Perfectly CAS - December 2019 Challenge

Hi guys

Firstly, apologies for the silence on here, I've been having a race against time to get all my Christmas cards made, written and sent.  But I'm just about done now...phew!

But now back to the reason for this post...it's new challenge day over at Perfectly CAS.  And there's lots of scope with this challenge, here's the cue card...

Any celebration cards will work for this challenge, just remember to keep you CAS designs to one third of the card or less.

I was itching to use another of my new sets from Card-io which I purchased at a craft show a few months ago, I thought it was so cute.  Here it is...

And the main thing that made me want this stamp set.....that adorable little mouse!!!

On a die cut rectangular panel I began by using a curved piece of scrap paper as a mask and ink blended with the purple/blue shade, upwardly fading it out.  The animal silhouettes and the sentiment were then stamped in black.  I then stamped the star in VersaMark and heat embossed in clear sparkle.  The panel was then popped up onto the card base using fun foam and I finished by adding some falling snowflakes, using a white pigment pen.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Card-io - Star Struck; Penny Black - Wonder Collection
• Ink: Versa Color - Neptune; Versafine - Onyx Black; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: All Night Media - Crystal Sparkle
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: Signo Uniball Pen - White

Challenge entries:

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - S for Snow
Sweet Stampin - Christmas
Make My Monday - Challenge #111 - Anything Christmas
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #247 - Christmas
Try It On Tuesday - Christmas is Coming
CAS on Friday - Challenge #170 - Christmas
Stamping Sensations - December Challenge - Anything Goes




I have since made a few more of these cards but using square mini cards, I'll be sharing those very soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  This challenge will be live until the second week of January, so plenty of time to play along with your Celebration creations.  Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

I have quite a few cards still to share with you before Christmas, lots of multiples I've been making over the last couple of weeks, so they'll be up on here very soon.

Christmas Card Multiples - Pastel Snowflakes

Hi there

Last weekend I counted up how many Christmas cards I had ready to go, and how many I still needed to send.  Whoops....I appeared to be around 40 short!  So I played around and created a card that I was happy with, then I recreated it and made 40 in 3 hours!

The MISTI was an absolute godsend for the multiple stamping but I didn't make things easy for myself, I included masking, ink blending and heat embossing too!  And as all of these were being sent in the mail I made these one layer too!

I'm really pleased with how these turned out so this post is a bit photo-heavy!  I took a few lol

Ok, so here's what I did...

I started by cutting and scoring all my cardstock then laid a piece of masking tape across each card in the same position.  Next I ink blended it the pale green, blending up and down from the masking tape and fading it out.  I then used the MISTI to position the first three snowflakes which were stamped in pink and stamped these on each card.  I then positioned the next three snowflakes and repeated the process with the green ink.  The masking tape was then removed and I used the MISTI once again to stamp the sentiment across the previously masked strip.  The final two snowflakes were then stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed using some clear sparkly embossing powder.  The cards did warp a little but after a little time under a heavy box they were good to go :)

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Cracked Pistachio; Altenew - Rose Quartz and Mountain Mist; VersaMark; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Stamps: Uniko - Stunning Snowflakes; Clearly Besotted - Most Wonderful
• Embossing Powder: All Night Media - Crystal Sparkle

I'd like to enter this design at the following challenges:

My Time to Craft - Challenge #336 - Christmas Non-Traditional Colours
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #456 - Snowflakes
CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #163 - Christmas & Hanukkah
Addicted to Stamps and More - Challene #224 - CAS
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #179 - Christmas with a Twist ( I used non-traditional colours)
A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #184 - Anything Christmas Goes
Dream Valley - Challenge #146 - Christmas
AAA Cards - CAS Game #79 - Christmas



And another challenge has now appeared at Merry Monday #228 were we can submit our favourite Christmas card of 2016 so I'm popping this one in over there too :)




Thanks so much for visiting today and I'd love to hear what you think of these.  I have a few more cards to share here on my blog, including another set of multiples.  I just wanted to give these a little more time to arrive overseas before sharing with you.

I hope to see you again very soon :)

Happy New Year

Hi there

I thought I'd have a little more craft time this afternoon and decided to have a go at creating a card for a few more challenges.

I've been meaning to have a go at the 10 Minute Craft Dash at Pretty Pink Posh for a long time but have never entered until now.  When I saw that the latest challenge was the last one for the foreseeable future how could I resist, however stressful it was! 

Here's my card...

This card was made purely using VersaMark ink and three different embossing powders.  I was going to use a black panel but decided to go for purple instead and I think this works great with the three powders.  I also chose a pearlescent card base to echo the shimmery theme.  I first stamped the three fireworks and embossed with the three powders, one at a time so I could shake the card off in different directions.  I then stamped the sentiment, being careful not to disturb the unheated powder already added, and added powder to this also.  I only wanted to heat the card once which is why I took this approach.  The card panel did warp slightly after being heated so I used strips of 3D foam instead of squares which helped to straighten it back out.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Happy Days and Window Dressing
• Ink: VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Rubber Stampede - Silver; All Night Media - Crystal Sparkle; Wow! - Aniseed Embossing Glitter
• Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Premium Cardstock; card base from stash

And, I succeeded and managed to finish the card within the 10 minutes!  Crikey, how fast does that time go?!  I think a few 'OMGs' may have left my mouth during that time! :D

Challenge entries:

Pretty Pink Posh 10 Minute Craft Dash - Anything Goes

CAS-ual Fridays - Happy New Year

Less is More - Choose a previous challenge (I chose week 144 - Dark Background with a splash of colour/ firework colours)
CAS on Sunday - Happy New Year

That's all for now.  Back to work tomorrow and Tuesday (boooo!) but hopefully I'll find some time very soon to share more of my projects.  

Thanks so much for visiting, your comments are always very much appreciated.

Less is More - One Layer Week 115 - Take 2!

Hi there

I'm back with another entry for this week's challenge at Less is More, to create a One Layer Card inspired by a film.  And yes, I'm still creating stood up in my kitchen!

This was my third attempt for this card.  I tried two different variations before I was happy with this one!

I stamped the bag, cake and shoe with VersaMark ink before embossing with silver embossing powder.  I was going to colour them in but in true Less is More mode, I decided to leave them just outlined.  I had a slight problem with the card warping after using my heat gun.  No matter how hard I try to emboss quickly without having the gun too close, it still manages to warp the card so I had to put the card under a pile of heavy magazines to straighten back up!

Here is a close up of the embossed images:

So, what film does this represent I hear you ask?

What does every girl long for....bags, shoes, love and of course, cake!  The film is...

What Women Want

 

 

My last card was based on a film starring Mel Gibson which is why this one then sprung to mind.  I'm on a roll now, perhaps another film will pop up in my brain before the deadline! :)

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Inkadinkado - wood mounted stamps (bag and shoe); Anita's - wood mounted stamp (cupcake); Clearly Besotted Stamps - Many Thanks set (heart); Sentiment wood mounted stamp (brand unknown)
• Ink: VersaMark; Versa Color - Rose Red
• Embossing Powder: All Night Media - Silver

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend guys and thanks as always for stopping by, I appreciate the support :)

 

 

 

 

Have a Beautiful Day!

Hi guys

I was having a lazy Sunday afternoon so decided to have another little play with the gorgeous Clearly Besotted Stamps and also the Butterfly Wishes dies I bought to co-ordinate with the stamps.

This is my first attempt with co-ordinating stamps and dies so I want to send massive thanks to Michelle at the Card Grotto for her brilliant video explaining how best to align them, and so what I thought was going to be a difficult task was actually easy peasy!  So thanks Michelle, you're a star!  You can find the video here.

I am entering this card into the latest challenge at Less is More, to produce a card based on this sketch:

Less is More - Week 104 Sketch #8

 



And here is my card...

 

 

I started by masking off a panel and then used a tinted embossing stamp pad to stamp the butterflies and leaves and then heat embossed using a sparkly embossing powder.  I wanted the background panel to be subtle but as usual, my photography isn't great, so hopefully the next photo shows the embossed panel a little better...



 

I then stamped three more butterflies with coloured ink and heat embossed with the same powder, die cut these with the matching die and popped them up on 3D foam.  I finished off by stamping the sentiment in the bottom corner. 

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Butterfly Wishes and Leafy Accents sets; Sentiment: Personal Impressions - Mix & Match set
• Ink: Tsukineko - Embossing Stamp Pad Tinted; Versacolor - Lavender and Lilac; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: All Night Media - Crystal Sparkle

 

Thanks for visiting today, I hope you've had a lovely weekend.

 

Neet x