CYCI166 - Coffee and a Farewell

Hello! I have a sweet card I made for this week's final challenge for Can You Case It? But first, I'm so thankful to Eva, our leader and coordinator, for encouraging me to start a blog and then for asking me to join her Design Team. She planted a seed in my creative mind that is growing and blossoming and I'm so very thankful to her. I'm also thankful for the opportunity to work with so many wonderfully talented team members. I wish the very best for each and every one of you.

Now, to this sweet card... I've been under the weather a bit this past week and so I went with a simple card. In fact, there's not even any stamping on this card which is very unusual. I still think it turned out pretty cute! I hope you like it too! I cut a 4 x 2" piece of this cute coffee paper from the paper pad called Cream & Sugar by Doodlebug Design. I adhered that to a 4-1/16 x 2-1/16" piece of Soft Sky card stock and then adhered that to a 4-1/4 x 2-1/4" piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock. The little square piece just happened to be the left over piece from my original cut so I just flipped it over and saw these adorable little coffee beans and knew they were perfect! So I adhered that 2 x 2" piece to a 2-1/16 x 2-1/16" piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock. Then I grabbed my little bag of Cream & Sugar odds & ends to see what little die cut pieces would work and this Coffee sentiment fell right into my hand. It was meant to be! I also found the cute pink heart. The little coffee guy is a card stock sticker also in the Cream & Sugar line. I'll have links for all of these goodies down below. I adhered all the pieces to the card and BAM!

This is our last challenge for Can You Case It? and I sure hope you'll play along!

Here are the products I used for this card:

Papers: White (PTI), Cream and Sugar 6x6 paper pad (SSS)

Card Stock: Baked Brown Sugar (retired SU!), Soft Sky (SU!)

Adhesives: Fast Fuse, Stampin' Dimensionals (SU!), Tombow Mono Multipurpose liquid glue (SSS)

Miscellaneous: Cream and Sugar Odds & Ends die cuts, Cream and Sugar Card Stock stickers (SSS)

I'd love to hear what you thought of my creation.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

CYCI165 - Birthday Wishes Sent Your Way

Hello! I have a fun card today with colors that I had chosen for this week's challenge. I sure hope that you will play along!! My card is a special birthday card for my niece. She celebrated her birthday by having a moonlit party. How fun is that?! I wanted to bring that fun to her card just a bit.

I stamped Unity's Patience Girl in VersaMark ink and heat embossed her in black. I watercolored her using the ZIG markers. Once the panel was dry, I die cut the edge using a new border die that I had recently ordered called Border Builders dies by Lil' Inker Designs. I just recently... like two days ago... received my Distress Oxide inks and I was able to use a few of those colors to make the card base look like a night sky. Love that there are more colors available! I stamped the sentiment from Unity's June Kit of the Month called Time to Enjoy Life using Versamark and then heat embossed it in white. I cut the banner by hand and popped it up on the card. I added a few drops of white Nuvo drops. And there you have it! 

This is our second to last challenge for Can You Case It? I sure hope you'll play along!

 I've linked most of the products I used above. Here are the rest of the products I used for this card:

Distress Oxides: Black Soot, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry (SSS)

Adhesives: Tombow Mono Multipurpose liquid glue (SSS), Stampin' Dimensionals (SU!)

Miscellaneous: Heat Tool (SU!), Ranger Super Fine Black embossing powder, Fine White Embossing Powder (SSS)

I'd love to hear what you thought of my creation.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

CYCI164 - Another Year Wiser!

Hello! I have a cute birthday card to share with you this week. I used some of Stampin' Up!'s retired Tasty Treats Specialty DSP from my stash for this one. I thought it would be perfect for a birthday card and I think it pairs up well with these adorable owls from Unity's Hoot Hoot Hooray kit. What do you think?

I've had this layout in mind since I saw the sketch for this week. I just love this new set of dies I got from Lil' Inker Designs called Anytime Tags. It's so versatile and worked perfectly for this week's sketch. I die cut the stitched rectangle and adhered it to a white card base. I die cut the tags in the DSP and then a plain piece of white card stock. I stamped the little owls onto the white piece of card stock using my mini Misti. I then colored the little owls using Copics. I adhered the little owl piece onto the DSP tag. I then popped up that entire piece using stampin dimensionals and adhered it to the card base. I stamped the sentiment using Memento tuxedo black ink. I die cut the sentiment and the little banner end piece using My Favorite Things Blueprints #31. I adhered the banner/sentiment piece and then added a few tiny sequins from Stampin' Up!'s retired Sprinkles Embellishments at the end of the sentiment and around the DSP. I think it turned out cute.

 I've linked most of the products I used above. Here are the rest of the products I used for this card:

Adhesives: Tombow Mono Multipurpose liquid glue (SSS)

Copics: R14, R24, R27, BG11, G21, E95

 Please leave a comment. I'd love to hear what you thought of my creation.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal