Shades of grey

Stamps: none

Ink: none

Other: Silhouette SD

The inspiration for this came from a Hollister T-shirt I saw someone wearing last night, & since then I've been itching to get into the craft room.

I can't believe I've never created an ombre background on the PC before.  Doh!So simple in Silhouette Studio to fill a rectangle with graduated colour.  For the rest, I found a seabird image online & 'traced' around it, then added lines to follow on with the bird's natural curves. 

I like to think it looks as if the gull is just dipping over the waves.

 

Linking to:

Less is More: Week 127~ Shades of Grey

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS 17 ~ Water

 

Embellished birthday card

Stamps: Gingham & Co., Fancy Phrases (WM)

Ink: Wet Cement (HA); Espresso Truffle (Memento)

Other: Parker Alphabet dies (Memory Box); button die (MFT); button twine (WM)

I think it's quite easy to see where the inspiration for my Fusion Challenge entry came from:

I found this tutorial for string flowers a while ago, & have been waiting for the right opportunity to come along...  Add a faux button & there you have it.  Simples.

 

Linking to:

Fusion Card Challenge: Hypothesis #7

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS #13 ~ Birthday

Pencil thanks

Stamps: Star Prints, Just a Note (PTI)

Ink: too many to mention! (Memento)

Other: 3/8" corner chomper

I was inspired by the pencils on Laurie's MUSE card this week, which also gave a very timely reminder for teachers' thank yous.  We don't need them quite as soon here in the UK - not until the middle of July - but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

I used the same idea as for this card, with closer spacings.  The in between colours were created by inking up the stamp with 2 colours before applying to the paper.

Have realised now that as these pencils are hexagonal in x-section, I can also enter it into CASology.

 

Linking to:

Muse: Challenge #16

Casology: Week 43 ~ Hexagon

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS #12 ~ Rainbow

CFC94; CTS#19; ABNH#22; A2CAS#8

Stamps: Bitty Bird (PTI); It's Your Day (HA)

Ink: Stazon, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Parker Alphabet (Memory Box)

Other: paper tape (PaperChase); white e.p. (WOW!); yellow corner chomper

Following this post from Liz at Pink Petticoat, I visited our local PaperChase at the weekend.  I can't believe I have never thought of buying paper there!  Doh!  Came away with some lovely thick tracing paper for printing out digital papers & a packet of 6 rolls of washi tape.

And so the above card was born.  The aqua chipboard is packaging from a cuttlebug embossing folder.  In case you were wondering, I used the 'g' from the Parker Alphabet as the 'a', but cut through from the other side.

 

Linking to:

Cas-ual Fridays: CFC94 ~ Chipboard

CAS(E) This Sketch: Challenge #19

A Blog Named Hero: Challenge#22 ~ Freestyle

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS#8 ~ Wings

GRRR8 birthday

Stamps: Circus Animals (My Cute Stamps)

Ink: Espresso Truffle (Memento)

Fonts: QumpellkaNo12, Zag Regular, Narkism

Other: circle punches; orange promarker

Anyone else remember the old Frosties ad?  Another circle inspired card for CASology.  I have these stamps scanned in on my computer, so I arranged the font around the tiger before deleting him & printing out.  There are also a series of parallel scored lines running behind the tiger & the grey matting, but my photography skills were insufficient to capture them!

 

Linking to:

CASology: Week 33 ~ Circle
Addicted to CAS: Challenge#7 ~ Masculine

 

Epic Eleven

Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II (PTI)

Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Parker Alphabet (Memory Box); Snowflakes (Cuttlebug)

Other: unknown ribbon; clear e.p.; silver card

The more I look at this card, the less CAS it becomes.  The thing is, it looked a little too stark in its original incarnation, so I added the embossed dots.  Then there was too much space over the 11, so I put in some bling.  Having tried to balance it, I think it is now certainly teetering on the brink, if not tumbling over the edge of the cliff...

 

The 11 was cut out using my Silhouette, & the bling was cut from silver card then coloured with Sharpies.

 

Linking to:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC91 ~ Hi Ho Silver
CASology: Week 32 ~ FlameAddicted to CAS: Challenge#7 ~ Masculine
CAS(E) This Sketch: Sketch #16

 

 

 

 

You colour my world

Stamp: Woodgrain (MSS)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Versamark (Tsukineko)

Other: Sharpie markers; heart punch; clear e.p.; yellow corner chomper

I stamped the woodgrain in Versamark & black, then embossed it.  After embossing, I punched out the hearts then coloured in with Sharpies.  Fitting the hearts back in needed a bit more patience than I anticipated, but we got there in the end.

 

Linking to:
Less is More: Week 104 ~ Sketch #8
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC87 ~ Make your mark
Addicted to CAS: ATCAS#5 ~ Heart

Curvy Christmas

Font: One Starry Night

Dies: Pennants (Spellbinders); Stars (MFT)

Other: 0.25" hole punch; gold tinsel embossing powder; red glitter paper

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...  Have just been to see my youngest in the carol service at the cathedral, & wrapped a few gifts, BUT I refuse to put up any decorations for at least another fortnight.  Am I a Scrooge?  I don't think so.  I want to look forward to Christmas & enjoy it, not be sick of it before it even arrives!  OK, rant over.

This card was inspired largely by the fabby font that someone pinned on Pinterest.  I really like the shape of the letters, so decided to make more of a feature of it by curving it up the side of the card (using Silhouette Studio), then cut the edge to match.  A strip of spotty paper inside the card helps highlight the edge.  The tree is simple strips of green stuck on a die cut triangle.  I am perfectly capable of cutting a triangle, but now I own dies for things, I feel duty bound to use them,  even when it takes twice as long to haul out / clear up all the kit...  A smidge of glue pen & embossing powder along the edge gives a bit of extra glam.  This one definitely lends itself to batch production; maybe next year...

 

PS Thanks Darnell for the heads up about the FaceBook showCASe on ATCAS - I didn't even know it was there!

 

Linking to:

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS#2 ~ Bauble
Less Is More: Week 96 ~ Red & Green
CASology: Week#22 ~ Sparkle

Jingle all the way...

Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned: it has been eleven days since my last post.  Guess you didn't even notice I was gone.

 

Well I have been a wee bit busy (still decorating...) preparing for & teaching a Christmas card class in the village hall.  It was worth the hard work though, we had a very creative morning.  And it inspired me in all sorts of ways  too.

Dies: Parker Alphabet (Memory Box); Snowflake (Marianne Dies)

Paper: Tesco kids glitter paper

Font: Stars from their eyes

Bell: Paperchase

Now I've finally got some time to sit down & work through some of my ideas.  Hurray.  I embossed the snowflakes using my Cuttlebug & an embossing mat, & dotted some stickles around, but I can't see them in the photo. The sentiment was done on the computer, & the jingle stuck on afterwards.

 

Linking to:

Less is More: Week 95 ~ Glamour & Glitz

Addicted to CAS: ATCAS#1 ~ SNOW