CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: Dimensional Die Cuts

I LOVE the February CAS Mix Up Card Challenge:

Dimensional Die Cuts hosted by the very talented Hideko, (Papercraft Boutique)

Be sure and check out the Gorgeous cards by the inspiring DT and 

Talented GD Arlene (Sunday Stamper Papercrafts).

My card using Stamping, Die Cuts, Faux Enamel and Heat Embossing.

I had already had ideas for my Valentine for my DH Denny.  

I knew I wanted to use this Faux Enamel die cut heart from my stash!

Hideko's Challenge really inspired me to finish my card today:-)

Here are all the Deets and photos of my 1st Faux Enamel bird card.

I made this heart sample the same day I made the birds.

For today's card I die cut an A2 Whisper White Thick card front using

Memory Box Large Circle Burst Die. 

Then searched my boxes for a background for colors that went well with the heart.  

I found the perfect cling wrap background using Distress Inks.

Attached background behind the die cut Circle Burst.

Then stamped and heat embossed PB Happy Snippet Sentiment 

with SU Gold EB Powder. Popped up sentiment with dimensionals.

Next attached faux enamel heart with dimensionals and Done!

I LOVE the results and hope you do too!

The CAS Mix Up Card Challenge ends on the 24th.

So plenty of time to play along:-) Hugs..

Adding to Memory Box Challenge #46...Pink and Red.

Supplies:

Stamps:Penny Black..Happy Snippets.

Paper: SU Whisper White Thick

Inks: Versamark. Distress Inks reds and pinks and metallic inks for cling wrap background.

Accessories: Memory Box Large Circle Burst Die, SU white and Melon Mambo EB Powders for heart. Ranger Gold EB Powder, SU Dimesionals

CAS Mix Up May Challenge

Close-Up: Showing the raised and shiny Heat Embossed framing, flowers, butterfly and sentiment.

  CAS Mix Up May 2016 Heat Embossing Challenge

Used Stamping, Heat Embossing/Emboss Resist, Sponging and Fussy Cutting

I am Thrilled and Honored to have been invited by Loll and Bonnie to join their CAS Mix UP Challenge Design Team along with Susan.  We all have been SCS friends for several years.  Our styles are mostly Clean and Simple, but we also Love to play with Mixed Media Techniques.   Thank you Bonnie and Loll for creating a new unique challenge that fits our style and many other CAS stampers as well.

Heat Embossing was one of the very first techniques I learned over 16 years ago as a new stamper.  It was magical then and still is now!  I needed a CAS "guy" card so I challenged myself  to make my card CAS without using white for the "White space".   I Heat Embossed my flowers and sponged my Crumb Cake CS with Crumb Cake ink for a faux suede look.

I sponged the edges with Night of Navy, covered with Versamark then clear EB powder and Heated.  It made the framing stand out much more.

I popped up the Heat Embossed sentiment and stamped and Heat Embossed the tiny butterfly with EB powder and colored in with my Night of Navy marker.  Still one more step...I fussy cut my butterfly, covered with versamark and clear EB powder and heat embossed.  I love doing that after I have colored small images to make the colors pop.

A Lot of Heat Embossing and Emboss Resist Going On! Hope you can join the Fun!

   

Card Recipe: 

Stamps: Tim Holtz "Stampers Anonymous,  SU Sale-A-Bration Hello (sentiment) and Flowering Fields (butterfly)

Paper: SU Crumb Cake

Ink: Versamark, SU Night of Navy and Crumb Cake

Accessories & Tools: Su Early Espresso and Clear EB Powder, SU Heat Tool, sponge daubers, MISTI, papersnips, dimensionals, glue dot, embossing buddy

Techniques: Masculine CAS, Heat Embossing, Emboss Resist, fussy cutting, sponging

Thank you for Looking and Commenting my friends!