CASology Week 171: VEHICLE

For this card I used a disassembled Stampin' Around stamp. Several years ago I read on a blog how to take apart the stamp wheel and because I never could get good images I chopped up most of the wheels I had.  As I usually do I stamped with Memento and colored with Copics.  I tore a second piece of white card stock to give the look of snow and then stamped the sentiment.  Usually this sentiment I use on a masculine card with a car, but I think many of us feel time zooms by, especially as we age.  The inside of the card says "Merry Christmas." When the card was assembled I added white liquid applique for snow flakes.

Stamps - SU! "Time for a Tree," Morning Star " Another Year..."

Ink - Memento, Copics

Paper - Neenah

Other - Marvy Liquid Applique

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-171-vehicle.html

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #178 Red and Gold

There are several steps taken to make this card primarily because I was in the designing stage. I began by using Brushos and made the background piece on watercolor paper. The image was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder - but I did not like it.  So the next step was to color another piece of wc paper with Brushos, let it dry, stamped and heat embossed and then fussy cut.  The image was then attached to the background piece and I attached a die cut poinsettia center piece. The sentiment was die cut on gold paper and then die cut on white foam.  When I finished assembling the card I added some gold InkaGold where yellowish splatter appeared on the background paper.  Whew!

Stamp - Unknown (a hand-me-down that was disassembled)

Ink - Brushos, VersaMark, InkaGold

Paper - Watercolor, Michael's white and gold

Dies - Lil Inkers "joy," MFT "Poinsettia" (center)

Other - Darice foam sheet

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/11/merry-monday-178-red-gold.html

Tag You're It! Challenge #34

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I was again asked  to be a guest designer for Tag You're It! and I am honored to CASE Susan's tag. 

I love the bird house theme and it was fun to put my take on her design.  The stamps I used are both from Unity but two different sets.  I began by stamping and heat embossing the bird house on two different papers, and then punched a small red heart.  The tree limb, leaves and fishtail are die cuts from My Favorite Things.

Stamps - Unity "Where You Are," "Love at Home"

Die Cuts - MFT Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax, Branch with Leaves

Paper - Michael's white card stock, snippets

Ink - VersaFine

Other - Zing Clear Embossing Powder, baker's twine

http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/11/tag-youre-it-challenge-34.html

CASology: Week 170 HEART

There are those days when it is difficult to find a stamp or come up with an idea for CASology, however I try to do the weekly challenges.  I feel the need to do nothing but Christmas cards so that I can get them mailed to my charities.  Heart?  What?  Then I remember this tiny stamp I ordered from Unity and it works.

I stamped and colored the image then die cut it and a piece of red cs.  The embossed piece was in the Christmas paper box, a leftover.  I stamped the sentiment and die cut it and then added a red heart using a punch.

Supplies:

Stamps -  Unity "Lil Stewie"

Paper - Michael's and Neenah

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug "Snowflakes"

Dies - MFT "Circles," Lil Inkers "Fishtail"

Ink - Memento

http://www.casology.blogspot.com/2015/10/week-170-heart.html

Freshly Made Sketches #210

For this Christmas card I have used a punch and an embossing folder.  The bird punch is from SU! and the wood embossing folder is Paper Studio, and the sentiment is MFT.  I began by punching the birds in red cardstock, the leaves in green and the wings in designer paper.  They were attached to a piece of white embossed cs that I trimmed.  I used the Misti to stamp the sentiment and then heat embossed.  After attaching the bird piece to the base card I attached black crystals for the eyes.

Paper - SU! designer paper, Michael's white, red and green card stock

Punch - SU! Bird Builder

Embossing Folder - Paper Studio "Woodgrain"

Stamp - MFT "Christmas"

Ink - VersaFine

Other - Zing! Clear Embossing Powder, Bling (Michael's)

http://www.freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2015/10/freshly-made-sketches-210-sketch-by.html

Tag You're It! Challenge #33

I have been gone for five days and so I am hurrying to get a card submitted to this challenge.  Although at one time I had a candy corn stamp it has disappeared so instead I am using an image that was in the UFO box.  Also I used a snippet of purple paper and a leftover cobweb from a class.  The purple yarn was given to me when I went to a yarn store.  The stamp set is Inky Antics "Halloween Hijinx," an oldie but cute images.

I kinda feel like I won the lottery.  Why?  Well I had the pleasure of meeting the one and only DARNELL.  We were visiting our son and family in northern California and Darnell lives about an hours drive from our son.  My sweet mister dropped me off at Darnell's but they spoke long enough to realize they are both Iowans (great people).  The time went by quickly but we had fun gabbing and looking at all her stuff (I did not see the NBUS pile), and checking out the locations in her back yard where she takes her great card snapshots.  Darnell looks exactly like her photos with her beautiful smile.

I just want to say she is so dang cute, check out the plaid Keds.

http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/10/tag-youre-it-challenge-33.html

CASology: Week 169 Zombie

I tried to keep this card CAS by stamping and embossing the image and no coloring.  I did use a circle mask and applied yellow ink and a dab of orange, and used two orange crystals.  Kraft paper is one of my favorite tools and I think it worked well with just heat embossing.

Stamps - Stampendous "Mumeek," Inky Antics "Halloween Hijinx"

Paper - Kraft

Ink - VersaFine, Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Wild Honey

Other - Crystal Bling (Michael's), Clear Embossing Powder

 

http://casology.blogspot.com/2015/10/week-169-zombie.html