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Sunday 19 May 2019

Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed


Sharing an engagement card featuring the Cheers image from Vanilla Arts.


I really wasn’t sure what to put on this card so looked at some challenges for inspiration.  Over at Less is More their current theme is beverages, which naturally made me think of champagne and toasting to the happy couple.  The gold dipped prompt at Inkspirational led me to foiling, mostly because I couldn’t find the champagne die I have and I only had the digi not a real stamp so couldn’t ink up with gold.  I did add in the stars with a stamp and used Jennifer McGuire’s foil stamping technique.  Not sure if it was my dodgy stamping (I knew I should have used my Tim platform!) or what but my foiling ended up rather thicker than I expected.  I would have started again but my laser printer was being temperamental so I thought best to stick to what I had.

I used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for my layout.  The stars form the larger rectangle element and I brought in the three circles with a die cut around my image and sentiment.  I popped the die cut up on foam dots for some added depth, seeing as I cut it straight from the kraft cardstock of my card front.  I also layered up the front on some gold and black cardstock because, well, I love layering over multiple mats.

Although the colour scheme is neutral and there aren’t any embellies I think the foiling adds a touch of elegance and I am really quite pleased with how this came together.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear
Dies, SVGs & Templates etc
Simon Says Stamp! Dies ~ SSSD111455 Stitched Rectangles
Inks & Paints etc
Tsukineko Ink ~ VersaMark
Papers
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ Licorice
Core’dinations Tim Holtz Kraft Core Metallics Cardstock ~ Gold
iCraft Decofoil ~ Gold
Kraft Cardstock from stash
Stamps
Vanilla Arts ~ Cheers
Challenges
https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2019/05/freshly-made-sketches-388.html
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-187-designers-choice-gold.html
http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-395-beverages.html

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…and all things nice


Sharing a card I made for my niece featuring the super sweet Gorjuss girl, Sugar and Spice, stamp from Santoro.


For the layout of my card I’ve followed the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.  I’ve used my sentiment for the thin rectangular element and mounted my stamped image on the focal rectangular element.  As this card is for a birthday and features a birthday sentiment, I’m entering it in the current challenge at Allsorts, who are turning 10.  I haven’t even been blogging or really into card making properly for that long so its quite the achievement and am glad I could play along in this milestone challenge.

Over at Cardz 4 Galz they have a recipe challenge, which helped me with the elements of the card.  I was always going to have an image and sentiment but I went with the pretty designer papers to fit the recipe and added in three gems as embellies for the same reason.  It was a great recipe as the end result is a very pretty card, which I hope my niece will love.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Hero Arts Embossing Powder ~ White Satin Pearl
Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear
Embellishments
Kaisercraft Rhinestones ~ Wine
Make it Crafty Chipboard Layered Words ~ 2" birthday & 2½" wishes
Inks & Paints etc
Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Gathered Twigs, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet & Vintage Photo
Papers
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Velvet & Wisteria
Designer Paper from stash
Stamps
Challenges
https://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2019/05/case-this-sketch-322.html

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Wednesday 15 May 2019

…the larger kind we feel for what we give


Sharing a card I made for a colleague featuring a lovely flower die from Penny Black called Glamorous as the focal point instead of my usual stamped image.


I started my card with the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and decided to use another die to cut the circle element and frame my flower.  For the banner element I cut bits off a couple of Make it Crafty chipboards and simply brushed them with some Nuvo shimmer ink.  My flower is cut from watercolour paper and then distress inked so I could play along at the Alphabet Challenge.

I did my sentiment in two shades of purple ink, topping each with some clear embossing powder for a lovely bit of shine and texture.

I kept the background neutral and cut the circle frame out of my white cardstock, popping it up on some foam dots for a bit of added interest.  My embellies are also very minimal to keep the whole design quite CAS.  As that’s the current theme at My Time To Craft, I’m also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear
Dies, SVGs & Templates etc
Embellishments
Make it Crafty Chipboard Flourishes ~ Twinkling Swoosh
Inks & Paints etc
Catherine Pooler Designs Ink ~ Sweet Sixteen
Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen ~ Midas Touch
Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron & Wilted Violet
Tsukineko VersaFine Clair ~ Fantasia
Papers
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bellbird Paperarts Card ~ 210gsm Cotton Blend
Doodlebug Design Inc Hoppy Easter ~ Sunday Dress
Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Highland Heather
Stamps
Birch Press Design ~ CL8124 Just Because
Challenges
http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/2019/05/week-563-with-bugaboo-stamps.html

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