Masking

In some ways, there is never enough time in the day to create and share everything you'd like to, and as we reach the end of the January to June mini catalogue I find this card which was made using masks.

  

These Butterflies & Flowers layering masks are due to retire June 30th, so I've added a quick link to take you straight to them in the shop. They're $17.50 for 6 long lasting plastic masks, which can be used with embossing paste or blending brushes and ink.

Both sentiments are from Flowing Flowers, another stamp set in Last Chance Sale. Pretty, water colour-style flowers and somewhat different fonts.

 

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Colour Creations- Sahara Sand

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. This is week 41 of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and as we use the colours alphabetically, we are up to Sahara Sand.

Sahara Sand is a neutral, so perfect for a base card. I managed to create 2 cards this week - one male, one female.

The match between this wood grain paper from In Good Taste DSP and Sahara Sand is just perfect. That made a wonderful backdrop to the pair of caps die cut using the Hats Off bundle.

The variations for decorating the caps are numerous and combine stamping and die cutting.

This fold is a book end card. So easy, but with that little point of difference. Just cut a tent card, measure 3cm from the centre score, and score again. Cut the DSP .5cm smaller than that so for my cards thats 2.5cm x 10 cm & 11cm x 10cm.

For my second card, I was experimenting with the emboss resist technique.

Flowing Flowers is a lovely new stamp set in the January to June mini catalogue. It has lovely loose blooms and some really good sentiments, like this one "sending a card instead of a text".

The flower stamp was inked with Versamark before it was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Calypso Coral was applied over the embossing with a blending brush and a circular motion.

I wonder what the lovely Diane has to share using Sahara Sand this week?
 

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

CTC#361 CASE An Animal Card

The CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too.

Our challenge this week is to CASE an animal card from either catalogue. I had a couple in mind, and then I spied a mouse card on page 90 of the mini catalogue. Mischievous Mice is a host set, which you can become eligible to add on, if your order reaches $250. You can either spend this yourself, gather friends for a stamping event with you as the host, or pass around a catalogue to see if anyone is after crafting supplies.

The main points I've CASEd are the two ticket die cut pieces, from Sports Events dies, the die cut Stitched Rectangle, and a stamped image at the bottom of the plain ticket, with a sentiment above.

Flowing Flowers, on page 36 of the J-J mini catalogue, was a must-have when I saw it. The soft, water-coloured flowers, the mix of fonts on the sentiments, and the messages in the sentiments are all very appealing.

The colour choice was decided by the piece of DSP, but I can imagine it in all shades, pastel and bold.

The simplest of stamping to finish the inside of the card.

We love having you join in our challenges. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE, and let us know which card or project you've CASE-d. No blog required, no special qualifications.

Next design team member to share is Peta