A Star for Merry Monday

Good Merry Monday morning

It's Deanne's turn to host the challenge this week.

I love what she chose!

I used my Star Framelits to cut a star from a piece of
Distress Woodgrain Cardstock and cut a smaller star from that cutout.

I adhered the woodgrain piece to a Crumb Cake card base
and popped the smaller star in the out cut.

One of those little wooden snowflakes from last year's Christmas catalog
perked that star right up.

This one was quick and easy.

Now it's your turn.

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Be sure to share with us at
Merry Monday

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Yuletide (Kaisercraft)

Ink:  Crumb Cake (SU)

Paper:  Crumb Cake (SU), White Woodgrain (Tim Holtz Distress)

Other: Star Framelits (SU), Snowflake Elements (retired SU), Twine (stash), Basic Pearl (SU)

Pink and Black Floret

I love pink and black together!

This was a design piece from my UFO box.

So glad to give it a good home!

Happy Mother's Day 
to all you moms.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fabulous Florets (retired SU), Sentiment (Enjoy-PB)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Watercolor 

Other:  Stitched Mat Rectangles, Stitched Squares dies (Lil' Inker), Black twine and dots (stash)

Gilded Dragonfly

My dear friend Loll (Stamping with Loll)

recently enabled encouraged me to get some Gilding Flakes.

They are a very interesting product!

Lessons learned:

Turn the overhead fan off before I open the jar.

             Don't breath too hard.                                                          

No sneezing allowed!                                               

I've got to say that I love the results though.

I die cut this dragonfly using some Sizzix sticky paper adhered to a snippet of cardstock.

After removing the backing paper, I pressed the gilding flakes onto the sticky side,

then "scrubbed" off with the scrubby pad.

I love the shine!

To go with this shiny dragonfly, I used a piece of copper metallic cardstock

and place it behind another die cut piece.

The sentiment is stamped and embossed with copper embossing powder.

This card is perfect for the

CAS Mix Up May Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Three Little Words (retired SU)

Ink:  VersaMark

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Copper Metallic (stash)

Other: Meadow Dragonfly, Distressed Windham Collage (both MB), Eton Mess Mega Flakes (Indigoblu), Sticky Sheets (Sizzix), Simply Scored (SU)

A Little Ombre for Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday time.

Kristie is our hostess this week.  Here's her choice.

I sponged Stampin' Up! inks to create my ombre background
and silver glitter paper for my die cut snowflakes and as a thin border.

I can't wait to see what you do with this challenge.

The Design Team will knock your socks off so be sure to check them out.

See you at Merry Monday.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:  Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Night of Navy (SU)

Paper:  Night of Navy, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Frosty Border Die (MB), Sequins (PPP)

Heat Embossing for CAS Mix Up

Time for a new CAS Mix Up challenge

This month's challenge is

I used Stamping, Heat Embossing, Sponging and Die-cuts.

I used this awesome technique by Svitlana.

You'll find this video and others at the CAS Mix Up challenge site.

I left one unadorned to show the technique better.

I stamped the fern with VersaMark on Mixed Media paper and clear embossed. 

Then I sponged some Shabby Shutters distress ink over the whole piece.

I repeated the process with another leaf but sponging with Peeled Paint.

Finally I stamped some leaves in the Peeled Paint and splattered a little water over the whole piece.

The sentiment is heat embossed too.

I also used the Embossed Resist technique on the sentiment for the second card 

and sponged with the Peeled Paint.

This was a really fun technique and I love the different shades of green.

By cutting the piece in half, I got 2 CAS cards.

We have 2 new fantastic Design Team members.

Nancy (scandinancy creates)

and 

Susan (Cardmaker's Garret)

Our Featured Designer this month is

Karen (Snippets)

Our Guest Designer was the winner of our March CAS Mix Up Challenge

Betty (created by bjk)

Be sure to check them all out.

Now it's your turn.

I can't wait to see what you can do with heat embossing!

Don't forget to keep it CAS and share it with us at 

CAS Mix Up!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Basics (SU), World of Dreams (SU)

Ink: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (Distress), VersaMark

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other: Clear and White EP (SU), Leavenworth Butterfly (MB)