CAS-ual Fridays #124

 

I thought I would begin my New Year's Resolution of getting more crafting in my life a bit early with CAS-ual Friday's Happy New Year Challenge.  It is combined with the 10-minute Craft Dash Challenge, but I can't enter this one for that challenge.  I was interrupted way too many times by a hungry 8-year old boy wanting a second, and then a third dinner.  

I used a technique that I just love - glitter masking.  It's messy, and you really have to LOVE glitter to do this technique.  

First, I cut an adhesive sheet to the size I wanted and peeled off the backing.  The sticky backside is the side I needed.  Then I die-cut the word "happy" and the numbers for 2014 out of regular cardstock.  Being careful not to touch the sticky part, I placed the die-cuts where I needed them and firmly pressed them down.  I coated the remaining sticky part with black glitter, pressing down so that it covered all the area.  Then, I carefully peeled each word or number and applied the glitter for that section.  So fun!

Here's a close-up:

Here are a couple of other cards I've made using this technique.  If you get the glitter adhered correctly to the backing, you can even stamp on it!

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Glitter Butterfly

The month of April brings a lot of birthdays for people I know.  Several dates mark the birthdays of 2 or 3 of my friends, so birthday cards are a common thing to make for me during this time of year.  I made two this weekend.

This one is for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  The sketch challenge this month is this:

I used one of my favorite - and first - sets from Paper Smooches, Giddy Bugs.  I inked up the little butterfly with some new Hero Arts Orange Soda ink.  I shaded in the head and body with colored pencils, and glittered up the wings with some Doodlebug Sugar Coating glitter.  The sentiment was stamped on the orange cardstock and heat embossed with holographic embossing powder.  The Loopy Leaf diecut leaves are also from Paper Smooches.  I love the shape of them!

CAS-ual Fridays Blog is challenging us this week to use glitter on our projects.  I'm so glad I saw their challenge, because I really needed to add a little shimmer to that cute little butterfly.  Glitter did the perfect job!

You can play along with either of those challenges by clicking the links above.

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Easter Bag

There's a fun challenge on the CAS-ual Fridays blog this weekend!  We've been challenged to create an Easter project - but it cannot be a card!

My project started out as a tag, but I had the problem of deciding what my tag would be placed on. For Easter,  I bought my son his first Bible, so I was thinking about how to wrap it.  I have some Kraft paper I was going to use, but opted for a Kraft gift bag instead.

Most of the stamps are from bunny4Easter from Stamps of Life.  Now a die has been introduced for the little cutie, and I'm probably going to have to get it.  I stamped him on Vintage cream in brown ink.  I shaded him in with some pink and off-white colored pencils.  (The clouds are from PTI.)

I hope you are having a joyous Easter, celebrating with friends and family!

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Chipboard Challenge

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This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays blog is to use chipboard in one of our projects.  I haven't used chipboard in a long time, so I had some digging to do!  I found several pieces of chipboard shapes that I have purchased, chipboard letters and even a 12x12 polka-dotted chipboard "paper."  I settled on using some coaster board I purchased a long time ago.  The cream color is perfect for adding a bit of color with stamping.

Here's my card:

 

I used the color scheme that Lizzie Jones challenged us with in her PTI Newsletter.  I finally ordered Fancy Folk Art and I had to use it right away, so Lizzie's color combo and her inspiration were a great place to start!

After finishing the focal point, I stamped the background with elements from the set.  The sentiment was stamped on Kraft and the coaster board again.

Here's another view:

If you want to play along with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week, click here.  The sponsor this week is Casual Fridays Stamps!

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hello!

I am officially on Spring Break - and it's a bit rainy outside - so that makes for a perfect day to get some crafting done!  I have a long list of cards and layouts I want to accomplish on my break, and here is the first one finished:

I wanted to use a new die I picked up from Archivers last week.  I haven't jumped on the hexagon bandwagon yet, so this is a first for me.  I diecut the shapes from a piece of cardstock for a negative effect.  I placed some gingham paper from A*Muse in the background and popped up the panel to add dimension.  The stamp is from My Favorite Things "Say What?" set. 

CAS-ual Fridays has a challenge this week to use color blocking.  You can get all the details and submit your card by clicking here. 

And Cath, over at Moxie Fab World is celebrating lots of trends this month with the release of Card Creations 11.  This one is for her challenge to use negative die-cuts.  You can see all the details if you click here!

Off to check some more things off my crafty list!  Be back soon!  Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

Lots of Love

This is my second post today!

I had a lot of inspiration for this card.  First, the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays is to create our own stamped background - the Wallpaper challenge. This week the sponsor is Ellen Hutson.

 I also found the colors that Lizzie Jones posted in this month's PTI Newsletter just beautiful, and her sample card for the color-play makes me want to get Fancy Folk Art stamp set even more than I already did.

And finally, the challenge this week for Make It Monday is to glitter up some trim!

So, with all of that, I created this card:

Sending You stamp set, Angled Labels and Leafy Vine Border dies (PTI)

I wanted to create a different type of fold today.  I stamped the flowers and leaves in Terracotta Tile, Summer Sunrise and Ripe Avocado.  The centers were stamped with Harvest Gold ink.  For the Soft Stone color, I outlined all the stamping with a C1 Copic marker.  It doesn't show up very well in the photos.  I inked all the edges with some Tea Dye duo and then popped up the sentiment panel.  On the right side, I made a panel for the Leafy Vine diecut.  After cutting it out, I spread some Diamond Stickles on it and let it dry.  This was my second attempt at glittering that border.  The first time, I ran it through my Xyron and sprinkled Prisma Glitter on it.  It lost the Ripe Avocado color, even with heat setting it.  I think the stickles worked a lot better.  The inside of the card is decorated a bit as well.

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Let It Go!

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I have a couple of more cards for this week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.  The challenge is to use silver on our projects, and is sponsored by:

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As I was browsing Pinterest the other day, I ran across this little gem:

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I knew it would make a great card for any number of my friends, so I created this:

Closed card

Open card

I stamped part of the sentiment with Lawn Fawn's Smitty's Alphabet stamps, and tucked in the colorful part of the sentiment with die cut letters. (PTI's Block Alphabet)  The balloon tail is the silver part of the card to fit CAS-ual Friday's theme this week, along with the silver beads to mimic the reflection on the balloon.  If you look closely, you can see that I inked the edges of the cloud to create the "silver lining," because we all know that every cloud has one.

As I was going back through Pinterest re-searching for the original picture I had found, I ran across this second little gem:

I searched for this link, but couldn't find it!

So, before I put away my ballon die and silver embossing powder, I created this:

Again, the balloon string is the silver here that fits CAS-ual Friday's challenge.

I need to make at least 25 more of these cards.  Just to leave around my friends' classrooms!

Click on the link above to participate in this week's challenge!  It's a fun one!

 

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Hi-Ho Silver

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This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to use silver on our projects, and is sponsored by:

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Unfortunately, I have the need for a sympathy card, so I pulled out one of my favorite butterfly stamps to create this:

Butterfly Dreams, Sending You (PTI)

I stamped the butterflies and the sentiment in Versamark and then heat embossed them with silver embossing.  I wanted to add a little more detail to the card, so I pulled out one of my favorite edger punches from my much-neglected drawer and used it on the Enchanted Evening panel and Soft Stone base.  I like the swirl pattern in the largest butterflies and how the embossing powder highlighted that detail. 

I have another idea for this week's challenge and I hope to get it completed before the deadline!

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hi, friend!

I promised myself I'd steer away from black and red for awhile, and I was successful with this card.  After watching Betsy in today's Make It Monday video, I knew what I wanted to do, but I wasn't sure which paper to use, until I was digging through my scraps and found the perfect piece.  This flowery piece is one of my favorites from October Afternoon, and I have cut it very carefully so as not to waste any!  

Falling Leaves, Hanging Out, Little Bitty Bird, Take Three die (PTI)

First, I cut the yellow square and patterned square from the Take Three die. After cutting "friend" out, I adhered it to the cardstock using a piece of post-it note as a guide.  (Another trick from Betsy.)  I popped up the "hi" panel with some pop-dots.  Then I stamped the grass from Hanging Out, the tree from Falling Leaves, and the birds on cardstock, and popped them up too.  I added a little sparkle to their wings with a Sakura pen, and some gems to the tree.  

It's been sunny and in the high 70s here in Texas; I think spring has sprung.  So, this card fits perfectly with my mood!  This year it was cold maybe one day.  Makes me wonder what our summer will be like.  {shudder}

I'm submitting this card to this week's Casual Friday challenge too!  Have you played along yet?

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You Are Loved!

I'm stuck on black and red lately. With Valentine's approaching - red is a go-to color and always looks great paired with black.  I think for my next card, I'll venture off into another color combination, but until then, here's today's card:

I used some neglected supplies again today.  Smitty's ABCs from Lawn Fawn and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The red letters are heat embossed with Zing embossing powder.  I also *had* to have the heart shaped buttons last year, and sadly, they haven't seen much action. 

I'm submitting this card to this week's challenge at Casual Fridays.  It's a fun one!

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Love You!

I think I've been neglecting some of my supplies, and I recently purged a lot and re-organized my crafting area.  I sent a large box of stuff to my niece, and donated some cardstock and patterned paper to some teachers at my son's school.  They were all very thankful!  

As I was cleaning out, I ran across so many stamp sets from Hero Arts that I absolutely love, and have not used in quite some time.  So, I wanted to focus on those for a while.  There's a big stack sitting out right now!

This morning I made a card that will fit two challenges:

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My Type (Hero Arts)   Smitty's ABCs (Lawn Fawn)

I stamped the typewriter and sentiment onto the white panel, then cut out around the typewriter "paper."  After rolling it up a bit, I adhered a piece of heart-patterned paper behind it.

After popping up a few heart die-cuts and mounting it on a red base, I was finished!

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