Addicted to CAS: Banners

Good Afternoon All! It's been one heck of a weekend but the good news is, my mother's dog is home with her where it belongs and the trip was mostly uneventful.

Today I'm playing in a challenge that I haven't in a while but Addicted to CAS I've missed you! This week's challenge is #69: Banners.

A CASE of a Debby Hughes card, I started with a base of Stamper's Select white cardstock and a plain panel of Bazzil's Rock Candy.

I then used the Project Life Card Die set to create 5 little banners from papers included in the Authentique paper pad, Latest & Greatest.

Finaly, I cut some more of the white with a Sizzix label die and stamped a sentiment from SU's Lovely Amazing You in Versafine Black Onyx.

The label piece looked a bit bare so I punched a little heart and added a basic rhinestone to the center just to jazz it up a bit!

Thankful for You

Good Morning Everyone!

It's 9:30 am here in Wyoming and it's shaping up to be a spectacular day!

I'm just stopping in this morning to share with you the card that I made for the Addicted to CAS: Challenge #65 Butterfly!

I'm really liking this card  and the fabulous Rich Razzleberry color by Stampin' Up.

I used Stampin' Up cardstock for the base of the card and then added some SU DSP under the butterfly die cut.

The butterfly die is part of a Sizzix Triplit set by Stephanie Barnard and it worked just perfect for this design. I love how it cuts the little antenna too!

My top layer of Stamper's Select cardstock by PTI was textured with SU's Decorative Dots folder and the little banner is a die by LaLa Land Crafts that cuts and scores folded banners... and then last but not least, the sentiment is from SU's Sheltering Tree set and stamped in the same Rich Razzleberry ink.

A fun, summery card for this glorious day! Hope yours is just as wonderful!

Nuts For You!

Hello Friends! Guess What?! It's Friday and I'm posting a card! If you follow my blog at all, you know that's a big deal these days :)

This cute squirrel card was made for Addicted to CAS's Challenge #64: Animal.

I started out with a panel of Classic Kraft cardstock that I put into a Darice embossing folder that impressed a tree into the paper.

My cute little nut lover was created with PTI's mini set called Nuts for You. I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored him in with Copics... he's a red squirrel!

My sentiment has been heat embossed in white on a band of dark chocolate cardstock which I also used to ground Mr. Nuts.

The idea for this card came from one I saw in the Papertrey Ink gallery... by one of their design team I'm pretty sure.

I'm happy with how this one came out... I love my little animal, the only thing I wish I'd done is remove the white from around the edges... it just sort of looks out of place.

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some time with me today... if you would like to see more of my cards be sure to follow my blog so you don't miss anything :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen and Classic Kraft (PTI); Neenah Solar White 110#
Ink - VersaMark; Dark Chocolate (SSS); Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps & Dies - Nuts for You (PTI)
Copics - E95, E97, E99 and R30
Other - Darice Tree Embossing Folder; Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

You Are A 'Tweet'heart

Hello again and welcome back to Wyoming where it's FINALLY starting to warm up!

Anyway, one of the things that helped me through the snow and ice storm over the Mother's Day weekend was making fun, colorful cards like this one for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #63: Birds.

Aren't these little bird die cuts just the cutest things? They're from a set called Birdcage2Stamp by The Stamps of Life and Stephanie Barnard... this is fast becoming a favorite company!

I cut my little birds from scraps of assorted patterned paper and then mounted them onto the "wires" I stamped over a lightly sponged background in Sea Glass blue by Simon Says.

The sentiment is also from the Birdcage2Stamp set along with the little heart.

I wasn't sure I liked this card at all when I first finished it but I came back to it a few hours later and the inks had mellowed out so it was looking much better and it turns out, I like the finished project a lot!

Supplies Used:
Papers - Spring Rain & Stamper's Select White (PTI); Assorted Patterned Scraps
Stamps & Dies - Super Stripes (PTI); Birdcage2Stamp (TSoL)
Inks - Versafine Onyx Black; Doll Pink & Sea Glass (SSS)

Congrats in Glowing Gold!

Hello! I made it back for one more card today!

Introducing my creation for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #62, Black, White & Gold!

I kept it pretty simple for this one and built a grid of sorts from strips of black cardstock. To that I simply die cut some stars and the word "congrats" to add some glittery gold!

Finally, I stamped a little sentiment in black at the bottom and that finished the design.

Phew! What a day! I'm off for a shower and some relax time... here's hoping you have a quiet evening of crafting and inky fun at your house too :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Neenah Solar White 80#; Black; Gold Glitter Paper (TPS)
Stamps & Dies - Wonderful Words Congrats (PTI)
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Other - Assorted Star Dies

Coffee and Friends... It's a Cute Thing

I love coffee... I pour myself a cup as soon as I get up in the morning and take that cup to bed with me at night. There's not a whole lot of blood in my caffeine stream but really... do people think I can keep up this level of energy without some kind of chemical intervention?!

Okay, I'm off the soap box and on to my "Cute" card!

This time around the challenge over at Addicted to CAS is #60, Cute.

I told you all before about my basket of new stamps and it just so happens that I bought this little Latte Monkey by CC Designs a while back and he was the cutest one of the bunch!

I tried coloring him several different ways and liked this pencil and gamsol version best. I cut him out with an oval die and mounted him on a card base made of Spring Rain by PTI. 

So, I have cute... right there in the center... now what? Stampin' Up's Perfect Blend sentiment on a little banner was just the ticket but it still looked a little too plain. I added Wink of Stella to the heart and then some Glossy Accents over that... still not looking done to me... sequins! And that finished him off. Too Cute!

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stamper's Select White & Spring Rain Cardstock (PTI)
Stamps - CC Designs Latte Monkey; Perfect Blend (SU)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies - Classic Ovals (SB); Banners Framelits (SU)
Other - PrismaColor Pencils, Gamsol, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen, Glossy Accents, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins

Leap For The Sky!

Recently I had a look around my craft room and realized that I have A LOT of stamp sets and I haven't even opened some of them... I think that spells addiction folks!

In any case, I decided that all of my stamps need to see some ink in the very near future and when the Less Is More Challenge 215 turned out to be a One Layer Card with an Animal in it, this PTI set was just the ticket!

But, hold the phone, Addicted to CAS has a challenge, #59 and the Code Word is GREEN... could it be any more perfect?!

I inked my card base up with Distress inks in Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss, then threw on some water... frogs live in water... get it?

My little froggy and the sentiment from the same set, are inked in Versafine Black Onyx. The frame I drew on with a Sakura Pigma Micron pen, size 03.

One card, two challenges ~ Love it!

3/17/15 - A bit of an update this evening! It was suggested to me that I also enter this card into a challenge that I hadn't heard of before... AAA Cards. I've had a look at their current challenge; AAA Cards: Game #35 Bare Naked CAS and it's pretty nice over there so I'm joining! Come have a look, the frog will be on hand :)

Supplies Used:
Paper - Stampers Select White (PTI)
Ink - Distress Inks in Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint & Forest Moss; Versafine Black Onyx; Sakura Micron Pen 03
Stamps - Boy Basics: Frog Hop (PTI)

Happy Is As Happy Does...

So what to do when you don't have the sentiment you want for your card... make it yourself!

Today's card was made for two challenges... 

This week's Less Is More Challenge is "This Makes Me Happy". What about this card represents what makes me happy? There's a couple of things actually... I didn't have the sentiment "Happy Is As Happy Does" so I created it with vellum, a VersaMarker and some Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. It makes me happy that I'm creative and I can problem-solve to create the things I want to create. Second, I believe the words... I'm happy when I'm creating and putting all of my creations together to show to you makes me happy!

The second challenge this card will be entered into is Addicted to CAS, Challenge #58 - Distress. One of my favorite techniques is to "watercolor" with Distress Inks and stamps. I used inks in Worn Lipstick, Broken China and Dusty Concord on a Hero Arts stamp to create my floral design!

I've been thinking lately that I can never find just exactly what I want to say in sentiment stamps... I guess I could buy an alphabet set and make them up each time... but wouldn't it be cool to have my own stamps made? Maybe other people would like them too... hmmm... something to think more about.

Supplies Used:
Paper - PTI Classic Kraft, Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper, Vellum
Ink - Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Broken China & Dusty Concord, VersaMarker
Stamps - Hero Arts Small Floral
Other - Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing Powder