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CAS Thanks Card – Two Takes

Hello! Today I am sharing two CAS Thanks cards (slightly different designs) featuring the My Favorite Things Simply Thanks sentiment die paired with the Flower Explosion stamp from Simon Says Stamp.

When I designed these cards, I envisioned wedding Thank You notes using the colors from the wedding (there is no significance to the gold and teal, it’s just a combination I like). One of my favorite things to do is look at wedding mood boards; I love to see the different color combinations and themes. The colors for my own wedding, a small affair held outside at someone’s home, were Cornflower blue and yellow.

For the first card, I stamped and heat-embossed the Flower Explosion background stamp with gold embossing powder on Robin’s Egg cardstock. I created a band on which to adhere the gold letters. I used the negative piece from diecutting the letters as a guide.

On the second card, I stamped and heat-embossed the Flower Explosion background stamp on Audrey Blue cardstock. I die-cut the panel the sentiment from the panel and taped the gold letters into the knockout (inlaid technique). I added the panel to a card base.

One of the reasons I chose this particular background stamp is that it doesn’t have a strong direction, (up and down or side to side), which meant that I didn’t have a strong vertical or horizontal on which I had to line up the letters. Die-cutting directly into the panel was stressful enough!

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Paper Smooches Water Wise – Take Two

Hello! Today I am sharing another card featuring the Paper Smooches Water Wise die set combined with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Vacation Time set. Last week I shared a card with the Water Wise dies and a card with the same Vacation time sentiment.

I created an ink blended background with Distress Oxide inks.
I cut the fish from cardstock to which I had applied Distress Oxide inks.
I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a circle die.
I cut the circle frame from cardstock to which I had applied Distress Oxide ink.
I added the fish to the circle with foam adhesive and adhered the circles to the card base.

I’ve got just about all of my supplies packed for my upcoming move. I have not packed up my Distress Oxide inks or my white cardstock. Those will be the last thing I pack!

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Simon Says Stamp – Time for a Break

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring Simon Says Stamp products – the Abstract Triangle stencil and a sentiment from the Vacation Time set.

I applied Distress Oxide inks through the Abstract Triangle stencil.
I cut the stenciled panel with a 4″ square die at an angle to the pattern.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a skinny die in the A-2 Matting Basics set.
I added the panel to a square card base and popped the sentiment up with foam adhesive.

Thanks for visiting!

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What’s Up Buttercup – Die-cut Picture Book Bear

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Bear die (one of my favorites!). I combined this cutie with flowers cut with the Simon Says Stamp Blooming Circle die and a computer-created sentiment.

I cut the bear and assembled him (her?) by taping the pieces on the backside.
I cut the flowers and added centers using the small circles cut with the Blooming Circle die.
I printed the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it with the Polaroid Shaker Frame.
I taped the bear to the frame and backed the scene with light-blue cardstock.
I added the frame and bear to the card base, which I had covered with Lawn Fawn patterned paper from my stash.
I assembled the flowers on the front to frame the sentiment.

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Die-Cut Tea Cup Bouquet

Hello! I’m sharing a CAS card on which I have combined several Spellbinders products. While I had Mother’s Day in mind when creating the card, it would also work as a friendship card.

I stamped the Vacation Time sentiment on to a 4″ square piece of white cardstock .
I created a card base with Sea Glass cardstock dry-embossed with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Stampin Up’.
I cut the tea cup with the Stack O’ Cups die set from teal cardstock and adhered it to the white panel.
I cut the blossoms with dies in the April 2019 Small Die of the Month set, Layered Sweet Birdie Thanks, and A Little Birdie (a previous Small Die set now available for separate purchase).
I arranged the blossoms in the teacup and adhered them with foam adhesive. I initially had some blossoms adhered without foam adhesive and they looked too flat!

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