Oct 4, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, CYCI |
Here is this week’s CanYouCaseIt Sketch Challenge:
And here is my project:
This cute little mummy looks more frightened than frightening, but he’s here to wish you a Happy Halloween! I wish I could take credit for this design, but my friend and fellow Stampin’ Up! Demo Jackie Bak saw the sketch and said a mummy was the first thing that came to her mind. So I said, “let’s go with that!”
This card could hardly be any simpler. Some Natural 5/8″ Chevron Ribbon was wrapped – pattern side down – around a piece of Basic Black card stock. That was attached to a Very Vanilla card base.
Each eye is a 1/2″ circle of Basic Black CS and 3/4″ circle of Watercolor Paper, with a glint from a White Signo Uni-ball Gell Pen. They were attached with Stampin’ Dimentionals.
The sentiment, from the Cheer All Year stamp set, is stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Watercolor Paper, then the paper is hand torn. It is also attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Super easy! Thanks, Jackie!
Halloween has to be my favorite holiday. For some it’s all about the candy. For some it’s about getting together with friends. For some it’s about the costumes and pretending to be something/someone else. For me it’s a little of each. It doesn’t matter who you are, how old you are, or to what religion you belong. Halloween is for everyone. I hope you enjoy a very fun and very safe Halloween this year!
Here’s what we used:
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Sep 27, 2015 | Boxes, Challenges, Christmas, CYCI, Gift Wrap, Gifts, Holiday, Techniques |
With this week’s CanYouCaseIt.com Designer’s Choice challenge, you can make whatever you want!
Be sure to check out all the great projects here. Here’s mine.
I just love these Tiny Treat Boxes. They’re so versatile. They are a great size for little treats and small gifts. (A Pandora charm box fits in perfectly.) You can use them individually, or stack them together to make an Advent calendar, for instance.
Today I’ve wrapped one with a belly band made from Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper. I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut a Santa from the same DSP, then attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied up the box with Linen Thread and topped it with a pompom made of Mint Macaron 1″ Dotted Lace Trim.
TECHNIQUE: The pompom is easy to make. Cut a length of the Dotted Lace Trim (I used about 6 feet) and use a needle and thread to gather it along the straight edge. I used Linen Thread and a floss threader, because I had it at hand. Just gather it up and tie it off, then tie onto the box.
Here’s what I used:
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Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Sep 20, 2015 | Boxes, Challenges, Christmas, Color Palette, CYCI, Gift Wrap, Techniques |
CanYouCaseIt.com has a color challenge this week:
Here’s my project:
This would be perfect as a party favor, or for each place setting at a holiday gathering.
I used Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay, and Island Indigo as my three blues. I cut the Fry Box out of Whisper White Thick Card Stock. Then I sponged the whole thing, inside and out, with the three colors of blue for a marbled/mottled sort of look.
On the front of the box I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with Clear Stampin’ Embossing Powder.
The All About Sugar stamp set is made to coordinate with the Fry Box Bigz L Die, and the two are available as a bundle to save 15%!
After heat embossing, I colored the entire exterior of the box with Island Indigo ink. This is called the Joseph’s Coat technique. There are a few ways to do this, but the two most efficient are 1) using a brayer, and 2) taking your ink pad directly to the paper. You could also use a Stamping Write Marker, but that will take longer. Be careful as you’re doing this, as the card stock can start to pill if it gets too wet. As it happened, I got it just wet enough to make the fibers stand up a tiny bt, so it looks like suede. I love happy accidents!
I assembled the box by adhering the sides with Tear & Tape. Now I had an Island Indigo Fry Box, with a mottled tri-color sentiment and interior.
The three snowflakes are from the new Snowflake Elements wooden embellishments. Holding each one with tweezers, I pressed it into the Versamark ink pad, then into White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, then heated it with my Heat Tool. I adhered them with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
For the filler, I cut a Glassine Sheet with Fringe Scissors, then crumpled it with my fingers.
I stamped the candy cane from the A Little Something stamp set three times in Island Indigo. I fussy cut them with my Paper Snips, leaving a long stem to stick down into the Glassine filler. (The Snow Place stamp set has a longer, thinner candy cane stamp, but I preferred the fatter one for this project.)
Here’s what I used:
I love hearing from you! Please leave your questions and comments below.
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Sep 13, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Gifts, Sketches |
I love seeing all the different directions people take from the same idea. That’s why I enjoy challenges so much. Every week CYCI issues a different challenge – a sketch, a color palette, a theme, or something else. I hope you’ll play along by entering your own projects. Go to canyoucaseit.com for more details.
Here is this week’s sketch challenge:
And here’s my card:
I love this clean and simple sketch. I think the most elegant cards are CAS. Not that I don’t like cards with lots of pretty doodahs – I do! But there is something to be said for understated designs.
I haven’t used this color combo in a while, and it’s one of my faves, so here it is:
The card base is Kraft card stock. The white panel is White Corrugated Paper. The ribbon is Burlap – I trimmed down both edges with Craft Scissors to remove the stitching and to make it thinner. And the sentiment, from the B.Y.O.P. stamp set, is stamped in Real Red on Whisper White CS, then cut with Craft Scissors, except for the notch at the end, which I cut with Paper Snips.
Tip: I keep two pairs of Craft Scissors: one for ribbon only and one for paper. I also use Paper Snips for paper. The Snips are great for detail work, and the larger Scissors are nice when cutting long smooth lines.
At this point I liked the card, but the large expanse of plain Kraft CS at the top did bother me a little. I thought it needed just a little something, but not too much. That’s when I decided to stamp it in Whisper White Craft Ink with the large Dots for Days background stamp. Now it’s like a piece of DSP in the background. The evenly spaced and aligned dots almost count as a solid – certainly as a neutral.
The sentiment continues on a piece of Whisper White CS glued to the card’s interior:
Here’s what I used:
Be sure to check out the other Can You Case It projects here.
I love hearing from you and welcome your questions and comments!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Sep 10, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette |
There’s a new weekly challenge called the Global Design Project. Its design team includes some of the most talented paper crafters around. I’m am thrilled to participate in their very first challenge. Here are the colors of the challenge:
And here’s my card:
These colors are so subtle that at first I thought I would need to use a lot of them, just so they would be seen. But then I decided to go very simple with this card, and I think it paid off. Against the Whisper White card base, the soft colors show very well.
I created the wreath with the Wondrous Wreath stamp set, the Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies, Smoky Slate and Pink Pirouette ink, and So Saffron Candy Dots. By the way, the stamp set and dies are available in a bundle to save 15%!
I cut the sentiment from Pink Pirouette card stock with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies.
Then I glued everything directly to the card base of Thick Whisper White card stock.
That’s it. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Here’s what I used. Click on the images to get your own!
Be sure to check out all the other projects at the Global Design Project web site.
I love hearing from you and welcome your comments and questions!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Sep 6, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI |
Here is this week’s CYCI color challenge:
And here’s my card:
This is my first official entry as a CanYouCaseIt Design Team Member. I’m thrilled to be a part of such a talented group!
After stamping the flowers from the Remarkable You stamp set in black Staz-On ink on a piece of Watercolor Paper, I used an Aqua Painter and Early Espresso, Mint Macaron, and Hello Honey inks to watercolor the flowers and background. I was trying for that messy sort of watercolor look, but I still kept pretty close to the lines. I guess I’ll have to practice being messier – something I never thought I would say!
I used the Greetings Thinlits Dies to cut the word HELLO from a piece of Hello Honey card stock. I backed it with a piece of Mint Macaron card stock on which I drew lots of dots with an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker.
An Early Espresso mat and a Hello Honey card base finish the card.
I made a Mint Macaron envelope using the 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper and the Envelope Punch Board. I adhered the leftover die cut HELLO with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (still my favorite adhesive!)
Here’s what I used:
Be sure to check out the other projects at the CYCI web site!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
