CAS Mix-Up July 2026 - Eclipse

Last month you saw the resurrection of the CAS Christmas challenge and today is the restart of the CAS Mix-Up challenge and I'm honored to be on the Design Team.  This month's challenge is

There are a number of videos listed on the blog if you want a refresh on what an eclipse card is.  You can also get inspiration from the Design Team cards.  And remember this is a clean and simple challenge.

An image from Penny Black's Garden Trio was stamped in the corner of Bristol cardstock and colored with Zigs.  The medium Frame It die, also from Penny Black, was cut from the middle and layered 5 times with the image as the top layer.  I didn't know where to add a sentiment without ruining the design so I left it off.

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Just Us Girls #830 - Die Week

Ina is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she has a specific die she wants you to use - one of those long forgotten ones. 

I know we all have favorite dies that we haven't used in a while but when I was looking for something I forgot it was die week and made the card below.  It does use dies and since I'm not in my studio there is no way I can make a different card so I'm going with the flow.  

These Crazy Birds are from Tim Holtz, colored with Zigs, die cut and Glossy Accents added to their eyes.  For the background I cut a panel with The Greetery's Crimped Frames and smooshed it with Mowed Lawn and Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from MFT.  Now you can see why I wanted to use this forgotten stamp set. Aren't they fun?!

Now for technically correct cards using a forgotten die, please check out what the Design Team has done. We welcome Bonnie Klass from Stamping with Klass as our guest for the month of July so be sure to stop by, say hi and marvel over her wonderful card creations. 

 

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Freshly Made Sketches #742 and NBUS #87

Amy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me the chance to get out my Spellbinders Just Add Cake birthday kit using Light The Candles.

Everything was cut with scraps.  I used Ohuhu markers to color behind the frosting die to make multi-colored sprinkles.  The sentiment is from the kit and the background is SB Starshine.  I had so much fun decorating that I made a second card.

This one has blueberries with blueberry sprinkles and two candles.  The sentiment is from the kit and the background is Hero Arts Confetti Circles. 

This is my first time making these cupcakes and using Confetti Circles so off they go to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

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Just Us Girls #829 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with our host Lisa.

This seems to be a popular challenge with stencils all the rage now.  I hope you'll take the time to make a card for us.  For inspiration, you can always count on the Design Team and our guest this month, Kellianne.

I pulled out PTI's Wild Blooms and colored them with Altenew inks.  After trimming the panel and running it through the Time Worn folder from SU!, I added it to a card base of PTI's Melon Berry.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee's My Favorite Flower.  

See  you in the gallery!

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Time Out #316 - Photo Inspiration

 A photo submitted by team member Carol is our inspiration at Time Out.

I zoomed in on the windows and came up with this card.

The window die is from Memory Box cut in black. The view is a panel with a Rabbit Hole stencil in Salty Ocean for the sky and whatever green was left on my brush for the bushes.  To bring in more color, I used C9's Woven Stripes background stamp in CP It's a Girl ink as my wallpaper but the weave makes it look like the towel in the photo.  Or so I told myself.  lol  

We hope you'll join us for this challenge sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  The Design Team has cards to inspire you and the winner will receive a $25 store credit and an invitation to guest design. 

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