Category Archives: Thank you

Totally Trees for the Paper Players

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Leanne at the Paper Players has put together a very fall inspired colour choice this week – I think she’s hoping it will fix the hot weather! It’s done so in New Jersey, so thanks for that Leanne.  It inspired me to pull out my Totally Trees set – not that it was put away. I can’t see it being put completely away for a very long time.

Stampin' Up! Totally Trees and Watercolor Wishes

And here’s the banner which inspired my card

I made this card right after my Merry Medley one and so wanted to make a very CAS card to balance what felt like the busy-ness of that one! I started by stamping the green ground in pear pizzazz and the tree itself. For the leaves, I did the baby wipe technique. You grab a baby wipe, put it on your stamp-a-ma-jig mat or some other plastic (to prevent getting your grid paper wet) and add drops of ink from your re-inkers – I used crushed curry and cajun craze. Then when you ink up your stamp, you get an interesting blend of colours, just perfect for turning leaves. You can keep inking up your stamp and making more cards for a while so it’s not as wasteful in ink as it first looks. I then stamped the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes.

I matted this in pear pizzazz and put it onto a cajun craze card base to finish my very CAS Totally Trees card. Love all the white (well, very vanilla) space.

Pineapple for a couple of challenges

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I sat at my craft table yesterday to make a few cards and looked to some challenges for some inspiration. This card was born of two of them. I don’t think either came first, it was more reading my list of challenges that inspired it.

Stampin' Up! Pineapple - Paisleys & Posies

The two challenges are the code word Harvest at Addicted to CAS and the sketch as CAS(E) this sketch.

I’ve stamped the pineapple before the retirement of hello honey and mossy meadow and so I went looking for replacements. I found them in delightful dijon and always artichoke. In fact, with clear embossing, always artichoke isn’t far off my beloved mossy meadow which is good to know! I first inked up my stamp with versamark and then added the two colours to each half of the image. I didn’t have to be too precise because the banner was going to cover the change of colour. I then sprinkled on clear embossing powder and heated for a really lush look. The photos really don’t show the shine very well at all. The banner comes from Paisleys & Posies and I stamped it in delightful dijon and cut it to size using the stampin’ trimmer then popped it up on dimensionals. Then it was time to decide on the card base and either would have worked well but the Pineapple looked best with both colours together.

Stampin' Up! Pineapple - Paisleys & Posies

I encourage you to take a look at the challenge sites and have a go yourself. It’s a lot of fun and, if you’re like me and on occasion sit staring at your stamps wondering what to make next, it gives a direction to your carding.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Paper Pumpkin August Alternate 2

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So I took a break from cleaning – actually it’s improving pretty quickly now that we have most of the fabrics washed – and made a card. I decided to work on my Paper Pumpkin August Alternate 2 because it’s fun to make completely different cards from the kit.

Stampin' Up! Bold Botanicals - Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

I took a circular piece from the kit and stamped thanks in it (from this month’s kit) in cajun craze and then added a circle of mint macaron. This was cut using the old circles collections – I assume that a new layering circles would work but I don’t have that one yet. I also added a strip of cajun craze from the kit to my very vanilla mat before putting that on a cajun craze card base and then  using dimensionals for my sentiment. It’s a different look from the kit, more CAS definitely – let me know what you think…

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Totally Trees

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Thanks for bearing with me through a rather disastrous weekend. As I said I’m happy that the house will end up a lot cleaner but we have a deadline – our father arrives on Friday. So that should keep the momentum going! But, to the real reason that you visited – a card. Today’s is using Totally Trees which is a set I can guarantee I’m going to use a great deal!

Stampin' Up! Totally Trees

So easy to make beautiful CAS cards with this set. I first stamped the solid shape in crushed curry and gave it a reasonable time to really dry. Next I used the embossing buddy and the new, totally beautiful, copper embossing powder. You need this. Let’s just say that I’m going to be ordering another pot in my next order! I cut down the piece of very vanilla until it looked right and then cut a piece of crushed curry 1/8 inch bigger. Before gluing it to my card, I heat embossed the thanks from Watercolor Wishes also in copper.

And there you have it – quick and simple and rather elegant.

Time to go and clean something before I leave for work!

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

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It’s time for the first Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate idea. My kit arrived a couple of days ago and I decided to use the stamp set to create a card to enter Pootles’ colour challenge this week. Ever since Sam has extended the length of the challenge, I’ve missed the deadline and this week is no different. Since I share a card for the CAS Colours & Sketches on Thursday and Sam’s challenge finishes early in the morning (in the US) on Friday, the last day that I can enter is actually Wednesday. Still, even though I can’t enter (unless I’m awake at 1am), the card was inspired by Sam’s colours of mint macaron, blushing bride, sweet sugarplum and pool party.

Stampin' Up! Bold Botanicals - Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

I started by using the Bold Botanicals largest flower and leaves stamp. I first inked it up with versamark and then mint macaron and stamped the image in the corner of a piece of whisper white. After adding the clear embossing powder and heating it for a glossy finish, I repeated that three more times. I next used my aquapainter and mint macaron, blushing bride and sweet sugarplum to colour in the images – it’s so much easier when you’ve heat embossed the image.

I cut down a piece of sweet sugarplum to make a square 4 1/4″ cardbase and glued on my painted panel. To finish off the card, I used one of the sentiments from the set and stamped it in sweet sugarplum. I punched it out using a 1 3/4 inch punch and then cut out a circle using framelits to give a small border. I popped this up with dimensionals.

So that’s the first first Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate – I have a few more ideas to share soon.

See you tomorrow,

Liz