Cas cards

My card for the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches this week! Used dies and stamps from Penny Black Flutters Flourish & Butterflie...

Happy Monday ........ Welcome to glorious June! And welcome to the new look CAS MIX UP CHALLENGE! For all you CAS challenge fans out there we've made things a little easier for you. Three of the CAS Challenges have all come together ......... that's the original CAS Mix Up, CAS Stencil and CAS Watercolour have all joined forces and are now the new CAS Mix Up. We've still got the same designers creating fabulous inspiration pieces each month, and there will still be a regular Mixed Media…

2016 Topic 19: Die Cuts Eileen Godwin Well hello everyone, Darcy here with another new topic for you get your teeth into or rather get your cutting machines into. For the next two weeks we will be exploring die cut shapes, and the ways that they can be used. did you know that PaperArtsy have their very own line of metal dies. There are a good selection, everything from flowers to leaves, birds and hearts. They cut beautifully and work on regular smoothy, waxy, tissue paper, sheer fabrics…

I started playing with the flowers of the Alexandra Renke Welcome Butterfly set ... and I ended up with four cards! I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I stamped 2 sets of the flower with leaf, and the 2 individual flowers. The flowers had two tones of inks : started with the pale pink, then dabbed on a darker shade to the centre. I like the curve of the flowers and leaf and thought it would look good along a frame. I wanted to keep it light so used 2 of the Alexandra Renke Oval Angular…

Brian King's Sketch this week leaves lots to the imagination... My imagination was helped along by my friend amy T's gorgeous DOX combination on Instagram last week … and the need for a condolence card. Distress Oxides: Scattered Straw, Tattered Rose, and Worn lipstick Blended onto a panel of Canson XL Bristol paper, and spritzed with a Ranger Mini mister. One sweet little Dainty Blossoms bloom from Pinkfresh Studios, and an Altenew sentiment, stamped with Versamark heat embossed with…

Had to make a second card with this fun sketch ( CAS Challenge CAS180 - sketch by Darsie ). This time I used an Aqua Painter pen to add re-...

Used "Faux" quilling to make the three berries and then put a small pearl in middle of each. To faux curl, I took thin stip of designer paper used under leaf and twisted around base of stylus tool and then removed and placed on top of glue dot. You can then bend it to whatever shape you want.

My alcohol inks "landscape" looks quite intricate but was fairly quick and simple to make. Here's how: 1. Put some blending solution onto your Yupo card, add a couple of drops of yellow and red ink, t

Hi there It's time for the April challenge over at Perfectly CAS. Here's the cue card... I decided to do a one layer card this time... I began by stamping the floral flourish image off the edge of the card base. This is a stamp I've had in my stash for years, although quite large you can still use it for CAS cards by stamping off the edge like this. I then re-stamped the flowers onto post-it notes and cut these out to use as masks. Once in place over the image I then masked slim borders on…