CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #29

The challenge at CAS-ual Fridays

for the next two weeks is to use this delightful sketch from Karen Baker.

Here is my take...

My card base is Bazzill's Aspen

cardstock and the mat base is from the Ooh La La 6 x 6 Designer Paper Pad from My Mind's Eye. I sponged the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Now about my image...

I started with a scrap of light green cardstock and streaked on Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce Distress Inks from Tim Holtz's Christmas Limited Edition Collection. I next de-bossed it using Cuttlebug's Textile Texture, then brushed on Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. Then taking a scrap of chipboard, I scraped away the top layer of the crackle paint trying the leave only what was in the de-bossed areas. See tutorial here. What I discovered, however, is that Cuttlebug's Folders apparently do not emboss/de-boss as deeply as Tim's Sizzix Texture Fades (another group of items for my want list). I didn't get that nice deep crackle that Tammy shows on her project, but I was quite happy with the results I did get. When it was dry, I stamped on the music score from Skipping Stones Design's Timeless Textures set with Faded Jeans Distress Ink. When it was completely dry I sponged the edges with Gathered Twigs DI then ran my paper distresser over the inked edges, really digging into the paper to get a nice, rough finish.

I cut a small tag from a scrap

of green cardstock and added a wide eyelet and inked the edges with Gathered Twigs. Looped on a piece of green twine. I cut the smaller ticket from the TH Alteration's Mini Tickets Set with a piece of the PD, inked it and topped it with a tree cut from the backside (silver) of a scrap of copper sheeting using TH Mini Pine Tree and Holly Set. I stamped on my sentiment with Black Archival Ink and added a line of blue and green rhinestones. 

I'm thinking... this was worth

 the effort and I'm hoping to try it again with one of Tim's Texture Fades.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Love And Prayers In Black And White

When it comes to clothing,

black is always my first choice... she writes as she sits at her desk in a black sweater, black socks, black shoes and a splash of color with dark blue jeans. I sometimes wonder if it is carry over from my Amish ancestors or that I think it makes me look thinner... oh, impossible? Well, what ever the reason, I love the pairing of black and white, and went to town looking through all my lovely papers choosing what I thought was the perfect combination of said pair. Here it is...

The card base is Core'dinations

Jet Black and the mat base is a piece of white cardstock from my scrap pile. The Meadow Lark 6 x 6 Designer Pad from My Mind's Eye is my DP.

The tag is from DMD. I used the 

File Tab Die-namics Die from My Favorite Things. I stamped it with Black Archival Ink and Skipping Stones Design's Timeless Textures and a sentiment from an old set. With the Tim Holtz Alterations Mini Tickets Set I cut the two tickets, one from copper, and with his Branch & Leaf Set, the black branch, two leaves and one copper leaf that I embossed with the Cuttlebug Folder Swiss Dots. The copper ticket and leaf were rubbed with Tim's Fall Limited Edition Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink to give them a hint of orange color. Antique Linen DI was used on the edges of the papers. Black crinkled seam binding is looped through the tag which was edged with TH's On the Edge Brackets Die.

I'm entering my card in the

following challenges...

CAS-ual Fridays - Tag You're It

Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Goes

Well, I've done it again... I was 

planning on entering this at The Plat Date Cafe, but just noticed it was closed... shoot! BUT then my eyes glanced down to the next paragraph, and I low and behold... hurray!!! I'm in THE FAB FOUR for this. 

Hope you have a happy day... mine's getting better!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #26

I've been working on lots of

different crafting materials this week. I'm having the most fun with the copper sheets I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I want to use the copper with the new Tim Holtz Alterations Dies I just bought, along with some wood frames and paper mache` boxes as well as on cards.

CAS-ual Fridays is all about

Clean And Simple and challenge #26 is creating your card using this sketch...

I once again used my versatile

Blue Moon Kit to make this masculine card that I can send for quite a few purposes... as an encouragement card, sympathy, illness, etc.

The papers are American Crafts 

Brown and Kraft Cardstock plus Hello Sunshine DP. The Distress Ink is the new seasonal Gathered Twigs.

The sentiment is an old one

from Sweet 'n Sassy. The border is cut with Martha Stewart's Traditional Scallop punch and the copper tree was cut with the new Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Mini Pine Tree & Holly Set. 

Now let's see what you can make with this sketch! You could win a $25.00 Gift Certificate for Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by... Hugs!

CFC22

The Clean And Simple Challenge

at CFC this week is a project using a ribbon tab or loop. So I tried this...

Clean and simple is really

hard for me to pull off, because I just love piling on the paper layers, flowers, embellishments... what have you! So I forced myself to use only ivory cardstock and two sheets from the MME Lost & Found Two "Breeze" 6x6 pad. I don't know... awfully sparse!!!

I made the loops with Dear Lizzy "Lovely"

ribbon from a pack I bought at Pat Catan's on clearance for next to nothing. I distressed with Antique Linen Distress Ink and cut the border strip with a Martha Stewart punch. That's it! 

Have a lovely Saturday!

Autumn Blessings

Today I have a very simple

fall card to show you. Two shades of ivory cardstock teamed up with Imaginisce Happy Harvest "Dancing Leaves" and Bo Bunny's Timepiece 6x6 Pad DP.

I used: Sizzix Branch

 w/Leaves Die, Spellbinder's Labels One Die, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, TPC Studio Autumn Harvest Stamp Set, Recollections Adhesive Pearls, I Am Roses Brown Gardenia.

I'm entering this in the

following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridys: Clean & Simple

Paper Sundaes: Anything Goes

Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Blessings /Encouraging Scripture

Truly Scrumptious: Clean & Simple
Tuesday Throwdown: Fall

Thanks for stopping today!