CAS Card Challenges

CAS on Sunday & CAS-UAL Fridays are running a new challenge for a clean and simple card that includes dry or heat embossing.  I decided to work with a stamp (Q130 Fresh Bloom from Stampendous) and a checkerboard Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I made it 3D by raising the top of the card using white  fun foam.

For instructions go to Simply Stamped

Flowery Card Sketch

My Card Crafts group is having a sketch swap for July.

I decided to go with blue and white and try out my new Martha Stewart punch.

I began by creating the "hello" using Microsoft Word and then trimmed it down and punched the edges with Martha Stewart's "Doily" edger.  I attached it to the blue cardstock with glue stick.


Next I tackled the flower by cutting a long strip of photo paper and edge punching it with my new Martha Stewart deep edge punch " Garden Trellis".  I recently had found a video for making flowers using border punches and wanted to see if I could make this one work.  I'm pleased with the result!  Of course I had to make my own changes, lol.  I attached the flower with a brad.


The butterflies were punched with Tonic's "Butterfly Multi-detail".  I detached the butterfly from the paper by snipping the top and bottom of the body.  I glued these on only by the body and folded the wings upwards.


I decided the ribbon would have been too much so I chose to leave it off.

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This great birthday card came from Misty in West Virginia!!!

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Here's a beauty from Dianne in Australia!  I love the colors!

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Benita from England sent me this lovely flowered birthday card.  The center image was stamped and colored and the card was dressed up with a ribbon, gems and a 3D birthday sentiment!

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Yipee, another birthday card has arrived!  This one is from Thelma who lives in California.  It has a 3D image in the center and a stitched border on either edge along with sticker dots.  Very delicate work!

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Wow, another surprise birthday card!  This one came from England.

The butterflies and flowers are 3D.  Isn't this card beautiful!

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My birthday is coming up soon and I was so surprised to receive this gorgeous card from Trish in Australia!  What a wonderful surprise!!!

Challenge Card 19

I started this card by using my paint pen to color in the harlequin.

I used my cranberry ink pad to rub on the card base around the edges.  After attaching the harlequin I stamped it with a Stampendous stamp called "Agapanthus Cluster".  Lastly I attached the little sheep (another Whipper Snapper Design) stamp with the message.

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Here's a cute little frog sitting on a mushroom.  I colored the harlequin with a green and red colored pencil that matched the colors of the central stamped image which is from Whipper Snapper Designs .

I randomly stamped flowers around the edges of the card base.  I inked my stamp with Le Plume II brush markers so that I could have a variety of colors for the flowers and then drew in flower centers.  The sentiment was made with Microsoft Word.

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This gorgeous paper embroidered card came from Judith in New York!  The stitching is so delicate and neat.  In the center is a 3d pyramid of glittery daffodils.

 

Deja Vu

I can't believe Mother's Day is here again.  It seems like just yesterday when I made my sister this card!

I got the idea from Kaboose and made my own version.  My sister likes red so I changed the color palette. I punched flowers out of various patterned red and white paper (two punches for each flower).  I had some red wire and cut a piece for each flower. Then I glued the wire to the wrong side of one punched flower and the matching flower piece   on top of that.  I cut a piece of styrofoam and glued inside the window box.  I added glue to the wire tips and poked them into the styrofoam.

I punched a border design ("Diamond" by Fiskars) to add to the front of the window box.  I also added patterned paper to the inside so it would show through the window.  The sentiment was done with Microsoft Word.  The window valence is real lace!

Here is a closeup of the window box.  Since the card was so dimensional I had to send it in a box!  LOL

Challenge Card 12

Again, starting with a stamped harlequin in lavender ink, I have chosen to use the color to inspire my card.

I printed out a large picture of lavender in bloom and used that for the background and to back the diamond cutout tag.  The cutout was from the middle of the harlequin.  In the "frame" I attached a picture of a lavender plant.

This view shows the flip side of the tag.  I added lavender yarn to tie the tag on.  I also made the sentiments with Microsoft Word and attached them.

Challenge Card 4

Today's card began with a "sage" harlequin.

This time I cut around the diamonds on the outside and stamped the resulting image with a stamp from All Night Media.  I used "raspberry" ink.  I inked a separate card with the raspberry and the card base edges with sage.

After assembling the card parts I stamped the sentiment in raspberry on tissue paper and cut the word "friends" apart from the rest of the phrase.  I did this so I could place the words as shown.  The stamp I used was made by PrintWorks.

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Today I received a lovely Spring swap from Connie in Denmark!

A very textural card with a dainty border and ribbon and  pyramid layered center flowers.

Challenge Card 2

After yesterday's black and white card I decided to go very light.  I started with the basic harlequin in "laurel leaf" green.

I used the same color ink to stamp three flowers with Stampabilities (Large Gerber Daisy).  After stamping I cut the flowers out with a scalloped punch.  Then I used a sharp blade to cut on the top sides of three of the diamond shapes.  I tucked the flowers under the points and secured with glue.

I glued "pearls" to the flower centers for an elegant touch.  I stamped the sentiment (Stampabilities) and punched it out with the same punch I used on the flowers.  It was too light to read so I added a black line down the middle of each letter.

I didn't have any colored paper that went with the ink color so I edged the base card with the same ink I used to stamp with and it turned out much better than expected! 

My Challenge

I decided that I needed to challenge myself (not that I don't have anything to do, lol) to use my stamps more and in different ways.  My first thought was to do more with my background stamps.  So, since I usually "overdo", I chose one stamp (Stampabilities "Harlequin" background stamp) and decided to see how many different cards I could come up with using that stamp as the base.

I stamped on white cardstock with black ink and then darkened the diamonds with a black marker.  I edged the cardstock with a black margin and attached to a card base.

I found a female harlequin image and attached it with foam dots to give it some dimension.  The flowers were attached with a black brad.  I used Microsoft Word to design the sentiment and I printed it out on brochure paper.  I added a black insert on the inside and glued to to the inside front to cover the brad "wings".

Sympathy

A close neighbor of mine lost her husband from cancer this month.  I wanted to make her a special card.

I made the background by pricking a circular design.  The center design is a stamped image I received from a friend.  I colored it with my Copic markers and attached it to the background.  All of this was glued to the base card.  The final touch was the "With Sympathy" sticker.

Baa Baa Baa

This stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs gave me a giggle and I just had to make a card from its inspiration!

I used Copic markers to "gussy up" the image and Microsoft Office to make the title.  I had some purple Aster Daisy patterned paper that I used for a mat on the outside and an insert on the inside.

I punched the edges of the insert with an EKSuccess border punch (Daisy Chain).  I also punched out a daisy for the "bud".

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Here is a dainty stitched card I received from J'lu in Pennsylvania! 

Lilies of the Valley are a favorite of mine from childhood!  J'lu sent me this card for my birthday.  It is considered a RAK (random act of kindness).