CAS Mix-Up...Inky Flowers..

Hey,

Whilst I was looking at some blogs the other day, I stumbled across a link to CAS Mix-up.

I really like the idea and the January challenge was very appealing -

I chose to use alcohol inks as my liquid colour. I like working with alcohol inks, you can create such random shapes and patterns.

I decided I wanted flowers this time and these were really simple to do and I made a few variations, but this version was my fave.

All you have to do is take a piece of glossy photo paper, drop your ink on and blow on it through a straw to spread the colour. Simple.

I added the stamping with my sentiment (by Scraptastic Club) and in the flower centres (by Concord & 9th).

My choice element was the little black pearls to finish off the flowers.

I die-cut both panels using MFT stitched rectangle dies and I love how the small purple border makes the flowers pop.

I am hoping I followed the rules correctly and that my alcohol inks count as an 'art product' for the mixed media part of the challenge, no matter, I still love it and there's always the Feb challenge to master the rules LOL.

Cx

New Baby Heat Embossing....

Hey,

Happy Monday.

So as you all know I love making baby cards.

We have had a few new arrivals in the last couple of months and I was playing with an idea for a DT make - coming soon and thought it would also work for babies.

I stamped the hearts and words using Versamark and covered the panel with white embossing powder and heat embossed it to create a resist.

Using Picked Raspberry distress ink, I washed over the heat embossing and you get the awesome panel that you can see.

The first card was made at the start of December for a November baby and my new Lil Stinker stamp and dies by Neat & Tangled had just arrived, so I really wanted to use them.

I used Zigs to colour the Skunk and used some creative license to make the stripe pink, so she is clearly a girl Skunk..

The sentiment stamps are by Simon Says Stamp and are the handiest set ever for baby cards.

I added the gold strips so that the pink panel stood out a bit more.

The card below is pretty much the same, but I used different heart stamps and a slightly different sentiment.

I love these, they feel very modern and fresh, not at all like normal New Baby cards..

Cx

MFT: Combining the challenges..

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I wanted to play with a challenge or two this weekend, so I decided to combine the current MFT Sketch and Color Challenges -

I thought my fave MFT Pure Innocence Cupcake Day stamps and dies would be perfect for this combo.

I am happy to have my MFT hybrid ink pad back (he needed refilling..), so I can mix Promarkers, Zigs and Distress inks when colouring. I've decided I need more of these pads in various colours..

This time I used Promarkers and matched them to the MFT colours, I added the grey in the sentiment banner.

Of course the background panel was die-cut using my fave stitched rectangle dies, also by MFT - I consider these dies one of my best craft purchases ever.

The spots were created using a flower centre stamp from the MFT Large Desert Bouquet set, I use these randomly like this A LOT!!

I'm so pleased with my card, she is so cute and it's an excellent birthday card for a sweet little girl I know..

Cx

Circle Stencil Masking..

Hey,

Over the Christmas break I was taking down all of the cards I had been sent in 2016 and I came across a card from Cheiron that I really liked.

It was a masked off circle that has been stenciled into to, with a thank you popped up in black.

I thought I would CASE it, as I have been enjoying playing around with masking lately.

First thing I did was die-cut my circle mask out of a scrap of paper (I keep the inserts that come with stamp sets as they are pretty heavy duty and useful).

Then I positioned it over my piece of card and taped the stencil in place and went to work with x3 colours of distress ink.

I did this for all four cards, I changed the position of the circle and the colours for each card.

Then I die-cut the panels out using a stitched rectangle die and added the sentiments.

Super easy and you get four pretty cards, very quickly.

All my stamps are by Simon Says Stamp and are from x3 different stamp sets.

I can't decide if I should keep them and use them myself or give them to someone as a set.

Cx

CASology: Cold...

Hey,

Happy Friday!

Gotta love a short week...

I am super happy to be back playing along with the first CASology challenge of 2017.

The cue card this week is -

I have SO many stamps that would fit this word.

I decided to use my all time fave Lawn Fawn 'Yeti, Set Go' set and combined him with a Poppy Stamps tree die.

The sentiment comes in one block, so for my idea to work, the Misti, my new Jonas tape dispenser ($3.99 at Home Goods..yay!) and I had to do some serious masking, SO worth it.

In my head Yeti's are HUGE, so it was only fitting that my Yeti was behind the trees and a teeny bit taller than them!

I popped the trees up using foam pads and added some Stickles to the panel for a bit of shimmer. I decided at the last minute to add a couple of snowflake stamps and I am glad I did.

This card keeps making me laugh when I catch a glimpse of him on my desk..I love it when an idea tickles me continuously.

Cx