Wishing You Happiness

Hello crafty friends! Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS ~ Vicki D. is our Hostess, and she is challenging everyone to create a card using the Code Word ‘Geometric’.

                                                                                                                                                                       

               For my geometric shape, I chose my octagon dies and instead of creating a scenic sky for the background, I decided to use a tiny dots stencil with glimmer paste. The butterfly and sentiment are from the same MFT set.

We would love to see how the code word ‘Geometric’ inspires you! If you would like to see inspiration from the Design Team and play along with us, come on over and check out the ATCAS Blog ~ Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Spread Your Wings

Dies: MFT - Spread Your Wings, Linked Octagon Frames

Stencils: MFT - Mini Staggered Circles

Misc: Nuvo - Glimmer Paste (Moonstone)

CAS Stencil Challenge

Hi there blog friends ~ Happy New Year to all!!!
It’s time for our first challenge of 2020 at CAS Stencil ~.Our Guest Designer is Arlene (Sunday Stamper Papercrafts) and our Hostess for January is Nancy, who has chosen ‘Use a New Stencil’ for our prompt.

My family is incredibly generous, especially at Christmas, so I like to send thank you cards...

I started by sponging the mini Christmas tree stencil with DOX inks, then smothered it with Glimmer Paste to add lots of sparkle and shine. The star was die cut with white glitter cardstock and the sentiment was embossed with silver embossing powder...and that was it!

Also, we are celebrating our first year as a challenge blog and having our 1st Birthday Party!

         To thank everyone for celebrating with us, Loll is offering 2 prizes...
 $25. GC to SSS for the winner and also for a random draw from eligible entries! So, come on over to the CAS Stencil Challenge Blog, get inspired by my teamies and our GD, and join us...challenge closes on the 24th.

             

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Keep it Simple: Thank You
Dies: SSS - Clean Line Christmas (star)
Stencils: ARTplorations -Mini Christmas Trees
Misc: Distress Oxide Ink - Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen; Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Moonstone; Altenew - Antique Silver Embossing Powder

Challenge me a Christmas Card

Hi there blog friends ~ 

Several weeks ago, my Fusion teamie Michelle Lupton invited me to join her for her annual 'Challenge me a Christmas Card Series'. Michelle invites a guest to challenge her with a Christmas card theme, product or technique, then she and her guest post their interpretation of the challenge...

I've been eager to try the Alcohol Lift Ink Technique again, and Michelle agreed. I found an old Hero Arts stamp set with lots of details and created this card:

I started by inking the background from the top about 1/2 way down, and when dry I added the falling snow with Glimmer Paste. Then, I used alcohol ink on Yupo Paper in 2 colors and applied alcohol lift ink to the stamps. On screen, it looks a bit like emboss resist, but in person, the effect is rather unique. I wanted to keep the card as CAS as possible, so I fussy cut the trees, die cut the snow drift, and added the sentiment...and that was it :)

If you would like to learn more about this technique, Jen McGuire has a blog post and video tutorial...Here ~

I would like to take a moment to thank Michelle for inviting me to play along in her Challenge me a Christmas Card Series...I had a lot of fun creating my card and can't wait to see what Michelle created with this technique!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Trees; MFT - Birdie Brown Greetings Galore
Dies: MFT - Surf & Turf (snowdrift)
Ink: Alcohol Ink - Pistachio, Turquoise; Versafine Onyx Black; Tim Holtz - Tumbled Glass
Misc: Tonic Nuvo - Glimmer Paste (Moonstone); SSS - Falling Snow Stencil; Tim Holtz - Alcohol Lift-Ink, Yupo Paper

Addicted to CAS Challenge #133 - Rain

Hi there, blog friends! I'm back to let you know that we have a new challenge at Addicted to CAS and our theme is 'Rain'! 

I thought it would be fun to stencil with Nuvo Glimmer Paste to add sparkle to the raindrops.

I stamped and die cut the kiddos from an older Mama Elephant set and colored all of the images with Copic markers. 

If you would like to play along, we welcome you to stop by the Addicted to CAS Challenge Blog ~ Happy Little Stampers is our sponsor, and Kylie is offering a $20.00 GC to her store for the winner. Also, we have a super talented Guest Designer for this challenge...Fran Wing! Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps and Dies: Pretty Pink Posh - Rainy Days; Mama Elephant - Sunday Stroll; MFT - Slanted Sentiment Strips
Stencil: MFT - Raindrops
Misc: Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Moonstone; Copic Markers; Stampendous - White Detail EP

Darnell's NBUS Challenge #9; SSS Flickr Challenge #63; CASology Challenge #233

Hello again ~ I'm back to share a few cards I created for some of my favorite challenges. First up is Darnell's NBUS Challenge #9 and the current SSS Flickr Challenge for the theme 'Favorite Technique'.

One of my favorite techniques is to blend my inks to create an ombre effect. For this card, I used 3 shades of pink with the darkest shade at the bottom of the heart. The sentiment is also SSS, but from an old set (Like Your Style) which is no longer available.
I would also like to add this card to the CAS on Sunday Challenge #100 for the theme 'Hearts'.

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My 2nd card is for this week's CASology Challenge for the Cue Card 'Glisten' ~

 I recently bought Nuvo Glimmer Paste (Blue Topaz), and the shimmer is amazing! I die cut the card base with the PTI wave, and backed it with vellum, then filled it with the paste. Then, I stamped the anchor with Versamark and covered it with Iridescent Sparkle EP, and used Gold EP for the sentiment. The rope was die cut with Gold Luxe cardstock, which I also used for the border.

That's it for me...I hope everyone is having a great week!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

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