…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

Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts ~ LF1504 Outside In Stitched Scalloped Circle Stackables

Penny Black Dies ~ 51-117 Glamorous

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

Alphabet Challenge ~ D is for Distressed: Inks/Papers

My Time To Craft #396 ~ CAS

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… and a cloud in my heart

Sharing a CAS card featuring the Glamorous die from Penny Black and sentiments from Altenew and Lawn Fawn.

I’ve made this card for a colleague who is leaving work who was always helpful and will be missed by pretty much everyone.  For that reason, I combined both a farewell and thank you sentiment, teaming the lovely scripty ‘thank you’ from Altenew’s Oriental Orchid set with the smaller and plainer ‘miss you already’ from Lawn Fawn’s Plane and Simple set.  I embossed both in gold for a touch of added class to my card.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I made the top set of elements smaller to add some interest to my card and swapped out the main circular elements for the flower die cuts.  Instead of one smaller circular element on either side I used varying sizes of rhinestones for a touch of bling.  I die cut my flowers from watercolour paper and inked with Distress Inks, love the soft watercolour effect this produced.

Over at Crafty Friends they want you to add a sentiment to your project and mine is front and centre of my card.  I really wanted the sentiment to be the main focus, hence shrinking down the other elements to accent rather than dominate my card.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale Regular

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Penny Black Dies ~ 51-117 Glamorous

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rhinestones ~ Soft Pink

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing, Spun Sugar, Twisted Citron & Worn Lipstick

Papers

Bazzill Criss Cross Cardstock ~ Lily White

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Cotton Candy

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ White

Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Watercolor

Stamps

Altenew ~ Oriental Orchid

Lawn Fawn ~ LF1409 Plane and Simple

Challenges

Crafty Friends #71 ~ Add a sentiment

Freshly Made Sketches #313 ~ A Sketch by Karren

TGIF #134 ~ Theme Week: Gratitude

 

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