Father's Day

Dies: Stars (MFT); Pennants (Spellbinders)

Font: Ecuyer Dax, Stars from their Eyes

Eek.  Father's Day on Sunday & nothing suitable in my stash.  Quick - to the laptop.  The ombre HAPPY was a direct CASE from this week's Make it Monday at PTI.  (My son was looking over my shoulder at the time: "I know where you got THAT from Mum").  Printed out twice.  Die cut the spare & coloured with promarker.  No coincidence that this week's CASology is YELLOW.  Stick it all together, take a terrible photo, & there you have it.  Easy to replicate for the fil, too.

 

Linking to:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC104~ Banners & Flags
CASology: Week 48 ~ Yellow

Snail mail

Stamps: snail (Elzybells)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Font: Special Elite

Less is More want speed this week.  Slow is a speed.  My children's favourite.  This also fits in with Susan's One Layer Wednesday call for bugs.

I found the letter image with Google & printed that out with the sentiment.  After stamping the snails, careful gentle colouring with promarkers to ensure no bleed through to the inside.  I added the'harness' with a fineline marker.

2 posts in one day.  Hurray!

 

Linking to:

Less is More: Week 123 ~ Need for Speed

One Layer Wednesday: OLW143 ~ Bugaloos
Simon Says Stamp & Show: Letter S

Birthday Banner

Stamps: It's Your Day (HA); Tin Types (PTI)

Ink: Tangelo (Memento); Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Banners (Spellbinders); Parker Alphabet (Memory Box)

Promarkers: Cool Aqua, Buttercup, Honeycomb, Bluebell

Isn't it amazing how positioning the centres of letters to one side or the other turns a sober & serious font into a quirky one?  Discovered through ineptitude, as per usual.

 

Linking to:

CAS-ual Fridays: CFC104~ Banners & Flags

CAS(E) This Sketch #28

Stamps: Tiny Treasures (Pink Petticoat); Elzybells

Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)

Other: Silhouette SD; glitter; white e.p.; promarkers

When I saw this week's CAS(E) This Sketch, all I could think of was snowballs.  Hence the penguin card was born.

 

 I copied the sketch into Silhouette Studio & traced the circles (although I can now see I appear to have missed one...), then added & traced the penguin digital stamp.

 

I cut the front piece out, then printed the design again on white paper so I could colour & add glitter. The top is popped up on foam squares.

 

Linking to:
CAS(E) This Sketch: CTS#28

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

7th birthday card - stripes & bling

Stamps: It's Your Day (HA); Fancy Phrases (WM); Basic Borders (Mama Elephant)
Ink: Rosebud, Lilac Posies, Tangelo (Memento); Versamark (Tsukineko)
Other:By The Numbers die (MFT); silver card; white e.p.; Diamond Stickles
 

Inspired by the sketch on this week's Fusion challenge:

I stamped the long stripe first, then applied the mask before stamping the other stripes, spacing them using the grid on my stamp press.

The number was die cut, then carefully fussy cut for just an outline.  Stickles were applied once it was stuck in place on the card.

Have realised is also fits a tic-tac-toe line for this week's CAS-ual Fridays ~ dies, bling, birthday.

Off to enjoy the sun now - gotta catch it while you can...

 

Linking to:

Fusion Card Challenge: Hypothesis #5
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC100 ~ Tic-Tac-Toe