CAS Colours and Sketches #186

UPDATE: So pleased this card got a special mention at Global Design Project

#GDPspecialmention, #GDP048

Hi All

It's my 2nd week at CAS Colours & Sketches and here is my card for challenge #186

I have taken the sketch from CC&S#186 and theme from Tanja Kolar's card at Global Design Project #GDP048 for inspirations on this card.

I used Number of Years stamp set with the matching Large Numbers dies as the focal point which is covered in glitter by using Heat & Stick embossing powder.

The 2" and 1" banners were so easy to achieve with the Triple Banner Punch, which I then pierced to do a bit of hand sewing with Gold Metallic Thread. The balloon and sentiments are from the Birthday Banners stamp set.

Check out the Design Team's cards and play along. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stampin'

Jay

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CAS Colours & Sketches #185

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I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to be the Guest Designer for August at CAS Colours & Sketches. It is a weekly challenge blog which starts on Thursday and winners are announced on Monday. It's a great source for inspirations so check out the challenges and join in.

Here is my design for challenge #185

I used White Stampin' Powder to heat embossed a flower from the Falling Flowers set - having the raised outlines made watercolouring with the Aqua Painters and Stampin' Markers so much easier.

Once I was happy with the flower, I used copy paper to mask it and stamped Gorgeous Grunge twice in Dapper Denim. The flourish from Falling Flowers was achieved by using the marker to stamp and 2nd generation stamping techniques.

The flower and splatters were then coated with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter. The sentiment from Thankful Thoughts and was also heat embossed.

Check out the rest of the design team's cards and join in the fun at CC&S#185

Thank you for stopping by

Jay

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Heat Embossed Flower from Botanical Builder

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Today I am sharing a card I am entering to the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #184 using the Botanical Builder dies.

 

The embossed flower came about after creating brooches for our swaps with other demonstrators at a recent training event. Each layer were pressed on Versamark Pad, coated with the Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder.

For this card, I made the embossed flower using Night of Navy and Very Vanilla card stock and adding Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder in the centre.

Layering Circle framelits for the scalloped aperture and another was used as a stencil to achieve the Copper embossed circle border. Mint Macaron card embossed with Petal Burst Embossing Folder underneath.

We don't have the Copper Metallic Thread so I used natural fibres from our stash for the leaves. They were made using the same method as the flower then cut in to shape.

Hope you like the card and thank you for stopping by

Jay

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Stampin' with Picture Perfect Bird

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Just wanted to share this card I created using the sketch from CC&S#182 with the bird stamp from Picture Perfect set.

The Picture Perfect stamp set consists of 4 images that uses the 2 Step Stamping technique which creates the photo realistic result. I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure each layer aligns perfectly.

Stamped on Very Vanilla card, fussy cut and mounted on Mint Macaron using the Layering Circles die. The colours used for the bird are, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo and Crumb Cake. I then used Real Red & Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Markers and a white pigment pen to add more colour to the body and eyes before coating most of the image with Gold Wink of Stella.

I used one of the leaf die from Botanical Builder, coloured with Garden Green, Old Olive, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Markers and Wink of Stella before folding over and sticking wire on the middle for extra support. The small flower die is also from the Botanical Builder set, coloured with Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie.

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

Cas Colours & Sketches #182 - Sketch

Glitter 'n' Sparkle #197 - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #153 - CAS

Crafting From The Heart #121 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #321 - Anything Goes

Hope you like the card and thank you for stopping by

Jay

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Stampin' with Picture Perfect for Challenges

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Just wanted to share a card I am entering to the Global Design Project #GDP044 - Case The Designer and CAS Colours & Sketches #181 Colour Challenge

I created a floral card with the sentiment customised from the Crazy About You set. I have CASEd the layout, gold details and splatter effects from Steffi Helmschrott's card with the colours from CC&S

Stampin' the flower from Picture Perfect set on Very Vanilla card, I used 2nd generation technique to achieve 2 shades of the Elegant Eggplant, Soft Suede for the shadows and gold glitter to the highlights.

The flourish is from Hopeful Thoughts set, stamped with Cucumber Crush and the splatter effect is from Awesomely Artistic set stamped with Soft Suede. I added extra glitter dots on the card base and Gold Wink of Stella.

I felt that the background was too much so I used Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad to help tone it back down which worked great.

Hope you like the card and thank you for stopping by

Jay

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Stampin' on Canvas - Craft Class in Basingstoke 19th July 2016

Hi All

Our next Stampin' Up craft class is on

Tuesday 19th July

10am - 12pm
Hannah Moore Room

Christ Church

Chineham

Basingstoke

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be working on canvas to take home using a range of Stampin' Up! products including the Botanical Builder framelits dies.

The class is £15 per person or FREE when you place a £25 order but no obligations to do so.

Please book your place in advance so we can prepare enough materials*

Hot drinks will be available and all materials provided but please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives.

We will also have a B.O.G.O.F. table featuring retired Stampin' Up! products. You can buy any used items and you will get a voucher with the same value, redeemable until 30th September.

Contact us today to book your place.

Barry & Jay

07746 921967

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

twitter.com/Mitosucrafts

*Please note a £15 cancellation fee applies if cancelled with less than 48 hours notice.

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Class Projects and Samples

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Hope you're having a great weekend. I just wanted to share with you the 2 projects we made at our recent card making class in Basingstoke and the other samples we showed our attendees last Tuesday.

It was a challenging class as we made our own templates for future use before moving onto the actual projects but our ladies did very well.

We made a simple yet elegant card using the Love & Affection stamp set with the Layering Squares Framelits dies.

We then made this card using the Botanical Builder with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits dies. The die cuts are suspended on two supporting bar along the top and the bottom.

Here are other samples of our Diorama cards using various Stampin' Up! products which you can purchase from our ONLINE SHOP. The Stampin' Trimmer is a great tool for these kinds of cards as it allows you to cut and score.

 

Join us at our next class where we will be creating home decor on a canvas, more details to follow.

Thank you for stopping and happy stampin'

Barry & Jay
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Your Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrators in Basingstoke

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Happy Birthday Mum

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Thanks for stopping by our blog, todays is a special card I made for my Mum for her birthday a few days ago. 

Its a magic slider card and was my first time of making one. It's such a fun card to make and is definitely a fun card to receive especially if the person getting it has never seen a slider card before. 

 

To make this card I have used several techniques and products as well as the new layering Squares Framelits Dies which are perfect for this style of card to create a perfect window opening. Other tools used was the Stamp-a-ma-jig, it's an essential tool needed to create the overlap. The sentiment is from the new Birthday Banners Stamp set and die cut from the Large Numbers Framelits Dies. I finished the card off with some Pearl Basic Jewels and string.  I have chosen to use the Mint Macaroon and Cucumber Crush colours from the Stampin' Up range, but Stampin' Up! have a wide selection of Colours to choose from if greens are not your thing.

YouTube has plenty of detailed videos if you want to get ideas of how its all put together. Just search Magic Slider Cards.

Please leave us a comment below if you like this card or if you have any question. All the products used to create this can be purchased from our 24/7 Online Shop. 

Thanks again for looking and we hope we have Inspired you to Create and Share something new.

Happy Crafting 

Barry

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Embossing with Botanical Builder Framelits

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Today I am sharing a card inspired by the colour challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches #178 using Pool Party, Calypso Coral & Pear Pizzazz.

It looks quite simple but I have used a few techniques to create this card.

I used the Layering Square Framelits and Botanical Builder Framelits to emboss the white card. I made my own shim using thick card to only emboss parts of the leaves but I ended up covering the area with the Calypso Coral flower so I didn't need to be fussy about it - at least I have a shim for next time :)

I then used scrap paper to mask around the square, sponging Pear Pizzazz on the bottom left and Pool Party on the top right. I used the embossed lines to add sparkles around the square frame, leaves and flower. I also edged the topper with sparkles.

I had small off cuts of Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz card stock which I added on the right side. I wanted more interest around the card so I added some iridescent sequins which my mum reminded me how much we have in our stash as she talked about adding sequins to her dress. 

After looking at my card, I realised I haven't done any stampin'?! I ended up using the row of lines stamp from the Botanical Blooms set which matches the framelits. I didn't want to overpower the whole card so I used 2nd generation stamping to lighten the ink.

Thank you for stopping by and please comment below what you think of the card.

Jay

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Stampin' for Father's Day

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How are you today? I hope you're having some crafty fun and playing with all your new goodies. We all get stuck for ideas so please feel free to CASE what you see. Stampin' Up! products which were used to make these cards, can be purchased from our ONLINE SHOP. 

Well today, I wanted to share with you the Father's Day cards myself and Jay made for our wonderful & amazing Dads.

This card was the one I made for my Dad.  It was made by embossing the Kraft Card with the Woodgrain Texture Embossing Folder & adding some gold gilding wax to highlight the texture. I then stamped the Hardwood stamp on a small off cut of Whisper White card stock before die cutting the word 'Happy' from the Hello You Thinlits Dies. The sentiment is from the Crazy about You & the banner is from the Number of Years stamp set which I stamped out & die cut with the matching Large Numbers Framelits Dies. I have wrapped silver string around the card and entwined with the die cut 'Happy'. The banner is attached with Stampin Dimensionals and the whole card is mounted on Whisper White & Night of Navy card stock.

My Dad was really pleased with his card & I hope you all like it too. 

 Jay made this card for his Dad using the Retiform Technique - a technique one of our ladies from our twice monthly card class has asked if we can play with in a future class. To help with the blending around the edges, Jay used the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to draw the outlines and overlapped sponging can be hidden. He used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set to create this amazing card with the sentiment from the Crazy About You stamp set. The die cut leaves are from the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies which also has a beautiful matching Botanical Blooms stamp set. 

I hope these have inspired you to try some or all of the techniques used. If you have any questions about Stampin' Up! products or our card making class in Basingstoke, please drop us a message and we will do our best to help you or just leave us a comment bellow. 

Thanks again for looking & have a fun crafty day.

Barry & Jay

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Stampin' with Awesomely Artistic

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Today I am sharing a tag on a card using the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. I have combined a couple of challenges for inspiration as we have so many crafty products that sometimes it can be too overwhelming so it's great to look at challenges to get started.

Firstly, I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches #177. I also looked at Global Design Project GDP#040 - Case The Designer, for the floral inspiration. The final element came from Can You Case It? CYCI#124, use watercolour and add a sentiment.

I liked how the 2016-2018 In Colours worked together with previous projects so I used them here again, applied with the Aqua Painters before adding the sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set.

Barry has recently been playing with texture paste and I used the scraps with the Pansy Punch. Some of the crackles came off the edges but I quite like the effect it has given the flower after colouring it with Emerald Envy.

Hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by. Check out the challenge blogs that I am entering this card to and join in the fun.

Jay

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Card Making Class In Basingstoke - 28th June

Hi All

Our fun Stampin' Up card making class is on

Tuesday 28th June

10am - 12pm
Hannah Moore Room

Christ Church

Chineham

Basingstoke

RG24 8LT

All levels of crafters are welcome 18-80+

You will be making DIORAMA cards to take home using a range of Stampin' Up! products including the Layering Squares Framelits.

 

The class is £10 per person or FREE when you place a £25 order but no obligations to do so.

Please book your place in advance so we can prepare enough materials*

Hot drinks will be available and all materials provided but please bring a basic craft kit including your favourite adhesives, scissors, 3D foam pads, craft knife & mat. Please also bring an Envelope Punch Board and Stampin' Trimmer, if you have them.

We will also have a B.O.G.O.F. table featuring retired Stampin' Up! products. You can buy any used items and you will get a voucher with the same value, redeemable from 1st July - 30th September.

Contact us today to book your place.

Barry & Jay

07746 921967

mitosucrafts@yahoo.co.uk

twitter.com/Mitosucrafts

*Please note a £10 cancellation fee applies if cancelled with less than 48 hours notice.

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