CFC186 - Anything but a Card!

Happy Friday crafty friends! I love Friday's especially when it's time for a new CAS-ual Friday's Challenge!
This week it's anything but a Card!

I decided on a tag for my project featuring the beautiful Mistletoe from the Mistletoe and Holly stamp set! I just love this image. I felt like trying my new Windsor and Newton Gouache (inspired by the new Holiday Online Card Class). The joy of Gouache is that is paints beautifully on dark card stock!

I chose a navy blue to make a nice masculine tag. I gold embossed my Mistletoe and sentiment also from CAS-ual Friday's on the base of my tag. I used two different red colors for the bow, a mix of greens for the leaves and I finished by adding Liquid Pearls on my berries.  I was going to make a shaker tag but I felt that it would take away from the Mistletoe so I just added some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins.

A simple project but I love the depth of the Gouache :) To finish off the tag I added some red and white twine.

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps!

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

CFC166 - Music to my Ears!

Time for another fantastic challenge over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog!

The challenge is all about Music to my Ears! For those of you familiar with the CAS-ual Fridays stamps and Fri-Dies collections, you will know that the music inspired product is simply wonderful!

I started with a Neena Solar White panel and used a mix of Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple and Wilted Violet Distress Inks.  It takes patience on Neena Card stock but the results I find are worth it!  I then used a sentiment (You are the song in my Heart) from the Love Notes stamp set and used the same Distress Inks to get a tone on tone impression all over the background. I die cut my panel with a circle die and the Double Note Fri-Die from gold glitter paper with foam on the back for dimension.  I then die cut a circle frame and used gold embossing powder for the opening.  I turned the circle into a shaker, before putting the card together I felt it needed a little more so I added VersaMark Ink along the edges of the Distress panel and used the same gold embossing powder.  I put the card together and added my Vellum sentiment (also embossed in gold) from the same Love Notes stamp set and put the card together. I, of course, topped it off with a variety of sequins!

Join us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog for the chance to win $25 worth of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and, drum roll please... Michelle with double the prize if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps! 

Thanks so much for taking the time!

Kim

Avery Elle Butterflies

Happy Monday! Have you seen all the fabulous sneaks from CHA? Oh my, I spent the weekend wishing I had been there!  I can't wait for all the launches :)

My project today features the beautiful Avery Elle Butterflies!

I love butterflies but this set... oh my! I cut my base panel with the Avery Elle Wonky Stiches Rectangle from some Lawn Fawn Guava Cardstock (Oh this color, I just love it).  I used my Misti to stamp my butterflies with VersaMark Ink and used gold embossing powder on them.  I really like the way they turned out!  I then die cut the Neat and Tangled "awesome," awesome die from both black cardstock (background) and gold foil paper for the top.  The "You Are" is from the Love Puffin stamp set also by Avery Elle and I stamped and embossed that in the same gold as the butterflies. I love being able to use stamp sets in different ways :)

I put the top panel together and added some dots with my white and gold gell pens for added detail. I then sprinkled some Tailored Expressions sequins and some small pearls. I felt that a white card base didn't fit the design so I added VersaMark around the card edges and used gold embossing. I much prefer the way it turned out!  This will go to an awesome friend, who, unfortunately lives way too far away!

Have a great week! Bonne semaine :)

Kim