IT'S SUMMER TIME AT ADDICTED TO CAS!

Hi lovely bloggers - hope you have had a warm and  happy week!

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Here we are again, with another fabulous Code Word for you, at 
ATCAS.  The Code Word has been chosen by our lovely Teamie, Sue.
And what else could it be, but ............. SUMMER!!

We have lots of DT inspiration for you, plus some gorgeous Guest Designer projects from our Sponsor's talented Design Team.

Here is my little cutie!

I couldn't resist this Mo Manning "Summer Girl" image with her ice lolly and "fish" sunglasses! 

I coloured her with Copics and SU glitter on her sunglasses. 

Sky lightly coloured with chalks,  and Copics for the sand. 

The orange mat was also coloured with a Copic marker.

"Sweet, Sweet" from the SU Happy Day stamp set. 

"Summer" is from the Layers of Colour Art Stamps Happy Wishes set.

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Our amazing Sponsor this fortnight is Joanna Munster from 

Inspired By Stamping.

Do pop over there to view the fabulous selection of stamps.

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If you are chosen as our CAS Perfectionist, you will receive a $20 Gift Voucher from Joanna, to spend in her online store. 

Look forward to seeing your beautiful Summer creations!

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I would like to enter my card into the Crafts-Too Challenge - 

Twist 1 -  Fun in the Sun, and

Mo's Challenge - "G is for ......! (Girl, Green, Glitter)!

Happy Crafting ~

HAPPY INKY CHRISTMAS!

Hi lovely bloggers friends and followers - hope you are all having a happy day?

Just popped by to share a card which I have made for the Xmas Card Swap at the Chocolate Baroque Online Community Group. 

I thought you might like to see it and here it is ~

The Chocolate Baroque stamp  is from the Christmas Flourish set - one of my all-time favourites.

The image was stamped onto white card with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white emb. powder.

Several shades of blue Distress Inks were applied over the image with a TH Inkssentials applicator. 

Sentiment - "Christmas" from HOTP,  "Wishes" from Layers of Color.

A mixture of water with a tiny amount of household bleach was spritzed over the ink to give a snowy effect.

A sprinkling of Glamour Dust added here and there to the Holly leaves.

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I would like to enter the following challenges ~
Christmas at Sweet Stampin Challenge - "Christmas Anything Goes"
Try It On Tuesday - "Lets Get Inky"
My Craft Spot - "Merry Christmas"
Victorine Originals - "Blue and White"
The Stamp Man - "In The Bleak Midwinter"

Love and Hugs,

A WINTERS DAY AT FYI !

Hello lovely bloggers, thanks for popping by, and a warm welcome to my new followers.
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I know it's only June, but the inspiration picture at FOR YOUR INSPIRATION made me think "CHRISTMAS" as soon as I saw it.  For my DT card, I have taken inspiration from the trees, which look white at first glance, yet seem to have a slight hint of pale pinky-mauve - does anyone else see that, or is it just me??!!   

Full challenge details and some fab. work from the DT can be found on the FYI blog.
Look forward to seeing  more of your wonderful work - this is a fortnightly challenge so you have plenty of time to create your project (no excuses)!
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My Recipe:

Black base card, with a layer of white which I embossed on a Score Board.

The image is  from Layers of Color, stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento, and is designed to work with the Nestabilities Labels 18.

Image softly coloured with Copics Pale Lilac.

Memory Box die - Madera Corner.

SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the wings and Holly leaves - difficult to see on the photo unless you click the pic!
I would like to enter the following challenge ~
HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS - Die Cuts and/or Punches.

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Have a fab weekend - 

Love to all ~

A BOOK CARD FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL, AND A BABY CARD FOR LESS IS MORE!

Hello lovely bloggers - it seems Summer has finally arrived in the UK - yaaay!! I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine wherever you are.

I have TWO projects to share today - the first is a very simple little card for LESS IS MORE.  (Better late than never)! 
Chrissie and Mandi's theme this week is a BABY card, or CHILD'S card.
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Please be warned - this is a "photo-heavy" post - sorry! 
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For my LIM card, I used some leftover gingham snippets (Craft Creations), trimmed with a Fiskars border punch. 
The vintage pram stamp is from Anna Griffin, the sentiment is from a New Baby set by Kars, both inked with Jet Black Archival. (The image is much clearer when you click on the pic.)!
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I am popping over to  Di's Playground to share this card with the playmates!

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My second project is a Book Card. This is for my DIL's birthday next week - I've been intending to have a go at making one of these for ages, and my DIL's birthday has spurred me on - she loves all things vintage, shabby-chic, fairies etc., and I know she will appreciate it.
 If you would like to make one of these, there is a fab. tutorial on Sandie's wonderful blog http://delightfullycrazytoo.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/vintage-book-card-tutorial.htm
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I would also like to enter this Book Card into the ALLSORTS 3rd Birthday Blog Hop Challenge,
and OCC - Shabby Chic Theme.

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Update - June 2nd - My Book Card was awarded a Top 5 Badge by the ladies at Allsorts. Many thanks!

Front cover:-

Inside:-

The Nestie oval will be personalised before giving the card to

my DIL. 

This was rather difficult to photo - the punched border on the shadow box looks more like pale blue than the real-life shade of pale cream, and the "hinges" on the back cover are dark grey IRL, not blue! 
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Items used:-
Papers from Prima (but I think the back cover is Basic Grey)
Tiny flower punches - SU Boho Blossoms and EK Success Retro Flower.
Pearls and ribbon from stash.
Tons of Glamour Dust!
Martha Stewart border punch - Floral Vine.
Tonic Studios Butterfly punch.

DI Inks used - Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans.
Memento London Fog.
Nesties dies -  Ovals and Fancy Tags Two.
Cuttlebug fancy corner die.
Stamps -  Layers of Color (Birthday Wishes), Indigo Blu Wild Meadow (Swirl).
. Crafty Individuals (Dream a Little Dream). Kaisercraft Botanical.
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Many thanks if you are still with me!  Have a wonderful weekend.
Love to all ~

THREE CHOICES AT LESS IS MORE!

Hi peeps - I'm a bit late, but just managed to get my card finished for this week's LESS IS MORE CHALLENGE. 

The lovely Mandi and Chrissie have given us a super choice this week - to incorporate 3 previous

themes into one card.  I have chosen Week 1 - Pink, Black and White, Week 25 - Button or Ribbon, and Week 56 - Don't Scrap it.

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I hope there is enough white space to qualify - it really is a very easy and simple design

which just involved cutting 3 triangles from scrap card, and randomly stamping the La Blanche Roses

with Black Archival ink, adding a little Spun Sugar DI around triangle edges and on some of

the petals (though the colour doesn't show up very well in the pic.).

Sentiment - Layers of Color Art Stamps

Pink ribbon, and a large pink glass button, both from my craft box.

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Enjoy the sunshine ~ Love to all ~

ONE LAYER ONLY, AT LESS IS MORE ....

Hi Lovely bloggers - I hope the weekend has been a good one wherever you may be? 

Are you all joining in this week's LESS IS MORE ONE LAYER, with Script challenge?  Go on - you know you want to!

Here is my offering - I know it looks as if  I am still in last week's  LIM Neutrals mode, but it was quite unintentional, and the base card is actually the most gorgeous shade of pastel greyish green - "River Rock" from Stampin' Up. (Twas my last piece too - sob)! 

Could I get it to look green on my photo? NO!  May try again in the morning.

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UPDATE! - Took another pic. this morning with natural daylight in the room -  much better result! (Would love to learn more about photography) !!

Recipe:-

SU River Rock cardstock  

Crackle background stamp from IndigoBlu, "second-stamped" with Versafine Vintage Sepia.

Crafty Individuals script, stamped with Vintage Sepia.

Chocolate Baroque image from the Fantasy Meadow set, inked with Staz-on Timber Brown.

Sentiment from Layers of Color Art Stamps.

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Have a very happy week ~ love to all

WISHING YOU A STEAMPUNK NEW YEAR!

Hi peeps, hope your weekend has been brilliant, and are we all ready for Christmas?!!
(Did I hear someone say "NO")?!!
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 A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to win the Plain and Simple challenge at QUIRKY CRAFTS, (thanks DT ladies), and as well as three fab. digis, my prize  included a Guest DT spot in this week's Challenge. 
Hope you will join in the fun - just pop over to Quirky for all the challenge details. The theme is  Quirky Christmas or Steampunk New Year, and this week's generous sponsor is
 Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps .  

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The fabulous "Steampunk Fairy" and "Steampunk Corner" which I used on my card are from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps, and although Steampunk is something new for me, I thoroughly enjoyed working with these images, and the Fairy was a joy to colour. 
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Recipe:-

 I used Copics to colour the Fairy image, cut her out with the Stampin' Up "Top Note" die,  inked edges with Vintage Photo DI. 

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Base Cardstock - SU Baja Breeze, layered with Co-ordinations Cappucino.

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Tim Holtz Idealogy Findings on the Steampunk Corner.

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For the larger cog, I printed an enlarged Corner image, punched out the main cog, added an eyelet and a circle border from the Cuttlebug "Stamps" set of dies. It always reminds me of a cog but looks great round a circular sentiment too.

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The tiny calendar page is a snippet from a sheet of TH paper.

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Sentiment from Layers of Color Art Stamps, inked with Jet Black Archival.

Sequin waste inked with Vintage Photo DI.
I ran a black extra-fine Pilot Pen around the die cut after attaching it to the card. 
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I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
THE SECRET CRAFTER - New Year or Celebration.
CRAFT ROOM CHALLENGE - Die Cuts and Punches. 
SUNDAYS WITH CRISSY - Anything Goes.
ALLSORTS CHALLENGE - Blue and Brown.
Update - January 1st 2012 - 
Artist's Choice Award from Sundays With Crissy,
and a Top 3 Badge from Craft Room Challenge - many thanks!

Have a wonderful week everyone - lots of love ~

CHRISTMAS COLLAGE

Hi there lovely Bloggers - wow, we have sunshine in West Yorkshire today, and here I am making a Christmas card - doesn't seem right somehow!!  

Anyway, this will be a rather quick post (sort of) or I shall  be too late to enter my card into the Collage Challenge at The Stamp Man , so here goes!

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 Recipe:-

Base card - Real Red from Stampin' UP

Backing paper - Bo Bunny

Machine stitching

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel on the top corners (applied over a Versamark ink pen)

A distressed snippet from my (very) old school dictionary - the meaning of Christmas

Nestabilities - Labels One

Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick.

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Stamps from:-

Anna Griffin (angel)

HOTP (tiny words)

Crafty Individuals (vintage text)

Chocolate Baroque (Holly)

Layers of Colour (main Christmas sentiment and Post card stamps)

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Do pop over to The Stamp Man Blog - the DT inspiration is fabulous.
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I would also like to enter this card into the following challenge :-
Samuel Taylors - Christmas.

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Last but not least - a warm welcome and a huge thank-you to my new followers.
PS: Won't be around for a few days (unless there's an Internet Caff in Scarborough!)

~ Love and Hugs ~ 

WINTER LEAVES AT LESS IS MORE

Hi beautiful bloggers - what a great day for crafting - the sky is thick with mist, it's wet and cold, and hubby is glued to the motor-racing on TV!

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My card today is for the challenge at LESS IS MORE, and the theme is a one- layer card, with LEAVES. 

 I hope I have left enough "white space"  - got a bit carried away with my brayer!! 

Recipe (using a resist technique):-

Christmas Flourish stamp from Chocolate Baroque - stamped with Versamark, heat-embossed with white EP.

Brayered over the image with  Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive and Old Paper, then spritzed with a mixture of water and bleach in a Mini Mister to give a soft snowy look.

A little SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter added to Holly leaves.

Sentiment by Layers of Color Art Stamps.
I would also like to enter my card into the following Challenges:-
Let's Ink It Up -  Favourite Technique.  
Update 25th Nov. - my card was awarded a Top 3 Badge at Let's Ink It Up - thank you DT!
Just For Fun - Favourite Colour - green!


Glenda Waterworth - White Christmas.
Update - 17th December - winner of the Glenda Waterworth White Christmas Challenge- whoo-hoo!
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Have a wonderful week everyone ~