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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Less is More - Books

We have another challenge starting over at Less is More today. This weeks challenge is Books! Such a fun challenge. I love to read, so this is just perfect. I made a few cards and had my son and husband pick the one that I should use. They both decided on this one.

This is an easy one layer card. I started by stamping and masking my books. Colored them in with Copics. I then added the sentiment and the heart. I die cut part of the card to provide some interest.
For the bottom part. I sponged on a light yellow distressed ink, then used an fun alphabet stencil and used a darker distressed ink.
The bottom strip adds a little color to a CAS card!

Here's a close up of the card.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Hope you can join us for this challenge!

Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900

Lawn Fawn SCIENCE OF LOVE Clear Stamps

Copic Sketch Marker

Mini Distress Ink

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Addicted to CAS - Ombre

We have another challenge starting over at Addicted to CAS. This week the theme is Ombre.

This one was a bit of a challenge for me. When I think of Ombre, I go to ink sponging which is not my best technique. But to get better, you have to practice, so I thought I would sponge a rather large section and see how it goes.

Here's what I came up with...looking forward to seeing your design! The winning entry will receive a gift card to Happy Little Stampers!

I started with Salty Ocean Distressed Ink, and lightly sponged my background (after masking it off). Once I had a thin coat of Salty Ocean, I added Chipped Sapphire to the top of the area to give it that Ombre feel. I then stamped, die cut and colored my main image and popped it up on foam tape.I stamped my sentiment and heat embossed it in white. It still looked a little empty so I added a few stars.

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Friday, November 11, 2016

Tag You're It Challenge #60

It's time for another challenge over at Tag You're It. Our talented guest designer is Diane Jaquay. Check out her beautiful inspiration.

I'm sure this beautiful tag will give you a ton of inspiration. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Here's my take on challenge.

I started by sponging a few colors of distressed ink...similar to the inspiration tag. I then added a bit of dimension to the background with a stencil and white embossing paste.

I then die cut this tree from dark brown paper. I decided to keep in the inner parts of the leaves (though one fell out and I didn't have time to remake this tag). The back of the paper is white, so the effect of the die cut looks pretty cool as you see a bit of the white peek through. I only glued down the truck of the tree so the leaves are a loose and it provides a nice dimension.

Hope you have a chance to play along, we would love to see what you come up with!

Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Bazzill Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	Die-namics Pierced Traditional Tag STAX	Mini Distress Ink
Simon Says Stamp ALL SEASONS TREE Dies S175

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

Less is More - Gold and Purple

We have another challenge starting over at Less is More. Our challenge for this week is a color challenge and our colors are "Purple and Gold". Seems like a strange combo...since it was my high school colors it seems a bit old school, but once I started playing around with these colors I had fun!

Here's what I came up for this week...

This is a simple CAS card. I started my cutting out the little rectangle from the top panel of my card.

I simply heat embossed the sentiment. Then die cut my present from some purple patterned paper, and some gold foil paper.

I added foam tape to the top panel and done! Super simple!

What I like most about this design is that you can easily make this into a Christmas card as well!

Here's a close up of the dimension of the card.

Hope you come and join us, we would love to see what you come up with!

Supplies:

Neenah Solar White Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Taylored Expressions Little Bits PRESENT Die Set TE440	Reverse Confetti LOTS TO SAY Clear Stamp Set	https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=342067
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Hero Arts EMBOSS GOLD EMBOSSING POWDER PW100

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

CAS on Sunday - Flower

We are starting a new challenge over at CAS on Sunday! Our theme for this challenge is Flower! I hope you have time to swing by and join us...this is a fun one!

Here's my take on the theme...

I started my heat embossing the main image and the sentiment. I then used distress ink to watercolor the flower.

In order to give a bit of depth, I added a very light blue around the flower.

I then added a bit of yellow card stock and popped it up on foam tape.

Pretty simple!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface	large stitched rectangle stackables	Bazzill Card Stock	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	Helenium - Large	*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111
Mini Distress Ink

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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Less is More - Celebrate

Time for another challenge over at Less is More. This week is a special challenge, since we are on our 300th Challenge! And, of course, our theme is Celebrations/Festivals. I'm sure you will have a ton of ideas for this challenge!

My go to die for celebrations is one from My Favorite Things. You can't go wrong with champagne! This card is for my sister-in-law's birthday...she loves champagne and pink, so this is a perfect combination!

This is a quick and easy shaker card, with an inlaid sentiment! I used silver fold paper for the sentiment.

I added a few stars to the top layer of the card to add a bit of interest!

Super quick and easy and perfect for any celebration!