Sunny Thank You

Afternoon all.

Just sat down after taking Max for a walk before going out to cut the grass, so thought I would post another thank you card for Nich.

This one is based on the latest cue word from Addicted to CAS - Sun.

I love this MB die and really suggests rays when in front of a yellow backing. It needed a little something and I remembered seeing a sun with it's center filled with assorted yellow buttons, what a great idea, but not sure whose card it was, I must make notes as I don't have pinterest. 

Some of the buttons are from bought packets but some are saved from those extra you get on tops in little plastic packets! The die cut is popped up on pads but the yellow is flat on the square base card. The sentiment is from Hobbycraft.

That's about it, better get the grass cut!

Wood

The latest cue word at CAS- ology is WOOD.

One or two things popped into my mind but wasn't sure if one 'would' be CAS enough. In the end I made both as the second was really quick.

This is one of the thank you cards I made, not sure if its Nich's cup of tea though. The background is a heat embossed wood grain texture stamp.

This the second -

A bit of fun really, just something that popped into my brain. The golf wood, ball and tee are just die cuts with a bit of dry embossing on the ball and wood. The grass is made using a MS edge punch and a scrap of card as are the other elements, I love a bit of recycling.

OK, better get moving and get the tea going!

Summer Lovin'

Good morning peeps.

What a difference a day makes. This morning we woke up to blue skies, no rain in sight for the moment at least.

Today I would like to share a card I made for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge.

I was going to post last night but we had visitors so didn't get the chance. I was inspired by a card I saw a while ago but don't know whose it was, so apologies for the lack of acknowledgement. When I saw the challenge title was Summer Lovin I thought of this Kaisercraft stamp which I only used a while ago. I had so much fun playing with the DIs and water technique last week I used it again for this card. 

The sentiment is heat embossed in detail white, then the panel was inked with Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold and Squeezed Lemonade, such well named summery colours and splat and spritzed with 'Eau de Corporation' - water to you ( my Mum used that term when we were kids n were asking what there was to drink!). The hearts were punched from the waste. and scattered about. All on a A6 white base card.

OK, that's about it. I may be back later as Nich wants some thank you cards for work but it depends on Al who is off ragwort pulling in the far field later and he may require assistance! 

I shall enter the following challenges:-

Nightshift Stamping - CAS

Sparkle, Shimmer and Shine

Evening all.

Was that summer? No need to open all windows tonight, but at least the rain has stopped so Al has gone out to play again!! Hopefully it may be a little better tomorrow and the weekend.

So while he was out I was playing in the craftroom and came up with this.

I had half a mind to this weeks Merry Monday Challenge when I made this.

I know the MB die is called Calm Countryside but it did shout snow scene when I got it out of the packet. I am still playing around with different ways of framing and layering so this was a little bit of invertage, if there is such a word. Really simple construction just a couple of the MB diecuts plus some stacking square frames all overlayed onto some pale blue/ turquoise glitter card then onto a white square base card.

I shall also enter the following challenges:-

Keep it Simple - lots of turquoise

OK, time for my Wimbledon fix, thanks for stopping by.

Watercolour Gardenia

Evening all.

I love the theme of this week's theme at Less is More -

WATERCOLOUR

I've already submitted one card for this challenge but I was playing around with a softer technique, such as used in some of my other gardenia cards.

This time I went with a textured off white cardstock and an apricot colourway.

I'm loving this die and can't use it enough, so I'm trying to get ideas on how to use the die, I stumbled across a You Tube video by Therese Calvird. This time I used some scrap of gold mirror card to create the outline and then used watercolour markers to colour the base with a few extra splashes of the dark peachy orange. For a change I used Therese's idea of a colour block on the right hand side and raised the w/c panel on pads. A few sequins and domed crystals from the stash complete the image.

OK that's it for tonight, may just have to check up on Wimbledon today at 8 on the telly while hubby is out playing with his toys!