CASology Flight

Today, I’m playing along with the CASology Challenge whose theme is “Flight.”

DreamButterfly

I added several different Distress Inks to a watercolor paper panel, which I cut with the Penny Black 51-132 Flights of Fancy butterfly and antennae die. I created the back panel with the Penny Black 51-136 Stitched Edges die. The sentiment was cut twice (once from metallic cardstock and again from white cardstock) with the Penny Black 51-108 Envision die.

 

Reverse Confetti “Spring is in the Air” Blog Hop

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling Blog Hop!  You should have reached my blog from Leigh’s.

Today, I’m sharing a thank you gift idea created with one of the four dies in the Layered Banner Duo Confetti Cuts set. I had in mind an appreciation gift when I created this project-the gift would work as a thank you to a teacher, a volunteer, or a work colleague.

I cut the banner in three colors of cardstock to which I adhered wood letters from my stash. (I have a lot of chipboard and wood veneer alphabet sets!) I punched the banner pieces in the corners and ran twine through the holes, tying the twine onto the stakes, which are BBQ skewers. The banner is an easy way to make a distinctive and customized gift.

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Next on the blog hop list is Laurie.

Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store…in time for the May 8th release.  Comments are open until May 1 and the winner will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on May 3.

Avery Elle What’s Canoe With You?

Today, I’m sharing a CAS “just because” card featuring the Avery Elle Happy Camper stamp set framed with the Finished Frames Elle-ments.

Canoe

I chose colors that I felt were outdoorsy – I tried a number of combinations before settling on this combination. I really like the texture that the Finished Frames die provides, like a whip-stitch around the edge.

While one-layer cards can intimidate me, in this case, the stamping area was relatively small so it wasn’t too overwhelming!

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retrosketches #161

Today, I’m sharing a card created for the Retrosketches Challenge featuring the Avery Elle Red & Goldie stamp set, with coordinating Elle-ments dies.

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This past weekend, I was able to spend time practicing my Copic coloring (using the lessons from the Online Card Classes Copic Markers class). I’ve had the Avery Elle Red & Goldie set in my collection for a while, and the images are just adorable. I created the speech bubble on my Silhouette intending to stamp a sentiment on it, but then decided to go bold with the die cut Thank You.
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CAS(E) this Sketch #119

Today, I’m playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch #119 Challenge. This is a really versatile sketch I can see using again and again.

I heat-embossed an Avery Elle sentiment pairing it with balloons, cut with an Avery Elle Elle-ments die set (there are a lot of balloon sizes in the set!), and a wood veneer bike (I glued two bikes together for extra depth). To balance the reverse-type sentiment, I trimmed the edge with black-and-white striped Shape ‘n Tape. The balloon strings were cut on my Silhouette.

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