To Brighten Your Day

Hi All - it's Vicki here today from All I Do Is Stamp.  Gosh, this month is getting away from me!  My Facebook account got hacked [!], and I spent 4 days dealing with compromised accounts!  Ya know, hackers are idiots - that's all I'm saying!  Meanwhile, if I can't get my account back [I'm trying to deal with FB as I wait], then, I will be opening up a new Facebook account and starting from scratch -- seriously bums me out.  I had a lot of friends, along with all my cards!  Absolute nightmare!

All that said, I did manage to get this CFS card made and I am happy that at least got done.

I started with a stenciled background using the Bubbly Stencil, and the Chunky Chevron Stencil.

I got out the fun newly released Flowery Duo, along with the [matching] older Pretty Posies. Rather then actually coloring in the leaves and flowers, I thought I would try different colored ink from the Catherine Pooler Carnival set.  I rather like the end result.  Not coloring does make it a much quicker card for sure. 😀

What type of cards do you make?  Quick and easy?  More elaborate?  A mixture?  I do prefer a mixture so I don't get bored.

That's it for me today. 

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Time To Celebrate!

Hello!  I hope you are able to enjoy some fun this holiday weekend!  I'm spending time with family and thought I'd make a red, white and blue card to honor the 4th.  I thought the Jacks Stencil would make a perfect background for this one!

I placed the Jacks stencil over a die cut panel and blended in some Festive Berries Distress Ink to just a section of the panel.

I wiped off the stencil and then blended some Tumbled Glass in other areas careful to leave a bit of white space.

I wiped off the stencil again and then used a spatula to apply some Glitz Glitter Gel through the entire stencil.

Voila!  So pretty, right??  I set this aside to dry.

While the background was drying, I stamped the Celebrate from the Sassy Celebration stamp set onto white cardstock using Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes ink.  Before removing it from my Misti, I stamped it again with some Versamark and heat embossed it with Wow Clear Gloss Embossing Powder.  Then I did the same with the rest of the sentiment in Samba.  I fussy cut the Celebrate and trimmed the rest down into a rectangle and added a blue layer to outline it.

Next I cut the glass from the Champagne Flute from white glitter paper and the star from the Slimline Pinked set from blue foiled paper.

When the stenciled layer was dry, I arranged everything using various thicknesses of foam tape and adhesive and layered it onto a blue and red base.

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed it and that you'll come again soon for some more CAS-ual Fridays Inspiration!

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A card with no Stamping!

Hello, it's Michelle here today with a CAS card I made with no stamping!

I didn't do it on purpose and only realised when I had finished that there was not a single stamp used!

Although the little die cut flowers came from the Sassy Smiles Duo stamp set so maybe that counts.

I started by masking off a strip on the bottom of a card panel and ink blended Suede Shoes and All That Jazz Catherine Pooler inks.  

Then I placed the Flowerburst stencil over the top of the inked area and used the same color inks.

I die cut the "Hello" from the Sweet Friend dies 3 times and adhered them together with liquid glue.

I die cut 3 of the tiny flowers from the Sassy Smiles Duo.

Then I added some foam tape to the card panel and adhered it to a top folding card base.

Thanks for visiting and I hope I have inspired you to get inky!

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