Masculine CAS card

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Hi, Friends.....

 

I am back with another card for the Winnie & Walter WCMD Challenges.  There is still a little bit of time to enter before things close up tomorrow, so please join us!!!

 

This time I made a CAS style card.......not the easiest for me!!  But it wasn't that hard this time because I was using some wonderful Winnie & Walter products: the W&W - In a Word: Happy Cutaway die, and the W&W - Scenery: Big Bang Confetti and W&W Bigger Bang Confetti stamp set.  (That last one was a limited edition and apparently no longer available....too bad because I LOVE it for coordinating with the other size!).

I am quite proud that my Clean and Simple style card is allllllllllllmost one layer!  Ha. 

For this card, I first figured out where I wanted my Happy die cut to go.  Then I stamped the graduated sizes of stars from both of the W&W sets with Versamark ink using my mini-Misti......in case I needed to restamp them....which I did!  :)  I heat embossed them twice with silver powder.  Yum!

Then I used my Distress Ink color chart to find which color best matched my Happy die cut......Blueprint Sketch was nearly spot on!  I smooshed some of it onto an acrylic block and misted with water to make random splatters on my card.  You can see this process in this "craftie" shot.

 

Finally, I adhered the Happy die cut and my card was complete!  Yay!  This was a super-fun one to make....and easy, once I got the design nailed down.  It would be simple to replicate and I think it could be used for a variety of occasions when I need a masculine card.

 

Hope you enjoyed seeing it. I'll be back later today with at least one more card for the Winnie & Walter WCMD Challenges.  See you then!!!!

 

<3

Janis

 

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter WCMD "Craftie" Challenge
2. Winnie & Walter WCMD CAS with Kate Challenge
3. Winnie & Walter - WCMD Pick 'n' Mix with Taheerah Challenge (I chose Colors: white with cerulean, Technique: heat embossing, distress inks, die cutting, Trend: watercolor, Theme: masculine.)
4. Winnie & Walter - WCMD Background Building with Shay Challenge

Happy That You Are My Friend!!!

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2016 CAT LOVERS HOP

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Hi, Friends......

I am back with another card for the Winnie & Walter WCMD Challenges.  There are a lot of great challenge themes over there and you still have time to join in!!  One of the fun challenges was to snap a "craftie" shot where you show your craft space (messy and all!!!) or some crafts in progress.  Sorry to say, my desk was too cluttered at the moment to use, so I pulled out one of the sideboards and made my card there!!!  Ha.   
(LOVE this old monstrosity of an army surplus desk that James found at Loving Hands for less than $5.00!!!  It was too much of a behemoth to lug downstairs to his new bedroom, so I inherited it in situ for my craft room.  Yay!!)

Almost forgot to take this "Craftie" shot of the card.  Got one just before I put on the bow.

One of the W&W challenges is to make a card specifically for a crafty friend.  So, Karen Ladd, my very talented crafty friend.....who inspires me, encourages me, and patiently bears with me....this card is for you!  So HAPPY we bumped into each other as we entered the same challenges!!  :)

I had to lay this card down flat for taking the photograph because the ribbon kept covering up part of the H in Happy....made it look like it said "nappy"!!  I didn't want Karen to think it was referring to naptime or diapers!!!  Ha! 

 

I followed the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge:




Other supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy Cutaway die
Paper Smooches - Gift Tags die set
Crinkle Ribbon from Karen Franciola
Scraps from my stash

 Thank you for taking a look at my card.  I hope you are having a great weekend!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter WCMD "Craftie" Challenge
2. Winnie & Walter WCMD Make a Card for a Friend with Taheerah Challenge
3. Winnie & Walter WCMD Color Combo with Heather P.
4. Mojo Monday 468 Contest - use sketch

 

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

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Hi, Friends......

I am here to share an autumn birthday card that I made especially for our pastor, Kevin Davis.  Our family happens to be quite fond of this young man.   He is a gifted preacher, a serious student of the Bible, and a man who seeks Jesus with his whole heart.  We are so blessed that he is our pastor and our friend!  

He also happens to love autumn colors.....so it wasn't difficult to know what to use for his card!

Here I used my double embossing technique for the background....first dry embossing with my Darice - Fall Leaf Background, then brayering Versamark ink over the textured piece, and finally heat embossing over the Versamark with gold powder.

TIP:  I love the extra texture of this coarser embossing powder for my double embossing, esp when I am making a masculine card.  It's not always the best for embossing sentiments or images (I have finer, smoother powders I use for those), but the rougher result is perfect for these backgrounds!!!  If you have some like this that you have considered tossing out because you don't like the results with stamps, try it with dry embossing!

I brayered and heat embossed this particular background two times to get a good build up of gilding on the leaves.  

Other supplies used:
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Square STAX die set
Verve - Scripture Medley 3 stamp set
Versafine Ink in Vintage Sepia
Autumn leaf from Dollar Store
Scraps of cardstock from my stash

Hope you enjoyed this card.  I am entering it into several of the Winnie & Walter WCMD challenges.  There is still time for you to join in, too!!!  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a great weekend!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - WCMD Background Building with Shay Challenge 
2. Winnie & Walter - WCMD Pick 'n' Mix with Taheerah Challenge (I chose colours: gold with poppy, mustard, and green, technique: heat embossing, trend: gold, theme: masculine.)
3. The Male Room Challenge #45 - Leaves and/or Trees

Autumny Altered Treat Jar

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Hi, Friends......

I am here with an autumn-y altered treat jar to share with you today.  I made this for a friend's birthday last week....and filled it with mini-chocolate bars.  Oh, yum!!!  (Good thing I didn't buy the bag of candy any earlier than I did or there wouldn't have been any left for my friend!!)

I stamped fall leaf and acorn images over some used sheets of gift wrap tissue and sprayed it with orange, gold, and brown mists.  Then I tore it into pieces and Mod Podged it onto my jar.  After it was dry, I wrapped this gleaming gold punchinella around it and glued on my leaves.  

The leaves were punched from autumn-colored scraps of patterned paper from my stash and then dipped around in Distress Inks.  I added some Faber-Castell- Glass Bead Glitter Gel here and there over the jar and leaves for some sparkle.  Then I added the gold bow.

I am trying to keep this post short because I tend to get bogged down with my blog posts and that makes my mojo go away!  :(  So......please help me get my mojo back by entering my GIVEAWAY and by getting ready for the Cat Lovers Hop!!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this altered jar in the following challenges:
1.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
2.  Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 249 - Anything Goes using snippets
3.  Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday Linky Party - Anything Goes
4.  Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #76 - Fall Festival of Colors (use some or all)

MFPSS CAS Birthday

Hi, Friends....

I am here with a CAS birthday card to share for the Mark's Finest Papers CAS Challenge this week.  Clean and Simple is a bit difficult for me but my "put on more stuff" urges were somewhat appeased this time with heat-embossing and sponging.  :)

Looks kind of like Washi tape, but it is masked and sponged.

I used three different MFP sets: the deer is from Crisp Winter, the leaf is from Halloween Selections, and the sentiment is from North American Woods.

I first masked off my kraft cardstock leaving a 1" strip which I sponged with various Distress Inks for an autumny look.  Then I stamped the leaves with Versafine ink in Vintage Sepia.  Since I wanted to heat emboss my deer, I used my heat gun to dry the area before stamping the deer image with Versafine in Onyx Black.  Then I covered it with clear powder to heat emboss.  

Much to my surprise, although the Distress Ink had dried thoroughly, the leaves had not and so the clear powder stuck onto them, too, and they got heat embossed with the deer!  That was the effect that I wanted, but had given up the idea.  lol...   

Next I stamped the sentiment with the same black ink and heat embossed it with the same clear powder.  I mounted the card front on a black card base to finish it all up.  

As with many of my cards, it doesn't matter too much what color the base is because I write a personal note on a sticky pad and put it inside the card.  That way the card can be reused if the recipient desires.  I also include an extra blank envelope to make reusing easier.  :)  I have gotten such nice comments from people at church saying they love that they can send the card to someone else.  For our anniversary in July, someone sent us back an anniversary card I had given to her and her husband.  I was thrilled because it was one of my favorite anniversary cards I'd ever made!  <3

Hope you enjoyed this card and I hope you will join us over at Mark's Finest Papers for their super-fun weekly challenges!

<3
Janis



Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Mark's Finest Papers Challenge 36 - CAS Birthday
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - STAMP-tember Stamp It 
3. Craft Stamper September TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes (must stamp)
4. Critters & Creatures Linky Party #7
5. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - STAMP-tember Stamp It
6. Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday - Stamp
7. Penny Black at All Sorts - Add a Sentiment (focal element must by stamped)

Butterfly Plus K is for Kraft Card &/or Kaleidoscope

Hi, Friends......

I am here with my usual last minute entry into Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge,where this time she asks us to use butterflies along with a kraft card base and/or a kaleidoscope effect.  My take on the kaleidoscope effect was using a brilliant autumn-colored Gelato background I had lying dormant in my stash from several years ago and using my Waffle Flower - Doily Circle die with white cardstock.

This fabulous magenta butterfly made of feathers is from a thrift store grab bag.  LOVE!!  I think it goes great with the bright and wonderful autumn colors.  My sentiment is from the Altenew - Label Love stamp set.  Looks like label maker tape, doesn't it?  So fun!  I stamped it with Versafine ink and heat embossed it with clear powder.  I put it all on a kraft card base as suggested by Mrs. A.

I adore how this card turned out and I hope you like it, too!!!  Thank you for stopping by and for leaving your sweet comments.  You make my day!!!

<3
Janis 

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge - Butterfly plus K is for Kraft Card &/or Kaleidoscope
2. Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #73 - Social Butterfly
3. Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #13 - Anything Goes
4. Critters & Creatures Linky Party #7
5. Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday Linky Party
6. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp it
7. Craft Stamper September TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes (must stamp)
8. Die Cut Divas September Challenge - Fall and Fall Holidays

Purr-fect Friend

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a sweet card with an adorable image that I have been meaning to color for the longest time.  I had it all stamped and ready to color, but hadn't got to it.  


 
Then I saw the irresistible inspiration on this week's Papercrafter's Corner - Magazine Monday challenge and knew I needed to use it!!  

I colored my image with Distress Ink Markers scribbled on an acrylic block and picked up with my waterbrush.  I am much more comfortable coloring that way than by using my markers directly on the paper!  I don't have all the marker colors, so I used my Distress Ink pads the same way for the red and gray.  

I used my Pink & Main - Scallop Waves die set to make a whimsical border on the cute apple patterned paper.  It reminds me of a stylized fall leaf.  My sentiment is from the My Favorite Things - Cat-itude stamp set and stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  The image panel and mat are die cut with My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Square STAX die set.

Hope you enjoyed seeing this little gal and her kitty friend.  Reminds me of my granddaughter!!  Awwwww....

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Papercrafter's Corner - Magazine Monday Challenge Week #159
2. MarkerPOP Challenge #102 - Encouragement
3. Pink & Main Challenge #13 - Autumn