Oriental Fan

Hi everyone, today I'm using the Fan die from Cheapo Dies, along with some Distress Oxides and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

My card today uses the inlaid die technique.  To start out, I die cut the Fan from white cardstock.  I saved all the negative pieces for future use.  Then I started to add color to the main negative piece by applying Distress Ink (Festive Berries) and Distress Oxide (Fossilized Amber).

Once I was happy with the blending, I added another layer of texture using a The Crafters Workshop stencil (Mini Chicken Wire Reversed) and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse (Indian Gold).

The die cut Fan was lightly covered with Black Soot Distress Oxide.  The DO gave it more of a bluish grey tone instead of a deep black tone.

I also covered the mat below the focal point with more Indian Gold embellishment mousse.  This is what is showing through the cutouts on the Fan.  A Zva Creative self adhesive embellishment adds more interest.

The final step was to add two strips of black cardstock behind the focal point.  I wanted a gap between the two, and if you look closely, the strips are of different widths.  All of this gives it a bit of "not the normal type card" look.  Streaks of Indian Gold embellishment mousse finish it off.

Baby Boy {Scrapy Land Challenge # 41}

It's the first Wednesday of the month and you know what that means.....time for a new Scrapy Land Challenge!  Today's challenge theme is Anything Goes using any brand of die that Scrapy Land sells.  Easy, peasy since they have over 40 different brands to choose from!

For my card today, my Baby Boy card uses a number of dies:

Die-Namites: Baby Border

  Die-Versions: Sweet Wordlet Baby

Die-Versions: Sweet Wordlet It's A Boy  Girl

Sue Wilson Designs: Spanish Collection - Cordoba

Spellbinders: Scalloped Oval small

Marianne Design: COL1313 - Bassinet and coordinating stamp set  (special promotion die purchase)

Watercolors were used to create the background for the front panel.  Once this was dry, I used the Die-Cut Inlay technique to add the Baby Border from Die-Namites.  To achieve this look, you die cut the main panel, making sure to save all of the negative pieces, and then die cut the image again from a different color cardstock.  Insert the second die cut into the base panel and then adhere the negative pieces, like a puzzle piece.  This is what it should look like once you have completed your piece.

I then created a frame using the Sue Wilson Designs die and cut out my sentiment from the two Sweet Wordlets dies by Die-Versions.

inside

From time to time Scrapy Land has special promotions where you can order dies from European companies (Marianne Design, Joy Crafts, and others).  During one of these special promotions is when I purchased the Marianne Design Bassinet and coordinating stamp set (baby boy).

I die cut the bassinet twice so that I could insert the ivory striped paper to look like bedding.  Both the bassinet top and base were heat embossed with By the Lake embossing powder.  Ribbon was also threaded through the small openings along the top of the bassinet.  A Spellbinders die (small scalloped oval) was used to die cut the patterned paper behind the bassinet.  The stamped sentiment to the left of the bassinet was also heat set, using Clear embossing powder.  Unfortunately, I don't know the manufacturer of this baby sentiment.

You'll have until Sunday, May 15th to upload your project.  It would be really helpful to all the Designers if you list the dies that you use on your project.  The winner, chosen by the Design Team, will receive a $15 gift certificate to go shopping at Scrapy Land.  Be sure to visit the Scrapy Land Challenge Blog to see the amazing projects created by the rest of team too - you won't be disappointed.

Noel {Scrapy Land Challenge #25}

It's the first Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for a new Scrapy Land Challenge!  The theme is Anything Goes Using any Brand of Die that Scrapy Land sells.

Did you realize that Christmas is now less than four months away?  To help inspire you I've created a CAS Christmas card using the Die-Versions Christmas Cardinal and the Noel Sweet Wordlet.

This is a pretty easy card to assemble with the only difficult part (which really isn't) is die cutting the image out of multiple colors of cardstock and inlaying them together.  Inlaid die cutting technique is the official term for it.  Be sure to save the negative pieces as well as the main pieces, as you will need to use both.

To add a little more interest to my cardinal, I heat embossed his beak with Lemon Chiffon embossing powder and added touches of Copic markers here and there.  In order to create a snow covered branch, I added DecoArt Snow Writer to the branch and sprinkled on some Diamond Dust glitter for extra sparkle.

The sentiment is a Sweet Wordlet and I think these are the perfect size for card fronts.  For the complete list of all the Sweet Wordlets, check them out here.

After die cutting my sentiment from gold metallic cardstock, I adhered it to a strip of ribbon.  Hope you enjoy today's CAS card and it gets you motivated to start making your Christmas cards.  Christmas will be here before you know it :-).

Be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created for you too.  You will have until Sept 13 to upload your project.

Singing Carolers

How sweet are these Singing Carolers from Die-Versions?  There are so many possibilities with this one.  Today, I've cut it out twice, once from glossy black cardstock and once from ivory colored cardstock.

I also used several of the negative pieces to create my scene.  All of the negative pieces that were reinserted were die cut from the ivory cardstock and then colored with Copic Markers and Spica glitter pens.  Dimensional dots were added behind the die cut to lift it off the patterned paper.

The new Deck the Halls Sweet Wordlet was added to the card using the very popular (at the moment) Die-Cut Inlay technique.  Basically, you die cut it from the patterned paper (be sure to save all the little negative pieces) and then again from the solid cardstock.  Inlay the solid cardstock into the patterned paper and add the negative pieces back to the letters.  A quick and easy way that I've found to do this is to apply a piece of tape behind the area you want to place the inlay.  This will automatically give you adhesive to hold both the sentiment and all the negative pieces.

To finish off the card, two strips of white cardstock, which were die cut using the Die-Versions Lacey Dots border, was added to the bottom.  A piece of thin white ribbon was added down the center (to hide the seam created by the two die cuts).