CAS 177 PCCC 198

My box of catalogue goodies arrived during the week but I've had to wait until Saturday night to really get into it. The set I wanted most was Seaside Shore and I've used it with the inspiration sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches.

As it happens, the colours at The Paper Craft Crew work well with this set too.

The three colours from the four choices that I'm using are: Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and the new colour, Dapper Denim.

I like the linen twine added into this mix. I think it's suitably nautical and was a little more restrained than the Calypso Coral twine I thought about using. The new Seaside embossing folder is a real beauty and I feel I'll be using it a lot.

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at CAS Colours and Sketches this week!

Ingredients

Card: Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Seaside Shore, One Big Meaning

Inks: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron

Other: Seaside embossing folder, Scallop Tag punch, Linen twine, Dapper Denim marker, dimensional, post it notes for masking

Inkspire Me 252

A friend of mine texted me yesterday and asked whether I had a new home card in my stash - at which time, the answer was no. After looking at the sketch challenge at Inkspire Me, the answer is now yes.

I hope she likes it!

Ingredients

Card: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Clearly Besotted Home Sweet Home

Inks: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz

Other: Paper doily, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, Swiss Dot embossing folder, dimensionals

FMS 239 and PPA 303

It's a long weekend here, Queen's Birthday celebration. It's not turned out quite as expected between heavy frosts and my husband managing to break his ankle. But eventually, I managed to get into my craft room and recover some of my equanimity.

For inspiration, I've used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and the really lovely colour palette at Pals Paper Arts.

Awesomely Artist is such a lovely set and in celebration of it being in the new catalogue, I got it out for this card. The panel is sponged with Mint Macaron in the centre and Night of Navy around the edges. The dragonfly is stamped in Night of Navy on Night of Navy. The Mint Macaron dragonfly has a coat of clear Wink of Stella and some pearls and a Night of Navy shadow dragonfly under her.

Update: Utterly delighted to be a Perfect Princess at Freshly Made Sketches

Ingredients
Card: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Mint Macaron
Stamps: Awesomely Artistic
Inks: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron
Other: dimensionals, sponges, Wink of Stella (Clear), pearls.

As You See It Challenge 136 - DT card

Choosing a Top Pick and Featured Artist was a real challenge for us last time as there were so many awesome interpretations of the sketch. You obviously like the move to two weeks!

This time, at As You See It, we have a theme challenge for you.

My dad has passed away and my own dear husband absolutely does not have DIY in his DNA!

So tool cards were out in this house. 

Last year, I experimented a bit with faux metal finishes and so I've taken some of that on board with my play around with the World Traveller embossing folder. Here's how it turned out.

To make the map strip, I inked up the embossing folder with Lost Lagoon and embossed the paper strip. Then I sponged Sahara Sand and Soft Suede onto the country areas. Then I rubbed it lightly over the versamark ink pad and added gold powder. Before heating it up, I gently brushed off some of the powder so that it was mainly around the coastlines.

The compass I coloured with markers rather than an ink pad and I sponged the edge with Soft Suede. I added in some gold and the candy dot. The banner is lightly sponged with Lost Lagoon after I embossed the sentiment. 

The thing I like the most is the aged leathery book look of the base, created with using Timeless Texture and Soft Suede on Soft Suede.

I'd also like to enter this card into the sketch challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week.

We'd love to see what you do with this theme, so join us. You have until the June 15 to show us what you've done.

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at Stamp, Ink Paper.

Ingredients

Card: Soft Suede, Whisper White

Stamps: Going Global, Timeless Textures

Inks: Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Versamark

Other: World Traveller embossing folder, gold embossing powder, Lost Lagoon marker, Soft Suede marker, sponges, dimensionals, candy dot

Connie and Mary 408

The colour challenge at Connie and Mary this week seemed perfect for my new favourite stamp set, Wild About Flowers. Not a new set, it's new to me so I'm still experimenting with it and the soft pastels conjured up a summer field of flowers.

I like soft, dreamy result. Although I intended it to be a birthday card, it could be used for lots of things with this sentiment. 

Possibly the consumable item I will miss the most once the new catalogue is live, will be candy dots since I've used a lot of them with butterflies! What will you miss?

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at Create with Connie and Mary

Ingredients

Card: Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Stamps: Wild About Flowers, Papillon Potpourri, Endless Birthday Wishes

Inks: Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Tuxedo Black

Other: Lots of Labels framelits, Elegant Butterfly punch, Blushing Bride baker's twine, Mint Macaron dotty lace ribbon, Softly Falling embossing folder, So Saffron candy dot and brad base, dimensionals, sponges.

Masculine Birthday CAS 175 CF 148

It seems ages since I last made a card. Between going away last weekend and work stuff, it has indeed been a while. Necessity saw me in my room this afternoon though as tomorrow is my husband's birthday and a card was needed. He's hard to make a card for. Most 'male' stamp sets are just not him but golf is his passion.

The sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches gave me the idea of a golf ball in motion....

... and ended up with this card.

I cut the circles out with nesting framelits and then embossed them with a spotty-dotty folder. I used the debossed side and sponged the edges and one side to define the circles and to create a more 3-D look to the golf balls. The ball on the tee is on dimensionals.

The little grass stamp I found in a jumble box at the Church Fair a couple of years ago. The -RRIFIC I got by masking off part of the sentiment from No Bones About It - it was originally DINO-RRIFIC. The 'TEE' is made from little scrabble tiles from the leftovers of an old Kaisercraft sticker set. The golf tee started life as the letter T from the Little Letter framelits, with a wee scissor shave to make it more the right shape.

I hope he'll like it. Tomorrow will tell...

I'm also entering this card into the Birthday Boy challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Update: So delighted to be a Weekly Winner at CAS Colours and Sketches.

Ingredients

Card: Early Espresso base, Whisper White

Stamps: unknown Grass stamp, No Bones About It, W&W Big, Bold and Party

Inks: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi

Other: Little Letter framelits, Circle framelits, Swiss Dots embossing folder, sponges, dimensionals, Kaisercraft scrabble tile stickers.

As You See It 135 - DT card

If the number and quality of cards we got for our last challenge at As You See It is anything to go by, then it was a good move to make our challenges run for two weeks. SO hard to pick winners!

This time round we have another sketch for you.

Here's what I've come up with.

We'd love to see what you make of it too, so join us at As You See It during the next fortnight.

Ingredients

Card: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Timeless Elegance DSP

Stamps: Botanical Blooms, Endless Birthday Wishes

Inks: Tuxedo Black, Watermelon Wonder

Other: Botanical Builders thinlits, Lots of Labels framelits, Lucky Stars embossing folder, Cucumber Crush dotty lace ribbon, Itty Bitty punch, rhinestone, dimensionals