Addicted To CAS - Sparkle Challenge (Take Three)

 

Today's card is another for the ATCAS - Sparkle challenge . . .

. . . where there is a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Happy Little Stampers store!

I chose to use silver today and made a card with silver embossing powder, silver ribbon and sparkle medium through a distressed stencil and then sprinkled with silver glitter, finished with a few glittered dewdrops to balance the design.  Here it is.

 

Thank you for visiting today and making my day!  Have a great crafting day!  Hazel xx

Freshly Made Sketches #208 - A Sketch By Cindy H

Today's card is for Freshly Made Sketches #208 - A Sketch By Cindy H  and this is her fabulous sketch.

Now, this has always been one of my most favourite challenges, but I have neglected it of late, life has got in the way, holidays, internet problems, cataloguing and indexing over 450 stamp sets . . . you all know what it's like!

Now that I have all my clear stamps catalogued and out of the way, I decided to have a nice break from the grind and join in some challenges, so here is one for the ladies over at FMS, to say sorry for neglecting them!

I would also like to link this one to Addicted To CAS #74 Challenge where the code word is

I have turned the FMS sketch around and mixed it up a little and this is the card.

A lot of the card was elements I had made up previously and had been 'kicking around', so I thought it was about time I used some of it.

Thank you for visiting today and for all your comments!  I hope you are having a lovely weekend!  Until the next time!  Hazel xx

Addicted To CAS - Sparkle

I'm back!  Oh, my, goodness folks . . . what can I tell ya?  The new cataloguing and indexing system that I laboured over for over a week  . . . solid, is starting to pay off in dividends!  Thank you Kathleen Driggers . . . you have revolutionised my crafting!  I now know exactly where any given (clear) stamp that I own is at any given time!

Today in celebration, I decided to make this card

For the Addicted To CAS - Sparkle challenge

Where Kylie is generously donating a $20 certificate to her Happy Little Stampers Store

How cool is that?  Here are the rest of the pictures and I will outline what I used and how below.

 

 

 

First, I stamped the flourish tree from the Kirsty Wiseman 'Joy To The World' stamp set with 'Delicata' gold pigment ink and brushed over it with Perfect Pearls 'Perfect Gold' mica powder and sprayed lightly with water to set.

I knew that I didn't want the gold to completely overpower the design, so I opted to stamp the sentiment, a Crafty Impressions stamp from the 'Christmas Baubles Sentiments' stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black pigment ink.

Next, in order to balance the design, I rubbed the Delicata gold ink pad down the side of the card and added a black card-stock strip to balance the design and brushed that too with the Perfect Pearls powder.  Then I fussy cut the bottom of the stamped panel around the base of the tree for a little added interest.

Then I mounted the panel on top of the card base with craft foam for a little dimension and finished the whole thing off with some red gems, gold Stickles and some splatters of gold watercolour paints by Fine Tec which is a set of five different shades of gold and one silver.

That's it for today folks.  I hope you join in over at ATCAS for a chance to win the $20 HLS gift certificate and have a great day of crafting!  Thanks for sticking with me all this time.  Hazel xx

Addicted To CAS - Cute! - Take Two

I thought that today I would make a card with some new (to me) ME stamps and make another card for Addicted To CAS 60 - Cute! Challenge

This is the card I made this time

Please excuse my very basic colouring . . . I've never been very good at it.  Thank you for visiting today . . . I hope you are all having a lovely Easter!  Hazel xx

Mystery Solved And An Entry for Addicted To CAS - Cute!

With thanks to one of my lovely readers Lynne over at Lynne's Loft  I now know where to post this card!

This one (the one shown in the previous post) is for the Addicted To CAS Challenge - Cute

Here again is the card

Thanks for BEARing with me ;)  Supplies as before!  have a lovely evening!  Hazel xx

Using Some Of My Favourite Products

Today, I decided to use some of my most favourite products, namely, my Papertrey Ink Impression Plate in Linen (very expensive to ship to the UK, but I had wanted it for ever) and my WOW embossing powder in Metallic Gold Sparkle . . . and man, does it sparkle, it is sooo pretty in real life!

Anyway, I decided to make another  card for the two challenges I made them for yesterday, the, Addicted To CAS #53 'Dots' Challenge and the Less Is More #200 'Celebrations' Challenge

The LIM challenge is their 200th - congratulations to them - and the ATCAS challenge is 'Dots' and is their 53rd challenge and a DT call.

This is the card

Detail

 Supplies used:

PTI - Impression Plate in 'Linen'
Die - Simon says Stamp, Confetti Circles (ideal for a celebration)
Stamps - Clearly Besotted, 'Mini Banner, Stamp & Die Set' and 'A Little Sentimental'
WOW - 'Metallic Gold Sparkle' embossing powder.

Thank you all for taking the time out to visit and comment (I know it's time consuming) so I appreciate you all - and, of course try to reciprocate!  Have a great weekend.  Hazel x

  

Seeing Spots Before The Eyes

Todays card was made for two challenges . . . the Addicted To CAS #53 'Dots' Challenge  It is also a design team call.  The second challenge it is for,  is the Less Is More #200 'Celebrations' Challenge 

This is the card

Detail

 

Supplies used:

Die - Simon Says Stamp, 'Luminary Circles'
Stamp -  Alte&New, 'Label Love'
Embossing Plate - Papertrey Ink, 'Linen'

Thank you to all who visited today and spent time leaving comments, you are all appreciated more than you know!  Hazel x