Happy Little Stampers CAS May Challenge - Inlaid Die Cutting

Another month has whizzed by in a flash, which can only mean one thing . . . I missed it!  No, seriously, it is time for another fun challenge over on the Happy Little Stampers blog for this month's CAS challenge which is for, 'Inlaid Die Cuts'

As always, the challenge is being sponsored by Kylie and the Happy Little Stampers shop

Which means, there are prizes to be won!  This is my card and an explanation of how it was made - especially for any new card makers who have not come across, 'Inlaid Die Cuts'

First, I cut out the pieces.  A piece of card the same size as the card front, then I cut the die out of the card front and three different shades of blue card-stock.  The next thing was to put adhesive all over the piece of card-stock to mount the die cut pieces in to.

I then adhered the piece of card-stock that was covered in double sided adhesive behind the cut out on the card front.

The final step was to just inlay the coloured card-stock pieces into the cut out in the card front (like a very easy jigsaw puzzle) and add the final touch, a die cut sentiment from My Favorite Things.  The wavy border die was from Reverse Confetti.

Here is the finished card.

I now have enough pieces to make a set of these cards.  The beauty of this die is that with the wavy lines being different widths, there is a large number of different ways they can be used . . . I have reserved the maths for you to work out ;)  

Why not pop over to HLS and see what other inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with and join in the fun!  Thanks for stopping by . . . I love you all, have a crafty day!

Two Challenges

 For my lovely friends in the UK who are having a Bank Holiday, I hope you are enjoying it, although we have had the obligatory Bank Holiday weather in the SW . . . rain!

For everyone else, I hope you had a lovely weekend!

My card today is for two challenges.  The first, is a new one (to me) and that is CASometry Challenge 2 - Make 5  where Anna is challenging us to pick one stamp set and make five cards with that set!  Apparently, she is disciplined enough to think about this before she purchases a set!  Whereas, I see someone make a fabulous card with a stamp set, I rush to buy it and then, (hangs head in shame), forgets why I bought it in the first place!  Oh, you do the same?  Seems at least one other person here does it too!  The set I chose is another set that I had bought and, shamefully, not used!  It is the beautiful, Altenew, 'Wild Hibiscus' set.

The second challenge I am linking this card up with, is my dear friends, Loll and Bonnie's CAS Mix Up Challenge

Which requires that you make a CAS mixed media card using stamping (my images), heat embossing (my images) and one choice of your own, I chose, dry embossing (card front panel) and die cut (the sentiment).  I will explain my technique after the pictures, for those of you who would like to know the process.

If you are still with me, that probably means that you would like to know my process.

First, I took a white card base and stamped my images in Versamark and heat embossed in gold at the top of the card.  Then I fussy cut around the bottom edge of the flowers.  Next, I took a piece of card-stock the same size as my card front and dry embossed that with my PTI Linen embossing plate.  I then adhered that behind my cut out card front.

To finish off, I die cut the thanks in gold card-stock and adhered that to the front and finished off with some gold Stickles to the flower centres.

Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment.  You are all appreciated more than you know!

Funday Sunday!

Hi all, I hope you are having a great weekend!  Now I am not spending quite so much time in the bathroom, I have been able to resume my life with a little more normality!

Those of you who popped by my blog last Sunday may remember that I renamed my Sunday as Funday, because that is what  I decided my Sundays should be.  I just have fun, doing whatever I feel like doing, rather than what I should be doing!

So, today, I used up some more 'bits and bobs' that have been lying around and played with a couple more unused stamp sets - that's something else I am trying to do, use some more of my NBUS pile - thanks you for the acronym Darnell!

The sets used were, WPlus9 'Watercolored Anenomes' and CC Designs 'Scripted Sentiments'.

My first card here used a strip of patterned paper that I have had for years and a card base that I had embossed with embossing paste through a stencil, decided it wasn't what I wanted for a project I was working on and abandoned!  Here is that card.

Nothing much to shout about, but it used up some of my crafting debris!

The next card uses those NBUS stamp sets I mentioned earlier.  I hadn't used the first of these  sets before, because it intimidated me!  It's one of those fabulous layering sets that give real depth to the finished image.  I adore these sets and have a number of them - I can never resist, even though they scare me - I take one look at the 'shadow' layers and 'mid tone' layers which, to my eye, never looks like anything, put the set to one side, thinking, one day, and then . . . forget them!

I was right to be scared!  The layering just didn't work for me, but as they are such a loose design, didn't really matter that much anyway, and, at least, I used them, which was the aim!

Here it is.

This is a OLC.  First I took a smooth, white card base and stamped the flowers and leaves in both corners.  Then I stamped the bold sentiment in black and then mixed up a little pink paint, with some white and red paints so that it coordinated with the pink stamping and flicked it over the finished design.  Then, of course, I finished it all off with a few of my home made dew drops that you all know about!

I hope you are all having some fun too!  Now I'm off to do some more lettering practice!

Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment.  You are all appreciated more than you know!