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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CAS Christmas July 2022

I am way behind on my Christmas cards so I'm glad CAS Christmas is back in full force.  Today's challenge is Santa.  Who doesn't love to see that jolly old elf on their cards? 

The Santa is from Rabbit Hole Designs - a prize I won from Less Is More's birthday celebration a while ago.  This is actually the third attempt to color him.  I started with alcohol markers but kept getting outside the lines. 😠 Then I tried Zigs but you know what happens when you add water to red.  So I finally pulled out my PolyChromos pencils.  I'm hoping the texture makes it look like a velvet suit. 😉  I layered up the panel cut with The Greetery's Crimped Frames, put those failed attempts under Santa to pop him up and added the sentiment from the set.

Did you see yesterday's post?  The floor is in and both of us are living to tell about it. 😁

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Color Throwdown #610 and NBUS #18

The minute I saw the colors at Color Throwdown I knew they would be perfect for my NBUS toadstools from The Greetery.

The Greetery, Altenew and Distress Ink all played well together to make this little toadstool garden.  

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Addicted to CAS #180

Sue is our host for this challenge at Addicted to CAS and has chosen this.

I hadn't done any spotlight stamping in a while so that's the way I decided  to use the code word.

I stamped the Starry Flowers from Altenew and then cut the MFT circle from the middle, coloring that portion with Zigs.  After cutting the panel with the Crimped Frames from The Greetery and adding the sentiment from EbyE, I mounted it on the card base and popped up the colored circle on fun foam.

How will circles adorn your card?  You will make one won't you?  The Design Team has plenty of inspiration for you.