Krafty Chicks challenge - CAS

Hello friends and happy Thursday.  Well the weeks are certainly flying by aren't they?  I can't believe I'm sharing my week 3 card for the Krafty Chicks challenge already.  Week 3 is always CAS, which I know a lot of people struggle with (me included), but I think it does get easier the more you make them.  

I like the look of clean and simple but honestly don't always know when to stop but I've made quite a few CAS cards in the last few weeks and I'm liking them more.  I decided to make a sympathy card as I'm always usually rushing to make them so here is my card for today:

a closer look:

and I decorated the inside:

I recently watched a video on YouTube that reminded me about partial embossing, which is something I have done before, but completely forgot about so wanted to try again.  I grabbed 2 different embossing folders and embossed them onto white card leaving a gap large enough to fit my sentiment.  I scored each edge of the embossing to define them and make them look more 'finished'.  I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat emboss with gold detail embossing powder.   I cut a leafy die 3 times from white and once from a matte gold speciality card and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I added the die cut to the embossed panel with liquid glue.  The white panel was then added to the same matte gold card with double sided tape.  I also added it to my card base with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I wanted to try and keep it as clean and simple as possible.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped my sentiment with black ink.  I added a smaller sprig of the die cut in the bottom right corner.  Again the panel was matted onto the gold card and adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - ATG with embossing option - snow people

Craft Rocket challenge - use embossing

Crafty Catz Challenge - ATG optional twist - no designer paper

Double D challenge - sparkle and/or shine (shimmer card and heat embossing)

Just Us Girls challenge - mood board week (inspired by the colours and textures)

Pearly Sparkles challenge - CAS

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - sparkle and shine (shimmer card and heat embossing)

I hope you will be able to join us over at Krafty Chicks and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.   Check out the blog for all the rules and to see the amazing cards from the very talented design team - Leanne, Diane and Lori.  Helen is our guest designer for January so please leave her some love too.  

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Swiss dot embossing folder

Gina K Designs - Tapestry embossing folder

Gina K Designs - Botanical duo die set

Gina K Designs - Fresh Florals stamp set (for main sentiment)

Gina K Designs - So Many Sentiments stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Tonic Studios - Craft Perfect 6 x 6 card pack - gold hearted

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Versafine onyx black ink

Versamark

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Tonic Studios - Nuvo deluxe glue

Sympathy card

Happy Friday friends.  I hope you're having a good day and looking forward to the weekend.  We are currently in local lockdown in my part of South Wales so although on a day to day basis things are pretty much the same we cannot leave our county for the time being.  It's still a very worrying and stressful time isn't it.  Fingers crossed the minority will now listen and things can return to 'normal' soon. 

Today I have a sympathy card that I made a little while ago for a friend who lost her husband but didn't have chance to share with you.  It's fairly clean and simple but I have to say I love it.  

Here is my card:

close up of the card:

I began by taking a white card panel and using a stencil and distress inks I lightly inked the lower left corner of the panel.  I choose a simple floral image and stamped it over the stencilling in black ink and added a sentiment above.  I layered the white panel onto a black and green panel and added this to a white card blank.  I didn't add any embellishments as I loved it as it was and didn't want to spoilt it.  As my card was 5 x 7 in size I used my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board and made my own envelope.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

CCC Digi Creations challenge - monochrome

Krafty Chicks challenge - all occasions

Daisy Chain challenge - CAS

I hope you have a great weekend.  Stay safe everyone. 

Hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Studio Calico - sympathy set

Clearly Besotted - fancy sayings (for sentiment)

icraft 4x8 stencil #8525

Distress oxide inks in twisted citron & shabby shutters

Versafine onyx black ink

cardstock from my stash

We R Memory Keepers - envelope punch board

Colour Spectrum 12x12 paper pad (brights) for envelope