CASology Week 242: TEXT

This will be my very first CASology project. The cue card for this week is TEXT.

 I was really inspired by Hannelie's card in the inspiration images. I loved the bright yellow and really wanted to find a way to use it.

I used the Spring Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped it in gray ink and then added some dimension to the flowers and leaves with my Copic markers. 

I die cut the Hello in yellow and black, stacked them and adhered them on top of the floral images. The yellow paper has the slightest bit of texture but it really does not show up in the photos.

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I will also be adding this card to the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday for March 2017.

Oh Happy Day! Cling Wrap Smooshing.

For this weeks challenge Simon Says Stamp said Any Thing Goes!  I decided to pay with my new Distress Oxide inks again, this time I tried the cling wrap technique.

I smooshed several colors on cling wrap, spritzed it a bit to get it wet then pressed it down on some water color card stock and mushed it around. I let it dry over night, which was hard because I really wanted to mess with it. But I did not, and I was glad the effect is really striking.

I cut a strip from the panel I made, die cut the words and some hearts from the remainder. I used the Oh Happy Day and the Holiday Shapes Hearts & Stars dies from Simon Says Stamp. I added a strip of glitter card stock then stacked a piece of Neenah white to adhere the die cuts to. I stuck them down with a glue pen and I was done!

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MFT Doodle Blooms Emboss Resist

I really love the flowers from the new MFT Doodle Blooms kit that came in last week and I also recently got the new Distress Oxide inks so I though I needed to create a card using both.

First I created an ink blended background on Bristol smooth card stock using Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio,  Broken China and Wilted Violet.

Then I stamped the blooms from the kit on the background in Versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. 

After they were all embossed I used the sponge blenders and Distress ink in Black Soot and Hickory Smoke, concentrating the black toward the outer edge and the grey toward the center.  I have seen this called emboss resist and Joseph's Coat, I was worried the thinner lines in this set would not work but I was pretty pleased with the effect. 

I then heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of torn vellum folded it under both sides and stuck it down. I also added a few sequins, for some reason they look kinda yellow in photos but in reality reflect pinks, blues and purples. 

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Simon Says Stamp April 2017 Kit, Penguin!

I adore penguins, I have for as long as I can remember. When the first sneak peek was posted for this kit and I saw the penguin I started counting down the days. I got my kit in the mail today just in time for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Things with Wings. I certainly think this little guy fits the bill.

For the first card I masked the penguin and blended the Simon Stamp inks included with the kit around the mask, I used the Orange Slush, Lemon Zest and Key Lime. I then masked his little flipper so I could have him holding a heart.

I colored the images and sentiment with Copic markers. I used the green Lawn Fawn plaid paper that came with the kit, cut with the largest of the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies, to frame the stamped panel, and adhered it to a card base.

The second card was super simple single layer card, I stamped the penguin masked him off to stamp the heart images behind him and again I had to mask his flipper so he could hold a heart. 

I did some simple coloring with Copic markers. I added a few details with a white gel pen and it was finished! I am wild about this penguin! 

This is the first Simon Says Stamp card kit I have gotten and I have to say I am pleased. This is also my first time using Simon inks, I love them and will surely be getting more, they blended really nicely and the colors are nice and vibrant. 

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MFT Color Challenge 66

For My Favorite Things color challenge #66 we were given the task of making a card with Four colors, Safety Orange, Cranberry Cocktail, Tropical Teal and Tangy Orange.

I had some trouble getting started and finally found inspiration with the arrow patterned paper which is found in the MFT Free Spirit 6" x 6" paper pack. I used the MFT Stepped Up Chevron dies for the horizontal element. I blended ink on a piece of Neena Solar White card stock with mustard seed and orange to try and match the Safety Orange, then covered it in clear embossing powder and adhered bit of teal card stock peak out from the peaks and valleys. 

 I cut the word hugs from a piece of Neenah that I inked up with orange and heat embossed with clear powder. I used the MFT Sweet Succulents stamp and die-namics for the cacuts and pot, I colored them with copic markers, glitz-ed them up with Wink of Stella and attached them with foam dots. 

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