STAMPlorations December CAS Card Challenge - GOLD

Happy holidays to those who celebrate this time of year! We are closing out 2017 with STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge (anything goes) with the optional color twist: GOLD! Great for making holiday cards!

Here are the challenge rules:

• Players can link up to 3 CAS cards.
• Players can enter a CAS card with or without the optional color twist.
• Non-STAMPlorations products are OK

• Prizes: $10 GC for the winner; $5 GC to the top picks
• If there are 50 or more entries: 1 random winner of product of choice (3x5 stamp set OR 2 standard size stencils OR 1 CUTplorations word/phrase die)

My card:

I had a hard time getting a photo that would show of the embossed background and the shiny gold ink. 

Here is another photo where you can see the embossing better:

I used a holiday Darice embossing folder for the main panel and stamped the sentiment from STAMP{lorations Peace Love Joy (retired) stamp set with Gold Delicata ink. I cut out the panel with a stitched rectangle die and then attached the panel to a piece of PaperTrey gold designer paper.

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OCC - Background Check - Day 5 More Backgrounds!!

I am catching up with my homework.  Here are two backgrounds I created from Day 5.  The other two that I created are still drying so I will show them in a separate post.

I love this "shabby chic" or Victorian looking background:

I used distress inks and a mini dauber to color the dry embossed background.  The embossing folder is an Anna Griffin by Cuttlebug.

This next background was created with a Sizzix embossing folder and then blended distress inks:

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Oh Happy Day - Take 2

I wasn't thrilled with the first card I created (see this blog post) so I created this card for all of the same challenges.  I started by trying to recreate the first card since I wasn't happy with the embossing. But this time I couldn't really see where some of the stamping with Versamark was and the sentiment ran into the flowers.  What to do?  Cut out the flowers - I like this design better than the first!  I wanted the dry embossing on the card so I ended up stamping the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black and cutting it out.  I added Pretty Pink Posh sequins to embellish.

This will be submitted to:
Essentials By Ellen Mix It Up Challenge: I used Hero Arts Shadow ink and white detailed embossing powder

Virginia's View Challenge - All Things Embossed

Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - Sponging:

Colour Me Card Challenge - Monochromatic Orange:

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ATCAS #50 - Vellum Butterfly

We have a new ATCAS challenge for you hosted by our lovely Marie.  Marie chose the code word Vellum:

Our sponsor is Scribbles Designs:

And our guest designer is Hannelie aka Desert Diva.  Check out all of the inspiration by the design team on the ATCAS challenge blog and then link up your project there!

I love white on white and I love white embossing on vellum so I cased one of my cards that I made recently where I gold embossed a butterfly on vellum and I created a similar layout.  I embossed this Hero Arts butterfly with white embossing powder on vellum and used the companion Sizzix framelit die to cut it out.  I dry embossed the card front with a Lifestyle embossing folder and then used the SU! Madison embossing folder on another panel of white card stock and cut it out above the flowers.  That panel is adhered with foam tape and then I finished it off with a white satin ribbon and the butterfly.

I am submitting this card to CAS on Sunday - Emboss It.

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ATCAS #39 Forever Together

Welcome to our latest ATCAS challenge.  This week Vicki is our hostess and she has chosen the code word: Texture:

Our sponsor for this challenge:

They will provide 3 images for the DT to play with and donate 3 images to our challenge winner. 

Please visit our challenge blog: http://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/

Store: http://buyscribblesdesigns.blogspot.com/

And we have Darnell (djkardkreations) joining us again this week as Guest Designer!

When I saw the code word I immediately thought of dry embossing.  For a CAS card I thought white on white and I happened to need to make a wedding card for a friend.  This is actually a case of one of my own cards that I made a couple of years ago.  I used a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder (all in one) for the frame (top panel).  I scored the underneath panel with my Scor-pal and left space for the sentiment which is from an old Mark's Finest Papers set.  I embellished it with two butterflies that were embossed with a CB Swiss Dots folder and decorated with pearls.

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