CASE IT IG Hop - June 26

Hello again friends. I hope you've had a great start to your weekend. I'm here to share this month's card for the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created. There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).

This month I was inspired by Nancy (@nauntie over on IG); I love every card she makes as she does CAS so amazingly.  As soon as I saw her card I was in love, her Christmas card is just gorgeous and I loved the embossed background and large die cut sentiment.  I decided to make my card an anniversary card but you can definitely see that my card was inspired by hers! Here is her card for my inspiration:

Isn't her card just perfect? Using Ardyth's LIMES process (you can watch her video here) we list what we see - Nancy has used white, lime green and red as her main colours, an embossing folder in the background, alphabet letter dies, a smaller sub-sentiment and a strip of vellum.  So I followed the layout and used a dark green, white and gold colour combo and used a large die cut word instead of her letters for my main sentiment.  I also added a few pieces of leafery which Nancy didn't have.  I didn't really omit anything this time and my spin is that my card is anniversary instead of Christmas and also it's 5 1/4" x 7 1/4" in size. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by embossing a white panel cut to 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" (I also embossed a dark green panel to see which one I preferred; I felt the dark green one was too dark for the front so kept it for the inside instead). I die cut the 'happy' word, once from dark green and twice from white so that I stack them for extra dimension. I die cut the anniversary word from gold mirror card and also one of the leaves.  The other leaf was cut with vellum and I also cut a 1" strip to go around the front of my card. I also cut the shadow for the 'happy' word from vellum.  I wrapped the vellum strip around the embossed panel and added some double sided tape on the back to secure it, I then added a dark green mat layer behind the embossed panel.  I added the vellum shadow layer behind the stacked 'happy' and added that over the vellum strip with foam squares. I tucked the two leaves behind the vellum strip and adhered them with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue.  The 'anniversary' word was adhered below the strip with liquid glue.  I adhered the panel onto the card case with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I wanted to try and keep Nancy's CAS look as much as possible.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and added a piece of dark green embossed panel to the bottom with double sided tape.  I also added a thin strip of the gold mirror card above it with liquid glue.  I die cut two more leaves, one from vellum and one from gold mirror card, and added them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I decided to stamp the sentiment with a dark green ink, as opposed to my usual black, as there was no other black on my card. I adhered the panel onto the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - anything goes from the garden 

Alphabet challenge - D is for double (I have two leaves)

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - must use an EF optional theme boys to men

Daisy Chain challenge - not square

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (anniversary)

Word Power challenge - sentiment as the focus

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Spellbinders - branching out embossing folder (EOM-Jan24) ? retired

Spellbinders - sealed bouquet die set (for leafery)

Julie Hickey - happy profile die set

Crafts-Too - happy anniversary die

Cardmaking Magic - verses for occasions stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

*Gina K Designs - Christmas pine ink pad

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #732 - Stamps

Good morning lovely friends.  I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far.  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week it's Week 1 which means that Leanne is your hostess and our theme as always is 'Stamps', so grab your stamps or digital images and come join in the fun with us.  

I needed to make a card for hubby's sister & brother in law's anniversary so this challenge was perfect for me.  I used some cute polymer stamps that I've for a couple of months but not used yet.  My card is 5" x 7" in size.  

Here is my card:

a closer look at the cute bees:

I decorated the inside too:

I began by stamping the two cute bee images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and added a few white highlights.  There aren't any dies for these stamps so I used a heart die to cut them out.  I found a really old paper pad that I think I got from Joanna Sheen (some of you will remember her lovely store) and cut a piece 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; I also cut a slightly larger black mat and adhered them with double sided tape.  I die cut the large happy word 3 times from black card and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I stamped the anniversary word in black ink and used a sentiment strip die to cut it out.  I also stamped the sister & brother-in-law sentiment in black ink and used my trimmer to cut a rectangle; again I cut a black mat and adhered them together with double sided tape.  Finally I die cut hearts in 2 different sizes from red card.  I added the large hearts and sentiments with foam squares and the happy word and smaller hearts with liquid glue.  The panel was added to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut the same size panels and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added a strip of the paper at the top of the panel and stamped another bee in the bottom left corner.  I again coloured him with Promarkers and finished off with a few red hearts.  I added the panel onto my card base with double sided tape.  A fun anniversary card and I hope you like it.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark

As You Like It challenge - layered or flat (I like to add dimension and layers to my cards)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG but must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG option autumn gold and browns

Scrapping4Fun challenge - ATG with a stamp

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stamp it

Stamping Sensations challenge - ATG option animal magic

We Love Stamping challenge - hand coloured image

I hope you will be able to join us for our Stamps' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for September Wendy.    

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients: 

LOTV - happy bees A5 polymer stamp set - stamp store is currently closed

Promarkers

Mama Elephant - happy everything stamp & happy script die

Presscut - heart nesting dies

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for hearts)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - friends & family stamp - retired

Cardmaking Magic - verses for occasions (for inside sentiment) - currently oos

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently oos

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

Sakura - no 10. white gelly roll pen

red card from scraps bin

Krafty Chicks Challenge #709 All Occasions

Hello again friends; I'm back with my DT card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are on Week 4 which is 'All Occasion' i.e. birthday, sympathy, get well etc; the world's your oyster!  

I needed an anniversary card for my in-laws so this challenge was perfect timing for me.  Here is my card:

a closer look at the florals:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and my black panel just a touch bigger to give me a thin border.  I adhered them together with double sided tape.  The floral die comes in two parts; the backing piece I cut from white card and the top detail layer I cut from gold mirror card.  I used the matching layering stencils to colour the backing die cut and then added the gold detail layer over top with liquid glue (it's not perfectly lined up with my stencilling but it looks ok).  I repeated this another 2 times, an extra one for the inside.  I added foam squares to the 2 for the front on my card and arranged them in such a way that I could stamp my sentiment in the centre of my card.  The sentiment is made up of 4 different stamp sets and I could have made my spacing a little closer between the mam and the ampersand but it was too late once I had stamped it!  I added a few tiny heart die cuts to fill some empty spaces and the front was complete.  For the inside I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre and then added the third die cut flower arrangement at the bottom of the panel (I did trim it ever so slightly so that it would fit).  I added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  My card size is 5" x 7" which is my preferred size for family cards.  I hope you like it. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes with optional mood board

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - spring flowers with dies or punches

My Time To Craft challenge - multi-coloured florals

Pearly Sparkles challenge - celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil option Easter/spring (I used a die/layering stencil combo)

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option the DIES have it

Tic Tac Toe challenge - pastel colours, CAS design, flowers

Triple B challenge - must include at least one bird, bloom or butterfly

Try It On Tuesday challenge - use a stencil (I used a die and layering stencil combo)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'All Occasions' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for March, Shirley. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - doodled autumn stamp set

Gina K Designs - floral wishes stamp set

Gina K Designs - curved floral die set & layering stencils

Gina K Designs - lovely ladies stamp set

Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen stamp set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - bubblegum pink, passionate pink, ocean mist, wild dandelion, soft stone

Cardmaking Magic - verses for occasions (for inside sentiment)

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for tiny hearts)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

gold mirror card from stash

Krafty Chicks challenge #705 - Anything goes

Good morning lovely crafty friends.  I hope you've had a fantastic week so far; it's almost the weekend!  I'm here today to share my card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge and whenever there is a 5 week month Week 5 is always 'Anything Goes'.  It really can't get much easier than that can it?  

So as I said this week is 'Anything Goes' so you can go wild and create whatever you like, for whatever occasion you like.  I needed a get well card for a friend's husband so it was the perfect challenge for me.  Here is my card:

A close up of the cute images:

I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the cute images in black ink and coloured them with my Promarkers and used the matching dies to cut them out.  I also decided to make my own patterned paper by stamping the band aid image onto light blue card using a slightly darker ink pad and added the tiny heart with red ink.  I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto black card and used a sentiment strip die to cut it out.  I cut a card panel from white card 3 3/4" x 5" and a mat panel from black card and adhered them with double sided tape.  I added the 'patterned paper' with double sided tape down the left side of the panel.  I added the sentiment strip in the lower centre of the panel with foam squares and then placed my images overlapping it on the right side.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I liked it as it was (plus I was giving it to a man who I always think prefer it CAS).  For the inside I cut another white panel and black mat panel and adhered them with double sided tape.  I didn't think far enough ahead to make another piece of 'patterned paper' so instead stamped and die cut another 2 band aids and placed them in the lower right corner.  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  I really like this card and the homemade patterned paper was simple to make and looks really sweet I think.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - things that can fly

Alphabet challenge - x is for xtra hearts

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist I love ...

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - add a heart

Creative Moments challenge - ATG option CAS (3rd entry)

Day of the Month Card Club challenge - random act of kindness

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - hearts

I love Promarkers - ATG option under the sea

My Time To Craft challenge - create your own background

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - fur or feathers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - always look on the bright side of life

The Male Room challenge - Valentine/use a heart

Triple B challenge - must include either a bird, bloom or butterfly

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Anything goes' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for February, Helen (thank you for all your beautiful cards as guest during both January and February Helen).  

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Lawn Fawn - get well soon stamp and die set

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiment dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - red hot, ocean mist, white pigment ink cube

Card Making Magic - Verses for Occasions (for inside greeting)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

blue card from my scraps bin