Hi there everybody, hope your week is going fabulously and you've managed to squeeze in more card making time than I have!! I'm popping in today to remind you all about our current challenge theme at TIME OUT.
We are celebrating being 'Unique' for this challenge, which is something we should all embrace with ourselves too. You can create whatever you like for your project and as you can imagine the possibilities are endless!
We are super excited to have a new Sponsor for this challenge, Catherine Pooler!! And she is giving a goodie bag of their products to the winner of this challenge. How fabulous is that!
Catherine was very generous to our Design Team for this challenge and gave us all vouchers to spend. I purchased two stamp sets and used them both on this card because I think they are quite 'Unique' together:
Isn't the background stamp so cool??!! I thought it was quite unique itself but love how its so geometric compared to the soft, prettiness of the flowers.
I started off by stamping the 'Angled Squares Background Stamp' on a piece of white CS using Waffle Flower 'Like a Pro' grey ink. I cut it down so it was slightly smaller than the card base and popped it up on a piece of white foam.
I stamped the flowers and leaves from the 'Grateful Heart Stamp Set' with Gina K Amalgam Ink on Strathmore Bristol Smooth CS. I coloured them with Altenew Artist Markers and then fussy cut them all out.
For the sentiment (which is from the same 'Grateful Heart Stamp Set') I stamped it with some Catherine Pooler 'Coral Cabana' ink and then clear heat embossed over top.
I gotta say, everyone was telling me I needed to try these inks, so I purchased this one and two others from Krafters Cart (NZ). I haven't been blown away by an ink since I first tried Versafine Ink years ago. I stamped the background stamp with CP 'Rockin Red' for the first time and got a PERFECT COVERAGE IMAGE!!! I couldn't believe it, especially if I stamp hasn't been used before. The ink is so sticky but is a dye ink, its just magical. So if you haven't tried them yet, please do!!
I fussy cut around the heat embossed sentiment and put foam tape behind it. After working out where the flowers and leaves would sit underneath it, I glued them down with Gina K Connect Glue and put the sentiment on top. To finish off I glued on some orange and aqua sequins from Neat and Tangled.
You have until Wednesday 13th March to link your projects to the TIME OUT Challenge and if your needing any ideas on how to use 'Unique', pop over to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has made for you.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see your unique creations in the Gallery.
Take care
Shona
Hi there!! Our weather has been back to hot, hot, hot with no rain in sight. So strange to say that we've only had one day of rain so far this year, doesn't seem possible. Hopefully when Winter hits it will bring its usual rainy, cold days!!
We've got everyone's favourite challenge theme this month at The Flower Challenge 'Anything Goes'. This means you can create anything you like as long as it has a main floral element. This will give you a chance to try out any new flower stamps or dies you've purchased recently....
For my card I decided to step completely away from stamping or colouring and went all out on die-cutting:
Last month I purchased the Concord and 9th 'Turnabout Toolkit'. It not only comes with floral stamps but also lots of dies, so I used them all on my card today.
I started off by die-cutting the large sentiment die from some wood veneer paper which I had completely forgotten about. I die-cut it 3x and then popped them side-by-side on the card front using foam tape.
I then grabbed some pink, blue and green CS and die-cut the flowers and leaves from them, gluing the darker pink piece into the centre of the flower. I cut a rectangle of white CS and heat embossed the sentiment (from the toolkit stamp set) in gold. I popped it on foam tape and was then able to use Gina K Connect glue and double sided tape to put the leaves and flowers under and around it. The pink flower was put on extra foam tape so it would sit over the sentiment. To finish off I glued on some sequins from Neat and Tangled.
I'm going to link this to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'.
You have until Monday 25th March to link your projects to The Flower Challenge and pop over to the blog for lots of ideas and inspiration from the Design Team. We will back on March 15th with some more floral projects to share with you. Looking forward to seeing all your amazing floral projects in the Gallery!!
Take care
Shona
Hi everyone and welcome to my first CAS-ual Fridays Stamps 'Girl Friday' post for March. We are already in the third month of the year, its just crazy, maybe I should make a start on Christmas cards........
I'm up on the CFS Blog today with a peachy little number. I've got peaches coming out of my ears literally at the moment, thanks so my prolific fruiting Golden Queen peach trees. Must be why I have the peach colour on the brain and why this card became so monochomatic:
I've never made a peachy card before but I love how it looks, especially with the Altenew metallic embossing powder.
I started off by stamping the 'Heart to Heart Background Stamp' with Versamark ink on white CS, and heat embossing with Altenew Golden Peach Metallic embossing powder. I wish you could see the shine of this in person:
Once it had cooled down I die-cut it with a circle die from Couture Creations. I also used the same die to cut some white foam and glued it to the back.
I grabbed some different shades of peach paint chips and die-cut the 'Heart Board Fri-die' from them all. I added foam tape behind three sizes and put them on the circle panel so they went around the central heat embossed heart. I then glued the smallest die-cut heart over the middle. Love how you can see the metallic embossing around the edges. This was then put on the card front.
The sentiment (from 'Bushy Tailed') was stamped on a strip of white CS with Altenew 'Peach Perfect' ink and put on foam tape, along with some peach and gold sequins from Neat and Tangled.
I'm going to link this card to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'.
If you think you might race off to buy any of the products I used today or any others from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps don't forget to use my special code to save yourself 15% off your purchase!!
I hope you enjoyed my 'peach-overload' design today and you fit in some crafting over the weekend. I'll be back here soon with some more designs, promise they won't be peach!!
Take care
Shona
