Category: CAS

“So I said to the cat…”

Today, I’m sharing a CAS “hello” card created with Memory Box and Poppystamps supplies.

Cat + Bird Hello

I have made many cards with this walking cat die (it’s the perfect size, it works for a number of different scenes and it reminds me of a black cat, named “Decaf”, that we had when my sons were young). For this card, I thought it would be fun to pair the cat with a bird in a birdhouse. I don’t see the cat as necessarily menacing, but then again, do we really ever know what a cat is thinking? I usually make my scenes more realistic (by adding grass, fence, flowers) but kept this one abstract.

A Little Birdie Told Me

Despite rain and cold here in the Pacific Northwest, the birds seem incredibly happy. This CAS spring-themed friendship card was inspired by those hearty birds!

Die-Cut Spring Friendship Card

I paired a Hero Arts sentiment (I like the typeface, the length of the sentiment in terms of placing it on an A2 card AND what it says!) with the Paper Smooches die-cut birds and branch.

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Taylored Expressions SJC #28

I’m playing along with the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #28.

Taylored Expressions SJC #28

I used the sketch to create a CAS card suitable for a number of celebratory situations, such as an engagement.

Taylored Expressions SJC #28

I stamped and heat-embossed the blooms from Happily Ever After and cut them with their corresponding Happily Ever After Dies. I watercolored the two larger blooms with several mediums, including Distress Inks and Zig markers. The greenery was cut from vellum and tucked behind the blooms. I added a center to the gold bloom which I cut from watercolored cardstock with one of the Mini Bloomers dies. The sentiment was cut from gold paper and adhered to white cardstock. I finished the card off with a dry-embossed background for additional texture.

Taylored Expressions SJC #28

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

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Penny Black Simplicity: Die-Cut Bouquet

Today, I’m sharing a die-cut encouragement card created with Penny Black stamps and dies. I also created a “sister” version of this card (same design with a few tweaks) which is being shown today over on the Penny Black Simplicity site. I hope you’ll head over there and take a look.

Penny Black Simplicity Die Cut Bouquet

To create this bouquet, I started by die-cutting the floral pieces from green cardstock with the 51-199 Flower Bunch die set. With the same die, I cut the pieces from cardstock in red and two shades of pink. Then I adhered trimmed flowers to the green cardstock pieces.

I die cut 51-142 Mason Jar twice from light blue paper. With detail scissors, I trimmed the top of one of the Mason jars to create a faux opening. I sponged light blue ink on the Mason jar to give the appearance of water.

I arranged the floral pieces on the bottom Mason jar and adhered them with Scotch tape. I adhered the top Mason jar to the assembly with foam adhesive. I die-cut white cardstock with a die in the 51-053 A Pocket Full set (the spiral notebook paper) and created a oval cast shadow with gray ink.

The card base was dry-embossed, and I added color (and pattern) with a strip of paper from the 80-009 Painted Blooms paper pad. I heat-embossed a sentiment from 30-288 Pretty Petals on gray cardstock and added that to the panel with foam adhesive.

After I created this card, I thought about how to change it by coloring the floral pieces with Distress Inks (rather than cutting them from colored cardstock). That was the starting point for the other version of this card on the Penny Black Simplicity site.