CAS Christmas June Challenge - Gifts

Hello there.  It's June and we have a new challenge starting today at CAS Christmas.  The theme this month is Gifts.

Here is my card.

Took the scallop Circle Window die and dry embossed it onto a piece of X-press It cardstock.  Stamped the puppy with Copic friendly black ink in the inverted scallop circle area and coloured with Copics.  From masking paper, hand cut a mask for the puppy and die cut a reverse scallop circle mask with the die.  Adhered the masks in place, then blended Crumb Cake and Soft Suede dye inks to the background with blending brushes.

I channelled my spattering guru friend, Loll, for this next step and added some white acrylic paint splatters to the background to give it some texture.  The sentiment was red heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder.  Mounted the panel with fun foam to a white card base then added clear shimmer to the red ribbon to finish (unable to capture in photo).

Leslie of Running with Scissors is our wonderful guest this month.  For more inspirations, head on over to the challenge blog HERE.  You have until June 24 to play along.  Looking forward to seeing what you create.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #11 June Anything Christmas Goes
Less is More - #396 CAS Embossing (dry embossed with window die and heat embossed sentiment)
Watercooler Wednesday - #223 Anything Goes
SSS Wednesday - Anything Goes
Uniko - #53 Anything Goes optional twist Masculine

Enjoy Rainbow Birthday

Hello there!  It's the last day of May, and it's my birthday!  Not doing anything crazy - too old for that! 😉 - but it will be a full day of visits and get togethers.  And today (surprise surprise), I have a fun and colourful birthday card to share.  Can never have too many birthday cards.

Started by stencilling the cloud background with Tumbled Glass distress ink (di) on an A2 size Whisper White cardstock panel.  The Rainbow Stripes were then die cut from Bristol paper and Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet di's were blended on with a mini blending tool.  Spritz with water and dabbed off with a paper towel for some texture.  For some glitz, sprayed with a Sparkle spray.  Unfortunately, shimmer doesn't photo well.

The elephants were stamped with Copic friendly black ink on X-press It cardstock, coloured in with Copics, then die cut out with their matching dies.  Decided to keep them monochrome for some contrast.  White heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock.  Assembled card onto a white card base and popped up the middle elephant with foam tape to finish.

Thank you for visiting .  Have a wonderful weekend.

Challenges:
The Paper Players - #443 A Sketch Challenge from LeAnne
Sweet Stampers - #32 Animals
Watercooler Wednesday - #223 Anything Goes
Stamp, Ink, Paper - #200 Designer's Choice

Special Twofers

Hello there!  Today I am sharing a couple of floral cards made with my latest floral purchase from Honey Bee Stamps.  The set is called Winter Anemones.  First up is a thank you card.  Darnell is hosting a special blog hop for the wonderful Di who has run Pixie's Snippets Playground for the past seven years.  When I started blogging in 2016, Di was the very firs person to send me a personal e-mail to welcome me and give me tips.  I was overwhelmed and if it weren't for her, I don't know if I'd still be here.  Thank you so much, Di!  Here's the card I made for her.

Took a stitched panel die cut from X-press It cardstock from my stash and stamped the largest image in the upper right corner with Copic friendly black ink.  Masked it, then sponged Daffodil Delight dye ink around it.  

Placed a grid stencil (retired) over top and added more Daffodil Delight with a Clarity Brush through the stencil.  Removed the mask and coloured the image with Copics.  Thanks (a freebie included with one of my Winnie & Walter order) was die cut from a scrap of diy black glitter paper.  I thought it would be fun to mount it at a slant off the edge.  Okay, caught me... I smeared ink on the left edge and didn't want to start all over again. 😂  Clear shimmer added to the flowers finished off the card.

My next card is a birthday card for my friend, Dorothy, whose birthday is today!  Happy birthday, Dorothy!  It was created similarly to the first one.

Stamped largest image with Copic friendly ink on the bottom of an X-press it panel, masked, then stamped the second largest image.  Masked then blended Faded Jeans distress ink around the image.  I wasn't happy at how dark it looked and liked the grid stencil, so placed the stencil over top again and sponged white pigment ink thought the stencil.

The upper part of the panel, Tumbled Glass distress ink was blended through the stencil  Removed masks and coloured in with Copics.  Black heat embossed the sentiment with clear glitter embossing powder.   Added clear shimmer to the flowers once again to finish.

And here they are.,, similar but different.

Thank you for dropping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Challenges:

Thanks card:
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #345

Birthday card:
Uniko - 7th Birthday Linky Party

Both cards:
The Flower Challenge - #29 Use your latest stamp/die
Watercooler Wednesday - #207 Helen's Feminine Anything Goes
Love to Craft - February Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - #327 Make Your Mark

Another Birdie Birthday

Hello again!  I'm back with the next birthday card for a couple of crafty friends who share the same birthday today!  With the recent postal strike in Canada, I'm not sure if they have received it yet.  For today's card, I just love this sweet Happy Owlidays Christmas set and wanted to stretch it and make a Winter birthday card.

This little scene was created by masking and stamping with Copic friendly black ink on a stitched rectangle die cut from X-press It cardstock.  Except for the birdhouse, all images are from that Happy Owlidays set.  Images were coloured with Copics and the strings were drawn with a black Copic multilines and a T-ruler.

The sky was created by lightly sponging Tumbled Glass and Wilted Violet distress inks.  I made sure to leave areas of white.

The sentiment was black heat embossed before the panel was adhered to a white card base.  Falling snow and snow accumulation on the birdhouse was added with a white gel pen to finish.  Of course, I didn't want to play favourites, so I made the same card for both. 😉

And that does it for me.  Thank you for stopping by.  Happy holidays!

Challenges:
Watercooler Wednesday - #200 Helen's All About Occasions
That's Crafty - Anything Goes
Love To Craft - #29 December Anything Goes
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Winter Fun or Anything Goes 4 Kids

Less is More #382 - Tags

Hello there!  I'm back with a new challenge for Less is More (LIM).  Challenge #382 is Tags and it can be standalone or added to a card.  Uniko is back as our generous sponsor this month. Be sure to participate in both challenges this month to qualify to win.

CHRISTMAS TAG

I started by diecutting a tag from X-press It cardstock.  Stamped the bear with Copic friendly black ink and coloured with Copics.  Masked him, then sponged turquoise dye ink for the background.    Spritz with a shimmer spray for some sparkle (was unable to capture it in the photo).  

Next heat embossed the sentiment (retired) using Versafine black ink and clear embossing powder.   To make the tag sturdier, another tag was die cut from a scrap of thick white cardstock and stacked.  Added a black ribbon (retired) to complete the tag.  

Making the tag was the easy part.  I struggled with how to add it to the card.  I ended up dry embossing a Whisper White panel with nesting rectangle dies.  Popped the panel onto a white card base with some black fun foam for dimension to finish.

Now over to you.  You have two weeks to join us.  For more inspiration, head over the LIM blog HERE.  Can't wait to see your fabulous tag creations.  Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:

Winnie & Walter - WCMD 2018 Dress Up Your Die Cuts Challenge with Gayatri

Winnie &Walter - WCMD 2018 Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge with Heather

Winne & Walter - WCMD 2018 Ink Blending Challenge with Lea

STAMPlorations - October CAS challenge optional color twist Black
Addicted to Stamps and More - #313 Holiday
Tuesday Throwdown - #413 Anything Goes

CAS Christmas October Challenge - Birds

Hello there!  Welcome to CAS Christmas October challenge where the theme is Birds.  I couldn't resist using my all time favourite little bird peeking out from under his hat.  I CASE'd my own card to make this updated version.

Stamped the bird with Copic friendly ink on X-press It cardstock, coloured with Copics then die cut out with the matching die.  Die cut baby next from white and black cardstock to offset them for a shadow effect.

On an A2 size Whisper White panel, masked a subtle slope and blended Tumbled Glass distress ink with a mini blending tool.  White heat emboss the sentiment from the same set on a black strip.  Adhered the panel to a white card base, then assembled the card.  Added snow with a white gel pen to finish.  And don't be surprised if this little guy makes another appearance by the end of the week. 😉

Our August challenge winner, Sue of Sue's Card Craft, is our wonderful guest this month.  As always, she and my team have made some inspiring cards over on the main blog HERE.  Check them out and join us!  With less than 3 months, the countdown to Christmas is on!  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #3 October Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Christmas - #93 Christmas is For Kids
The Holly and Ivy Christmas - #37 Anything Christmas Goes

Addicted to Stamps - #166 Christmas Comes Early

SSS Wednesday - Let's Get Ready For Christmas

The Male Room Challenge #95 - The Great Outdoors

Hello everyone!  I'm excited to be guest designing this fortnight over at The Male Room (TMR) challenge #95 The Great Outdoors.   

Summer is over and I am not big on fall cards, so Christmas it is!  I couldn't think of anything more Great Outdoors than the Northern Lights.  Normally, I would make it multicoloured, but because this is a masculine card challenge, I stuck with the all green type.  Here's my card.

Started by trimming a piece of mixed media paper down to 4.5"x3.25".  Heat embossed the trees using Versafine black ink and clear embossing powder.  Used a mini blending tool to add streaks of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress ink to the sky.  Black Soot distress ink was applied last with a sponge dauber.  Excess ink was wiped off with a paper towel.  To give it some shine like the  true Northern Lights, spritz it with a DIY shimmer spray.  

Adhered the piece to a black A2 size panel, then mounted it to a white card base.  Added a black die cut deer to finish.

There are wonderful inspirations from TMR team, and you can see them HERE.  Masculine cards are always handy to have, so hope you will play along.  Thank you for visiting.  Have a wonderful week.

Linking to:

Joy Clair - September Mood Board

SSS Stamptember - Gina K Designs (Christmas Greenery stamp)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - #37 Anything Christmas Goes

STAMPlorations - Summer Thame & Sketch (Stamps & Anyrthing Goes)

Watercooler Wednesday - Heidi's All About Holidays