CAS Christmas Wreath

Another one layer CAS card for Christmas, great for mailing.

I started with a dabbed circle of distress inks onto an acrylic block, spritzed, then printed it onto the base card.  I added some spiky details with a toothpick, then stamped and heat embossed with gold.  The borders are strips of d/s tape with crystal glitter rubbed on.

Wreath & sentiment stamps: Kaisercraft
Distress inks
Gold embossing
Crystal Glitter - click on detail photo



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Christmas tree CAS

A one-layer CAS card.

I put some Distress inks on an acrylic block and spritzed, then printed on to the base card.  When dry I flicked with more DI & sprayed with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold.  I stamped and heat embossed the tree, put Kindyglitz in the baubles and gold Stickles on the star.  A dab of white Nuvo crystal drops here and there.  That's all I wanted.  It's really hard to photograph metallics.

Stamp: Craft Creations
D.Inks
Nuvo Crystal: white
Mist: perfect pearls gold
Kindyglitz crystal, Stickles gold



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Congrats Daisy

Today Daisy had her first pups, 12 of them.  Sadly two died but the rest are healthy and looking good - she did so well.   Daisy, a Brittany Spaniel, belongs to our daughter's family and our two grandchildren are so excited, so I thought after patiently waiting so long the whole family deserved to celebrate too.

I stamped this image from the set (looks like Daisy), coloured her to look like Daisy, then masked the image while I roughly sponged DI colours to spotlight her, and then around the edges.  I used pigment inks in the same hues for the sentiment.

Image Stamp: Tim Holtz
coloured with copic markers
Sentiment: Mama Elephant
Dots: Nuvo copper drops
Distress inks

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Quail

I love these images, there is a set.  We have quail running around here and it always makes my day to see them; they are such handsome birds with their little topknot bob-bob-bobbing.    As it is late spring/early summer, we are hoping to see some babies soon.

I masked the image and sponged DInk in the grasses, put WoS over the birds.  It is hard to see but there are scored lines top and bottom to add to the border and frame it.  Click on the image for a closer look.









Image: Pickled Potpourri
Coloured with Copic pens
Distress inks
Wink of Stella
White gel pen
Glitter tape


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Sketchy Fairy

This is my first blog with the Incy Wincy team - thanks for having me.  Check out the design team's work and enter here: incywincydesigns





The challenge is a sketch, and such great one to work with:


Our sponsor is All Dressed Up who provided this lovely image to work with: happy-christmas-little-star



Image: All Dressed Up - Happy Christmas Little Star
Coloured with Copics
Oval Die: Spellbinders
Papers:
Stash: ribbon, pearls, Kindyglitz


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Winter Sport

Come And Get It challenges you to a winter sport theme. Check out the design team work here:  cagichallenge


Thanks to super sponsor Bugaboo for the image:
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Image: Bugaboo - Close Knit Friends
Coloured with Copics
Rectangle stitch die: unbranded
Friend die:
Sentiment: typed on computer
knit border; re-purposed packaging
Toothpicks, crochet cotton

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Sympathy Tree

Even on a sad occasion I like to make cards that have hopeful, life affirming elements, like this tree.  I expect that the recipient would take their own meaning from it.

I die cut the frame from paua design wrapping paper because of the gorgeous colours.  Edges of the blue card are lightly inked.

Die cut frame: Couture Creations
Die cut tree:
Tag: Spellbinders
Sentiment stamp:
Ribbon, ink

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Woof!

I made this for a friend who moved to a new house.  When you go to their house Bella their dog pops up in the front window to check you out, then races to be first at the door to let you in.

This is one of those stamps sets that has the back and front on it.  You can see what I did with the inside of the card.

Stamps: free with a magazine
Sentiment stamp:Inkadinkadoo
Die: Spellbinders
Leaf punch: Martha Stewart


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Charming Bird

Come and play tic-tac-toe with us at the Crafters Café! here:  crafterscafeblogchallenge


Choose any line as long as it has the middle CHARM square in it.




This great image from sponsor Bugaboo:
bugaboostamps-flower-bird

I used the line:  blue-charm-designer paper.
The image is put behind a diecut hole that has a black frame added on the front.  A doodle border is hand-drawn on the pink card.  I thought the charm looked a little like a basket with a flower in, and tied it on with scraps of blue ribbon.

Image: Bugaboo - Flower Bird
Coloured with Copics
Hexagon dies: Couture Creations
Designer paper:  Lily Rose
Stash:  charm, ribbon, black pen

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Winter Girl

Join us at Come and Get It challenge - this time is Winter Girls:  cagichallenge

Our sponsor is All Dressed Up with the image here:  feed-the-birds


Image: All Dressed Up - Feed the Birds
Coloured with colour pencils
Frame dies: Unbranded
Snowflake Die: C & M
Hello Die:  Wplus9
EF: Provocraft - swiss dots
Kindyglitz



The EF is inked over with white chalk ink to give a snowy look, and the snowflake border is left free.  I liked the pencils to colour the image as it is quite delicate.  My granddaughter Rhiannon thinks this is herself.

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Redhead Dahling

Isn't she a dahling?  No doubt about it.  And what a diva with a matching doggie.  She looks like she'd be fun.


Image: Rick StDennis
Coloured with Copics
Die: Spellbinders
Sentiment stamp: Kaisercraft
Rickrack, gold Stickles, glitter card













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Happy Music

Crafters Café challenge this time is MUSIC.    Check out the design team's work here: crafterscafeblogchallenge



Isn't this a fantasy every guy has sometime or other?  Guitar heaven? Dream on!





Thank you to our sponsor  Dr Digi for the image of Derek Clapton, get it here: doctor-digi derek-clapton

Image: Derek Clapton
'Be' die: Sizzix
'Happy' die: Heidi Swapp
Zigzag die: Couture Creations
EF:  Couture Creations
Washi tape

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