Love

I made this CAS heart card for a few challenges using a couple more snippets .

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card, die cut and embossed the heart from the centre before rounding the corners and attaching it to the card.  I attached the snippet of heart paper to a piece of paper to make it a little sturdier and the same thickness as the card front.  I die cut and embossed a heart and then inlaid it into the card.  I die cut 'love' twice from white hammer card, layered them and attached the sentiment across the lower part of the heart.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white hammer card blank
     Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Classic Hearts' and Lawn Fawn 'Scripty Love' dies
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Snippets of Wild Rose Studio 'Always and Forever' paper and white hammer card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to CAS - Hearts
     CAS on Friday - Love
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - February Challenge
     Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Love is in the Air
     Moving Along With The Times - Valentines/Love

Kath x

True Love

This is another card I've made with a topper and paper from my oddments box

I attached the paper to a piece of thin card to ensure it was the same thickness as the topper.  I trimmed around the edge, die cut a stitched circle from the centre, rounded the corners and attached it to the centre of the card.  I die cut the precoloured image with the stitched die and inlaid it into the aperture.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card
     Lili of the Valley 'True Love' Art Pad
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics die
     Woodware Corner Rounder punch
     Wild Rose Studio 'Always and Forever' paper
     Snippet of thin white card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Love is ... (I've included lots of hearts on my card)
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Moving Along With The Times - Valentine/Love

Kath x

Zen Mandala

Last week I was very lucky to win some stencils on the Funky Fossils Facebook Group.  I had three stencils of my choice and Sara also enclosed a lovely birthday stencil too.  I don't often use stencils, probably because I only have a couple of small flimsy ones, but think I'll be using them a lot more now I have these new ones.

I kept this card simple as I wanted to show the lovely Zen Mandala stencil.  I used pink pearlescent ink to stencil the design onto a piece of white card, trimmed the edges, rounded the corners and attached it to the card front.  I die cut the sentiment twice from dark purple card, layered the two die cuts and attached them across the centre of the mandala.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Funky Fossil 'Zen Mandala' stencil
     Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' die
     Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid ink
     Snippets of dark purple pearlescent card and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenge - A Stencil Background
     Allsorts - Something New (my new stencil)
     Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes
     Moving Along With The Times - New (my new stencil)
     NBUS - January Challenge (my new stencil)

Kath x

New Baby

I'm on a mission to try and use lots of oddments that I've come across whilst clearing my craft area.  This card uses a Lili of the Valley precoloured topper which I'd already die cut and embossed, a sentiment that had been stamped and die cut and a snippet of paper left over from another project.

I trimmed the paper so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card blank before die cutting and embossing the aperture.  I rounded the corners and attached it to the card.  The precoloured topper had already been die cut and embossed so I inlaid it into the frame.  I had previously stamped and die cut several sentiments so I layered two of them and attached them above the baby.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Lili of the Valley Art Pad (I'm not sure of the name of the pad - it may have been 'Babies & Toddlers')
     Clearly Besotted 'Modern Calligraphy' stamps and coordinating dies
     Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Labels One' die
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Mememto Gray Flannel ink
     Snippet of blue patterned paper

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Make it Cute
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Moving Along With The Times - New (I've chosen New Baby)

Kath x

Rockin' Robin

Today's card is a cute CAS Christmas card for a few challenges.

I stamped the dancing robin and hat onto white card and used the coordinating die to cut them.  These were coloured with Promarkers and a Wink of Stalls added to the robin's red breast and the hat.  I then die cut a frame from two stitched rectangle dies.  I placed the card blank into my MISTI and laid the frame and dancing robin in the centre so I could see where to position the sentiment.  I removed the frame and robin before stamping the sentiment - stamping it a couple of times so I got a good coverage on the embossed card.  I attached the frame with thin foam tape, the robin with double sided tape and the hat with a foam pad.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white embossed card blank
     Clearly Besotted 'Rockin' Robin stamps and coordinating dies
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics'
     Versafine Black Onyx ink
     Promarkers
     Wink of Stella

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Christmas Birds
     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Moving Along with the Times - Animals and/or Birds

Kath x