Relax - Inlaid Dies

Good morning! I hope your Monday is off to a good start.

Today I am sharing a card with you that I have made for a few challenges. The first is to remind you about the CAS - Dies/Punches challenge at Happy Little Stampers. I am also playing over at Less Is More - One Layer with Water theme and Casology's Shape challenge

Here is my card 

I tried the inlaid die technique a few days ago for an upcoming HLS challenge and decided to try it again but with a few more elements. 

I used the stamps and dies from Lawn Fawns Life is Good sets. What a great way to create a one layer card with die cuts. I think it is really effective!

Thanks so much for looking xx

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Festive Flurry Christmas

Good morning! Hope you are all well.

I created a Christmas Card last night. I used my Festive Flurry stamps and dies (SU) for the first time this year. 

With the colour challenge at ShowCASe your Style in mind, this is what I came up with -

LOVE this colour combo!! The sentiment is from Greetings of the Seasons (SU).

Here are the challenges I am playing along with today -

Christmas Cards All Year Long - No patterned paper

Dies R Us - Christmas

Thanks so much for looking xx

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Casology Guest Designer!

Hello everyone. I am very proud to be writing this post as I am a Guest Designer for Casology this week. My 'Happy day to You' sunshine card won the Celebrate challenge - I was so delighted and amazed! Thanks to the gals at Casology!

This week their cue word is

I had a few things in mind for this one - ship/boat, feather, birthday balloons.

I decided I would like to use my Lawn Fawn Blue Skies set with the hot air balloons.

Here is my card -

I kept my card very neutral so my focal image popped and left plenty of white space. 

The rectangle panel was created using a Lil' Inker die.

I had a lot of fun making this card. It was very quick to put together and I liked the end result.

 Thanks again to Casology for having me as their guest designer this week!!

Thanks so much for looking xx

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ATCAS Challenge #23

Hello everyone! Are you glad it's Saturday?

Over at Addicted to CAS, we have a new code word for you. Your hostess this week is Sylvia and she has chosen

It is spring where I live. I'm sure you will remember me telling you that I only get two 'real' seasons here in Queensland. Spring and Summer. I think this year winter only lasted around 4 weeks.

Being in Canberra around this time of year was wonderful because as Spring sprung (spring sprung?), all the cherry blossom trees came to life. I miss seeing the change of seasons.

Here is my DT card -

I have created the focal panel by inking up an acrylic block with Pumpkin Pie and then pressing it onto Whisper White cardstock. 

I then masked that area with Post-it notes and used my French Foliage set in Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand and More Mustard. I stamped randomly on the panel.

Then I simply mounted that panel and stamped the sentiment with Chocolate Chip.

I would also like to enter this card into the following fabulous challenges -

That's it for me today. Thanks so much for looking xx

Supplies Used -

• Cardstock: Whisper White (SU), Pumpkin Pie (SU)
• Stamps: French Foliage (SU), Express Yourself (SU)
• Ink: Soft Suede (SU), More Mustard (SU), Pumpkin Pie (SU), Chocolate Chip (SU), Sahara Sand (SU)
• Accessories: Acrylic Block, Double sided tape, Dimensionals, Post-it Notes

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CAS for Easter

Hi there! I really wanted to create a card for some challenges that I just usually dont have the time to enter. So I checked them out and found I could incorporate the three challenges for this card.

Firstly I am using the sketch from -

The cue card from -

and last but not least the challenge over at

Here is my card -

I have used my Inspired by Stamping set - Easter. The gorgeous bunny is inked with Marina Mist and the sentiment is inked with Perfect Plum. The goregous two-toned flowers are also from Inspired by Stamping.

I have embossed two of my blocks with my Lattice folder. The middle block is Perfect Plum cardstock but it looks much, much darker in this photo.

This card will be for one of my neices - I have 5 and one on the way so I better get onto more!

Thanks so much for looking xx



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"Heart" it is!

Hi! I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

 

I'm having a very quiet day doing housework, mucking around and playing with my goodies.

 

I have squeaked in for the challenge over at Casology where the cue word is

 

 

I had lots of ideas for this cue word because Red reminds me of so many things!

Roses, Christmas, Love, Hearts, my best friend (her favourite colour is red), Flowers or even Fast Cars ;)

 

I ended up choosing Hearts which was a bit of a challenge itself as I don't have much in my stash that I can use. I then remembered that I have my double petal punch!! Once punched, I can cut off two of the sides and I will have a heart!

 

Here is my card -

 

 

 

I love using this colour combination - Crumb cake (Kraft), Very Vanilla and Real Red.

 

The sentiment is from my Whimsical Words set.

I would also like to enter my card into these wonderful challenges -

Crafting by Designs - Here's my Heart
Moving Along With the Times - Love is in the Air
Penny's Challenges - Use your favourite colour combo
 

 

Thanks so much for looking xx



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CASology - Star

Hi everyone! Today I have created a Birthday card using a digi called Make it Snappy - Happy Birthday from Bugaboo.

 I have coloured in the image with my Touch Twin markers and mounted it on double dimensional's to make it really pop.  I really like the black cardstock because it really makes the image come alive.

Here is my card -

You can find the challenge HERE

Thanks so much for looking xx

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Casology Week 19 - Thanks

Hi again! I decided I wanted to try and join a few more challenges today.

Over at Casology, the cue word is

I have an embossing folder that I have never used and really wanted to get it out and see how it looks. It was perfect to create a clean and simple card!

Here is my card -

I have used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. I love the look of white on white.

Thanks so much for looking xx



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CASology Week 12 & Technique Tuesday

The cue word at CASology this week is - SHOE.

I received some goodies that I had purchased off ebay a couple of weeks ago and the lovely lady had popped in some freebies for me. One of them was a die cut of a shoe so I knew I should use it in this challenge lol. The next thing I thought of was that it HAD to be used with the Faux Leather technique as taught by Mynnette. I've done a few cards using this technique and I personally think it rocks!

Here is my card -

I have used Very Vanilla cardstock which I have scored using the diagonal plate on my Simply Scored. The sentiment is from my Petite Pairs set. The flower at the toe of the shoe is from IBS. The pearls are from Stampin' Up.

I actually took photos as I was going this time! Fancy that!

This is the cut out of the shoe which I have covered with little pieces of masking tape.

I have then used my brayer and inked it up with Concord Crush.

Then I covered the whole shoe with clear embossing powder and used my heat gun to set. This gives the finished product a real cool glossy finish (which may not show too well in the pics).



I hope you pop over to these challenges to join in the fun!

Thanks for looking xx

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CASology - SKY

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope today finds you well :)

Today I have made a card for one of my favourite challenges. I have been trying to get ahead on my DT commitments so I haven't really been looking at the challenges lately. So, I decided, today I would start on a couple and this being the first.

The code word at CASology is SKY.

I started off with Tempting Turquoise cardstock and used my sponge with Whisper White ink to create a cloud effect. I've used the birds and sentiment from my Up, Up and Away set. Both have been inked with Chocolate Chip. The base panel is Pacific Point cardstock which has been embossed with my Swiss Dots folder. I haven't used this sentiment before and thought it is quite sweet.

Here is my card -

There is still time to play at CASology. Just click the image below to join in the fun.

Thanks for looking xx

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CASology & Less Is More

Hey there! The latest challenge at CASology is to use the word POND. I was quite delighted about this because I have a set of stamps called "Birthday Banter" and there is a little froggie in there that I have never used.

I started to colour in "Marge". I just had to give her a name. Now, Marge seemed to be the type of frog that would love the bright red lippy and blue eyeshadow. Then I thought, why not add some glitter to her eyeshadow? I wish I could have given her a blue rinse lol.

The challenge at Less is More is to use Blue and Green. I don't think Marge ever received advice when she was a little tadpole that Blue and Green should never be seen. I think she looks lovely with her makeup :)

I've used a die that made it look like Marge was sitting on her lilly pad. She does look like an old grumpy frog, too. Perhaps she's just waiting for her Prince to come???

Here is a close up of her so you can see her glittery blue eyeshadow  and the sentiment lol.

You can find the POND challenge by clicking on the image for CASology

 

The Blue and Green challenge over at Less Is More can be found HERE

Thanks for looking xx



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CASology Week 4 : Bird

Time for a little CASology again.

This week the theme is BIRD. I have embossed the black panel with my lattice folder and then stamped the bird from my Elements of Style set. I'm a little addicted to Real Red at the moment. It's such a striking colour.

To join in, you can find the challenge HERE

Thanks for looking xx

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CASology - Week #2 : Happy

Who doesn't like feeling happy? The Week 2 challenge at CASology has the theme: Happy!

I rifled through some storage boxes and finally found a little stamp set that I had bought when on holiday in Hawaii. Now, if remembering that awesome holiday back in January didn't put a smile on my dial, I don't know what will!

Perhaps my card will make you smile. Very CAS with a layered mat that has been framed by using my Simply Scored. A little bumble bee with some Yellow Stickles applied to his bod, and the sentiment says it all - BEE HAPPY

Here is my card -

And here is a close up of my Stickled Bumble Bee

You can find the challenge HERE

Thanks so much for looking xx

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CASology Week #1 Cue Card - Sun

This is a new challenge blog that I saw on Val's blog this morning. I decided that seeing I pretty much like CAS, I would join in. Also, having just created a new challenge blog myself, I really wanted to participate from the beginning.

The challenge is to create a CAS design and incorporate the sun. Unfortunately I really don't have anything with the sun on it! I grabbed my Stampin' Up 'Sunny Fun' set. I only used one of the kids playing in the water for this card. Coloured him in with Stampin' Up markers. Embossed the background cardstock with Swiss dots. The pleated satin ribbon is Baja Breeze. The sentiment says it all!

Here is my card

Click on the pic below to have a look at this cool challenge

Thanks for looking xx

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