Dots and Circles

I've made it to the third and final round of the CAS2014springDTsearch on Splitcoaststampers.  Whew and yea!!! This week's challenge-Ways to Use It-use ribbon with two or more colors.

I decided I would make a large card (5 x 7) to accommodate this wide ribbon. This is really CAS and not much to say about it. I stamped the circles with a Penny Black/Concentrics stamp. The red button was placed inside one of the circles. I love these fun, colorful circles and they make me  happy so I used my sentiment, Happiness.

Wish me luck! We find out next week the ones who made the DT.

Recipe:
Stamps-Penny Black/Concentrics, Inspired by Stamping/Little Flowers set (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Cottage Ivy, Bahama Blue, and Tuxedo Black, Stampabilities Cherry Red
Accessories-Offray/double stripe red ribbon, red button, embroidery floss

CAS and Masculine

Today's CAS260 challenge on Splitcoaststampers is Border a Technique/Create a border using 2 or more images and/or sentiment stamps. I used two images and taped a strip of brown cardstock in the space between the two to give the appearance of one border. Hope that worked.  Added a sentiment and brads and it's finished.

I'll enter my card in these challenges:
 February Inspired by Stamping Customer Gallery Contest
Less is More #159-Masculine
CAS on Sunday- #27- Masculine


Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Backgrounds Basics IV and Guy Sentiments
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa and Cottage Ivy
Accessories-Mark Richards gold metal brads, pop dots for popping up panel

Happy Day

 This card was so hard to photograph....as you can see.

 

For QFDT203-Queen for the Day, Mix26-Use a stencil and two or more mediums, F4A208-A sunny card, happy sentiment, or a card make someone happy--- Splitcoaststampers

 

The new QFTD is Kathy LeDonne and this is her card I cased.

 

To make the bottom of my card, I used a Spellbinders Shapeabilities fancy lattice die as a stencil and rubbed on Liquitex modeling paste that  I had mixed it in a bowl with Heidi Swapp seafoam color shine spray.

It was a bit hard after it dried so I did some sanding to soften it. I also covered the flowers with modeling paste and used Heidi Swapp coral spray on them. It did make them stiffer. The centers of the flowers are My Mind's Eye enamel dots. The sentiment panel is also spotted with the coral spray.

 

I'm using a Cheery Lynn Design Fanciful Flourish.

 

Paper is PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Crumb Cake and Sage Shadow. The dp is Prima Botanical Collection paper pad.

 

My sentiment is Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Welcome Poppies set

 

Have a fab weekend. I know many of you have more snow than you know what to do with. The photos I've seen are beautiful.

 

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

 

I'll enter the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Get Krafty-my flourish is Crumb Cake which is just about the same as Kraft cardstock

  

 



Splat, Splat

I made this card for the  2014 CAS Design Team Search-week #2-on Splitcoaststampers. This time it was a color challenge. My card was easy and fun using a Tim Holtz splattered layering stencil. I sponged it with VersaMagic chalk ink in Sage.

My star was cut with a Momenta Cut & Emboss star die . I'm using a scrap cardstock in lavender.
The cardstock for the base is Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip and I'm using PTI white cardstock for stamping and sponging my image.

I stamped some dots with a Stamps by Judith peg. The sentiment is Big Wishes II from Inspired by Stamping.

We had a pretty snow yesterday. It wasn't much but covered everything. It melted during the day as the temps rose. More snow is predicted for today, one to three inches. I'm excited because we'll get to see it come down. It seems it usually snows more in the night here in my part of the southern U.S. Unfortunately, I think we'll have ice, also.

Flower Power

I'm doing the CAS259 challenge on Splitcoaststampers today. The challenge is stair step.

 

After stamping the flower, I  hand cut a stem from cardstock and stamped dots for leaves. My colors for the card are black, PTI white,  and Stampin'Up! Bermuda Bay. I added an enamel dot from My Mind's Eye.

The stamps are Art Warehouse/Phresh & Sassy, JustRite/Just the Right Words, and Stamps by Judith/dots. My sentiments are from a sweet friend, a large sheet of them. Thanks, EL.

Smile

I've decided to try out for the CAS Spring Design Team on Splitcoaststampers. I've never tried for DT with this challenge before so we'll see how it goes. This is for clean and simple cards only so you'll be seeing at least one CAS card from me for the next few weeks. The theme the first week is Wild and Crazy....use an animal image or animal print on your card.

I used a partial stamp from Penny Black/Ewe and cut out only the sheep with my scissors. The sentiment is Stampabilities/Cursive Smile. The image is colored with Copics and Prismacolor pencils..

Three different Washi tapes were added. I punched out Martha Stewart hydrangeas from green scrap paper and placed a tiny black pearl in the center.

That's it for me. Hope you all have a great weekend...bad or good weather.

Lovable Giraffe

Jen asked me to be a Guest Designer for the CAS challenge #258 on Splitcoaststampers today and I am happy to do it.  The challenge is to use a tag or tab on your CAS card. I splurged with three tabs, small ones.

I've decided this will be my husband's valentine card. He has seen all the others I have made and I thought this one was a bit masculine using "long neck".

I'm entering these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-use twine or string  The heart is hanging from twine.
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #75-Hearts
Come and Get It Challenges-Clean and Simple (CAS)


Recipe:
Stamps-PTI/Heart Prints stamp set (includes the heart, X & O, and Be Mine), Print Works Collection/It Had to be You, Art Impression/U-2284 (Giraffe)
Paper-PTI white cardstock,Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip
Ink-SU Cherry Cobbler, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Copics, Stampin'Up! modern label punch, twine, copper brad, PTI Heart Prints matching die

My Mixed Media

I decided to get back into the Mix-Ability challenge today on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge is Loving Layers. My card was also for the Queen for the Day, Robin. I didn't case a particular card for the queen this week. She seems to love birds and mixed media. I did use a stamp set from ODBD for my card as she is on their DT.

A lot went into this card. I started with brushing on Gesso, than poured drops of acrylic paint onto my  card. After brushing that on, I tamed it down a bit again with Gesso. I used spray templates for my designs at the bottom and the blue circles. Inka Gold Metallic Rub in silver was spread over the templates. The circles turned blue because of the paints I had brushed on. I have taped on three small strips of torn,  patterned paper

Yes, my sentiment is supposed to have a bit of color on it. I didn't want it all white but I don't think I'm happy with it now.

I colored my image with Copics. To get the color on the cardstock under my mixed media layer, I sprayed with Heidi Swapp color shine in coral and the same was done for the mat under the bird image.

Recipe:
Stamps/Our Daily Bread Designs/ You Will Find Refuge set
Paper-PTI white cardstock, DCWV Art Collage stack
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Gesso, Americana Acrylic paint/lt. green, med. green, and camel, Inka Gold Metallic Rub/Silver, Heidi Swapp Color Shine/coral, Heidi Swapp spray stencils HS00830 & HS00870, Tim Holtz Distress Ink/Dried Marigold, Copics/E02, E70, E71, R20, R37

Snowman Valentine

I needed to make a couple of these cards for my  little grandsons to have for Valentine's Day. Aren't they the cutest things? I found this on Pinterest by Julie Aston. She had cased a cased a card from Pegmac71. I know both of these ladies from Splitcoaststampers. They did a fabulous job. Of course,  I've changed mine up a bit.

The Stampin'Up! Top Note Die was used as a base. I used the Stampin'Up! owl punch for the eyes, nose, and mouth. I hand cut the rim of the hat. The top of the hat was embossed with a Cuttlebug houndstooth embossing folder and the bottom part with a Cuttlebug herringbone folder.

I am using the PTI Heart Prints stamp set  and matching die cut for the large heart. It is inked with Stampin'Up! Tempting Turquoise. The sentiment is Stampabilities/I Love You.

My paper is Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Tempting Turquoise cardstock. The base is PTI white cs.
Entering these challenges:
Simply Create Too-#53-Valentine's Day or Use Hearts
The Stamping Boutique-2-Valentine's card/projects.
Little Red Wagon-#222-Child's Play-Your card can be for a child, baby, or teenager...and use any occasion

A Basket of Hearts

This was not the card I intended to post today. I made another one over the weekend and I just loved it. But, it can wait until another day. I played in the CAS challenge today on Splitcoaststampers . It was a color challenge with colors from Design Seeds and you were to use two or more of the colors.

I cut out the hearts from PTI Heart Prints set and then stamped with the images from the same set. The sentiment is from that set, also. The tiny red hearts are from a Martha Stewart heart punch.

The basket is Marianne Designs Craftables 1208-Flower Basket

Simple is good.

I'll enter my card into the challenge at Addicted to CAS #30 where the code word is NEW. My sentiment is new. I bought it with the dies and stamps I received this month. I have used those but not the sentiment.
Oozak-Anything Goes/Love
CAS on Sunday-challenge #25-Lovely Dovey-Make a card for love/Valentine's Day