More Cards with the Cling Wrap Technique

As I told you in my last post I had made three more cards from the panels I created using this awesome technique (see CAS Mix Up for details) but had to wait for the cards to arrive. Well, I don't know if they have been received but the challenge is closing so I am going to post this anyway. 

I made the first two cards out of one panel and was pretty happy with their modern look. It was only the day after that it occurred to me that there was no stamping involved! And the girls at the CAS Mix Up Challenge like to see some stamping on the entries, in fact it's a rule.  I didn't see a way to add some stamping to these cards so I made a third card.

Stamp: Hero Arts (sentiment)
Dies: Impression Obsession (Happy Birthday, little hearts), My Favorite Things (snowflake), Nestabilities (circle), Jillybean Soup (tag)

You might have to enlarge it to notice the little hearts sticking out of the tag...


The third card goes to

CAS Mix Up January Challenge






That was it for now with cards featuring this technique. But you know (if you read my last post) that I have a lot more panels...

One more thing: A lot of bloggers are now responding to every comment. While I enjoy it, I hope you'll forgive me if I don't do it. I can barely keep up with my commenting alone (you might have noticed that I am quite late sometimes)... Thank you for understanding and please know that every one of your comments brightens my day and is treasured!

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Fun with the Cling Wrap Technique

The other day I played with the cling wrap Technique that is the theme at the current CAS Mix Up Challenge. They always have a list of interesting how-to videos to watch so if you don't know what I am talking about click here. I had SO MUCH FUN! I've said it before but I have to say it again: I LOVE making backgrounds! I made four cards but can only show you the one I made today, the others I will show you once they have arrived at their destinations.

Here is the result (one panel is already missing because I didn't think of taking a picture before I started making cards):

I used Distress Inks with Perfect Pearl spray and Distress Paint (the blue ones with silver paint) on glossy paper.
I had made already three cards when I saw the reminder post and that jaw-dropping card Loll made for it where she used a stencil with a different kind of cling wrap technique. I didn't use a stencil or use the her technique but it still inspired me to make this:

Stamp: Alexandra Renke (sentiment)
Die: Memory Box (flower)

Here is a close up so you can see the gold mixed in with the colors:

Sending this, of course, to the

CAS Mix Up January Challenge






You still have a few days to play if you feel like getting inky!

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Birthday Card for the Best Sister

I have the best sister in the whole world. I am truly sorry for you if you thought yours was the best... ;)

Anyway now that we cleared that up I want to show you the card I made for her birthday which happened to be last week. The inspiration for the card came to me last summer when we stayed at her house (she and her husband are also the best and most generous hosts). They have these black and white dishes with flowers for a long time. Who knows why all of the sudden last summer it occurred to me that I could turn them into a card. I wanted to take a picture of them but forgot. So I had to go by memory. Mine is not the best anymore. And remember it's six months later...

Stamps: Altenew (flowers, leaves), Create a Smile (sentiment)
Dies: My Favorite Things (chevrons)


My sister was kind enough to take a picture of one of the plates. You can see that instead of the pale yellow I should have added a deeper, more redish orange... Oh well, she liked the card and that's all that matters!

Entering the card into the following challenges:

CAS Watercolor January Challenge "Birthday"

Time Out Challenge #100 "Being Thankful"
Congratulation on 100 challenges! You asked what we are thankful for and I am very thankful to have such a wonderful sister!







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The Twofer Challenge is Here!

Is your Mojo still snoring in a corner from all the feasting during the holidays? Do not fear, help is near! The brilliant and funny Darnell has come up with a new challenge that is just the thing you need to get out of your post holiday slump! It's called the Twofer Card Challenge and it starts today! For more information and the rules please click on the link and be sure to also read the FAQ section which is extremely helpful with this new kind of challenge that Darnell dreamed up!

Basically you will get a prompt each month and need to use the same stamps or dies to make two cards for two different occasions that should show the stamps or dies used in a very different way. (Darnell explains it so much better than me...)

This month the prompt is "FEATHERS" and as soon as I learned that I thought of breaking out a stamp and die set that a dear friend gave me a while ago. Here are the two cards I made (another important thing to keep in mind is to take a picture of both cards together and only post this one picture):

Stamps: My ArtC (feathers), Winnie & Walter (love)

Dies: SSS (stitched rectangle, you, tiny hearts), Avery Elle (scalloped border), WPlus9 (heart for mask)

This first card I made for Valentine's Day (which is right around the corner, ... just sayin'). I cut out a heart shaped mask, stamped and clear embossed one kind of feather, sponged, and stamped the other feathers. Then I added the you and tiny hearts cut from gold foil paper, stamped the love, cut the white panel with a stitched rectangle die, then with a scalloped border die, mounted it on a piece of patterned paper, and that on a white card. 

Stamps: We ArtC (feathers), PSX (feather background), Stampabilities (background)
Dies: We ArtC (feathers), Gina Marie (oval)

This is actually the second version of this card. A die on the background panel with the white feather background ended up being crooked so I started over and made the card I had in mind. A few days later the crooked panel was still sitting on my desk (I don't like making even "pretty" trash and love recycling). So I had the idea to cut out an oval, mount it on a dry embossed white panel (first stamped with the sentiment), add thin green strips on both sides, some baker's twine and the same feathers I used on the first card (stamped and white embossed on vellum, and cut out with the matching dies) and mount everything on a kraft card base. It makes me happy that I combined the new feather set with a very old PSX feather background on this card. Let me know if you ever had or still have that stamp!

I hope I have inspired you to join us! Can't wait to see what you come up with! Please also check out what the rest of the talented Design Team has created!

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Sympathy Cards

Today's cards were inspired by three people: Michele and Cornelia who both played with the colors from the current Color Throwdown , and Maria who reminded me that I needed a sympathy card. And because it's always good to have one on hand I made two. Thank you, ladies, for the inspiration!

Stamps: Inkadinkado (branch), Alexandra Renke (sentiment) - thanks to Elisabeth from aufspapiergebracht for this stamp!
Die: Memory Box (bird)

Stamps: Inkadinkado (branch), Penny Black (background script), PTI (sentiment)
Die: Memory Box (bird)


Entering this at the

Color Throwdown #474

Are you getting excited about the Twofer Challenge? Come back on the 10th to find out what the first prompt is going to be...

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Happy New Year and Favorites

Happy New Year, creative friends! Hope it will be the best one yet for you all, full of health, happiness, love, laughter, and time to create!

Once again I sat down to review my posts from last year and pick my favorite cards. As usual it was hard to decide and I could easily have picked several more...

Don't forget to come back on the 10th for the very first Twofer Challenge!

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

If you are interested to see my favorites of previous years here are the links:

2016

2015

2014

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