CAS Red & Green Sketch Christmas (PP#68, FMS#6)

This post using the "Beautiful Season" stamp set will hopefully work for two challenges; The Paper Players CAS Red & Green {challenge #68}, and Freshly Made Sketches {challenge #6}. This card is not the typical Christmas Red & Green and I turned the sketch a bit, but I hope it will work for both. Here is my card.

I used a crumb cake base and 'temporarily' added a piece of DSP. Then both were run through the Big Shot using the stripes embossing folder. I removed the DSP and I wrapped it with a piece of cherry cobbler seam binding, then glue permanently to the card front. If you look close you can see the embossed DSP.

The bird image from "Beautiful Season" was stamped on very vanilla with versamark & early espresso ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored the image with crumb cake, cherry cobbler and lucky limeade inks using a blender pen, and few write markers. The die cut piece was popped up with dimensional.

I stamped Merry Christmas on very vanilla and punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch and added to a LARGE Spice Cake designer button. Added a snippet of cobbler seam binding and popped up with double dimensionals. Done!

I hope you like my card today.

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     Diane

Fall Thanksgiving {PPA 115 challenge}

Well hi everyone.  I've been out the country and out of blogland working in Mexico, so I was happy to get back in time to be able to play along with the Pals Paper Arts challenge 115 this week.  The theme is Fall/Thanksgiving, and here is my card.

 I started with a Cajun Craze base and added some yummy "Spice Cake" DSP for the background. LOVE that DSP!

I used a masking technique on very vanilla for the pumpkins from "Autumn Harvest" using Cajun craze, pumpkin pie and more mustard inks. I little filling with a blender pen and a few more leaves stamped in the wind. The "Hand-Penned Holidays" font is one of my favorites and stamped that in early espresso ink on top of the images. Seems to be blowing in the wind as well.

I doubled matted the very vanilla piece with a pool party mat and added a snippet of pool party ruffle ribbon with a leaf brad from my stash. Then added to the card with a few dimensional to pop it up.

I hope you like my Fall/Thanksgiving card.

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Diane

Ribbon Loop Christmas {CFC22}

Today's post is for CAS-ual Fridays CFC22  "ribbon loop" challenge.

Here are the particulars.
CFC22: Create a Clean And Simple project using a ribbon tab or loop. Big loops, tiny loops...get creative but the loops on a bow don't count.
Here is my card using two new sets from the Stampin' UP holiday mini; "Christmas Lodge" and "Hand Penned Holidays", and an image from "Bells & Boughs".
 [This is also one of the cards that will be done in my class this week].

The sentiment from "Christmas Lodge" was stamped in crumb cake ink.

The lodge is stamped in brown Stazon on crumb cake cardstock, then the snow is colored with white craft ink and blender pen, then sprinkled with glitter. It's matted on soft suede cardstock, both pieces have the corners punched.

I then rolled the edges inward of a piece of wide striped ribbon, then folded in half and punched a hole with my crop-a-dile. I added to the mat with a large brad. The whole piece was popped up with a few dimensionals.  

Here's a peek at the inside using "Hand Penned Holidays" with that yummy font, and the image from "Bells & Boughs".

I hope you liked my card with a LOOP!

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Diane

Bobby's Birthday - Giraffe CASE

Today's post is a special card I had to make for my brother's birthday. I was at a total loss of what to make with totally NO MO JO going on. I was soooooooo excited to see a card this week that would be perfect!... except I didn't have that stamp set. So I have to admit, the materials used are not all SU, but I that's going to have to be ok, OK?

I was inspired by one of my favorite designers Ann Schach, and my inspiration is from a card she did the other day here. Well it was more than inspiration it was pretty much a CASE!  I was soooooooo excited by the techniques she used, I couldn't wait until I got out of work to run home and try them out! How about that BG pattern? So cute!

Ann made her BG pattern with rubber from the new clear mounts, but I wanted something permanent so I didn't have to fuss with it each time I wanted to use it. So here is my version.  I LOVE it!

First I had to dig out some rubber scraps that is left from the stamps sets. I cut up pieces and stuck them to a wood block to make a giraffe skin pattern. I previously purchased a whole box of wood blocks from another demo that wanted to get rid of them last year so I used the rubber from wood mounted stamps and used a large BG size block, so now I have a new BG stamp to keep and use forever!!! Yippee! and... here's my card.

I stamped the BG giraffe pattern with early espresso ink on more mustard cs and mounted the piece to a black card base. Then I ran my card base through the BS with an embossing folder that reminded me of the giraffe pattern. If you look close you can see it.

I used cream color emboss powder on very vanilla to emboss my (cutie) giraffe, then distress with crumb cake ink and the spritzer/marker. I matted it on a piece of early espresso and glued to the card front. I did the same with the sentiment oval.

Next I stamped some jungle leaves with lucky limeade ink on pear pizzazz cs; fussy cut and distressed it with (are you ready?).. turquoise ink! Another tip from Ann.

 I mounted them to a small black cs circle and folded a scrap of twill tape then attached the antique brad. I mounted to the card front with a dimensional.

 Here's a peek at the inside with touches from the front! I think it turned out so cute..... that I made TWO! One to send and one for a spare!

Notice I use two different brads too... Which one do you like?

THANKS Ann for the inspiration and tips!

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     Diane

FALL Clean and Simple for Paper Players 64 theme Animal or Plant

Today is quick post for the clean and simple Paper Players #64 theme challenge "Animals or Plants"...

Here is my card. 

 This is a pretty simple assembly using the neutral card base with the Pocketful of Poises DSP matted in Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  I stamped directly on the DSP using a stamp from the  "Perfectly Penned" set.

I added a few die cut leaves to the front, then punched a hole in the center of a scallop circle to make the shaker frame flower which is centered over the white circle stamped with 'autumn wishes' and filled with more tiny punched leaves. Done!

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Diane