Smitten

Clare Buswell's fabulous quilling inspired me to try my hand at a simple quilled heart. Clare's quilled creations are amazing and this is my very simple version of quilling. I acquired a quilling tool a few years ago, but never used it. I still haven't as I couldn't find it and had to fashion one out of a toothpick! Not the best start, but it was very enjoyable, I love the tightly coiled pieces of paper. I probably coiled them too tightly as I was enjoying it too much!

This card is very CAS, one layer of cardstock with one graphic image/embellishment made from one thin strip and lots of white space. I had to resist all temptation to keep adding layers- not an easy task for me. I loved it, as a result of my first attempt at quilling a wonky heart. But was it enough? I had my doubts, but I slapped my hands away and I'm proud of my restraint. I now love it because it's so CAS, plus my SIL said it was nice too. We all like to hear nice things.

Challenges:

CASology Week 134: Monochrome

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge February 15-21: Anything Goes (Wk3)

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Good Gab

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black

Paper: Whitecard from stash

Highlights: Quilled heart

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Purrfect Birthday CAS(E)#95 MtDSTechnique VVC#8

Masking and more and more masking, this card contains 3 types! Embossing and embossing, yes you guessed it, this card contains 2 types! I started out by masking off a rectangular section of my stencil with painter's tape and applied the embossing paste. While this was drying I created a party hat mask with post-it note tape, stamped up my images and coloured in my tabby cat. I've kept the mask with my stamp set so I can use it again. The sentiment is a combination of two sets, I masked out the word halloween with washi tape before inking in versamark, removed the tape, stamped and embossed on vellum. The birthday was then stamped and embossed. The sentiment was stamped and embossed in two stages as I didn't want to smudge the almost invisible versamark.

This card is a refinement of my last card. I wanted to use a more subdued palette and have a go at some masking. I've used CAS(E) this sketch #95 for the layout,  kept it clean and simple for Virginia' View Challenge #8 and tried a few techniques for Make the Day Special's October Challenge.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch #95
Make the Day Special October Challenge: Try a technique [masking & embossing]

Virginia's View Challenge #8: Clean & Simple

 

 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Spooktacular, Hat's Off To You
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles Lawn Cuts, Tim Holtz Dot Fade Stencil

Paper: White card  & vellum from stash

Highlights: gold embossing paste, white embossing paste, glossy accents, gold gel pen, Wink of Stella, Lawn Fawn sequins

Colouring: ProMarkers Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey 3, Cool Grey 4, Pink Carnation, Blender.

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CAS Patterned Paper Home

Time to pull out the papers and get piecing! I needed a quick CAS card before I visited a friend's new home, so took Lawnscaping Challenge's advice and used patterned paper. No colouring except for a little shading, just some die cutting and a little embossing. Hey presto, a sweet little card for my friend's family of four. I positioned my dies and stamps so the images' colouring made sense and would have a bit of interest. This took a little bit of time, but I had to wait for the embossing paste to dry anyway! I've one little boy bird and one little girl bird flying about as their parents keep watch.
I've kept this card Clean & Simple with lots of white space to enter Virginia's View Challenge #8 and have used Retrosketches #114 rotated 90º to enter their World Cardmaking Day Challenge. There are lots of great sketches in their Archive.

Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #91: Use Patterned Paper  
Retrosketches #135: Your Choice - Retrosketches #114 
Virginia's View Challenge #8: Clean & Simple 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black 

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home Lawn Cuts, Wendy Vecchi Honeycomb Stencil

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet, Pink Lemonade

Highlights: white embossing paste, glossy accents

Colouring: Tim Holtz Distress Markers Old Paper, Iced Spruce, Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean

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Sequins

CAS Lawn Fawn Engagement card with sequins.

As soon as I saw Pinspired Challenge #9, I wanted to use my pink sequins laid out in rows. Just as we get a peek through the curtains, at the pink delights inside, I've cut a heart aperture to frame my glittery treasure. I wanted to keep the rest of the card nice and simple so the sequins shine.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #58: Clean & Simple

Pinspired Challenge #9

The ABC Challenge: N for Not Just One  [lots & lots of sequins]

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