Showing posts with label Comfort & Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comfort & Hope. Show all posts

Thursday, April 29, 2021

CAS Doesn't Mean Quick

Have you ever had a project that just WOULD NOT COOPERATE for anything?  That was today's card.  I worked on it for a solid hour and then decided to toss everything I had done and start it all over.  I was trying to do the multi-step stamping for the flowers from All Things Fabulous and no matter what I did I couldn't get the images to turn out how I wanted.  So then I had a look through my stamp sets and decided to use Free as a Bird instead, even with having to fussy cut the images.

So here's the card that I finally ended up with:

 
I was going to say it's the cause of all the frustration, but THAT card is in the trash.  Other than thinking I shouldn't have had the dots go through the middle of the circle element, I like what I ended up with but good GRAVY was it a journey to get here.  I'm telling you:  CAS doesn't mean quick.  Or easy.  Sometimes it's harder than a card with a bunch of layers and fancy techniques.

Here is this week's Freshly Made Sketch:



And the Color Throwdown:


I used Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, and Just Jade for my colors, with some Cinnamon Cider thrown in because I love it.  So the flowers are pink (Flamingo) and the dots in the background are orangey/coral (Grapefruit Grove).  Couldn't get a photo to show the difference in the colors better, but if you look you CAN actually see the Wink of Stella on the flowers.

I think I need a nap since I had the second Covid vaccine this morning...but I have to go pick Ryan up in 15 minutes.  At least I have all day tomorrow off...cheers y'all, and I hope your creative time is less frustrating than mine was!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Free as a Bird, Comfort & Hope, Waterfront
Ink:  Cinnamon Cider, Grapefruit Grove, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Flirty Flamingo, Just Jade, & Cinnamon Cider
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Wink of Stella, Dimensional (yeah, just one)

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Petal Pink Poinsettia

Mornin' y'all!  I got up early this morning and managed to do half my workout before the kiddo got up.  Today was kickboxing, and Ryan actually watched a bit of it which means I got to hear editorial comments from him like "You have to PUSH, Mama!" which was funny.  And I'm feeling pretty good after that workout, it was a good one today.

Anyway, I have a card to share!  Not too long after we moved to Germany, I ordered a bunch of holiday stuff from the holiday mini catalog and I'm sad I haven't gotten to use a lot of it (for some reason I can't seem to get Ryan on a schedule with quiet time since we got here).  But I needed some thinking of you/get well cards when my mom had surgery earlier this month, so I put together a very quick CAS card.


It doesn't show at all in the picture, but I painted over the poinsettia with Wink of Stella so it has a lovely shimmer IRL; the card looks kinda plain in the picture because you can't see the shine.  Sometimes that's how it happens.  I think my sequins are retired but I don't really care, I'm using what I've got.

Have a great day, y'all.  It's Tuesday, if you were wondering--I know the week between Christmas and New Year's is a weird time wormhole (wibbly wobbly timey wimey) in a normal year, and I bet that sensation has only intensified this year.  Almost done with 2020!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Poinsettia Petals, Comfort & Hope
Ink:  Petal Pink, Soft Suede
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Petal Pink
Accessories:  Tasteful Touches dies, Dimensionals, retired adhesive sequins