ATCAS #60 - CUTE

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Loll and she has chosen the code word... CUTE. Possibilities are endless, bring out all your cute stuff out. I would also like to welcome back our Guest Designer Birgit of Rapport fran ett skrivbord! She makes amazingly pretty cards. You will love the adorable beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win 1 stamp set from our amazing sponsor Create A Smile  

I went with the cute stamps that I have to make my card. Here's my card...

To make this card, I stamped.colored and fuzzy cut the birds. I also hand cut the landscape and inked it in green. Then I placed it all together using Hugs die cut (which was sent to me by a sweet friend of mine) as a focal point. I am sharing this at Color Q #284, Addicted to Stamps and More #137 - Make your mark and Uniko Studio #19 - Anything Goes!

  

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

Supplies used -  Stamps: Mama Elephant - In my heart, Purple onion designs Finch, Robin and Star & Sky birds, TAWS Monster Mash; Dies - PTI Hugs die; Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Angel pink, Distress Crushed Olive and Mowed lawn;  Spectrum Noir Markers

STAMPlorations Inspiration - March 27th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the April 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for the month of March.

To make this card, I sponged the stars using the stencil and some Distress ink. I heat embossed the image on a water color paper and water colored it with Distress inks. Fuzzy cut it and adhered all the pieces along with some die cuts together to finish my card. I am sharing this at Happy Little Stampers March CAS challenge - Sponging, Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges #87 - Something Yummy and 613 Avenue Create #116 - Anything Goes!

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Sugar rush and Holiday Artsy; Stencil - ARTplorations - Oh my Stars!; Inks - Distress Peacock feathers, Vintage photo and Antique Linen , Versamark ink; Wow White embossing Powder; Dies - PTI scribbled circles and Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched border die -1; Studio Calico wood veneers; DCWV Matstack patterned paper

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Cutting a panel!

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 12th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a the step by step process to create this card and how to add interest to the design by simply cutting the panel :)

So, here's a look into the finished card ...

I am sharing this at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes! , Word Art Wednesday #176 - Anything Goes! and Time Out Challenge #27 - CAS with optional twist of Black white plus a splash of color

I have used the Blossom Overture, the Feb/ March 2015 Stamp Club set.

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations Inspiration - March 23rd 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the April 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my third inspiration card for the month of March.

To make this card, Stamped, masked and heat embossed the daisy multiple times in clear embossing powder and then water colored it with some Distress inks. To finish the card I adhered the panel on the card base and added a die cut sentiment,

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Bloom Sketches; Inks - Distress Peacock feathers, Mowed lawn, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice stone, Mustard seed and Spiced Marmalade , Versamark ink; Whisper Clear embossing Powder; Dies - Paper Smooches  Quote Tag dies

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - A card and a gift card holder set

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps  feature post. For this post I am showcasing a card and a Gift card holder created by using just the dies :)

I have created these by using the CAS-ual Friday's Linked Tag Fri-Dies and CAS-ual Friday's Bubble Box Fri-Dies, Casual Trees Fri Dies and Stalk-up Fri Dies. Besides, I used Happy mail stamp set to finish my card and gift card holder. Here is a look into my projects...

To make these, all I did was some die cutting with some patterned paper and gold foil card stock, followed by laying it all together. For the Gift card holder, the largest bubble box is scored at 3 1/8" and 4 1/4 "

It was fun creating this set, I hope I was able to inspire you.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

ATCAS #59 - GREEN

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Vicki and she has chosen the code word... GREEN. Possibilities are endless, go with the green color, green leaves or even St. Patrick's day theme. I would also like to welcome our Guest Designer Birgit of Rapport fran ett skrivbord! I am sure a lot of you have seen her amazing work around in the blog land, she makes amazingly pretty cards. You will love the beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win 3 digital images from our amazing sponsor Scribbles Designs  

I went with grass, green and grass sort of go together. Here's my card...

To make this card, I die cut the tall grass after inking the panel. I stamped the gence on the card base and colored it, I stamped colored and fuzzy the the bunny and laid it all together on my card. I am sharing this at Color Q #283, A Gem of a challenge #139 - CAS and Simply Create too #81 - Bunnies

  

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

Supplies used -  Stamps: Mama Elephant - Carnival Toppers and In my heart, Purple onion designs Chloe and sentiment; Dies - MFT Tall grass dies; Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Distress Crushed Olive and Mowed lawn;  Spectrum Noir Markers

STAMPlorations Inspiration - March 13th 2015

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps March Release Day -2

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the April 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for the month of March.

To make this card, I stamped the image in black on white card stock, then I heat embossed the same image with white embossing powder on vellum. I fuzzy cut each of these. Next I adhered a patterned paper on the card base. Added the images, layering vellum over card stock with some foam adhesive. I also added some gold thread and pearls on my card.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - The Bee's knees - Newlyweds, STAMPlorations Sentiment Builders - Love; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark ink; Wow white embossing Powder; Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye B&W; thread and pearls from my stash

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps March Release Day - 2

Hello friends! Its a new release time at CAS-ual Friday's and I am super excited about the day 2 release as the stamps and dies are so pretty!! Today we are releasing the Stamp set "Twinkle" and coordinating "Star Fri-dies", the star stamps are with the stitch lines and they look so cool.

So here are my cards... again I ended up creating two cards :) My first card showcases a fun way to use the dies.

 

To make this card, I created the inked panel with stripes made by masking and distress inking. Then I die cut the stars along the edge and laid them on the card base, with some foam dots to add dimension with the smaller star and the panel and the bigger star was sandwiched without any dimension. I finished the card with some sparkling clear sequins (from PPP). I am sharing this at A Blog Named Hero - Bright and Bold

I then had to make another one because I wanted to showcase the stars on a dark background, here I used heat embossing. So here's my card...

To make this card, I took a black card stock panel cut a circular edge on one end then marked the biggest star with a pencil to serve as a guide for my stamping. I then stamped the stars along the masked lines with some embossing ink and heat embossed them with silver embossing powder. I also added some star sequins, heat embossed the sentiment. To finish the card, I dry embossed the metal sheet (from Add a Little Dazzle) and laid it all together, I am sharing this at Virginia's View #13 - All things embossed and 613 Avenue Create #114 - Anything Goes

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE and go shopping for these awesome goodies :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Build a background

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps March Release - Day 1

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Eleventh spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a the step by step process to build a background

So, here's a look into the finished card ...

I am sharing this at Time Out challenges #26, it's there birthday and I had to play along :) I am also sharing this at Create something Catchy challenges #12 - Let's get Pinspired.

 

I have used the Blossom Overture, the Feb/ March 2015 Stamp Club set.

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps March Release Day - 1

Hello friends! Its a new release time at CAS-ual Friday's and I am super excited about this release as the stamps are oh my my!! so very amazing. Today we are releasing the Stamp set "Happy Mail" and coordinating "Mail box Fri-dies", a set with a fabulous mail box image, awesome sentiments and gorgeous font. You will love it.

So here are my cards...this time I ended up creating three cards :) My first card is all stamping and water coloring to build the spring scene.

To make this card, I stamped the mail box in distress inks, and went over with a water brush to spread the colors. Then I water colored the background, stamped some greenery using CAS-ual Friday's Casual Comfort stamp set. I also did some masking to stamp the envelops inside the mail box. I am sharing this at Stamping Royalty #270 - Water color

For my second card, I went only with the envelop to create this..

To make this, I created 3 masks for the envelop, Then I masked and stamped the emvelops starting from the base and upwards. Next I fuzzy cut these along the edges. I colored them in pastels using Spectrum Noir markers. On the card base, I adhered a patterned paper and stamped the flag of the mail box that will serve to hold my sentiment banner. I added the envelop piece with some foam tape to finish the card.

I couldn't resist creating a third card which is a Christmas card after seeing the mail box, after all Mailbox is important as we get all the happy mail in it LOL. So here's my card...

To make this card, I took a white card stock panel, and used a stencil to create the background with some distress inks. I colored the tree with water colors. Then I stamped and die cut the mail box. dis some masking and stamping to fill in my mail box with some envelops and gift box for which I used the Merry Kiss-mas set. I colored it all and stamped the sentiment to finish my card.

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE. I will be back tomorrow with a couple of cards showcasing yet another fabulous stamp set and die :) Stay tuned!!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 3

STAMPlorations have their new line of product, the stencils called ARTplorations and the STAMPlorations girls are all set to give you three days of stencil inspiration, ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop . Welcome to Day 3! There are prizes to be won so don't forget to comment on my post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on March 13. Winners will be announced on March 15.

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each win a $15 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ surprise prizes

Let me show you what I created, I used ARTplorations Stencil - Shutters

To make this, I took a panel of Kraft card stock, laid the stencil and applied translucent embossing paste. I die cut the landscape n sun from patterned paper, cloud from white card stock . I stamped the house using The Bee's knees - Houses stamp set colored and fuzzy cut it. Finally I stamped the sentiment, and adhered all the elements to finish my card. I am sharing this at Less is More Week Week 214 - Yellow and Green and March Make Art Challenge - Stencils

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Supplies used: Stamps - The Bee's knees - Houses, STAMPlorations - Bloom sketches; Stencil - Shutters; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Dies - Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched border - 1 dies, Memory box Cloud dies, Sizzix circle die; Patterned paper - Studio Calico Wanderlust and AC-Day dreamer; Wendi Vecchi Translucent embossing paster

STAMPlorations Inspiration - March 9th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the April 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my first inspiration card for the month of March.

To make this card, I took water color paper and cut out a tag from it. Next I did some water coloring using some distress inks. Once dried, I stamped the butterflies along the two edges in the same tone. I also stamped and fuzzy cut another butterfly in red ink. Also splattered some red ink for pip of color. Stamped the sentiment, added a die cut leaf and I adhered it all on card base with some striped patterned paper to finish my card. I am sharing this at Muse #108 - Michele Ferguson and Crafty Card Maker #134 - For a woman

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies, STAMPlorations - Trendy feathers; Inks - Archival Black, Distress - Vintage photo, Antique Linen, Barn Door; Dies - CAS-ual Friday's Casual Vine Fri dies; Patterned paper - Teresa Collins Memorabilia 6x6" paper pad. DCWV - The Naturals Matstock; Recollection twine

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 1

STAMPlorations have their new line of product, the stencils called ARTplorations and the STAMPlorations girls are all set to give you three days of stencil inspiration, ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop There are prizes to be won so don't forget to comment on my post and the rest of the team's blogs for a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on March 13. Winners will be announced on March 15.

Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.

THREE (3) winners will each win a $15 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.

+ surprise prizes

Let me show you what I created, I used ARTplorations Stencil - Bubbles

To make this, I took a panel of white card stock and inked it with distress inks, then I placed the stencil and did some spritzing of water with a mini mister. I stamped the rose using STAMPlorations Blossom Overture stamp set and inked it up, fuzzy cut it. I also die cut and inked some leaves. I took a twine and rolled it around my paint brush to get the look of a twiner. Finally I stamped the sentiment, and adhered all the panels, along with patterned paper to finish my card.I am sharing this at Runway Inspired challenge #79 - Oscars Red Carpet

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations - Blossom Overture; Stencil - Bubbles; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet; Dies - Nestabilities Foliage; Patterned paper - Teresa Collins Memorabilia; Recollections Hemp twine

Mixed Media Card Challenge #9 - Hints of Spring

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CASEplorations #2

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #9 - Hints of Spring. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about.  So let's see what our challenge is,

SPRING with an optional element of Birds.... This is what I created.

 

To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock and stamped the poppies multiple times by masking. Next I fuzzy cut along the poppies. On the card base I added a embossed patterned paper to build my sky. The closeup show the texture.I colored the flowers with markers and laid it on card base with some foam adhesive. I also added the wood veneer birds and sentiment to finish the card. I am sharing this at Happy Little Stampers - March Sketch Challenge, The Paper Players #234 - Spring and Virginia's View #13 - Embossing

  

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Stamps - STAMPlorations Bloom sketches, CAS-ual Friday's In the cards for sentiment; Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black; Patterned Paper - AC Dear Lizzie; Sharpie Markers; Studio Calico Birds-Wood Veneer; Embossing folder - Darice Basketweave

CASEplorations #2

Welcome to a new CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the first of every month, the STAMPlorations girls share CASEs of some of our favorite cards - maybe even one of yours. Be sure to stop by the blog  for the second installment of CASEd inspiration.

 

CASEplorations will serve as a starting off point for our Inspiration Project Posts. We show you how we CASE a card so you can, in turn, CASE the inspiration cards we share throughout the month. You can find more details HERE.

Our second artist is none other than the very  creative talented Loll Thompson of Stamping with Loll. I love all that she creates from mixed media, to CAS, to water colored cards :). So let me show you her beautiful card and my CASE...

  

I was inspired by the background pattern and colors in Loll's card, here is a closeup into my card.

To make this card, I first stamped the roses from STAMPlorations Bee's Knees Rosebuds , masked it and then stamped the pattern on the background using STAMPlorations Vignette: Retro Mod shapes stamp set with Delicata gold ink. Finally, I colored the roses, also stamped the leaves and finished the card by adding a die cut sentiment sent by a sweet friend :) I am sharing this at The pink Elephant #287 - Anything Goes and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Hope you enjoyed it. Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps- Vignette Retromod shapes, Rosebuds; Inks - Memento Tuxedo black, Delicata Gold, Spectrum Noir Markers and PTI diecut sentiment