CAS - Right as Rain

Penny Black Fall Scene

Hello! With fall in the air (although today it’s warm here in the PNW), I am turning to richer colors in my papercrafting projects. Navy and orange is one of my favorite color combinations for fall, and that was my starting point for this card created with Penny Black supplies.

I pulled out a number of different Penny Black die sets that I’ve collected over the years. For example, the fence behind the grass is from a Halloween set.

The Trio of Trees set cuts one-piece trees. I cut the trees from the foliage color and then fussy cut the foliage from the trunks and added the foliage pieces to trees cut in the trunk color.

I’ve listed all of the supplies below, including SU cardstock colors. The one exception is the gold house that I cut from SU More Mustard, which appears to be a retired cardstock color (truth be told this may be the first time I’ve ever used it!).

Supplies: Penny Black Trio of Trees die sets; TE Sweet Potato Pie cardstock; Memento Gray Flannel ink

Spellbinders Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019

Hello! I am on the Spellbinders blog today sharing two CAS Christmas cards created with die sets from the Sharyn Sowell Holiday Collection. I share tips and tricks in the blog post. I’d love for you to head over and take a look!

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Penny Black – Window Flower Box Die-cut Scene

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS die-cut card featuring Penny Black supplies – old and new. I added a flower window box, cut with the A Garden die set, to the Ironwork Window.

To create the card base, I dry-embossed SU Smoky Slate cardstock with a Taylored Expressions embossing folder.
I stamped the Penny Black Stitched Flowers sentiment in Gray Flannel ink on white cardstock. Then I die cut the window and trimmed the panel down. The window die cuts the top, bottom, and center, and it scores the sides so that the window could be opened.
I backed the window panel with SU So Saffron cardstock and attached it to the card base.
I die-cut the box, foliage, and blooms, with dies in the A Garden set, from SU Bermuda Bay, SU Granny Apple Green, and SU Poppy Parade.
Once the window box and flowers were attached to the window, the upper part of the card seemed too empty. I found heart dies in older PB sets – What’s in Your Cup? and Little Ornaments – and cut a few to add above the window box.

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Pack It Up – Travel Version

Looking for the Spellbinders Holiday Inspiration Blog Hop post? Head here.

Hello! Today, I am sharing two more projects created with the August Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Pack It Up.” You can see my previous post with projects using the die set here. As I mentioned in that post, this die set lends itself to a couple of themes including school and travel. In this post I share two travel-themed cards.

My first card is for someone headed to Disneyland! I used a vintage Disneyland map for the background and added ears to the backpack!

I cut the backpack body, straps, and the ears from a shiny black cardstock. I cut the zipper and buckles from silver foil cardstock.

My second card is for someone NYC-bound. Same design with a few tweaks to the colors of the backpack and sunglasses, and of course a different map. For this card’s background, I used a NYC subway map.

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Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Release – Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello crafty friends! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Release! You should have reached me from the blog of Wanda Guess. I’ve included a full list of participants at the end of my post.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

I’m sharing projects created with three die sets in the new collection. Let’s take a look.

My first project showcases the Christmas Bandit die set. I’ve set the bandit into a snow-covered scene.

I used the Winter Hills die set to create a snowy backdrop. (I trimmed off the edges of the panels; the die set was designed to create a layered tri-fold card.)
For the background, I dry-embossed the background with the FaLaLa folder.
I cut and assembled the bandit and added him to the scene with foam adhesive. The heat-embossed sentiment reinforces the theme and adds additional color.

One of the great things about this collection is there’s something for everyone. Case in point, the Laurel & Bows Cut and Emboss folder.

I cut and embossed Brush Gold cardstock with the Laurel & Bows Cut and Emboss folder.
I heat-embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder on Cranberry Bliss cardstock. I attached the panel to the back of the dry-embossed panel with foam adhesive.
I adhered the assembly to a card base. The card measures 5″ x 7″.

Quick, easy, and elegant – perfect for mass production!

My final projects use the Shapeabilities Joy die set. There are so many options available with this set! And again, the set is completely adaptable to one’s own style. My projects reflect my CAS style.

I created card backgrounds from teal solid cardstock, patterned red paper, and green solid cardstock. For all three cards, I cut the poinsettia blooms with the included die and added them to the JOY back panel with foam adhesive. The back panel for the letters does not cut the center of the “O” but the die set includes a die with which to do so.

For the holidays, I like to add metallic accents. For the teal and red background cards, I cut the letters from Brush Gold cardstock. I cut the flower centers on all of the cards from the gold cardstock.

There really is no limit to the possibilities with this set! I could have cut the greenery pieces, dry-embossed the card base, used glitter or shiny cardstock for the letters, …. You get the idea!

Now it’s time to head to the blog of Keeway Tsao. The entire blog hop list is included at the end of the post. Thanks for stopping by!

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Blog Hop List:

Spellbinders
Jennifer Mcguire
Debby Hughes
Yana Smakula
Nichol Spohr
Wanda Guess
Jean Manis
Keeway Tsao
Svitlana Shayevich
Mindy Eggen
Marie Heiderscheit
Zsoka Marko
Laurie Willison
Karin Åkesdotter
Nina-Marie Trapani
Mindy Baxter
Amy Rysavy
Betty Wright
Daniel West
Amanda Korotkova
Mayline Jung
Varada Sharma