CASE-ing Christmas #31

Hello, friends!  It's time for another challenge at CASE-ing Christmas!  We are CASEing the fabulous Donna this month.  Take a peek at her beautiful card...

I LOVED the idea of using patriotic colors for a holiday card, so that's the main thing I CASEd, along with the red ribbon up top! Check out my take...

I used LOTS of glittery details on my card, heat embossed the sentiment with glitter embossing powder, and even added a glittery snowflake!  I LOVE a lot of sparkle and shine on holiday card. :)

I love this card--and I LOVE the patriotic colors for holiday cards!  I think this turned out to be nice and elegant.  I hope you agree!  Please leave me a comment below to let me know what you think about my creation!

That's all for me right now, friends!  THANK YOU so much for stopping by!  I hope you come and join us at CASE-ing Christmas, and make sure to check out the inspiration from the other gals, too!

Click the links to check out our team's cards~

Asha | Belinda | Cohenna | Claire | Daen'Ys | Donna

Emily | Judy | Lisa | Mynn | Rocky | Steph | Taunya

I'll be back later with more crafty makes!  Until then, HUGS and MERRY stamping to you all!!!

CASE-ing Christmas: Challenge #30

Dashing through the snow... I am SO excited that Christmas is getting closer and closer!  If you haven't started your holiday cards, I hope you join us at CASE-ing Christmas this month for our CASE challenge!  This month, we are CASEing the lovely Asha.  Take a peek at her card...

I LOVE the gorgeous snowy sky and lovely scene that Asha used for her card, so I decided to do something similar.  Check out my card...

I used a set from Close To My Heart to create my scene, but the sentiment is from the October 2015 Card Kit from The Stamps of Life.  I added faux snow pen, glitter, and liquid pearls after coloring with colored pencils.  I LOVE all the beautiful textures that are on this card--it looks so cool IRL!

To create a snowy sky like this, you need to start by stamping and heat embossing your snowflakes with clear embossing powder.  After you do that, and they cool, you sponge ink over them, then gently wipe the ink off of the flakes and voila!  I then added some liquid pearl dots for more shine and additional "snowflakes".

I absolutely adore the way this card turned out!  I was worried I'd mess it up, but taking it step by step helped me stay on track. ;)  I hope you like it, too--and please do leave me a comment below to tell me your thoughts!

That's all for me right now, friends!  THANK YOU so much for stopping by!  I hope you come and join us at CASE-ing Christmas, and make sure to check out the inspiration from the other gals, too!

Click the links to check out our team's cards~

Asha | Belinda | Cohenna | Claire | Daen'Ys | Donna

Emily | Judy | Lisa | Mynn | Rocky | Steph | Taunya

I'll be back later with more crafty makes!  Until then, HUGS and MERRY stamping to you all!!!

CASE-ing Christmas: Trimmings!

Hi, all!  It's time for another challenge for CASE-ing Christmas--AND WE'VE GONE TO MONTHLY CHALLENGES!  That's right!  Each month, on the 5th starting at 6:00am CST, we will start a full month challenge for you to link up your holiday creations!  This month, we are CASE-ing our lovely Steph!  Check out her GORGEOUS original card...

Isn't that absolutely STUNNING?!  I adored the fun CAS, yet vintage, feel.  I kept the layout and the feel, but did some different colors.  Take a peek...

The trims are a mix of ribbon, crocheted trim, and some glitter paper.  The glitter paper had a beautiful snowflake print (you've seen it here before), and so I just trimmed around the print to create a fun shaped border.

The sentiment is from a fun Close To My Heart stamp set.  I punched it out and layered more punched pieces for a mat.  It was added to the card with some dimensional foam for more texture.

The last step was to add some enamel dots to the card base.  I just love the way this turned out!  I hope you like it, too!  I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts in the comments below. :)

Thank you so very much for stopping by today, friends!  That's all for me for now!  I hope you take some time to leave a bit of love with the other amazing gals on this DT--especially our NEW GALS!  When you're done being inspired, I hope you create something and link it up with our current challenge!  Until next time, HUGS and Merry Stamping! :)

Pony CASE-Press: I CASEd Petra!

Hello, my friends!  I am SUPER DUPER UBER excited to share this card today!  I started a little thing called the Pony CASE-Press about a month ago, and my card FINALLY reached the first gal, Petra, yesterday in South Africa.  Come and see Petra's original card...

Beautiful, right?!  She is SO good with layering and floral images.  I decided to keep the layout similar, but I changed the colors and the focal image to a butterfly from Inspired By Stamping.  Take a gander at my card...

I love this swallowtail image from Inspired By Stamping.  I heat embossed it in silver onto vellum, then cut it out and layered it with some patterned paper.  A bunch of deep blue rhinestones create a flight path for the butterfly up the card.

I added a sentiment from Inspired By Stamping just below the butterfly.  This sentiment was punched out and flanked with the same deep blue rhinestones as the butterfly's flight path.

I layered a bunch of patterned papers on my card base.  I also did some faux stitching to create added texture and polish.  I used a black fine tip Sharpie for this.  More deep blue rhinestones were added in places to add cohesiveness to the design.

I love the final product and I am happy to report that Petra loved it as well!  What do you think about my card?  I'd love for you to leave me a comment to let me know your opinion!!!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges~

The Crafter's Cafe: What Season Are You In?

(I'm in SPRING!)

Frilly and Funkie: Bring on the Bling!

Cards und More: Monochrome

Deep Ocean: Vintage

Art Impressions: Vintage Vibe

And of course...

That's all for me today, friends!  I hope you join me and the other amazing gals that have joined me at the Pony CASE-Press!  Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by today and taking a peek at my creation!  Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping, friends! :)

CASEing Nicole

My fellow teamie, Nicole of Scraps & Stamps, has a FABULOUS video tutorial today over at the Inspired By Stamping blog!  It's all about coloring selectively with alcohol markers to create a watercolor effect.  Her card is AMAZING and I've CASEd her using some different colors and products, but it turned out fabulous--thanks, Nicole!

Here's my CASE~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Addicted to Stamps & More: Make Your Mark

(Coloring challenge.)

Creative Card Crew: KISS

(Keep it sweet and simple)

Mod Squad: Feature Flowers

Top Tip Tuesday: Girly Challenge

I've used the Spring Lilacs stamp set and Spring Lilacs paper from Inspired By Stamping, Spectrum Noir markers (LV1, LV2, LV3, LG1, LG2, LG3), black Staz-on ink, Gumball Green ink by Stampin' Up! for the splatters, metallic twine from my stash, and all card is from Stampin' Up!.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my creation!  I hope you hop over to the IBS blog to check out Nicole's tutorial and then over to the IBS store to grab the set and paper!  IBS is having a FREE SHIPPING day in honor of Valentine's Day--it's worldwide shipping, y'all, but only until 9am EST tomorrow!  AND these supplies are on sale because they're our newest release!  Don't forget to play along with these fabulous challenges, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

Inkspirational: September CASE Challenge

Hello fellow crafters!  Welcome to another weekly DT post for Inkspirational Challenges!!!  This week we've got a fabulous CASE challenge going on for you--come and play along!  We've got a fabulous sponsor for one lucky player--from Inspired By Stamping!!!

Here's the beautiful CASE card~

My card & details~

I've used stamps from our sponsor, Inspired By Stamping, patterned paper from DCWV and American Crafts, pearls and polka dot ribbon from my stash, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek!  Please come and join in the fun and don't forget to leave some love with the other amazingly talented girls on this DT as well!  HUGS and happy stamping friends!

Inkspirational: July CASE Challenge

Hello again, friends, and welcome to another week at Inkspirational challenges!  I'm so glad and thankful for all of you who play along with us every week!  I hope you're enjoying the challenges this month and that you are playing along each week for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor!!!

We've got a superb sponsor offering a fabulous prize 

to one lucky winner for the month of July!

A Day For Daisies!

One lucky winner who plays along all month

with us will win a prize from their store!

It's the third week of our challenge month and that means we've got an amazing CASE for you to be inkspired by!  It's by fantastic DT member and co-owner Ellen of In a World of Craft and it's absolutely stunning!

Here's our CASE inkspiration~

Original design HERE.

Here's my take~

Details~

I've used a digi image by our sponsor, A Day For Daisies, liquid pearls by Ranger, patterned paper by Recollections, specialty paper by American Paper Crafts, rhinestone swirls by Prima, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card and to leave me some love!  I really appreciate all the fabulously encouraging comments I get from all of you!  I hope you stop and take a bit of time to come and play with us and that you'll leave some love with the other wonderful gals on my DT as well!  HUGS and happy stamping! :)

I'm ready for SPRING!

Hi, friends!  I've got 2 cards to share with you today!  They both have spring themes--one is for St. Patty's day and the other for Mother's day!  They're both relatively CAS in design and use some stamps that have never seen ink--joyous day for that rubber! ;)

Here's the St. Patty's day card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Crafting for all Seasons: Spring into Spring

Word Art Wednesday: Uplifting Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp: A Bit O' Green

For this card, I used my NEW chevron background stamp from Stampers Best, a twine from my stash, glimmer mist, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.  I colored each section of the chevron stamp to create a rainbow pattern, spritzed it with pearl glimmer mist, and then stamped.  I love how textured it looks!

Here's the Mother's Day card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Addicted to Stamps & More: Clean & Simple

Creative Moments: Add a Sentiment

Stampin' Royalty: Clean & Simple

For this card, I CASEd this card by my dear friend Ellen.  I've used stamps by Rubber Stamp Tapestry, rhinestones by Prima, silver ribbon from my stash, and all other supplies (including sentiment) are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you've been inspired to create something fabulous and that you'll join in the fun at these wonderful challenges! HUGS to all and happy stamping! :)