Three of a Kind

 I'm not playing poker today I'm entering a challenge, just because I like to push myself do do something I am not really good at.......CAS. The Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge is Three of a Kind , I had the image cut for another challenge, I'm happy they found a home.

These thre bunny die cuts are adorable and just needed to be a slimline card (3.5 X 8.5 inches) The background behind the bunnies is a DI oxide background that was floating around, Because the bunny frame is white I did put a very tiny border so it can be seen as the layer is white as well. so sorry about those tiny stars but I had an opportunity to embellish (a missed pencil mark)  I added the pink ears, and after I inlaid them I though oh the nose then I saw the size, never happened.

Here is the inside, a Happy Easter die cut and a few little white bunnies in the grass which is a slimline die from a set of landscape dies. 

 

I am entering this in:

Happy Little Stampers ~~ CAS Three of a Kind

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies.

Thanks for visiting today and have a lovely week, 

Tie a Holiday Ribbon On!!

Not as late as normal getting a card done for the Jingle Belles Challenge, When I bring my "things" to the cottage they are always in a jumble, at some point I will try to organize to find things easier, After I finished the card I found the original die I had planned using. Ah still one day left.

First a litttle Tutorial

This is alcohol ink smooshing and how I do it is...cut 2 pieces of shiny cardstock to the size you want, take a large ziplock bag put one piece of cardstock inside, center it and zip it shut. Take what ever colours of alcohol markers you want to use and scribble all over the plastic using the piece inside the zip lock back as a guide when you are satisfied then spritz it with rubbing alcohol and put the shiny side down on the "mess" and lift it up see if it is how you want it, it drys quickly. I think this a fun technique. On to my card.

When I found the background piece knew I wanted to back some ornaments with it. Thank heavens I brought a "stick it" sheet, bought them a year ago at scrapfest and they are working great for sticking intricate dies with no glued fingers. When leaving on Friday for the cottage I threw a few rolls of ribbon in my tote, I used the sheer white 1/4 inch ribbon to hang the baubles and made some tiny bows, the background  was embossed with swiss dots and layered it on a scrap of purple.

Close up of the ornament.

Finished the inside with a couple of scraps of paper and a sentiment from Impression Obsession.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Tie a Holiday Ribbon On

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful week.

Winter Wishes.....

Day 18 at Beccy's Place is to use the letter Q as  your inspiration and I managed to get a card done on the proper day. Beccy i in Australia so she is technically ahead of us here in Canada, by the time I see the prompt it's almost over. But I got a quick idea and ran with it.

I guess you would call this a FAUX quilt, I used the top die of a two die set on background dies, it's faux stitched and I added some pretty snowflake paper behind, didn't want to cover it up so just a simple Winter Wishes die cut.

close up of the sentiment and I think you can see the faux stitches.

One of my very favourite vertical sentiments  and a left over piece of patterned paper on the inside.

Challenges I'm adding this to:

Bechy's Place Challenges ~~ Day 19 Q is the letter 

Happy Little Stampers ~~ ATG with Dies

Thanks for visiting today and are you getting your holiday cards done?

Anything Goes with Dies......

One of the Happy Little Stampers August challenges is Anything Goes with Dies. I had some extra die cuts from an earlier card and decided to make it up for the challenge.

Three die cut trees, the fancy square is my new favourite die and I was planning on making it into a frame so I flat mounted it and inserted the square with the trees on into the opening. To carry the gold look I added the Impression Obsession Peace Die. 

Close up of the sentiment.

Inside finished with a Stampendous holiday stamp.

I'm entering this in:

Happy Little Stampers ~~ August Anything goes with Dies.

Thanks for visiting and seeing what I've been  crafting.

Happy Birthday Big and Bold!!!

I needed a quick Birthday card today so I dug through my "parts" box and found this beautiful Happy Birthday die cut (bonus), I also had the flowers already die cut, so it made this card a very quick one.  I keep my cut cardstock in colour labelled file folders in a box and I'm trying to remember to go there first before getting out a "new" piece, so this card was made from scraps and die cuts.

What a really simply made card, The fancy border die was sitting on my desk so it was meant to be used. I think it gives interest to the otherwise plain front. The daisies are popped up.

Finished inside with a favourite sentiment, added the die cut edge and a butterfly which was left over from an earlier project. 

I'm entering this in:

Just Us Girls ~~ Trend Week #487 ~~ Bold Letters

Seize the Birthday ~~ #165 Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything Goes with Dies for May

Thanks for stopping by today and have a crafty week.

Seize the Birthday ~~ Teal and White

I'm always on the hunt for Birthday cards and I'm going to start playing along with Seize the Birthday more often so I have a few on hand when I birthday sneaks up and I'm not prepared.  I love the colour teal and lately it's been a colour I have used a few times, I'm sure the last time I entered the challenge it was a teal and white card...guess I was a challenge ahead. I was in a scramble to finish this card and I totally forgot to put the birthday sentiment on the front of the card, it's all die cut and sitting on my desk.  I have left the inside blank for now, I sometimes like to match the sentiment to the person or just write on the inside to make it more personal. So without further adieu here is my teal and white Birthday.

Poppy die cut, spellbinders oval and textile embossing folder 

Close up of the die cut poppies.

Added some die cut poppies to carry the theme to the inside.

I'm entering this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ Teal and White

Happy Little Stampers ~~ March Anything goes with Dies

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous day!!!