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Get Cozy – A CAS Holiday Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS holiday card that combines many of my favorite things – die-cuts, texture, twine, and a stamp set that is both a background and a sentiment!

I cut the mug from Candy Apple cardstock (FSJ) with the Penny Black What’s In Your Cup? die set and added a snowflake cut with the Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes set. I cut the steam for the mug with the same Penny Black set from vellum to which I had adhered double-sided adhesive. For the background, I stamped the Neat and Tangled Hello Winter stamp in Rich Cocoa ink. (There are similar Neat and Tangled stamp sets for Spring, Summer, and Fall.) I dry-embossed the card base with a Sizzix embossing folder (now retired) and finished it with Lawn Fawn twine.

Hip Hip Hooray – Glitter Balloon Die-Cuts

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card suitable for a number of occasions – birthday, graduation, retirement, promotion – created with several different balloon die sets.

I used balloon dies from an Avery Elle set, a Penny Black set, and a Paper Smooches set to cut the balloons from metallic glitter paper (bronze, copper, silver, and gold) included in the Assortment Glitter pack.

I cut the balloon strings from black cardstock with a balloon strings die. The balloon strings are gathered together with a bow (created with a die in the retired Avery Elle Finished Frames set). I stamped the sentiment, from a Stampin’ Up set that is now retired, in black ink on Sea Salt cardstock.

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Hello Bluebird – Happy Fall

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card featuring the fox image from the Hello Bluebird Fall Friends stamp set. This is the second card I have created with the set, see my first card here.

I stamped the fox, pumpkin, and leaves, colored them with Copic markers and colored pencils, and cut the items with their corresponding dies. For the card base and the background, I used patterned paper from a Carta Bella set; I added a frame, cut with a die from a now retired MFT set, from the Lawn Fawn Paper Bag cardstock (a darker Kraft color that I really like!).

I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it with the smallest die in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stackables set.

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Fall-Themed Die-cut Thanks

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS fall-themed thank you card showcasing the Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame 3 die set. The die set includes two frames and six different fall items. I paired four of the items – acorn (I cut two), two leaves, pumpkin – with the Big Thanks sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I cut the items from soft finish cardstock and colored them using sponge applicators with a variety of Distress Inks. I popped the items up with foam adhesive in four of the openings and adhered the Thanks sentiment across the middle with glue adhesive. I used a wood-grain embossing folder on the card base for texture.

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You Da Best – Picture Book Panda

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card showcasing the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Panda die. The card could be used for a variety of occasions.

No stamping on this card at all! I used the You Da Best die set for the sentiment. The card base is from a Pebbles patterned paper pack. The glitter paper is from an assortment pack. For texture, I dry-embossed the black cardstock strip, used to ground the panda.

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