Addicted to Stamps and More #134

Hi guys

My late night Tuesday post can only mean one thing.....there is a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  And this week's challenge is all about...

Clean and Simple (CAS)

This means that clean and crisp lines, minimal or no embellishments and lots of 'white' space should be used. 
* White space does not need to be 'white'. It can be any colour.

Our fantastic sponsor this week is Inspired by Stamping.  And they are offering a prize to one lucky winner of a $20 Gift Voucher!

So, without further ado, here's my DT card for this week's CAS challenge...

I stamped the flourish, butterflies and sentiment in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I then used my Ink Dusters to blend some yellow, pale green and pale blue ink over the embossed images.  I cut the panel down and mounted it onto some green cardstock before adhering to my card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Honey Doo Crafts - Flowers for Design and Beautiful Butterflies; Clearly Besotted - A Little Sentimental
• Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Dandelion, New Sprout and Summer Sky
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Cardstock: Anna Marie Designs - White; Bazzill Basics Premium Cardstock - Green

I would like to enter this card at the following challenges:

ShowCASe Your Style - Challenge #9 - Birthday

The Paper Players - Challenge #234 - Think Spring

Virginia's View - Challenge #13 - All Things Embossed (emboss resist technique)

STAMPlorations - Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #29 (I flipped the sketch from left to right)

Why not make your way over to ATSM to obtain some inspiration from my teamies, they are sharing some totally gorgeous creations this week.  It would be great to see your CAS creations in the gallery so please link up if you have time.

Thanks as always for popping by, I hope to see you again soon.

Just Sitting Here Thinking of You

Hi guys

I'm back to share another card, this time for the latest challenge at CASology where the cue word is 'Home'.

When I think of home there are lots of things that jump to mind and a nice squashy sofa is one of them :)

I decided to use brown tones for this card, making it suitable for a girl or a guy.  I die cut an oval from some scrap paper and placed this over the card base and fixed a stencil over the top before using my ink dusters to blend the ink.  Next I stamped the polka dot sofa and die cut it using its co-ordinating die and this was popped up on 3D foam.  I then curved the sentiment from the same set and stamped it to follow the line of the oval.

Materials used:

• Stencil: MFT Mix-ables - Graduated Dots
• Ink: Memento - Desert Sand, Potter's Clay and Rich Cocoa
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Time To Relax

I would also like to enter this card at the following challenge blogs:

Crafty Creations - Challenge #274 - Thinking of You

Loves Rubberstamps - Challenge #123 - Warm Colours

That's all from me today, I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

To The Best Mum

Hiya

Well, I'm back as promised with the card I made this morning.

This is for my mum's birthday next week but I had to get a wiggle on as it had to be mailed to France.  Mum very rarely accesses the internet so hopefully she won't see this before her special day!

I've used more new products on this one too, I'm having great fun playing with my new goodies!

I used my Ink Dusters (yes, again!) to blend the ink through this fabric effect stencil onto some white cardstock and then stamped the flower image over this in black before die cutting the panel.  I adore this flower stamp, I've seen it used a few times in blogland so when I saw it at one of the craft fairs I just had to have it.  I then combined two stamp sets, both from Clearly Besotted, to create the sentiment and finished off by popping up the panel on 3D foam strips and adding some Doodlebug Sprinkles.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Dutch Doobadoo - Fabric
• Stamps: Penny Black - Dreamy; Clearly Besotted - For Everyone and The Best
• Ink: Memento - Grape Jelly; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Inkylicious Ink Dusters
• Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Reverse Wonky Rectangles
• Doodlebug Sprinkles - Lilac

Challenge entries are as follows:

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #49 - Stencil

Fantasy Stampers - Challenge #20 - 'Here Come The Girls ' (feminine/girlie project)

A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #129 - Clean and Simple

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

Time Out Challenges - Challenge #15 - Stamping

{PIN}spirational Challenge - Challenge #125 - Any kind of project

Right, nothing more to share at the moment and I really must get back to sorting out my stash as it's gradually taking over my flat! :D

Take care

Winter Glow

Hi there

Well, after my run of posts early last week I've been a bit quiet again but during that time I took a trip to the Stitching, Sewing and Hobbycrafts Show and purchased some new goodies and I've used a few of my new items on today's card.

I've been making cards for years but have never had the tools to try ink blending so one of my purchases was some Ink Dusters by Inkylicious.  I may have been a bit adventurous using them for the first time through a stencil but I wanted to use this new stencil so I could enter the latest challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch.

So, apart from the sentiment stamp and the ink, everything I used here is new to my stash...

I cut a white cardstock panel and stuck down and masked the stencil, with the bottom part masked with a ripped piece of post-it note.  I then used my Ink Dusters to blend the orange glow and the night sky.  As always, I have a problem photographing blues and purples and this is actually more of a purple tone in real life.  With the stencil still in place I stamped the trees, some using second generation stamping.  I then removed the stencil and stamped the bunny and sentiment in the foreground.  I initially wanted to just use the stencil to create some interest but I think here it gives the effect of looking through some tall trees at a forest in the distance.  My ink blending is far from perfect but for a first attempt I'm really pleased with the result.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Memory Box - Texture Wave
• Ink Dusters by Inkylicious
• Ink: Memento - Tangelo, Grape Jelly and Paris Dusk; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Stamps: Card-io Combinations - Winter Walks (tree) and Christmas Scenery 2 (rabbit); Clearly Besotted - Sweet Little Sentiments

I would like to link this card up at the following challenge blogs:

CAS(E) this Sketch - Challenge #94

A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #129 - Clean and Simple
Brown Sugar - Challenge #113 - Anything Goes
Time Out - Challenge #15 - Stamping
{PIN}spirational - Challenge #125 - Any Kind of Project


Thanks so much for visiting and I hope to put some more of my new goodies to use very soon :)