CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC178

Hello everyone!! It’s time for a new challenge or at CAS-ual Friday’s Challenge Blog! This time the theme is Christmas in July!

This is such a fun challenge for the summer and it’s always a good idea to get a jump start on those Christmas cards. Here’s what I came up with. 

First, I diecut some circles from an A2 panel of white cardstock. I then lined my panel up with my A2 white cardbase and then traced the circles onto the cardbase with a pencil. Next ink blended 3 different shades of ink over each traced circle using a mini ink blending tool. I then diecut 3 of the snowflakes from the Funky Flakes Fri-Die set 3 times each and then glued each set together using a liquid adhesive. I then stamped and silver heat embossed a sentiment from the Snowy Sayings Stamp Set. 

Next, I adhered a piece of acetate to the backside of my panel and then constructed wells with foam tape around each circle on the back of the panel. I then filled each well with silver glitter and silver sequins and then peeled the backing off the foam tape and stick my panel onto my card base.  Lastly I adhered my snowflakes onto the acetate with some liquid adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed and you with join the Christmas fun over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog!

~Channin

[Video] Large Gem Cards

Hello everyone! I’m over at Waffle Flower Crafts again with another technique video! This time I’m creating 4 different cards, each one demonstrating a different way to incorporate large gems into you cards. 

I had a lot of fun playing with these acrylic gems, they so sparkly and beautiful! Be sure to head on over to Waffle Flower to check out my video and to get all the details on these cards! 

~Channin

[Video] 4th of July Chalkboard Art Card

Hello everyone! And Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans. Today I have this festive chalkboard art inspired card video over at Waffle Flower Crafts! 

I had a lot of fun creating this card and I’m really happy with all details I added especially the shading with white color pencil. It was really easy to do and really enhanced the chalkboard look. To get all the details and to check out my video please head on over to Waffle Flower. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

~Channin

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #177

Hello everyone! It’s time for a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog! This time it’s a tic-tac-toe challenge! Yay!

These are always so fun! I love looking at everyone’s projects and trying to figure out which three elements they chose! 

I went across the bottom and chose shaker card, rainbow and add texture. And here’s my creation.

First I diecut six petals into a white A2 panel using the leaf die from the Posies Fri-Die. I then repeatedly stamped and white embossed panel using a stamp from the Zigs & Zags stamp set. I then constructed my shaker by adhering a panel of acetate behind the diecut petals. Then I constructed wells on the back of the panel around the petals with doubled up foam tape. 

I then filled the wells with a rainbow of sequins and then sealed up the back of my panel with another A2 panel. Lastly, I adhered the panel to my top-folding card base then added a stamped and white embossed sentiment strip which I created using the Wonderful Words stamp set. I also added a large white sequin to the center of the flower. 

I hope you enjoyed and will give this challenge a try yourself, which way will you go? 

~Channin

[Video] Adding Color with Solid Stamps

Hello everyone! I’m over at Waffle Flower again with a new technique video! This week I’m focusing on coloring your stamped images with solid shape stamps. This is a quick and easy technique and a great way to get a new look out of your images.

 I hope you get a chance to check it out. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

~Channin

[VIDEO] Dot Art Technique

Hello everyone! I’m back with a new technique video over at Waffle Flower Crafts! 

This week I’m sharing a really fun technique which was inspired by dot art or dot painting. 

I really enjoyed creating these cards. I found the process very very relaxing and I just love the results! To check out the video and more photos just head on over to Waffle Flower. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a spectacular day!!

~Channin

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #176

Hello everyone!! I’ve got another card to share for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! It’s an awesome color challenge this week!

I love color challenges and this combo is fantastic! Ok, here’s what I created.

First I cut 1/4 inch strips of aqua and color cardstock. I then adhered all the strips with liquid adhesive to a scrap of white cardstock. Next, using the Smiling Fri-dies, I diecut “thanks” out of my striped paper. I then adhered it my side-folding A2 card base made from grey cardstock. Next, I diecut 4 “thanks” from white card stock and then adhered them together with liquid adhesive. 

Once the glue was set I adhered the “thanks” into the negative “thanks” space in the striped section. I then stamped and heat embossed the rest of my sentiment in white on a strip of grey cardstock using the Thanks Stamp Set.

Lastly, I then adhered this strip to my card front using foam tape and then stamped the rest of my sentiment inside my card using grey ink.

I hope you enjoyed and I’ve inspired you to give this challenge a go! Thanks for stopping by, have a spectacular day!

~Channin