Jan 31, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI |
It’s time for a new CYCI Color Challenge! Be sure to check out all the great projects, and play along with us by posting your own project, at canyoucaseit.com!
Here are this week’s colors…
… and here is my card.
This past Tuesday I held a Bloomin’ Love Bundle Class. I designed four different projects for the class: a cute kiddie one, a sweet feminine one, a clean masculine one, and this rather sexy bordello inspired one.
When I was designing these projects, I thought I was so clever to come up with this one. Then later I realized I didn’t come up with this one at all. I had seen it before. My fellow demonstrator, Julie DiMatteo, created a card like this, except in Watermelon Wonder instead of Cherry Cobbler, and posted it to one of our demo Facebook pages. I had seen it, then forgotten that I had seen it. But the design stuck with me. So today I’m sharing a card I thought I designed, but actually CASEd from the Paper Pixie.
This version is Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler card stock, with Pearl Basic Jewels and a white heat embossed sentiment. For my example here, I cut another floral heart from Whisper White CS and glued it under the Basic Black one, thinking it would add an interesting dimension. I tried it directly under the black heart and offset to different degrees, but I didn’t particularly like it, so I deleted that step from the class kits. You can see just a little of the white peeking out in the photo above, so please just squint and pretend it isn’t there!
I cut one heart, 2 larger flowers, and 3 smaller flowers, using the Bloomin’ Hearts Thinlits Dies. This heart is a very intricate die. I highly recommend using the Precision Base Plate with the Magnetic Platform, and running it back and forth through the Big Shot a few times…
…then use the Die Brush to remove the heart and all the little scraps from the die.
The sentiment is from the Groovy Love stamp set…
…but you could certainly use one of the sentiments from the Bloomin’ Love stamp set.
Here’s what I used. Click on the images below to get the products you need to make your own version of today’s card!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 24, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, CYCI, Sketches |
Here is this week’s canyoucaseit.com sketch challenge…
…and here is my card.
I’ve been having a ball playing with all my new products from the 2016 Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs. It’s easy to get excited about brand new stuff, but remember there is a whole Annual catalog full of wonderful products, too. For today’s card I used English Garden Designer Series Paper and the Teeny Tiny wishes stamp set to create a subtle Mother’s Day card.
The card base is Blushing Bride card stock with a Mossy Meadow CS layer on top of that. I cropped the piece of DSP so the big rose was in the right place for the sketch, then glued that down. I used the 2″ Circle Punch to cut out another rose from the DSP, and the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch to cut the Mossy Meadow CS mat.
I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow on Whisper White CS, matted it with Blushing Bride, and notched one end. The final touch is a Soft Suede Candy Dot to balance the sentiment strip and to mach the Soft Suede dots in the DSP. Super quick and simple.
Be sure to check out the other projects at canyoucaseit.com and play along with us by posting your own project!
Here’s what I used today:
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 17, 2016 | Boxes, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI, Gift Wrap, New Products, Occasions |
It’s CYCI’s 3rd birthday! To celebrate, this week’s color challenge is Black & White.
It can be either elegant or fun. I chose to do a little of both. I mean, this little penguin is definitely fun, and what’s more elegant than a tuxedo? And he/she is perfect for giving a small birthday gift or treat.
I’ve never made the little animal boxes that have been so popular. But the Playful Pals stamp set and the Pyramid Pals Thinlits Dies (available individually, or together in a bundle to save 15%!) make it so easy, and they’re so darn cute, who can resist?
To make the box, I cut out two pieces of Basic Black card stock with the pyramid box die and glued them together on the bottom panels – the same way you make a Curvy Keepsake Box. I then glued the flaps on one side to the two adjacent sides, so the box would keep its shape. I tucked in the flaps on the other side, so it could be opened easily.
For the feet, I cut two of the “frog feet” from Pumpkin Pie card stock and glued them to the box’s bottom, so just the webbed toes extended past the box’s edge.
I stamped the eyes in black Memento ink onto Whisper White CS and cut them with the coordinating die. I cut the triangular chest piece from Whisper White CS and the two long flippers from Basic Black CS. I cut the beak from Pumpkin Pie CS with the little diamond shaped die. Then I glued everything in place on the box.
This adorable penguin opens in the back to tuck in tiny treats.
Here’s what I used, or mentioned. Click on the images below to get your very own!
Be sure to check out the other projects, and share your own, at canyoucaseit.com!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 10, 2016 | Challenges, CYCI, Sketches |
This week’s CYCI challenge is to create a project using this sketch as inspiration. 
Here’s what I made. 
The card base and top panel mat are Mossy Meadow card stock. All three pieces of Designer Series Paper are from the new Birthday Bouquet DSP. The sentiment, from the new Sale-a-bration stamp set What I Love, is stamped in Mossy Meadow on Whisper White CS, on top of a slightly wider strip of Pool Party CS, then attached to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Everything else is glued. This card is appropriate for so many different occasions – just change the sentiment. Here’s what I used:
Be sure to check out all the other great projects at canyoucaseit.com, and play along by posting your own project!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 3, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI, New Products, Occasions |
It’s the first canyoucaseit.com challenge of 2016! I hope you’ll play along with us by posting your project to the web site. You just might be one of the design team picks of the week!
Here is this week’s color challenge…
… and here is my card.
I made a 6″ x 6″card today, not something I do very often. My purple, blue, and neutral colors are Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, and Very Vanilla, which are all colors in the Bohemian Designer Series Paper.
The card base is Bermuda Bay card stock that I cut to 6″ x 12″ and scored at 6″. (If you have 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper instead of 12″ x 12″, you can make a 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ card.)
The next two layers are from the Bohemian DSP.
Using the Circles Collection Framelits Dies, I cut a Bermuda Bay and a slightly smaller Rich Razzleberry circle. I glued the larger one to the card front, then attached the smaller one with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I stamped the sentiment from the You’re So Lovely stamp set on Very Vanilla card stock in Rich Razzleberry. I then stamped the tiny wreath around the sentiment in Bermuda Bay. I used the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch to cut it out, then attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The last touch was to put scatter a few sequins from the Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim. I pulled them off the string, dropped them onto the card for a random design, and glued them on the card individually.
Here’s what I used:
Be sure to check out all the other designs on canyoucaseit.com this week.
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 2, 2016 | Blog Candy, Challenges, Christmas, CYCI |
A couple weeks ago, CanYouCaseIt.com posted our 100th challenge! To celebrate, and to thank all of you for following along, the design team had a Blog Hop with Blog Candy on each of our blogs. It was a two week challenge. To see my post, click here.
Here is what I offered as my Blog Candy: Versatile Christmas stamp set, Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack, Metallic Silver Baker’s Twine, Home For Christmas Enamel Dots, and Season of Cheer Washi Tape. That’s a $45 value! Most of these items will retire in two days, so if you don’t win today, click on the images at the bottom of this post to get yours while you can!
The lucky winner of this Blog Candy, and belated Christmas gift, is Julie “Jules2Jems” Curtis !!! Julie’s comment: “This is a great card for a guy!”
Congratulations, Julie! Please email your mailing address to me at candy@stampcandy.net, and I’ll get these goodies right out to you!
Here’s where everyone can get these products:
Check back tomorrow for the first CYCI challenge of 2016!
If you’re in the Atlanta area tomorrow, be sure to stop by my Open House! Details are in yesterday’s post here.
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
