Happy weekend my lovelies! Today, I have another card for the CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge of yesterday. If you remember, the sketch looked like this.
As ever, photos first, details later.
First, I took a plain, white card base and a front panel in the same card-stock. I cut the panel smaller than the card front and hand debossed the stripes across the front.
Next, I took some pre-stamped flowers and die cut vellum leaves and arranged them on the panel. I used 'Press and Seal' to lift the arrangement, turned it over, put glue on the back of the flowers (except the top one that I wanted to foam mount), turned the 'Press and Seal' over with the arrangement in place and pressed it all down. Then I carefully removed the 'Press and Seal' and mounted the last one on foam tape.
I finished off by cutting a sentiment from gold foil card and added sequins to match the colours in my design!
I hope you all have a truly wonderful weekend!
Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment. You are all appreciated more than you know!
Hello lovely crafty friends. I hope this finds you all well. Today's post is for the CAS(E) This Sketch #183 Challenge, which is the lovely sketch below by Chrissy Larson, which looks like this.
I don't have any single bird dies, but as soon as I saw it, I thought that I could finally use a hitherto unused Spellbinders 'Bird On A Wire Die', that I have had for ages! As usual, I will post the pictures first, and then those who are in a hurry can get off. Then, for those who are interested I will post the supplies and details below.
First I took a plain white card base and a plain white panel and cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.
Next, I got four different blues of Imagination Crafts 'Starlight' paints - the shimmer is incredible - and mixed a tiny drop of each with some water in a sectioned painters palette and painted the four stripes, going from lightest blue to the darkest blue and let that dry.
Whilst the paint was drying, I cut the birds and sentiment out of black card-stock.
Once my panel was dry I adhered the birds and the sentiment and stamped the hugs & kisses and called it done!
Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment. You are all appreciated more than you know! Have a wonderful weekend folks!
Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you. You may remember that when we met up with the lovely Darnell, I also met Linda - who, it turned out, lives not far from me in our very own home town - small world. Well, Linda contacted me a few days later and said that she had been shopping with her friend Moya and had asked her if she minded me going along to their regular, crafty meet at Moya's house on Wednesdays. I'm delighted to say that Moya was kind enough to let me, a complete stranger, join them in their crafting evening!
I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, what crafts, what space and so on, so I took a compact amount of supplies, some images I'd coloured whilst in Spain, some scissors, glue, small trimmer, card bases, plain card panels, an adult colouring book (not that kind, so stop smirking in the back there) that I had as a gift for Christmas from my step-son and my watercolour pencils and a water-brush of water.
Linda kindly picked me up and when we turned up at Moya's beautiful home, there were other ladies there and a ninety year old gentleman (sorry everyone, I am really bad with names and it takes me a while to remember them). It was a really lovely gathering, everyone was warm and friendly (I can be a little shy when meeting new people), but they all made me feel like part of the group from the off. There were a number of different crafts going on, crochet, colouring, cutting out, cross-stitch and making up 3D items.
When it was time to leave, I thanked Moya for her kind hospitality and she asked if I would like to go again next week! I said that would be lovely!
On the way home, Linda and I found out that we had quite a bit in common, besides crafting, and so, a new friendship is born! With thanks to Darnell for the facilitation! Besides some colouring I did - the images are so intricate, it will take me months to finish just one - I fussy-cut some SSS roses and leaves that I had stamped and coloured whilst in Spain.
You will be seeing some cards made with these in the future! In the meantime, have a great day!
Thank you so much for your visit today and especially if you have left a comment. You are all appreciated more than you know!
