Friends

A card caught my eye this morning, doing exactly the job it was intended to do! It was a DT card for the challenge at The Card Concept

Here is the challenge     

 and this was the card which inspired me! 

I didn't have any heart dies with 'stitching' so I used a stitched strip die to emboss the marks on both the card and the hearts.

I believe that the friend die can be obtained from Aliexpress.

Well speaking of friends... there's a friend of many out there called Di, of the famous Pixie's Playground where snippets are the focus of everything!

She has been running her challenge now for many a year and encourages us all to use up all those bits and bobs which would otherwise be tossed! I always have heaps as I never like to throw anything away.. hence the clutter in my craft room. All the little die cuts are from my snippets drawer!

I was lucky enough to meet Di IRL some time ago when Darnell was over this side of the pond for her famous English Tour! It was such fun actually meeting people face to face whom we have only known via the internet. 

Darnell is doing a tribute Blog Hop for Di here, so do take a peek and join in the fun!

Long may your challenge continue Di!
Addicted to CAS - Friends

Smile

If you read my blog last week or thereabouts you may  recollect that I stamped and coloured a chicken and then promptly lost her. Rather than spend hours looking, I made another and hoped that the original would turn up.. well here she is! She was quite happily sitting on a pile of 'stuff' on the window ledge! I though she would be perfect for this sentiment.. she does make me smile.The smile die is from Mama Elephant and the rest is computer generated. The chicken is of course from Penny Black.

CASology Smile

AAA Cards - One Third

Crazy for CAS - Animal (I guess that a chicken is part of the animal kingdom!)

Bokeh

The Challenge at CAS Mix Up this time is to use the Bokeh technique. 

I have done this a few times before with mixed success, so this time I thought I'd try the technique using tissue paper as shown in one of the examples on the Mix Up Blog. My effort did not please me and ended up in the bin, so I reverted to another method this time using stencils, Distress inks and white acrylic paint. I was much more pleased with the result. I applied the colours through the stencils using both brushes and sponge daubers.  To make the stencil, I merely die cut a few circles from a piece of vellum. The star die is a freebie from a magazine and the frame from SSS. The stamped part of the sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.

Bokeh + Stamping + Die Cutting

It's also for the challenge at CAS Christmas Card Challenge.

CAS Stencil Challenge

Pink Tulips

I just had one of those rare days when my idea for a card actually worked out... and I was pleased with the result.

A friend who has been requesting special cards for some time, asked me for a birthday card for his sister, for whom I have made many cards in the past. This always makes  thinking of something new rather tricky. In the end he requested some spring flowers. This time his sister will be 70 so he wanted that on there too, but somewhere unobtrusive!

This is what I came up with.

We have Memory Box tulips and bucket (minus the handle) with a new banner die which I bought recently, but have no idea of the make. I did have to shorten it slightly, by cutting from each end, moving the die in a little on the second cut, in order to  fit my computer generated sentiment.

The bucket was cut from silver mirri card and distressed with various dye inks rubbed on randomly!

I made a hinge in the front panel before embossing the  background. Don't remember the make of this folder either.

I cut out several of the tulip die and coloured them with alcohol pens. I stuck extra strong DST on the back of the bucket and arranged the flowers and leaves withing it. I then used another diecut to cover the back. The hole left when the hinge is open is covered by yet another bucket diecut and the number 70 placed behind the flowers.

As the pot tended to flop forwards a little when the card was standing upright I added a self adhesive Velcro patch in order for it to be either open or closed as preferred.

The Card Concept #106 Pink Party

Dies R Us

#113 Something New (The Sentiment die)

2 Sisters on the Blog Numbers on the card!
Die Cut Divas Something New (The sentiment die)
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies
The Flower Challenge Pink & Grey