Inspired By . . #16

I pulled out an old die set to make a card for Inspired By after thinking about this photo for quite a while.

I concentrated on the 'hung' part and came up with this.

I cut the banners with what I thought looked like vintage linens, stapled them onto a clothesline and popped them up. The sentiment is computer generated making this card handy for someone going through a rough time.  Unfortunately I know too many people who could use a card like this.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your day goes well.

The Paper Players #381

I haven't played at The Paper Players in a loooong time but when I saw on Kim's blog that the challenge was sewing related I decided to pull out some old neglected stamps and make a card.

The buttons and card they are on are from PTI and the other paper has a pattern image on it.  I die cut the buttons from coaster board, then again from pearl paper that I ran through my Xyron, and put them together.  I don't know why my Xyron (I have two - big and little) has been neglected either.  It made it so easy to stick those little pieces together.  The tiny attacher stapled them to the card just like they used to be.  The difficult part was coming up with a sentiment but I liked this one from CPD.

Now that I've found them again, I hope to enter more of The Paper Players challenges.

Addicted to CAS #110

The challenge this week at Addicted to CAS threw me for a loop.  The code word is "grunge"

I'm not much of a grunge girl although for some unknown reason I bought a stamp set ages ago from Tim Holtz called 'Ultimate Grunge'.  I pulled them out to play around and I liked my test panel so much I made it my card with a few additions.

After I had this made and scheduled, the Design Team got a notice from Kylie about what CAS really is and for us to be sure our cards were clean and simple and to educate other stampers in that style:

- one main focal point
- lots of open (no pattern) space
- minimal layers
- minimal embellishments

The one main focal point and lots of open space is a MUST. The open space doesn't have to be 'white' but it MUST be without pattern.

With this said, I had to change my card so I want to show you how to take the previous card and make it CAS.

I used SSS stitched rectangles to cut several panels from my Neenah Solar White cs.  The center panel was stamped with the same stamps as above and the sentiment was stamped directly onto the panel.  The stitching gives some texture and popping up the panel gives it dimension while still keeping the card CAS.

Where will 'grunge' take you?  We'd love to see what you create following the CAS guidelines.  Enter it in the gallery and you may win a $10 gift voucher from Stamplorations.