Category: CAS

PB Simplicity – Thinking of You Fall-Themed Card

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a CAS fall-themed card created with Penny Black stamps.

PB Simplicity Fall Tree

This card came about as a result of a happy accident. Using my MISTI, I stamped the tree 40-417 Regalia with a variety of Distress Ink colors and then again with VersaMark ink, which I heat-set. The heat-set image allowed me to stencil light blue ink onto the tree with a sponge applicator. (I created a stencil by cutting a circle shape out of vellum.)

After stenciling, I stamped a sentiment from #30-345 Soar and cut the image with a rectangular die, adhering the panel to a wood-grain card base.

PB Simplicity Fall Tree

Last week, I shared a card on the Simplicity Blog using non-holiday dies to create a bold and modern Christmas creation. I hope you’ll head over there and take a look.

HB2U – Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #51

Hello! I’m playing along with Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #51.
TE Share Joy Challenge #51

I used the sketch to create a birthday card:

TE Share Joy Challenge #51

I used just one of the layers in the Build a Cake set (this die set is so versatile!). I let the colors in the TE 6×6 Paper Pack – Hello Happiness dictate the other colors in the card. I heat-embossed a sentiment from Bold Brushstrokes.

When I finished, the Strawberry Milkshake cardstock panel looked unfinished, so I added a hand-drawn dotted line with a Uni-Ball Impact Gel Pen – White.

TE Share Joy Challenge #51

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

Supplies:

 

They Say It’s Your Birthday!

Hello! Welcome to Day 1 of the Taylored Expressions September Sneak Peeks. With this release, Taylored Expressions is celebrating its 8th birthday with some fun party favors! (I’ve got more info on that at the end of this post.) The September products will be released this Thursday – September 1 @ 7 AM PST!

TE 8th Birthday

Today, to celebrate the 8th birthday, I’m sharing two birthday-themed cards. My first card showcases the Make a Wish Stamp & Die Combo:

Taylored Expressions September 2016 Release

I stamped the candles and flames with TE Premium Dye Inks and cut them with their corresponding dies. I put all of the stamps onto my MISTI and stamped with a wide variety of ink colors (I now have lots of candles with which to make cards!). The candle and flame cut separately so it’s easy to mix and match flames on the candles (and turn the candles upside down if desired). I attached the candles and flames to a Distress Inked background with foam adhesive. I created a frame with dies in the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets and Stitched Circle Stacklets sets (this is one of my favorite ways to create a “spotlight” frame), which I had stamped with a sentiment in the Make a Wish Stamp & Die Combo.

Taylored Expressions September 2016 Release

Supplies (items in bold will be released September 1):

A birthday party needs a cake! Build a Cake to the rescue!

Taylored Expressions September 2016 Release

The Build a Cake die set includes cake layers, cake plate and accessories for a wide variety of options. I placed my decorated cake against a background dry-embossed with the Streamers embossing folder. The sentiment, from Simply Stamped – Cupcakes, works for any number of celebratory occasions.

Taylored Expressions September 2016 Release

To finish, I embellished the card with Little Bits – Sequins Confetti.

Supplies (items in bold will be released September 1):
What’s a birthday party without a favor?! Taylored Expressions is celebrating its 8th birthday with favors including everything from the exclusive WISH BIG stamp & die combo set to patterned paper packs, ink, and more! Visit the TE Blog for all the special offers and for your chance to win a fun prize! Over on the TE Blog you’ll also see more projects, as well as a complete list of participating designers!

CAS Christmas for CAS(E) this Sketch #186

Hello! I’m playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch #186 Challenge. At first glance, I wasn’t going to participate with this sketch, but the sketch nagged at me to give it a try!

CTS_186

I pulled out the Stampin’ Up “Lots of Joy” set, which I’d never used, for the plaid trees and let the American Crafts patterned paper (last season’s? the season before?) do the talking!

CAS(E) this Sketch #186

I added some Pretty Pink Posh star sequins to the tops of the trees as they looked decidedly unfinished without stars!

Penny Black Simplicity – Summer Blooms

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a CAS floral card created with Penny Black stamps and dies. I’m trying to squeeze in a few more summer-themed cards before moving into the fall and winter holidays!

Jean Manis Penny Black Simplicity

I stamped and heat-embossed 40-468 Flowerets and colored the flowers with Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin). I then fussy cut the flowers. I die cut 51-242 Shall We Dance twice from green cardstock and attached the fussy-cut flowers to the stems (covering the flower portion of the die cut). I arranged the flowers and stems on a background to which I’d applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.

The sentiment from 30-338 Special Thoughts was stamped onto a window panel. To embellish the card, I added a butterfly cut with one of the dies in the 51-132 Flights of Fancy set.