Card 7 of 7:
A CASE of Maile’s card…I just changed up the colors.
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Card 6 of 7:
OK, so I got a little artsy with this one…I love it!!
I really wanted to do a poinsettia card and, no idea why, but doing a color wash behind the flower came to my mind. Instead of a color wash though, I decided to break out my distress inks (still getting used to having/using them).
After inking the background I flicked water to add that final artsy touch.
The sentiment is gold embossed and the flower is popped up.
This shade of distress ink (pine needles) went really well with the old Forest Foliage cardstock from SU – thankfully I had a handful of sheets. Not sure what I’m going to do when I run out…that was a fabulous color!
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Card 5 of 7:
This card is a CASE of the layout from Jax’s autumn card.
A one layer card – woo hoo!
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Card 4 of 7:
Very simple and quick card. I started with the sentiment – love that it called for front & center treatment. Framed it with a bow and poinsettia.
Oh and I think this is the first time I used the Delicata ink – but it definitely won’t be the last…such a luxurious ink!
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Card 3 of 7:
Another stamp set I fell in love with: Ornamental Pine! Most of my pine bough images are small, so I easily justified the purchase of this set.
My design called for pine cones that would be the focal point. The pine cones in the stamp set were too small, so I pulled out Peaceful Wishes.
The kraft/crumb cake looking strip at the top is really the old gold paper SU carried (maybe still does??…too lazy to get my catalog from across the room).
This is the only card with ribbon, but, since the knot is small and fits between the popped up pinecones, I think it will mail fine.
Oh and the plaid is handmade (I was inspired by a Papertrey Ink Make it Monday video).
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Card 2 of 7:
I really love this image from the SU Holiday catalog….probably because I actually like the song 🙂
For the coloring of this image, I copied Tanja Kolar’s beautiful card. If I had that embossing frame I would have just completely CASEd the card.
I used what I had, and I really liked the idea of framing the image, so I made a frame using my favorite Stitched Rectangle dies. The tree is cut out and popped up – the white panel behind the tree is woodgrain embossed.
I loved this card so much I made an extra for my own stash!
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Each year I make a bunch of cards for a friend of my mom’s (she’s in a care facility). I really don’t like mass producing, so I make 4 each of 7 designs. And since these cards are for folks who aren’t involved with handmade cards, I try to keep them very simple and not to artsy. In addition, the mailing of the cards has to be kept simple – so nothing bulky.
Over the next week I’ll share the designs for this year’s cards. After that I’ll probably disappear for a while again (not another break from work until Christmas).
Here is card 1 of 7:
This first card was CASE’d from Dawn Olchefske. I fell in love with her card when I saw it last year. I didn’t have the same stamps, but I recreated with what I had. I wish my santa image was denser to help with the balance, but I’m ok with how this turned out.
The belt buckle was created with a square of silver foil paper and just a couple slits with an exacto knife. The ribbon is satin.
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It has been so long since I stamped! I got lots of time this week – and I’ll share the results of my efforts over the next week.
This card was created for my mom’s December stamp camp.
My requirements were to use Wondrous Wreath. Mom had already used this set a month or so ago, so I wanted to make a card that didn’t look like that one.
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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #54 – colors.
And here is my take:
Once I got the stop light card out of my system (posted yesterday), I needed to move on to a card that had stamping!
I really like how the red and green drinks are up near “Christmas” in the greeting, and the yellow drink (think champagne) is near “New Year”.
Speaking of the sentiment. It is normally grunge-y (meaning it isn’t a “solid” image), but that meant it wasn’t bold enough for me. I fixed that by using a marker and filling in where the stamp had open spots. I couldn’t do “happy” justice enough as it was too fine a line (and my marker is not), but this is better than without!
I’ve loved the projects I’ve seen using the stripe embossing folder, but could never figure out when to use it. I’m so glad I tried it for this card – it really was the perfect accent!
It is hard to see, but I did add glitter to the bits between stripes on the embossed background:
Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Thanks for stopping by!
A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Confession – I am 41 and I don’t think I’ve ever cooked Thanksgiving all by myself…until now. Fingers crossed for me 🙂
It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #53 – sketch.
And here is my take:
I decided to use stamping on this card to keep the layers down.
The pine bough at the top didn’t stamp fully. Instead of starting over, I filled-in, free-hand, with a marker of very similar color. Even in person, you’d have to know to look for it to find it. I’m not complimenting my skill, rather, encouraging you to try it next time a stamp doesn’t fully impress (if it doesn’t work, you haven’t lost anything).
Since I stretched the sketch to be an A2 instead of square, I chose to “add” the space at the bottom and not center the Joy panel. Also, my wheel stamps are the same size width, but I think visually the difference in color and density helps add weight.
Very simple card – and I’m quite happy with it!
Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Thanks for stopping by!
A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).