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!