CAS(E) This Sketch #210

Hi there! Here’s this week’s fun sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch: Here is what I did with the sketch: I really liked the idea of the background images coming through the main one somehow.The chalky ink I used for the four leaf clovers not only made the “quiet” layer I was looking for, but it…

Fusion challenge – pretty in pink

Pink is the theme for this Fusion Card Challenge: I used the pink element and the sketch. Here is what I made: It’s pink and super girly! I embossed the patterned paper and ran a bit of ink on the raised flowers an birds. The speech bubble and heart are chipboard. I used the same…

Freshly Made Sketches #276

Here is the sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #276: Nice and balanced! Here is what I came up with: I embossed the back panel to add a bit more to the card cause it seemed a bit boring without it. The anchor die had been sitting at the bottom of my container and so I’m…

CASology #237 – score

It was a head-scratcher of a cue card for CASology 237: This is my take: I don’t remember the last time I only did a few stamps on a card and left it at that. Kudos to those who do it well! The simplicity is growing on me. number stamps – Recollections sentiment stamp –…

belated Valentine’s Day 2017

Hello! I just wanted to do a post about the Valentine’s Day cards I made this year. I forgot earlier in the month I had a lot of stuff left over from last year so I tried to use more embellishments than I usually do. These are my favourites:

S.I.P. #87 – kindness

Kindness is the theme for Stamp Ink Paper #87! This is what I rustled up: I embossed the patterned paper to add some texture and to enhance the petals of the flowers. I layered with dark grey, giving the card a more elegant feeling (instead of working off the red or yellow for a brighter…

CAS(E) This Sketch #209

Hi there! It’s a sketch with tons of options for CAS(E) This Sketch #209. It is almost abstract in its simplicity. But one should never let simplicity deceive them… Here is my card: It’s another masculine card with some bright highlights brought in by the die cut pennant the sentiment is stamped on. I used…

Color Throwdown #430

Hello again! It’s a lovely combination for Color Throwdown #430: Turquoise, sage green, gold/kraft and dark brown. I can dig it! Here is the card I made using those colours: This seemingly simple card took me a few tries because I kept getting ink everywhere it shouldn’t be. I guess that teaches me to use…

Freshly Made Sketches #275

Here is this week’s sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches: I have been feeling a girly hangover after Valentine’s Day. In keeping with my streak of making some more masculine cards, I came up with this: I love this paper. I got it years ago, and I forget where but I wish I had picked…

CASology 236 – romance

CASology 236 is keeping the love vibes of February going with this week’s cue card: I took things a bit literally because I had a wooden embellishment that fit the bill:I inked the wooden embellishment with some gold. I die cut some hearts around the heart and arrow stamp and placed some gold vellum behind…

S.I.P. #86 – yellow, peach & teal

It’s a colour challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper. For SIP #86, the colours are: It’s a lovely combination evokes a warm spring scene, perhaps a bright Easter morning out in the yard for an egg hunt. Alas it was not to be for this card… I just got a new Jillibean Soup stamp set…

C.T.S. #208

Hey there! I finally had some time to make a card. This one is for CAS(E) This Sketch #208: I had a lot of fun thinking about this one, and here is the card I came up with: I used Art-C stamps for the Happy Birthday sentiment (24667 R6). I used Hero Arts Origami Animals…