CAS Stencil - Ghosting

I just got some new stencils from Sarah at Funky Fossil that I won at a Time Out challenge.  I thought one of them would be perfect for the ghosting challenge at CAS Stencil.

I inked up a mixed media panel with green Distress Inks and placed down the Forest Foliage stencil, spritzed with water and laid a coffee filter and paper towel over it.  Why a coffee filter you ask?  If you saw my last entry in the challenge, the paper towel left its own imprint on my card here.  The CP leaves were the same shape and size so I cut two from paper that looked like the background colors.  At least I thought they did when I was picking them out. 

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CAS Stencil - March

Boo!  This is a hint to this month's CAS Stencil challenge.

There are a couple of videos on the challenge site to explain how to do this so please check them out.  I did mine a little differently and got a surprise.

The mixed media paper was inked up with Black Soot DOX and covered with the TH crackle stencil.  I wet my paper towel and pressed it onto the stencil.  When I lifted it off I saw that the pattern on the paper towel left an impression on my paper.  Not what I was going for but I love it!  The PTI frame was added along with a TH wildflower die cut.

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CAS(E) This Sketch #312

I guess I'm just a flower girl because most of the cards I make include them and flowers are the first thing I thought of when I saw the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch.

Altenew Vintage Flowers set has blossoms of all different sizes and that became my starting point.

I had intended it to be a one layer card but once I had the flowers stamped, it looked too bare.  Rather than mask all the flowers, I cut them out and placed them on a stenciled trellis from PTI, adding the sentiment from HA.

The sun is shining so it looks like it will be a great day.  I hope you have one too.

Time Out #130

Time Out has this as a word prompt.  What to do?  What to do?

I finally came up with something - again in the early morning thoughts.

I combined the rather sedate and drab GS owl with the brightly billed MFT toucan.  They are placed on a CF word die, layered three times, that is glued over a stenciled background from HA. The minor sentiment was computer generated.  I didn't use a word bubble because depending on your perspective, either of these birds is unique.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a nice weekend.

CAS Stencil Challenge - February

I have quite a few stencils but not many that work for some of the neat techniques that they do with them at the CAS Stencil Challenge.  This month we are to use powdered inks.  I love my Brushos but I think I need more practice with the amount of water to use with them.  Even so I did make a card using a stencil from STAMPlorations.

I cut a stitched square to mount my panel behind and stamped the sentiment from MFT.

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Color Throwdown #527

I woke up this morning with an idea for a card for Color Throwdown.  I quickly made this because the deadline is near.

The morning glories are from Altenew stamped with their ink. The card base is SSS Fog and I used Fog ink to stencil the PTI trellis in the background and a scrap of Fog to emboss the HA sentiment.

The weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow says we may get 8 to 12 inches of snow.  That on top of below zero temperatures. I'm not looking forward to it but if I don't have to work I can stay home and do some more crafting.

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Stamplorations CAS January and CAS Stencil Challenge

I was playing around with my stencils thinking this card would be for the CAS Stencil Challenge but when I was part way through I thought the color would also work for the twist at the Stamplorations CAS Challenge.  

After taping off the edges, I inked through the TH stencil with Wilted Violet Distress Ink and then to add an accent I went over the diamond shapes with Seedless Preserves.  It's not really what I call burgundy but close enough that I used the same ink on the Stamplorations birthday die, double heat embossed it with clear and shadowed it with a black cut.

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CASology #327

It's a sunny albeit cold day here but it's cloudy at CASology.  That's their cue word for this week.

A few stenciled  raindrops are falling from the cloud made with an edge die cut.  The sentiment for this get well card is from MFT.

Thanks for dropping by.  Enjoy your day!

CAS Stencil - January

There's a new CAS challenge in town and it's the CAS Stencil Challenge.  We all need encouragement to use those stencils we just had to have and this is it.  There are so many different ways to use stencils and I'm sure we'll see a lot of them as the challenge continues.

I have to say right off I'm not real happy with this card.  It didn't turn out quite like I imagined and I had to make a couple of U turns along the way.  The rectangle was cut and colored with Distress Ink using Clarity brushes.  I stenciled the pine tree from TH and clear heat embossed it so the green wouldn't show through the texture paste when I added it through the second layer of stencil.  While the paste was out I stenciled snow from SSS.  The clear embossing didn't help and the 'snow' looked terrible.  High embossing powder to the rescue.  It gave a shiny, puffy look to the snow which I rather like but then it made the snowfall look washed out.  Too bad.  There's no way that chunky ep would work on those little dots.  It still makes a decent Christmas card to add to my stash.

Thanks for dropping by.  I think I'll be spending the day in my craft room as both the snow and the temperature continue to fall.

Addicted to Stamps and More #314

It's Clean and Simple time at Addicted to Stamps and More.  Here's my card.

I wanted something to send to my granddaughter and I thought this little squirrel from Gerda Steiner would lift her up.  He's colored with PolyChromos and placed inside a panel cut with MFT's domed die.  The panel was raised over a stenciled background with foam tape and a heat embossed sentiment added.

What will you make for our CAS challenge?

Addicted to Stamps and More #308

This challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More is for a holiday card - any holiday.  Most people will probably chose Christmas so they can get a head start on the number of cards they need but I chose to go with Halloween instead.  I do send Halloween cards to my grandchildren and they are fun to make.

For this card I was inspired by one that Kelly Griglione made here.  She used Brutus Monroe Color Bursts for her background and I have Brushos but you can get similar results.

I sprinkled my powders on Mixed Media paper and sprayed them, adding more powder in different colors until I was satisfied.  Then I took a stencil from CPD, added black powder and misted.  Okay, I sprayed. Maybe a little too much water here but I still like it.  To top it off I splattered some Inka- Gold. The sentiment, spider and web are all from W&W and heat embossed.

There are many holidays represented by the Design Team cards.  Why not check them out for inspiration and then enter a card in our gallery.

AAA Cards #122

I have a few stencils that I've never used and pulled out one from PTI for the challenge at AAA Cards.

I mixed Peacock Feathers Distress Ink into texture paste in different amounts to vary the color of what I think looks like a big wave.  All it needed was the sentiment from HA.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your weekend is off to a good start.

TIME OUT #116

Sometimes card ideas just pop into your head and other times it's a struggle.  I thought of my card for  TIME OUT while looking for a stencil for another challenge and it all came together just like I imagined.

Once I inked the MFT ray stencil, I made my embellishment to go in the center.  I saw Jennifer McGuire do this technique here and knew it would be perfect, especially since I had the 'sunshine' die from EbyE and lots of Glossy Accents.  Here's  a close-up.

I have a free day tomorrow so I'm planning to put my craft room back in order.  I have NBUS that needs labeling and filing and bits and pieces of paper, backgrounds and card bases that are scattered about.  I'm not usually this disorganized but the weeks away and then the whirlwind stamping of last Friday and Saturday left me with a mess.  A happy mess but a mess never-the-less.  Now that I'm getting back on track with challenges, I need a little more structure so I can find what I need.  You never have that problem do you?

TIME OUT #113

Time Out has a word phrase for our inspiration this week.

I think most people zeroed in on the word "smile" and I was no exception.

I colored old grumpy cat from Gerda Steiner during the 30 day color challenge and just knew I had to make him into a card for this challenge.  The little bird is part of the stamp set but I had to generate the sentiment on my computer.  To make the background I stamped the Altenew woodgrain in DOX on the bottom and watered it down, then stenciled  Distress Ink above it for the wall.  This just cracks me up. 

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you got a smile from my card.

CAS(E) This Sketch #278

Talk about serendipity!!  I was bemoaning the fact that I wouldn't be able to play at CAS(E) This Sketch this week because I'm leaving for the lake without any crafting tools.  I looked up and what was sitting on my desk but the perfect images just waiting for this challenge.  I had played around with the Altenew Morning Glory set when I first got it and never made it into a card.

My sympathy file is depleted so I added the sentiment from PTI embossed on some gray that matched the PTI stenciled background - Smoke I think.  Like I said. I did this a while ago. ;)

Have to get packing.  Thanks for dropping by.

CAS Christmas Challenge -June Reminder

I'm back with another card for the CAS Christmas challenge - Masculine. 

I used the same PTI set as I did for my other card for this challenge, this time featuring the skis.  I stamped them in dark gray on gray cardstock and silver embossed the bindings.  Texture paste through a SSS stencil makes the snowy background and my new puff embossing powder edges the torn hill.  The card needed a little color so the sentiment is stamped in red and clear heat embossed.

There is still time to enter the challenge and the Design Team has even more cards to inspire you.  Head on over to CAS Christmas and check them out.

The Little Red Wagon #450

It's been a while since I played at The Little Red Wagon but their challenge "To Bee or Not to Bee" intrigued me and I had the stamps and stencil to make a quick card.

Recipe: 
Paper - PTI
Stencil - Funky Fossil
Bee - Reverse Confetti
Ink - Distress Oxide, Zigs
Sentiment - Simon Says Stamp
Dies - Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

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