Hi everybody and welcome to our fourth instalment of 'Honey I Shrunk the Kit'!!
My friends Sarah, Hazel and I take turns every two months to put together a little package of craft items that must fit in a normal sized envelope. When we receive them, we need to make some CAS cards using as many of the pieces as possible. It was all Hazel's idea and its so exciting seeing what will arrive to play with!!
This month it was Hazel's turn. She chose a 'Christmas' theme and sent us these goodies:
So many beautiful papers, embellishments and die cuts! I could have made a million cards but managed to keep it to four:
Card #1: For this card I used a tag die from Pretty Pink Posh with the vellum from the kit and a tag die from CAS-ual Fridays with the blue paper. I layered them with the kraft tag from the kit and tied them together with some silver twine and some double sided tape to the card front. I adhered the cardinal to the tag and cut out the sentiment and popped up on foam tape.
Card #2: I used the Flower Circle die from Waffle Flower with the blue paper and adhered it to the card front. I then stuck some washi tape to the back of the dove to keep all the die-cut pieces in place before popping it up on foam tape. I cut out the sentiment, popped it up on foam tape and added some clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
Card #3: Amazing how far that piece of blue paper went...... I die-cut two snowflakes from it and also some white CS (dies from CAS-ual Fridays 'Flurry Fri-dies') and glued them to the card front. I then adhered the die-cut 'merry christmas' to the card and covered the words with lots and lots of Wink of Stella. I then added some clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and aqua sequins from Avery Elle for some sparkle.
Card #4: I think this one is my favourite! Hazel included this stamped image on a piece of water colour paper. I gathered four Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon and water coloured them over the words. Once dry I used a frame die from Pretty Pink Posh and glued on the sparkly snowflake bling from the kit. I cut a piece of aqua CS and adhered it to the card front and popped the water colour panel up on foam tape.
Thank you so much Hazel for creating yet another amazing kit!! I hope you will visit her blog Hazels Paper Designs to see what she made with the kit contents. And also I can't wait to see what Sarah made on her blog Funky Fossil Designs. What wonderful friends they are!!!!!
Our Xmas tree fell over while I was writing this post, so I'm off to clean up the carnage which includes some of my favourite glass ornaments that didn't survive. Why do I keep buying cheap fake tree's with wonky legs!!! Luckily Phoebe gave it a soft landing so it could have been much worse......although she probably wouldn't agree with me....LOL....
Take care
Shona
Well, its three weeks till Xmas and I feel like I'm less prepared than I was last week....how did that happen??? Life goes on though so I'm sure it will all fall into place in the end.
This is the last challenge of 2015 for the CAS-ual Fridays 'The Clean and Simple' Challenge. Its also only running for two weeks and finishes on Friday 18th December, as we will all be rather flat out that week before Xmas Day.
Our theme this month is 'Snowflakes', which is something I would love for Xmas just once but it will be bbq's and swimming for us in New Zealand. Which does get rather tricky because if you eat too much for lunch, you feel like your going to sink when you go swimming. Thank goodness for water buoyancy!!
I couldn't stay away from my favourite Xmas card colours for this challenge and even made a different shaped card:
Okay, its not that much different in shape but its a bit taller and skinnier than usual (unlike myself.....), so I could fit in my design.
I started off by cutting the middle panel from white CS and die-cutting the three snowflakes. I worked out where the snowflakes would sit over the card front, making tiny pencil marks and added some washi tape down each side. Using my mini-blending tool and Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Salty Ocean I added the colour to the card front. I added lots of foam tape to the panel and popped it over the colour spots.
After die-cutting the 'Merry Christmas' from silver CS, I glued it to the panel and added a few clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for a bit more bling.
The snowflakes are from CAS-ual Fridays 'Flurry Fri-dies', as well as the sentiment die, which is part of the 'Noel Fri-dies'.
I have five challenges I would like to enter:
Color Me Challenge # 100
Sparkle and Shine Challenge # 19
Fusion Challenge
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge (Let it Snow)
AAA Card Challenge # 53
As I mentioned, you have until December 18th to link your projects to the CAS-ual Fridays 'The Clean and Simple' Challenge and if you need any help with inspiration, the rest of the Design Team have some beautiful cards on the blog. I really hope you get the time to join us and I can't wait to see all the gorgeous snowflakes in the Gallery!!!
Take care
Shona
Such an exciting day!!! Have been looking forward to this for weeks and now I can tell you that I'm the 'Cocoa Ambassador' and Guest Designer for December at Coffee Loving Cardmakers!! My fellow 'Ambassador' is the fabulous Kelly Jean Gettelfinger of Always Stampin. We are so happy to be representing the 'Cocoa' and 'Hot Chocolate' lovers for this month.
As some of you may know I don't drink coffee or tea (don't hate me!!!) but I love Hot Chocolate, especially with lots of marshmallows. Makes me feel a bit more like an adult too when I'm out with others and they are drinking their Lattes and Cappuccinos, as I would usually have a Coke. And in Winter there is nothing better than getting my cold hands around a big warm bowl of sweet chocolaty goodness!!
Its nearly time for the next blog hop:
Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!
Where: Coffee Lovers Card Makers Blog
When: December 11 – December 18
Time: 6:00 am pacific
THEME: winter/holiday
USE: coffee, tea &/or cocoa images
Its such good timing because it turns out that there are two special 'days' in December:
National Cocoa Day - December 13th
International Tea Day - December 15th
There will be special FLASH Prizes awarded on December 13th and
December 15th. The winners will be drawn from the pool of projects that
focus on Cocoa and Tea!
December 13th: Link up before 7 pm pacific
December 15th: Link up before 7 pm pacific
Winners will be posted on the blog Sunday, December 20th.
I really hope you all have the time to join in and its a chance to work on a few more Christmas cards for your stash (you can never have to many, right?!) And there have been so many 'cocoa' related new releases recently from different stamp companies, I can't wait to see them in the Gallery!!
Thanks so much for having me Amy, its a real honour and will see you all on December 11th for the start of the hop!!
Take care
Shona
