Day 4 of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps April 2020 Release

Happy Hump Day!!! It is Wednesday for all you people whose days are getting all clumped together. I rarely know what day it is myself but as I am posting ahead of time, I need to know the date!!

Today I am posting two of my FAVORITE projects that I created for the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps April 2020 Release. They are so different from each other too!!

My first card I used the brand new Blossom Bubble Stencil and paired it with a sentiment from last month's Terrific Flowers Stamp Set for a clean and simple card.

This brought me back to high school days when I first started making cards. I used to use stencils and acrylic paint to create scenes on card fronts. Instead of using paint, I made a scene with the Blossom Bubble Stencil and dye ink. I started off by masking the card front with an open circle in the center. I placed the Blossom Bubble Stencil over the circle and stenciled two flowers using three different pink Distress Inks.

I them used a small dauber to stencil the flower centers with yellow.

I masked off the flowers with post it tape and used green to stencil in the stems and the leaves. I changed up where I wanted the leaves from the stencil-which is something I LOVE about using stencils to create a card!!!

I removed the Blossom stencil and shaded in around the inside edges of the circle mask in a teal color, as well as heat embossed a sentiment in gold from the Terrific Flowers Stamp Set.

I am not sure if you can see from the photos but I dry embossed a frame around the outside of the white card panel. My last step was to adhere it to an A2, top folded card base. This card was SO EASY and so fun to make!!

My next card I used the new Bold Flowers Stencil, a sentiment from Pretty Posies stamp set and the Sweet Friend's Fri-die to create my card.

I created the background by pairing the new Bold Blossom Flower Stencil with Ultramarine Color Burst on watercolor paper.

The Color Burst is a powder I sprinkled in between the stencil and then misted water over the top. There was so much color on top of the stencil that I then dipped the panel into that, creating what you see. I even had enough to make a second panel that I put away for a different time.

I let the panel dry and mounted it onto an A2 card base. I then adhered the "friend" die cut to the front. I used a shimmer pen over the black sentiment and then covered it with Glossy Accents.

I stamped a sentiment from the Pretty Posies stamp set in black. I adhered the sentiment strip under the "friend" die cut when the Glossy Accents dried.

My last step was to adhere some sequins that matched the background around the sentiment block.

I cannot tell you how pleased I am with this card!! I had never really used the Color Burst before and I have a couple bottles up on a shelf. I will definitely be trying this again with some other stencils.

These new products are available NOW in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp Store. Please use my code NORASENTME to get an extra 15% off your total order.

To see some more amazing projects with these new stencils, hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see what the other members of the design team created!!

I thank you for taking the time to stop by today. I will be back tomorrow with another fun card I created for this release!! Have a FABULOUS day!!

Some Good News and a couple of Cards

Happy Saturday!! Just popping in with some news and a couple of cards.

First, my dog has rallied and seems to be better. It was a ROUGH week all around but he is back to his whining for what he wants and begging for food like a champ. I was so afraid he would pass away before my daughter came home from college. However, she is home now and he is happy as any pup (or old geezer, which he is!!) can be to have all his people in one place.

Today I am posting a few cards in between Charlotte coming in to show me all the clothes she is trying on to see if she could keep them or get rid of them. She is the only person I know that loses weight at college!!

On my first card, I used the Fusion Challenge as my inspiration.

The colors from the butterflies on the door and I flipped the sketch so it was landscape.

Instead of the card base being one color, I shoe to layer a piece of striped paper on top of the tiny dots. The border is a combination of die cuts that I had on my desk and a border from some paper that was sent to me in a mini kit.

The stamped image is from WPlus9's "Hello and Thanks" stamp set and colored in with Copic Markers. I added some Glossy Accents and Diamond Stickles on top of some of the flowers when I was done.

Instead of the circle, I chose to mount the flower on top of a pink tag. The sentiment is a sticker from Carta Bella.

I have to say I LOVE how this card came out. I am really trying to use some of the patterned paper I keep hoarding so this was a win for me!!

For my second card, I used a challenge from a private board as my inspiration. It was to use a color inspiration challenge that had all these blues. I am HORRIBLE at color challenges but I thought this came out okay and was simple to put together.

The background was from my scrap drawer and the two die cuts were from Carta Bella's "Flower Market" frames and tags ephemera set.

I added some Diamond Stickles and two word stickers over the top.

I LOVE when cards come together so easily.

That is all from me today. I am off to do some playing on this National Scrapbook Day. I intend to try some techniques with some NBUS supplies I have in my stash!!

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Supplies:

Paper-Neenah Solar White, Carta Bella "Planted Flowers" and "Market Shop," Tonic "Arctic Blue"
Stamps-WPlus9 "Hello and Thanks"
Other-Diamond Stickles, Carta Bella "Flower Market" Frames and Tags, Glossy Accents, Carta Bella "Flower Market Element Stickers," My Favorite Things "Blueprint 13 Die-namics," Big Shot, Foam Adhesive, Kokuyo Adhesive

CAS-ual Fridays February Stamp Sneak Peek Day 1

Happy Hump Day!! I hope everyone is having a FABULOUS Wednesday.

What better way to celebrate the middle of the week with a sneak peek to the new release from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps! Today I am sharing two projects I created with two new stamp sets-"Special Delivery" and "Heartfelt Sayings."

On my first card, I used the mailbox in "Special Delivery" as the main focus for my card. This mail box can be die cut with the previous released "Mailbox Fri-dies."

To start off my card I stamped the mailbox, the envelope and the the mailbox front again from the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Special Delivery" set onto white card stock and colored the images in with Copic markers. I then added glitter glue and crystal drops in various colors over the middle of each flower on the mail box.

While these elements were was drying, I die cut two rectangles, one out of white card stock and one out of patterned paper. Over the card stock I lightly blended green and blue dye ink to create the illusion of grass and sky. I then stamped a sentiment from "Special Delivery" in black ink. I adhered both rectangles to a pink A2 top folding card. I tucked a pink circle under the inked panel.

It was time to die cut the mail box out that I had stamped and the little black flag. The mail box was a little too tall for my rectangle so I cut a bit off the bottom. I also used a craft knife to cut a slit in the left side of the mailbox front and slipped the stamped letter that I had fussy cut.

I adhered the black flag to the mailbox and added a rhinestone to give it a more shine. The last step was to pop up the lid of the mail box that I had created using foam adhesive. 

Here is a sneak peek of the whole set. Don't you just love the little hearts in the sentiments?

I had so much fun coloring and will be making another project with this mailbox soon.

For my second project, I combined the "Special Delivery" and the new "Heartfelt Sayings" stamp set. The sentiments in the "Heartfelt Sayings" stamp set have little hearts in them too!

I began the card by stamping the envelope from the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Special Delivery" set repeatedly onto a piece of white card stock with black dye ink. To make the envelopes look as if they were overlapping, I did a bit of masking. Next I stamped some little hearts randomly around the front.

I stamped the sentiment using the "Heartfelt Sayings" set and used my Copic markers to color everything in. I went over the hearts with a clear sparkle pen and then added some Glossy Accents over the top to give all the hearts a little more oomph.

Once the card front dried, I used a double cut frame to die cut it. I adhered the outside of the frame to a white A2 sized, top folding card.

I then used foam adhesive to the middle panel and placed it into the frame. I love the dimension it gives the card.

I have to say that this is my FAVORITE card that I created for this whole release and will be doing some others with the "Heartfelt Sayings" sentiment set.

The stamps will be in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamp store starting on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Please use my code nora2017 to get a 15% discount on your total order.

I thank you for stopping by today. Check back in tomorrow for the debut of two more new stamp sets.
Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:
Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Special Delivery"
Dies-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Mailbox Fri-die"
Ink-Memento "Tuxedo Black," Hero Arts "Soft Pool" and "Green Hills" dye ink
Paper-PTI "Sweet Blush", Recollections "White," Neenah Solar White, Echo Park (checked), Black Bazzil and Basic Grey (circle)
Stickles- "Cotton Candy," "Glam Pink," and "Diamond"
Nuvo-"Rosewater," "Gloss Bubblegum," "Blush" and "Gloss White"
Other-Big Shot Machine, Spectrum Noir "Clear" Sparkle Marker, Glossy Accents, Rhinestone and Scrapbook Adhesives Foam, Ranger Ink Blender tool

    Supplies:
     Stamps-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Heartfelt Sayings" and "Special
     Delivery"
     Dies-SSS "Stitched Rectangles"
     Paper-Neenah Solar White
     Other-Big Shot Machine, Copic Markers, Spectrum Noir "Clear" Sparkle
     Marker, Glossy Accents, Memento "Tuxedo Black" dye ink

MFT Camp Create: Coloring on Kraft and Magnificent Masking with CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge #181

Happy Tuesday!! As I write this I am listening to my daughter catch a Pokeman and my husband sighing in disappointment that he didn't get one. He is standing outside at the end of the driveway trying to catch one. Charlotte is beating him and he does not like that!! Sigh.


Now on to why I am really posting!!  I created two cards for for My Favorite Things "Camp Create."

My first card is for Camp Create Day 2: Coloring on Kraft. I used my NEW MFT "Adorable Elephants" stamp set. I was so excited that they finally had it in stock. Now I am waiting for the matching dies to be in stock!!

I did a bit of masking with the flowers and used Prismacolor pencils to color the images in.  I did it in layers. After I was done, I used a black gel pen to go over the stamped lines. I created the grass by using several green pencils and making lines in different directions.

I used a die cut the image with a MFT "Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax." I mounted the elephant onto an A2 blue card base that had a die cut piece of chevron paper from MFT's "Calm and Cozy Chevron" paper pad. My last step was to adhere some Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins in trios on both sides of the kraft panel.

My second card was created by combining CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge #181 and MFT's Camp Create Day 4: Magnificent Masking.

I started off by masking MFT's "Chunky Herringbone" stencil on a piece of white Bristol Board. I used Post It tape to make off a part of the white background that I wanted to be stenciled. I then used MFT's "Purple Rain" dye ink and blended it in. I ADORE this ink!!!

I die cut the panel with one of the dies in "Blueprints 13" and adhered it to a "Wild Cherry" top folding card base. Next I added some "Purple Rain" card stock strips above and below the herringbone pattern.  

I added a Simon Says Stamp! "Hugs" sentiment that I die cut out of "Black Licorice" card stock. I used Clear Wink of Stella over it to give it a bit of shine. I adhered the flowers and leaves from MFT's "Buildable Blooms" stamp and die set in a cluster. My last step was to adhere sequins for the flower centers and dots of Stickles in complementing colors inside the sequins. 

That is all for me today. Thank you for stopping by!!

Supplies:

"Smile"

Paper-Paper Studio "Kraft" card stock, PaperTrey Ink "Hawaiian Shores," MFT "Calm and Cozy Chevron" paper pack

Stamps-MFT "Adorable Elephants" and Altenew Sentiment

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies-MFT "Blue Prints 13" and "Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax"

Other-Prismacolor Pencils, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Ranger Multi Matte, Black Gel Pen, Foam Adhesive

Supplies:

"Hugs"

Paper-Bristol Board, MFT "Purple Rain," "Black Licorice" and "Wild Cherry" card stock

Ink-MFT "Purple Rain," "Wild Cherry, and "Limelight"  WPlus9 "Gala Red," "Pink Flamingo," and "Last Leaf"

Stamps-MFT "Buildable Blooms"

Dies-MFT "Buildable Blooms" and "Blueprints 13" Simon Says Stamp! "Hugs"

Stencil-MFT "Chunky Herringbone"

Other-Big Shot Machine, Sequins, Stickles-"Xmas Red,""Diamond," and "Enchanted"

Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #1

Happy New Year!! The first Stamping Smiles Design Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge goes live today. Yippee!!

I actually created TWO projects for this challenge, using the middle column from top to bottom.

I chose to use sparkles, embossing and new on my cards.

For my first card, I chose to emboss the Soft Stone card stock with a new embossing folder from Kaisercraft and added sparkle to the card with some glitter tape and silver hearts.

The gray card stock was cut to 4" by 5 1/2" and popped up over the card base with foam adhesive.

I then adhered stamped "envelopes" from Simon Says Stamp!'s "Happy Thoughts" set over the embossed paper. These "envelopes" were stamped onto patterned paper scraps and fussy cut by hand. I actually have to admit that I sat down one night to do the stamping and then another night to do the cutting so that I could have these images on hand to eventually make a card set.

The sentiment is from Hero Art's "Act of Kindness" set (also new) and stamped in PTI Smokey Shadow ink onto a piece of white, scrap card stock. I popped it off the envelope cluster using a piece of foam adhesive. My last step was to randomly adhere the little hearts using Ranger Multi-Matte adhesive.

I was so excited with how easy this card was to put together using the Tic-Tac-Toe board that I decided to create another card with a similar design.

For this card, I embossed a white background using a heart embossing folder, which I adhered to a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" card base.

I then adhered the "envelopes" that I had stamped on scraps in the same general area. However, I decided to tuck the sentiment into one of the envelopes. I love how it looks!!

The last step was to adhere a variety of shiny, different shaped sequins randomly around the envelopes.

For someone who takes a long time to make a card, I created two cards in no time using the challenge card. I know that I will be making at least one more card using a different row because I had so much fun!!

I thank you for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:

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