Amazing Inspiration

Hi Friends,

I'm hosting the Inspiration Challenge this weekend on SCS and I chose the webstore "Hard To Find" as the inspiration site.  I have to tell you, to me, this really is one of the most inspiring sites I've come across.  It's nothing specific that I can define about it, but just the "stuff" they carry in their store had me listing several more cards that I want to make that are inspired by their merchandise.

For the sake of time (I'm late, I gotta get the post up over on SCS! LOL!) I made a CAS card using this "Lunchskins Sandwich Bag" as my inspiration piece.





Here's the supplies I used and assembled to complete this truly quick card!

Sizzix Pear & Leaf die, Zing White EP, Old Olive CS, Paper Smooches "Chit Chat" sentiment

Hope you'll check out the webstore and join me on SCS this week!!  I'd love to see you there!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

 

Mom's Birthday

 Hi Friends,

Sharing the card I made for my mom's birthday this week.  Happy #79 Mom!!  Love you!!

I used another K&Company "Flora and Fauna Birds and Leaves" dimensional sticker as the focal point (see last week's post here for the other) on this card along with the banner sticker from the same set.  I added more embellishments such as the punched flowers and tiny MS butterflies out of coordinating CS.  I also used part of a Cheery Lynn Designs "Victorian Romance" flourish diecut leftover from some earlier cards I was making.  I added some tiny pearls and Jolee's jewels for bling.  The bottom edge is EK Success border punch threaded with pink trim from Michael's. The sentiment is Stampin Up!

This card is in honor of Karen over on SCS who is the Featured Stamper this week!!  I love Karen's work and she is always so sweet and complimentary when you post a card.  I chose to case her "Gratitude" card.  The stamp set used is Stamps of Life and the embellishments are unidentified goodies I have in my stash.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

So Many Cards

 Hi All,

I'm bombarding you again with a bunch of cards I've made recently!

I'll start with the one I made for today's Inspiration Challenge over on SCS.  The website is "Greenheart" and I chose this cute bird plate as my inspiration.  I "thought" it was a good choice for a quick, CAS card that I could use some of my new K&Company stickers on, but noooooh!!  It took on a life of it's own and consequently took me all morning long!

The card ended up with 8 layers, a punched and dry embossed flower, a small rosette, the bird sticker and some dimensionals between the layers. 

  







The next photo is of some of the Easter Cards I made.  Using my fav TH rossettes, I attached them to a card base, stamped a bunny ($1 bin stamp!) onto coordinating DP, and added heart rhinestones.  Super quick.

The next photo is of a couple of First Holy Communion cards I made using vellum stickers.  I have had that sheet of stickers forever - Dollar Store find so I couldn't pass them up when I found them years ago, but never used them until now.

Lastly, my favorite.  Some of you "oldie" stampers may remember, "back in the day", before "Movers and Shapers" dies became a hot item, we had those small, thick Sizzix green dies.

It occurred to me that they work exactly the same way as the Movers and Shapers dies, but without the base plate that is needed to keep them magnetized to the base.  Duh.  Anyhow, I don't have nearly the number of those green dies that I used to, but I did keep some (yay for the hoarder in me!). And there's lots of them for sale on e-Bay for about $2.50 - $3.00 ea.   

To make the card, I cut out a white panel, positioned the die three different times on the CS and ran it through my Big Shot. The reason these thick dies work better for this technique than the thin wafer-type dies is because they don't leave a square impression around the negative piece that is left. 

I positioned my DP pieces on the base so that a different piece would show through each negative space and then popped up the panel dimensionals.  The DP in the background is KaiserCraft Peachy Keen collection that Stephanie (aka SmilinStef) gave me. Thanks Stephanie!!  So love that pad and those colors!!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!
 

Wishing You Poppies

Hello Friends!

I hope you're having a wonderful, blessed Easter!

I recently cashed in some gift cards and credits I had piling up and used them for new dies (mostly) and I'm so enjoying playing with them!!

I made this card for the IC this weekend that I'm hosting over on SCS.  The website is "Soul-Flower" and I chose the "Dorothy's Poppy Dream Skirt" shown on the left as inspiration for my card.




I impressed a Spellbinder Fancy Tags 2 die into the front panel and created the poppies using Spellbinder's Rose Creations by Donna Salazar (anyone else out there think she is the BOMB!!) to make the poppies.  I used one of the three "Wavy Edges" dies from QuickCuts die set, but the effect got hidden by the poppies on my card - those dies are awesome just the same!  And finally, I used a small and a medium starburst punch by Punch Bunch for the center of my poppies.  The cardstock colors are PTI Summer Sunrise and Bazzil Places We Love.  My sentiment is from Verve.


Thanks for stopping by!! 

 

CAS Moments

Hi All,

This very CAS card is for this week's Inspiration Challenge!  I'm very happily hosting again this weekend -- I hope you'll head over there and join me!  (Thanks Stephanie, enjoy your weekend!!)

The website I chose is called "Johnny Tapete".  Odd name for this German based webstore!  And even odder that they specialize in Vintage, out of production wall paper!  The website also carries home decor and accessories from the same time period, so it's a fun visit back to the 50's, 60's and 70's era!

I chose this "50er Torenplatte Staffel" (remember, German company!) as my inspiration.  I pinned a gorgeous CAS card today and wanted to Case the layout so that's how this design evolved.




The sentiment and butterfly stamp are from the "Butterfly" Cloud9 Designs set; the die is Cherry Lynn Designs "Exotic Butterflies Small" and the jewel accents are Jolee's Jewels.  I used SU! Pale Plum ink for the stamping and the main panel is popped up on dimensionals.

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!