CASEing some more

I had so much fun doing my previous challenge for CASEing the Catty that I decided to make another card.I'm so disappointed with myself that I have missed the first 7 challenges of the series! It was hard to choose another project, as I wanted to try to recreate pretty much all of the cards in the Card Giving section (page 102-143). In the end I settled on page 115 where I found a great card with the "colour the chalkboard stamp with markers" technique (yes, of course that's the official name of the technique...). 

Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue 2014-2015 page 115

I don't have the great Friends Who Know stamp (although I know who I would make a card for using the stamp should I have it) so I used the only chalkboard type stamp I have - from the Chalk Talk set. I also don't have the Chalk Lines stamp set (would love it though) so I had to come up with a replacement for that too, and settled for the new photopolymer stamp set Show&Tell 2. And finally, I also realised I don't have a single black and white DSP, so I created my own using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I think you can certainly see where the inspiration for this card has come from, but at the same time I have put my own little twist on it. I didn't see any rule saying you can only participate with one contribution to the challenge, so I'm submitting this as my second card for the challenge, and can't wait for the next one. I was photographing in rather challenging afternoon sunshine so the small detail photo shows the colours a bit more correctly than the overall photo.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party
Stamps: Stampin' Up Chalk Talk, Show&Tell 2, Gorgeous Grunge
Inks: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Crumb Cake and Pool Party, Stampin' Write markers in Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral
Other: Chalk Talk dies, scrap of DSP from Sycamore Street

More dino-mite

For this card I stamped the dinos onto watercolour paper in black ink and coloured using Stampin' Write markers. I used crafting paper for the sky and cut the grass using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die. I then cut the dinos using the matching dies and matted onto teal cardstock. I stamped the sentiment onto the teal cardstock and heat embossed using white powder. I added one more happy little dino inside the card.

Cardstock: Leonardo Stationery 350 gsm Smooth White Card, Daler&Rowney 190 gsm Watercolour paper, Coloured 240 gsm cardstock in teal
Paper: Stampin' Up DSP Sunshine & Sprinkles
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past
Ink: Hobbycraft black pigment ink, Tim Holtz distress embossing ink, Stampin' Writes Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky, Soft Suede, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Wisteria Wonder
Other: Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past and Grassy Border dies, Papermania Seafoam White embossing powder

 

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Dino-mite

I received a big pack of goodies from Simon Says Stamp the other day. I have been contemplating an order for at least a year so I though it might finally be time to actually go through with it. In this day and age of almost instantaneous deliveries form eBay, it was torture to wait for over a week to get my goodies. But it was totally worth the wait. It took so long to try and put together my order, my wishlist must have included pretty much every single Lawn Fawn and Tim Holtz product they stock... One stamp set I knew I just had to get is the Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past. This may be my favourite stamp set ever (together with Critters Ever After). The cute little dinos are simply the most adorable things, and every dino card I see makes me smile from ear to ear. I got the matching dies for the dinos as I thought it will probably be a while before I place another order. I may have to give my credit card a year or so to recover from the shock. 

I made this card inspired by the current Lawnscaping challenge with the theme stars and stripes. This might not be the type of stars and stripes they were thinking, but they are stars and stripes nonetheless. I coloured the cute dino and palm tree using Stampin' Markers. I created the background using heat embossing and Tim Holtz distress inks. I made the grass using the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die, another Lawn Fawn die I really have coveted for a long long time. I added some faux stitching around the borders and die cut the sentiment using my trusty Tim Holtz alphabet die.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz cardstock, Daler&Rowney 190 gsm Watercolour paper, scraps of Stampin' Up cardstock for the die cut letters
Paper: Stampin' Up DSP Sunshine & Sprinkles
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past, Critters Ever After
Inks: Hobbycraft black pigment ink, Stampin' Writes in Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede and Wild Wasabi, Tim Holtz distress inks Broken China, Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans, Tim Holtz distress clear embossing ink
Other: Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past and Grassy Border dies, Ranger fine clear embossing powder, Tim Holtz alterations inside out alphabet die