CAS + Dies

Today I thought I would share this card that I made with my favourite turnabout stamp. I hope you like it.

I just love the way this stamp forms a perfect circle. I used Catherine Pooler inks in cummerbund, catching rays, pucker up and in the park. I cut the numbers from the centre of the stamp and was a little annoyed that the 0 went very slightly wonky!

I thought I would share it at seize the birthday challenge 320 with a topping of CAS with dies. I hope it passes the CAS test. I am not sure myself. I have used circle dies, number dies, a pinpoint leaf die and a panel die. That's quite a few dies.

i have no time left tonight to find more challenges so I will just stick with the one.

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Love & Happiness

Today I thought I would share the card I have made for my husband for Valentines Day.

I recently bought this molded frame embossing folder by Spellbinders and decided to use it as the base for my panel for this card. The slatted heart die is by Craft Addiction UK and the other dies are by Spellbinders and were a free gift with the magazine Die Cutting Essentials in March '24. The set has a large ampersand included, but it was too big for this design so the small ampersand used here is from an alphabet set by Concord and 9th. The slatted heart is cut from a deep pint metallic card and I have used a matt gold card behind it and for the sentiments.

The little flower spray dies were cut from white card and coloured with alcohol markers.

I am sharing this at:

Just Us Girls #809 - die week

Addicted to Stamps and More #510 - Die-cuts and/or Stencils

The Dream Factory #146 - Love Actually

A cut above February Challenge - Anything goes with a die cut

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With Sympathy

Hello

Just popping in quickly to share this white on white card at can you handle the pressure where their twist is all white. I recently needed a sympathy card and saw this one on Pinterest that I really liked, so I searched through my stash for appropriate dies.

At first I tried to make it fir a metric A6 sized card, but it just wouldn't work, so I tried it on a 7x5 inch card and hey presto, much better. The embossing folder is an old one by Darice and the dies are a mixture including Concord & 9th and Positively Papercraft. The sentiment is actually a foil plate by Whimsy Stamps that I just pressed into the card. I used 4 strands of twine to create the bow and a score board to emboss the panel edges.

What do you think. Just for once, I am quite pleased.

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January Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Today is 2nd of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge big reveal. This month 26 card makers took part and I sent my card to Gail in Norway.

From all the options available I used the colours, layers and friendship.

I used 3 Catherine Pooler inks called bellini, chiffon and terracotta. The dies and the central stamp are new. I bought them from Clarity Crafts in their recent sale. I really like the frame dies from Clarity and used a different set that cut out for the insert. I coloured the card with the ink before cutting it and stamped the sentiment in terracotta before clear heat embossing it. The leaves are dies that I coloured with terracotta ink and then did multiple layers of clear embossing to make them all lovely and glossy. I have used up most of my stash of ready made cards now, but still have a pack of these scalloped edged 5 inch cards. I also have a pack of giant 8x8 inch cards, which I very rarely use, so I expect they will be hanging around in my stash for a few years yet. I have no idea what possessed me to buy them in the first place!

I was very lucky to receive this gorgeous card from Julia in MA USA. Sadly, the colours look a little washed out in this photo. I am happy to say that they are gorgeous and vibrant in real life. I liked the cover plate that she used so much that I had to buy it.

If you would like to take part in the next card chain challenge, you have until 6th to sign up here

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Just For You

Hello, I realise that I have been absent in blogland for several weeks, but I am glad to report that I have finally got some time back and am able to return. My husband managed to break his elbow before Christmas, which was very traumatic for us both and meant I had to step up to the challenge of supporting him and taking on all his household chores. I have to say that it has definitely made me appreciate just how much he does, and it has also made me admire people who live on their own even more. Thankfully he is now on the mend and I am getting a bit more time for my hobby again. I hope to be able to visit you all more now too.

I recently found a number of foiled pieces that hadn't been made into cards, so decided to put that right. Here are 2 of them. This little basket of flowers is a hotfoil stamp by Couture Creations. After foiling I cut it out with a circle die and matted it onto a circle of metallic card. The white panel was diecut and embossed with a stitched square die. The sentiment, by Uniko, is stamped and clear heat embossed.

You can see the shine on the picture below:

The second card is made in exactly the same way, but I didn't have a piece of the blue glittery card big enough for a full mat so I just placed strips at the edge. I think it works.

I am sharing the first card at:

CAS on Friday #326 - Monochrome

I am sharing the second card at:

Inkspirational challenge 359 - shades of blue

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