I LOVED the sketch for this week's Paper Players.

Don't you love it when your friends inspire you?

I thought it would be fun to play with a piece of NBUS that I bought earlier this year on sale (Feather Wreath by Jen Long and Sizzix).

It seemed like the perfect fit for that circular shape, but in the end it was a bit too big. So I only used the sentiment and the small feather / heart shape.

But the feathers inspired by heat embossed black and white strip. The feathers I used for the strip are by Avery Elle from their Mardi Gras set.

To keep the circular shape of the sketch, I die-cut a small scalloped circle from vellum and used it to anchor the feather / heart shape.

I'm pretty pleased with the end result, it has made me want to heat emboss more feathers, they make such a great background.

Cx

Moving Along With The Times...Feathers or Birds...

Hey,

No post from me yesterday..I was recovering from the Cinco de Mayo festivities...

Welcome to another fun Moving Along With The Times Challenge. Hosted by my most awesome friend Jessie (aka Craft Buddy..).

Her theme this week is Feathers or Birds..excellent and very on trend.

I went with feathers, as I got a free feather die and matching stamp set when I was in London in February.

I die cut the feathers in black and white. Then I added some clear Versamark ink to the ends and added black embossing powder.

To make the glittery ones, I used Judikins sticky stuff (instead of ink), heat it for a moment and then added the glitter and heat it again for a minute.

I love that sticky stuff powder its magic!

I layered the feathers and secured them together before wrapping the twine around them.

I used my stitched rectangle die as an embossing plate to add a subtle detail to the backing paper, as the feathers are so full on..

Final touch was to stamp the sentiment, from the March SSS card kit.

It was so much fun to make this card, I made a few others in different colours and used different powders. Fun to play with a theme.

Now its your turn to play along..go over to MAWTT and check out all the fun creations from my teammates.

Cx

CASE..using feathers..

Hey,

So today I am showing a card that I made as a CASE of this beauty I saw on Pinterest..

I was inspired by the little pack of feather die-cuts that JT sent me, she recently purchased gorgeous xCut feather dies and kindly die-cut several for me.

I decided to heat emboss my splatter using a Memory Box texture splatter stencil and embossing powders by WOW! (Red) and Ranger (Liquid Platinum).

The sentiment is by WPlus9 and I used a VersaMagic ink. For the final touch I added some red bling.

I really like how my CASE came out, Pinterest is giving me lots to CASE at the moment...it's fun after the Christmas card frenzy!

Hope you have a good weekend.

Cx

Runway Inspired...

Hi,

Happy Friday.

This the first time I have entered the Runway Inspired Challenge...I have wanted to enter for sometime, but never seem to be able to fit it in :(

This week, I was determined, as the inspiration photo is so great.

RIC #62

I decided I wanted to use my Technique Tuesday 'Fly Away With Me' stamp set, it seemed perfect for this challenge and the fact that I was really inspired by all the cards that utilised the feather element of the dress. Especially this one by Mayuri.

I used navy Canford card as the background and stamped my feathers in white and heat embossed them. I cut one feather out and mounted it using foam tape. I stamped the sentiment onto vellum (smudged it a bit!) and punched it out using a scallop punch. A little bling dotted around to finish it off.

I love it and I might make a few more so there is a set!

Hope you all have a good weekend, Hubby and I are heading to Chicago for a wedding this weekend.

Cx