CAS Christmas Challenge Rainbow

CAS Christmas Card Challenge for April is hosted by the very CAS talented Trina!  She is asking us to use Rainbow colors on our CAS Christmas Cards.  There are awesome cards by the Design Team and Guest Designer, Izzy.  Be sure and check out this fun challenge and add to your Christmas Card Stash!

Here is my CAS Rainbow Card.  Enjoy!

I am always so inspired by Trina's Phamtastic Design very Clean and Simple Christmas Card Designs.

Much to my surprise...I was thrilled and pleased to create a very CAS Christmas Card😊

Thank you Trina for always inspiring me and hosting the creative CAS April challenge.

I found a beautiful metallic shiny Magical's  background in my stash.  I used several Magicals powders that I reconstituted with water,  but I did not write down the colors.  I Die cut it using SSS Winter Trees Die.  I used scotch tape to keep the pieces attached then die cut a piece of MM paper and attached to the Magical's trees for added dimension.  Next set aside the rainbow colored trees.

Then die cut the CUTplorations Stitched Snow Hills out of SU Basic White Thick 100# cardstock.

Attached snow hills to SU 100# card base.  Stamped STAMPlorations Christmas Joy sentiments and then attached the die cut trees and Done! QCAS design😊

You still have until the 24th to play along with the CAS Christmas Card Challenge.

Love and Hugs

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations Christmas Joy sentiments.

Paper: SU Basic White Thick 100# cardstock.  

Inks: Archival Jet Black

Accessories: SSS Winter Trees Die.  CUTplorations Stitched Snow Hills Die.

CAS Mix Up April Paper Piecing Beautiful Blooms Reminder

Time to share our April CAS Mix Up Reminder cards.

You still have until the 24th to play in our CAS Mix Up Paper Piecing Beautiful Blooms Challenge hosted by the very creative Linda (Life in the Craft Lane).

I have really enjoyed this challenge.  It is a great way to use some of our treasured favorite Designer Papers😊

Used Stamping and Stamping on DP, Fussy Cutting and Doodling.

I used Basic Grey "Stella Ruby" Designer Paper,  but a different 12"x 12" sheet than what I used on my launch card.  I love the rich earthy color tones and distressed designs on these beautiful Designer Papers,  which I have had for years.

I chose my paper then stamped the Magenta Large Daisy (C. 48018.N) and Leaves (C. 0705) with Archival Jet Black Ink onto the Designer Paper in several areas of the paper,  so I would have several choices.  Then fussy cut with SU Papersnips several daisies and leaves.  Now I have extras for a future project.

Then I stamped the images on SU Very Vanilla Thick card base.  I could not get my camera to recognize the softer Very Vanilla base,  but it gave a more blended tone with the DP.

Attached leaves and then flower with Connect Glue and weighted down with a large acrylic block.  Then added the doodled border using Pegma Sensei 0.4mm pen.

Next stamped STAMPlorations "Life is Sweeter" designed by Dee sentiment and Done!  Loved the results💕

We would love to have you join us with your paper piecing cards.

Thank you Linda for a fun and easy challenge.  Love and Hugs.

STAMPlorations April 2021 Stencil Extra Challenge

Time for our STAMPlorations April Stencil Extra Challenge.

ARTplorations Slimline Riotous Blooms Stencil.

Bee's Knees Layered Butterflies.

 I am loving this wonderful Slimline Riotous Blooms Stencil.
I secured the stencil on my glass mat using 3M masking tape. Then used Distress Oxide Inks and applied diagonally using i-Crafter's
i- Brushes to blend the colors.  

Removed stencil and used MISTI to stamp the butterflies with Archival Jet Black ink.  Stamped the sentiments from the same set and added a bit of embellishment with SU White Perfect Accents to the center of some of the flowers.

Attached layer to SU Cucumber Crush 4" x 9" card base and Done!
I was very happy with the Springtime Slimline design.

We would love to have you join us at STAMPlorations.  

Layered Butterflies

You still have until the end of the month to play in our Stencil Challenge.

Be sure and follow the rules so you will be eligible for the prizes.

The Rules:

• Players can link up a maximum of 3 projects -- any type of project is welcome as long as a stencil is used -- but each project must be in its own blog post.
• Use of stencil (any brand) is a requirement.
• Non-STAMPlorations products are OK 
• No sneak peek project entries; full project photo must be displayed on blog post in order to qualify for the prizes.
• To qualify for the prize, players must display challenge graphic and have a text link to the challenge post (blogs only)

Prizes: $20 prize code to winner / $7 prize code to 3 randomly picked entries

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STAMPlorations April Sales

Twofer April Leaves

Darnell's (aka Dolly) April Twofer Challenge is "Leaves".  #37.

No way I could miss out on this fun challenge😊

                 Sharing both cards using one of the Altenew "Leaf Clusters" stamps.

Can you find the same leaf stamp?

  

Many Thanks Card

I cut Fluid 100 Hot Press 140# 100% Cotton watercolor paper 4" x 4" and placed in MISTI.  Then inked the leaf stamp from Altenew "Leaf Clusters" set with Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio and sprayed with water lightly and stamped in the upper left corner.  Let dry and then inked the same leaves with DOX Peacock Feathers and sprayed lightly,  which gave me a pretty 2 toned leaves image.

Used another leaf from the set and stamped in MISTI using the same technique.

Next decided to die cut the center with SSS "Postage Stamp Edge Frames".

Then popped up with craft foam to add more interest and dimension.

Stamped Penny Black "Happy Snippets" sentiment with Archival Jet Black ink and attached to SU Whisper White 100# CS and Done!

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Miss You Card

I used the same Fluid WC paper and same MISTI watercolor technique on an A2 size card front for my 2nd card.  I changed the Distress Oxide ink,  using Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness.  I stamped the Altenew "Leaf Cluster" leaves with the lighter colored Peeled Paint and lightly spritzed with water and let dry. Then stamped again with the darker Rustic Wilderness using the same technique and let dry.

Next stamped the Penny Black "Country Charisma" leaves on the lower left side of card front with Rustic Wilderness.  Then stamped the 2 sentiments from the "Leaf Clusters" set.  Then decided to die cut the card front with Penny Black "Antique Frame".  Attached to SU Whisper White 100# card base and Done!  I was very pleased with both of my easy CAS cards.  

Enjoy and Thank you Dolly for another fun Twofer Challenge.

Love and Hugs...

Supplies:

1st Card

Stamps: Altenew Leaf Clusters.  Penny Black Happy Snippets.

Paper: Fluid 100 Hot Press 140# 100% Cotton.  SU Whisper White 100#.

Inks: Distress Oxide: Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers.  Archival Jet Black.

Accessories: MISTI. T.H. Distress Sprayer. SSS Postage Stamp Dies. Craft foam.

2nd Card

Stamps: Altenew Leaf Clusters.  Penny Black Country Charisma.

Paper: same as 1st card.

Inks: Distress Oxide Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness.  Archival Jet Black.

Accessories: MISTI.  Distress Sprayer. Penny Black Antique Frame Die.

Sharing with NBUS Challenge #25 since I used my NBUS Leaf Clusters stamps.

CAS Mix Up Paper Piecing

Time for our April CAS Mix Up Challenge: Paper Piecing hosted by the very talented Linda (Life in the Craft Lane).  Be sure and check out the awesome cards by our Design Team and our talented Guest Designer Bonnie (Paper Crafter at large) too.

This challenge will give you the wonderful opportunity to use some of your treasured Designer Papers too😊  

My card using Paper Piecing, Fussy Cutting, Heat Embossing, die cutting and Stamping.

I looked thru my treasured favorite Designer Papers after choosing this Impression Obsession F16363 Hydrangea flower stamp.  I found a 12" x 12" single sheet of Bohemia Designer Paper that I bought when our local stamp store went out of business several years ago.

  

I was pleased with the green and blue diagonal striped distress colors that worked out beautifully for the hydrangea.  

I stamped the Impression Obsession flower image with Versafine black ink onto SU Whisper White 100# CS and heat embossed with SU Clear EB Powder.

Then stamped the Designer paper with the same image, ink and EB Powder and heat embossed.  Next I used SU  Papersnips to fussy cut the flower and stem.  Set aside and die cut the image layer with Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Die.  

Next placed the image layer in MISTI and stamped the STAMPlorations "Life is Sweeter" sentiment designed by Dee using Archival Jet Black ink.  Attached fussy cut flower with Gina K Connect Glue.  Placed a large acrylic block over flower to secure it.

I then used a slightly larger MB Stitched Rectangle die on a leftover piece of the same Designer Paper to frame the main image.  Attached to main image and then to SU Whisper White 100# Card Base.

One last step...blue gems from my stash from Joanne's years ago.

I placed them in the center of each flower.  So simple and so pretty😊

Thank you Linda for such a fun easy challenge that I look forward to using again.  I have always liked fussy cutting and heat embossing.

We would love to have you join us.  You have until the 24th to play along.

Stay safe and Creative.  Love and Hugs..

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsessions F16363 Hydrangea.  STAMPlorations by Dee "Life is Sweeter".

Paper: SU Whisper White 100#.  Bohemia BH1007 Diagonal Stripe/Green.

Inks: Versafine black.  Archival Jet Black.

Accessories: SU Papersnips. Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Dies. MISTI. Heat Tool.  SU Clear EB Powder. Blue Gems.

STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge

Time for our STAMPlorations Stencil Anything Goes Challenge!

Be sure and check out the talented Design Teams stencil projects too.

We would love to have you join our challenge and commenting is always appreciated.

ARTplorations Slimline Flair Stencil.

STAMPlorations Happy Birthday.

CUTplorations Birthday Word Die.

A fun birthday card using the ARTplorations Slimline Flair Stencil. .

I laid the stencil over Strathmore Mixed Media 4" x 9" card base and secured with 3M masking tape making sure I only covered the frame around the stencil so the result would be a white frame on the finished card.

Next used i-Crafter i-Brushes to apply the Distress Oxide Inks: Cracked Pistachio,  Twisted Citron and Broken China.  Then removed the stencil.

Next Die-cut the CUTplorations Birthday Word Die  , Birthday word die out of same paper.

Sponged the same Distress Oxide inks onto the Birthday word then die-cut another word and attached to the colored word for added dimension using Gina K Connect Glue.  Attached Birthday to card.

Then stamped "Happy" using Happy Birthday stamp to a scrap and heat embossed with Broken China Ranger  Distress Embossing Glaze, which added a nice shine. Added sentiment to another layer of paper that I had sponged with Twisted Citron and popped up with craft foam and attached above the Birthday and Done!

Loved how well the colors blended thru the stencil using the i-brushes.

Enjoy and you have until the end of the month to add your stencil project and comment for prizes:-)

Love and Hugs..

STAMPlorations Products

ARTplorations Slimline Flair Stencil.

STAMPlorations Happy Birthday.

CUTplorations Birthday Word Die.

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The Rules:

• Players can link up a maximum of 3 projects -- any type of project is welcome as long as a stencil is used -- but each project must be in its own blog post.
• Use of stencil (any brand) is a requirement.
• Non-STAMPlorations products are OK 
• No sneak peek project entries; full project photo must be displayed on blog post in order to qualify for the prizes.
• To qualify for the prize, players must display challenge graphic and have a text link to the challenge post (blogs only)

Prizes: $20 prize code to winner / $7 prize code to 3 randomly picked entries

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