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Still playing with my stamp platform and trying to crack the CAS style cards...
For the first card I stamped directly onto my card blank and then practiced stamping the sentiment inside the hearts. I then heat embossed my images. Not sure I like the composition of this one. I think it would look better if the images were a bit more random and mat and layered, maybe even decoupaged for depth.
For my second card I mat and layered my base card. This time I wanted to practice overlaying my stamps so used these gorgeous splatter stamps from Honey Doo. I used watercolour card and distress ink pads so that hopefully, they would blend where they overlapped. The magazine freebie sentiment was heat embossed. I think this one looks better as the matting and layering adds a frame around the design and makes it stand out more.
Anyway, as said in the previous post, warts and all, I shall show my efforts...
Challenges
Casology 361 - Sweetheart (First Card - Love Heart Sweets)
Allsorts 558 - Add A Heart (First Card)
Less Is More 412 - Less Tiny/Few (Second Card)
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I have been playing around with a new 'toy' that arrived on Friday - a stamping platform! I am also still practicing ink blending with distress ink pads (not very successfully). Even so, warts and all, I will show you the cards I make and hopefully they will get better as I go along.
With this card I found a scrap of embossed card and applied the distress ink pad directly over it. Using the stamping platform I stamped my christmas cats using the masking technique. I then coloured them with promarkers and used the distress ink around the edges using a blending tool to apply. Once these were attached to my card base I could not resist stamping a little flourish at the top.
All stamps used were magazine freebies.
Challenges
CAS(E) This Sketch 358 - Sketch
ABC Christmas C & D - Cats/Dogs
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
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Another christmas card today. I started off with a navy base card with a white panel added which I topped with my design paper. I coloured my digi stamp from Whoopsi Daisy with promarkers and fussy cut her adding foam pads to the back. She was then attached to some mats, one of which has been embossed using a folder. My sentiment has been stamped and then die cut with a tag die. Adding pink distress ink around the edge I then added a snowflake brad. My poinsettias are die cut from pink vellum and then hand embossed with a ball tool. Finally I added a pearl to each flower.
Challenges
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Sing Along A Santa (Blue Christmas by Elvis)
Tuesday Morning Sketches 540 - Sketch
Colour Throwdown 579 - Colours
Digi Choosday 5 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday 620 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations 406 - Anything Goes
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I have been playing with my distress ink pads today as I am not sure what type of cardstock to use them on for blending. Pearl card is NOT the one I discovered as I had to heat dry the ink.
As you can see I used the inks to make the pink panels on my base card. I stamped and heat dried the sentiment as well. I die cut the large snowflake out of silver mirri card, attached with foam pads for a little dimension and added a gem to the centre.
Not my best work but hey ho I'm getting better at die cutting at least :)
Challenges
CAS(E) This Sketch 357 - Sketch
C.R.A.F.T. 542 - Christmas
CAS Colours and Sketches 356 - Colours
Fab 'N' Funky 467 - In The Pink
Crafty Calendar - Use Die Cuts or Punches
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For this card I knew what design paper I wanted to use and based my colouring (with promarkers) on this. The image and sentiment tag stamps are from LOTV and the design papers from Pink Petticoat. I used a new border die across the middle panel, love it. I stamped, coloured and die cut my flowers from The Works and added some glitter glue.
Challenges
Cute Card Thursday 619 - Valentines
Di's Digis - All About Love
Incy Wincy - Love
Sketch Saturday 595 - Sketch
Crafty Calendar February - Use Die Cuts/Punches
The Paper Shelter 413 - For The One You Love
Fab 'N' Funky 467 - In The Pink
I Love Promarkers 403 - Anything Goes (Love, Wedding or Anniversary)
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It was so tempting to use flowers for the circles on the sketch, but when I saw the masculine colours I decided I would make a card for a vintage vinyl fan.
Once I had matted and layered my base card I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. I then stamped and heat embossed the vinyl records to give them shine like the real thing. I then glued them to my mats which I then attached to the card with foam pads for a bit of dimension.
All stamps are magazine freebies again.
Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches 539 - Sketch
The Colour Throwdown 578 - Colours
Daring Cardmakers - Layer It Up
Allsorts 557 - A Touch Vintage
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Another CAS card, this time for an anniversary. On my base card I layered some silver mirri card and some pastel rainbow paper with little hearts on. Next I die cut a fanciful heart from parchment and glued this to a stitched die cut heart. I then added a stamped and layered sentiment using foam pads. Finally, I drew a butterfly onto parchment, embossed and then fussy cut it before attaching with silicone glue.
Challenges
Freshly Made Sketches 420 - Sketch
Simon Says Monday - All Loved Up
Crafty Sentiments - Use Hearts
Time Out 154 - Affecionate
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