Redeemed with CAS

... so I feel I've redeemed myself after the grid card (yuk) with this CAS card. Today, the CAS challenge was to choose a piece of artwork from art.com and recreate it in the style of CAS (clean and simple).

Here's a link to the artwork I chose to use as my inspiration piece ~ Fresh Limes. I just love this photograph so I recreated it with a square card of Shimmery White. I rock n' rolled the limes in Certainly Celery and Always Artichoke and stamped them onto a scrap of Shimmery White. Using the square 1 3/8" punch, I punched out the limes and mounted them on Old Olive. I made another outer border and hey presto ~ it doesn't get much easier than that. A tiny sentiment on the bottom and it's job done.

And here's a close-up of the limes which were dusted with SU's Dazzling Diamonds for an extra bit of 'something'.

Recipe
Stamps : Tart & Tangy, sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock : Shimmery White, Old Olive
Ink : Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke
Accessories : Dazzling Diamonds, glue pen

Technique Disaster!

OK, so maybe I was on a roll yesterday ... but today hasn't started off too well stamping-wise!!! The TLC over on SCS is to use the grid technique according to Dawn Griffiths wonderful video tutorial (here). Well, I immediately thought of the small butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly and got to work ... and I really dislike this card!!!! The grid lines are funky, the colours aren't good together, the layout's wrong ... so I guess I'll have some breakfast and have another try!!!! Well, you win some, you lose some!!!!

Recipe
Stamps : Sentiment Teeny Tiny Wishes, Flight of the Butterfly
Cardstock : Barely Banana, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Vellum Cardstock
Ink : Night of Navy, Rose Red, Mellow Moss, Barely Banana
Accessories : Modern Label & Butterfly Punches, Dimensionals, ruler, Stampin' Write Markers

Playing with the Big Shot Flower Die

I love Sundays! I'm still in my pj's and it's nearly 2pm! Anyway, I wanted to try another card with my new Bigz XL Flower Folds die. I love the way these flowers look. So this time, I made a card with the scallop square die, layered up some Kiwi Kiss & Ruby Red squares, added some texture with the new texture plate and added the flowers.

I felt the card was missing something ~ my white gel pen was still sitting on the desk so I picked it up and started doodling. So this is the card with the extra white embellishment.

Recipe
Stamp : "Hello' from Pendant Park
Cardstock : Kiwi Kiss, Ruby Red, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Ink : Ruby Red
Accessories : Big Shot, Bigz XL Flower Folds, Scallop Square Die, Texture Plate 'Perfect Details'

Sunday Featured Stamper

Today the Featured Stamper over on Splitcoast is Schirmcat, aka Kelly. I love Kelly's gallery, so was thrilled to have a go at CASEing one of her gorgeous cards. I chose this one which appealed to me because of it's beautiful simplicity.

This is my version. I kept the Kraft base the same, but just used one strip across the centre and added texture with the new Perfect Details Texture Plate (pattern 2). I added white dots with my Signo pen to draw attention to the pattern. The flower was made with my new Flower Folds Bigz XL Die. I love it! The flower centre is another die for the Big Shot, it's called 'buttons #5'. Below is a close up of the flower.

Recipe
Stamps : sentiment from Pendant Park
Cardstock : Kraft, Ruby Red, So Saffron, Choc Chip DSP
Ink : Choc Chip
Accessories : Big Shot, Bigz XL Flower Folds, Sizzlit Buttons #5, Texturz Plate Perfect Details, White Signo Pen, Twine, Paper Piercer

Just one more Before Bed

I wanted to put together another quick card with some of my new stamps ... it was really quick, really easy ... that's the best kind!

Recipe
Stamps : Pendant Park
Cardstock : Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink : Old Olive
Accessories : None

Stamping Time at Last

I've managed to find time to play with some of the new products in the SU 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog! It feels so good to be down in my work room playing around with my new goodies!

Here are 3 photos of 2 cards I made. I used my new scallop square die for the Big Shot to make the cards. Easy to do, you just fold a card as you would normally, but when you place it onto the die, just make sure the fold falls inside the square. I love the fresh colour combo, it's Bermuda Bay layered with Crushed Curry and Whisper White. The punches used for the sentiment are Modern Label and Word Window. The stamps are Medallion (I can tell I'm going to love this one!) and the sentiment from Elegant Thank You.

Here's an alternative view, showing the inside which is layered the same as the outside.

And last but not least, the same card made in Melon Mambo and Chocolate Chip. The sentiment here is from teeny tiny words.
I'm on a roll now ... off to make some more!

WARNING!!!!

This is what happens to your kitchen if you receive a huge order of NEW GOODIES from Stampin' Up's new 2009-2010 Catalogue. Sorry mum, if you're reading this, are you ashamed of me? Tee Hee ... but seriously, wouldn't you rather be stamping????? I feel naughty now!!!