CQC#324 + FMS#219 + Seize the Birthday + HLS January CAS

I love, love, love the colors in the ColourQ Challenge #324 and made a little time today to put together a card for that challenge and a few others.

The sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #219 provided the basic design of the card and, once I decided die cut feathers were going to be a part of the card, I knew I would be using the ink smooshing technique that is the challenge for Happy Little Stampers January CAS Challenge.

A few watercolor panels were inked until I had the color balance I wanted, then a side panel and a couple of feathers were die cut. Another feather was cut from silver Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Metal cardstock. The embossed details from these Spellbinders feather dies is just fantastic!

An MFT sentiment and stitched rectangle die and silver Baker's twine finish the card off.

I'm also linking this card to Seize the Birthday, where the Toppings are Clean and Simple.

   

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology

It is time for a new Cue Card for Week 180 at the CASology challenge blog.

 

There are so many ways to interpret the word open and I went with the idea of opening a box. I'm a little gifted out with Christmas and my birthday, so decided to do something I hadn't done in a while and make a "welcome to the neighborhood" card.

The Neat & Tangled Box die is used to create a moving box, a Papertrey Ink Daily Designs sentiment is stamped and heat embossed on a chartreuse banner and a little aqua tissue paper peeks out of the box. I will admit I've never packed up household goods in pretty tissue papers, but I wanted another pop of color on the card so exercised my creative right.

The clean lines and simple images keep this card CAS.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer: Rachel

You have until Monday at noon (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog for a chance to win a class from this week's sponsor, Craft Classes Online.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Seize the Birthday + Simon Says Something New

I have been playing with a few of my new stamps & dies, ending up with this clean & simple birthday card.

The Elizabeth Craft Candles dies are cut from white cardstock, inked with Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks and then layered together. Delicata Gold is inked on the flames.

The sentiment is from my new PTI Birthday Cheer stamp set and fits perfectly on my new MFT Dimensional Banner die.

This card is being linked to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog where Simon Says Something New and Seize the Birthday where Anything Goes this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie